Uncle Duke is a fictional character in the comic strip Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau. He is nominally Zonker Harris 's uncle, albeit an "uncle by courtesy" only.

Sep 11, 2018 · For many fans, one of Trudeau’s most beloved char­ac­ters, Uncle Duke —a car­i­ca­ture of Thomp­son intro­duced in 1974—was a per­fect bulls­eye. Writer Wal­ter Isaac­son paid tongue-in-cheek trib­ute to the char­ac­ter as his “hero” on the strip’s 40th anniver­sary.

Uncle Duke (mentioned July 5, 1974, appears July 8, 1974) – A family friend of the Harrises (and thus "uncle by courtesy" of Zonker), Vietnam War veteran, former Rolling Stone writer, governor of American Samoa and ambassador to China, once the proconsul of Panama, former owner of "Club Scud" in Kuwait City, ex-orphanage manager (where he ...

Oct 27, 2010 · Uncle Duke was then serving as governor of American Samoa, and he got tapped by Ford and Kissinger to be ambassador to China. He uttered the classic line: “Those Chinese are an especially...

Nov 22, 2019 · Readers’ first encounter with Duke came on 8 July 1974, when Zonker stops by the offices of Rolling Stone to visit his “uncle.” (Duke is not really related to Zonker: he’s an old family friend) Duke’s first appearances are little more than shout-outs to Thompson’s reputation as a hard-living writer.

Feb 20, 2001 · Hot on the heels of his surprising in-your-face presidential campaign, the roots of candidate Duke are revisited in this reissue of Action Figure!, the definitive history of his adventures from 1970 to 1991.

May 8, 2019 · America hasn’t been right since Vietnam, and the political ethos that has emerged from that experience is embodied in Uncle Duke’s repulsive core: excess, racism, greed, self-interest, and a ground ethos of amorality. Duke is a cautionary tale, the husk of a man who gave everything he could to an ultimately doomed cause.

Nov 1, 2024 · Uncle Duke is often characterized as one of the funniest characters in the entire comic strip series. He is credited with being the link between the original cast and the newly introduced characters that would come some years into the strip's development.

Uncle Duke shares his witticisims with the world. Always a good read, with thought provoking intent.

He appeared as the father of the doomed family in the dystopian episode "Black Leather Jackets" of The Twilight Zone. In 1963, Pyle guest-starred on The Dick Van Dyke Show as Uncle George in the episode "Uncle George". He appeared twice in Cheyenne, starring Clint Walker.