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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!
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.
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.
If Zonk is going to become a "bajillionaire" Colorado marijuana magnate, he may need to be prepared to exercise his 2nd Amendment rights.
Oh gawd: those four in one car bound for Boulder? Sheer madness. Please! On the Road for the present age of insanity...
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.
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, man. The Death of Marat image is harsh. Did Raz do that to himself?
I love the civilized jab at social media today. And I laughed out loud at the nod to Marat in his bathtub. Perfecto!
I hope today's Marat reference does not foretell The Death of Sorkh Razil. Please don't kill him off!
Nice nod to Jacques-Louis David in today's penultimate panel, yo. GBT is a class act through and through.
I knew all those years studying art history would pay off, even if only in a laugh!
I love today's homage to Marat. Does Jeff's ego know no bounds?
Nice reference (Jeff in his bathrub) to The Death of Marat. Yeah, social media threaten to do that to people...
I hope the visual reference to The Death of Marat doesn't foreshadow bad things for the Red Rascal.
The Death of Marat? Really? This is promising. Jeff is achieving a higher class of self-delusion. He looks almost ... authorial!
We weren't shown Zonker telling B.D. or Boopsie good-bye. He doesn't have to, as they know he will always be back. As for Sam, we see her standing there, alone, for the first time as a confident young woman now, and... oh, man, it reminds me so much of when Alex got married. We've followed Sam through her childhood, she always had her Zonker and her toys, and now she's the newest member of the next generation. When did that happen?
Little Sam says "Thank you for raising me!" Is that as sweet a thing as any girl could say, or what? And Zonker (from off-screen -- perfect!) says "It was a joy, young lady." No more gallant or sincere or respectful words could be spoken. Decency abounds everywhere you look. From a guy heading off the grow pot in Colorado. Oy. GBT does what he does very well. With a light touch, too.
Re: FLASHBACK. From the link I followed the one-of-a-kind mind of young, Titanic-obsessed Alex for a few days to 24 April, 1998. And I wanted to tell her, from almost 15 years in the future, that someday Leo would change from her "forbidden love that could never be" to happy hubby and father of her twins! (Okay, okay, so it's a different Leo. Still cool!)