DONARUDO
WEEK 040 / 073 The Ides of March
 Chapter 4The Primaries · Mar 15 – Mar 21, 2016
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 40 “The Ides of March”: 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 stands triumphant in…
MARCH 15TH. THE IDES. FIVE STATES VOTE — AND FLORIDA, THE YOUNG DUELIST'S HOMELAND, FALLS IN A LANDSLIDE.
Thank you, Florida! #SuperTuesday #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump2016
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 40 “The Ides of March”: close-up of thumbs over a glowing phone screen in a dark room along the bottom edge of the frame; beyond the window in the middle strip a boyish clean-cut man, short dark hair, earnest large eyes…
(Thank you Marco, I agree!)
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 40 “The Ides of March”: 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 raises a fist in the…
Wow, just won Missouri!
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 40 “The Ides of March”: a desert highway blocked by a churning halftone mob under harsh sun across the lower half of the frame, overturned barriers, while a crowd of featureless figures with camera lenses for faces and a…
Why is it that the horrendous protesters, who scream, curse punch, shut down roads/doors during my RALLIES, are never blamed by media? SAD!
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 40 “The Ides of March”: a slim dignified man, graying close-cropped hair, calm bearing descends an aircraft stairway onto a rain-slicked empty tarmac on the right half of the frame in a foreign capital, no delegation…
Wow, President Obama just landed in Cuba, a big deal, and Raul Castro wasn't even there to greet him. He greeted Pope and others. No respect
THE DEPARTING KING LANDS TO SILENCE IN HAVANA. AT HOME, ONLY TWO RIVALS REMAIN BETWEEN DONARUDO AND THE CROWN.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

The Ides of March. Florida falls in a landslide and the young duelist MARUKO lays down his blade in his own homeland — granted, near midnight, a single almost gentle line from the victor. Missouri follows, the chorus is indicted for shielding the mob, and far to the south the departing king lands in Havana to an empty tarmac.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 040. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

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