DONARUDO
WEEK 025 / 583 The Decree of December Seventh
Vol. 1 ·  Chapter 3 The Front-Runner · Dec 1 – Dec 7, 2015
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 25 “The Decree of December Seventh”: Night highway into a low California city occupying the right two-thirds of the frame, police cruisers with flaring light bars, a helicopter searchlight cutting the dark, faceless crowds behind…
December 2nd, 2015. Gunfire in San Bernardino. Fourteen fall. The war changes shape again.
California shooting looks very bad. Good luck to law enforcement and God bless. This is when our police are so appreciated!
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 25 “The Decree of December Seventh”: Dark tower office held to the middle strip of the frame, lit by a wall of television screens; on every screen a slim dignified man, graying close-cropped hair, calm bearing, speaks from behind a…
December 6th. The departing king speaks to the nation from his desk. In the tower, judgment waits.
BIG NIGHT ON TWITTER TONIGHT. I WILL BE LIVE TWEETING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH AT 7:50 P.M. ( EASTERN). MUST TALK RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM!
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 25 “The Decree of December Seventh”: Extreme close-up of thumbs hovering over a glowing phone screen in the upper half of the frame in total darkness, harsh light carving deep chiaroscuro across the knuckles, screentone glare, speed…
Is that all there is? We need a new President - FAST!
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 25 “The Decree of December Seventh”: Low angle shot of an imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, heavy brow, small intense eyes, strong jowled jaw, long dark suit, very long red necktie flowing like a battle banner…
Well, Obama refused to say (he just can't say it), that we are at WAR
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 25 “The Decree of December Seventh”: Imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, heavy brow, small intense eyes, strong jowled jaw, long dark suit, very long red necktie flowing like a battle banner, reading a paper at a…
December 7th. Seventy-four years after Pearl Harbor, on the deck of a warship, he unseals his most terrible decree. The whole world turns to face him.
Statement on Preventing Muslim Immigration:
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

Gunfire in San Bernardino drags the campaign onto a darker battlefield, and when the departing king answers the nation from his desk, DONARUDO live-tweets his verdict in real time: not enough, never enough. He names the enemy the king will not name, in capital letters. Then, on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, from the deck of a warship, he reads aloud the decree that will make the whole world his audience.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 025. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…