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FRENCH
Maryhelen Posey | Calgary, CANADA | April 27, 2013

"J'accuse!"  Must have been a French bulldog.

OHH LA LA
John McQueen | Chantilly, VA | April 26, 2013

Ooh la la! Vive les flashbacks -- in every sense!

ADMIRABLE
Montgomery Gabrys | Portland, OR | April 26, 2013

I figure Zonk has to be around 60 by now, so he's starting a new business five years shy of when most people retire. An admirable thing for us late-term entrepreneurs.

J'ACCUSE
Tim Morton | Leicester, UK | April 26, 2013

J'accuse? Perhaps they were in Louisiana.

THE RIGHT PAGE
Ed Cherlin | Columbus, IN | April 25, 2013

Kudos time again. I always check Doonesbury and Daily Kos Comics and XKCD and some others first thing in the morning. (Snark is better than coffee!) So imagine my surprise when I get to dKos and see Doonesbury's Mark on the radio as the lead-in to a cartoon video called Cartoonists Demand Action On Guns, right above Tom Tomorrow. I had to check that I was on the right page. 

COMING TO BOULDER
Sara Sheldon | Boulder, CO | April 25, 2013

OMG! Coming to Boulder? I can't wait. Things were getting a little dull what with all this snow.

SLACK
Seven | Alexandria, VA | April 24, 2013

"House of Slack" -- an awesome description! Sadly, I had to google the Marat reference. Slack is where it's at!

DEGREES
Jason Thorn | Phoenix, AZ | April 24, 2013

Zonker saying degrees are good? Oh my...the room's spinning.

RESEARCH PROJECT
Greg Lee | Bathurst, AUSTRALIA | April 24, 2013

I'm actually one small research project short of a degree. Popsicle sticks and glitter you say? It could work, just throw in a data logger.

GRADUATE SCHOOL
Allan Olley, PhD | Oakville, CANADA | April 24, 2013

Recently I've been sad to read that Zipper is giving up on his tenured student status, but I was heartened to read he might manage to graduate after all. If he finishes his bachelor's degree, I think he should consider graduate school. His experience spending over a decade obtaining a degree could serve him well as a PhD student.

COMMENTS
Mad Day | Delhi, INDIA | April 24, 2013

This site is excellent and so is how the subject matter was explained. I also like some of the comments too. Looking forward to your next post.

CLIMATE
Walter Stillman | Point Arena, CA | April 23, 2013

Zonk should be aware that the climate around Boulder has early killing frosts. I hope he does not set a poor example by becoming an indoor grower. A greenhouse would be perfect!

SCARED
Terry D. McGee | Sydney, AUSTRALIA | April 23, 2013

There's so much completion going on. What's happening, doesn't Walden have a life-long learning faculty? You're making me scared of what's coming next.

RICK
Craig Cyr | Edmonds, WA | April 23, 2013

At some point, surely Rick is going to stumble across The Big Story. Perhaps he'll hit the road a la Steinbeck and write Travels with Zipper.

MARIJUANA MAGNATE
Another Jeff | Wayne, NE | April 23, 2013

If Zonk is going to become a "bajillionaire" Colorado marijuana magnate, he may need to be prepared to exercise his 2nd Amendment rights.

THOSE FOUR
Juanito Crandello | SoCAL | April 23, 2013

Oh gawd: those four in one car bound for Boulder? Sheer madness. Please! On the Road for the present age of insanity...

MARAT
Jack Cerf | Chatham, NJ | April 22, 2013

If his fantasy life includes The Death of Marat, Jeff must have been awake and paying attention at some point during his time at Walden.

DEATH OF MARAT
Alvin Brown | Rockport, MA | April 21, 2013

I am a retired world history teacher. Thanks for the very well done reference to The Death of Marat in today's strip. It really made me feel good.

WHOA
Ed Cherlin | Columbus, IN | April 21, 2013

Whoa, man. The Death of Marat image is harsh. Did Raz do that to himself?

JAB
Molly Larson Cook | Seattle, WA | April 21, 2013

I love the civilized jab at social media today. And I laughed out loud at the nod to Marat in his bathtub. Perfecto!