“But the Pension Fund Was Just Sitting There” (A Doonesbury Book) #[nn]

G. B. Trudeau's sharp wit and Don Carlton's inking come together on this 1979 Doonesbury collection, its title alone — *"But the Pension Fund Was Just Sitting There"* — signaling the dry, knowing humor fans of the strip have always loved. The cover sets the tone perfectly: two Doonesbury characters kill time in what looks like a locker room, playing cards amid scattered cans and a stray bottle, a football helmet hanging on the wall behind them as empty hangers dangle overhead. It's a wonderfully low-key scene that captures Trudeau's gift for finding absurdity in the mundane.