Today’s Doonesbury is worth a look, especially for us menfolk.
Context?
His little girl is getting married. He had his mind on what tie he should ware and was taken off guard by seeing his daughter in her wedding dress.
How does he wear his eyeglasses *below *his nose? Is it so his nostrils can see better?
Man, oh man, how time flies.
I remember when Mike and Zonker and me used to get high and talk about philosophy.
And now… wow.
I read that comic while in the middle of listening to Varúð by Sigur Rós.
Salad bar style sneeze catcher.
He wears a nez-pince.
It’s sweet for sure, but I don’t think that really makes it a great comic.
Of course, the last time I read Doonesbury, Alex was being portrayed as nerdgirl jailbait, so seeing her getting married was definitely a surprise.
This whole week, with large parts of the original cast at the rehearsal dinner, has been great.
It’s sentimental, but it’s a lousy strip. And why is this particularly relevant to “menfolk”?
Wish my local paper hadn’t cut out the first two panels. Very appropriate for Father’s Day, though.
Not necessarily all menfolk, but certainly for those with daughters.
Very sweet.
I don’t understand, “Mike? You call?” I know that the guy is Michael Doonesbury, but what does “Mike? You call?” mean. She’s not addressing Michael, he’s out on the porch, so…?
She thought she heard her husband and is asking him if he was calling her name.
Menfolk? Because marrying off your daughter is a wondrous and powerful moment for a father.
He said “Hey, Kim” way back in panel three.
He wanted (as many of us middle-aged husbands do) her opinion on the tie he was choosing. He then saw his daughter in her wedding dress and got all verklamphed. I understand.
I loved Alex’s toast to the two “strangely familiar” bartenders (her mom and stepfather, natch).
He’s still alive? Would anyone notice if he wasn’t? Count Curley Wee is more relevant than Doonesbury.
Lochdale, coming into a thread to sneer at the topic and those discussing it is threadshitting. Don’t do it.
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twickster, Cafe Society moderator