Doonesbury on Hunter Thompson

I have been wondering what Trudeau would do to acknowledge the death of Hunter S. Thompson. This week's strips pay tribute to him via Duke, the character fashioned after the Gonzo journalist. In Tuesday's strip Duke's head explodes echoing Hunter's suicide. Apparently, this isn't as strange as it seems as Duke's head has exploded before, among other things. He has done some interesting stuff so far including a panel drawn in the style of Ralph Steadman and a melting Duke. Hunter Thompson strongly disliked Trudeau's parody, but apparently came to accept it later in life.

The reason it took this long for Trudeau to get to it is that he was laid up after a skiing accident in Aspen, the same place Thompson took his life.

You can see my tribute to Hunter here.

There's also this:

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