What Is It, Tink, Is Pan In Trouble? (Doonesbury Books (Andrews & McMeel))

Of the core Doonesbury cast in What Is It, Tink, Is Pan in Trouble? only one has a job that requires getting out of bed. And as Roland and Rick find themselves in the tank for the semi-flawed character from Arkansas ("Look out, Mt. realizes he needs to get a post-Ground War life, ex-nanny Zonker finesses the recession by returning home to his terrified parents. As Mike enters his second year of full unemployment, and B.D. Meanwhile, over in aisle two of the Cosmic Supermarket, Jerry Brown, Insider, has doubled his shelf-life by repackaging himself as Jerry Brown, Outsider. Out on the campaign trail, Mark Slackmeyer tracks His Incumbency, causing a stir by serving up accurate--if incomprehensible--transcripts of primo Bushspeak. Kudos to Rick Redfern for the first bombshell: His evidence that Quayle handlers conspired to silence a federal prisoner causes Dano to wail and editors to bail. Grab your Dramamine--it's Silly Season, and the election handicappers are losing their shirts. Rushmore!"), the two Dukes, David and Uncle, conspire as only distant cousins can.

Of course, things are tough all over--as everyone but Poppy has noticed.

Mike is unemployed and running out of self-esteem, B.D. George Bush was also pretty peeved when Trudeau printed--verbatim--transcripts of presidential waffling. Over and over again.

Meanwhile, Uncle Duke quits Club Scud and heads back to the U.S. Dan Quayle did not like many of the strips collected here, especially Rick Redfern's evidence about Quayle's attempts to silence a potentially damaging witness. to manage the presidential campaign of his rabid right-wing cousin David. --Simon Leake The 1992 presidential election was a rich source of inspiration for Doonesbury's particular brand of satire. suffers the aftereffects of Desert Storm, and Zonker returns to the bosom of his family. Sometimes a satirist can just sit back and watch a politician shoot him- or herself in the foot.