“The Evolutionary Dead End” (Non Sequitur, August 14, 2019)
By Wiley Miller (1951-)
8.5 x 14 in., ink on heavy paper
Coppola Collection

In 1991, Wiley launched his popular Non Sequitur strip, eventually syndicated to 700 newspapers as well as published on Go Comics and distributed via email. The strip oscillates between one-panel commentary and stories with recurring characters. In either event, the strips have a history of politically leaning. In February 2019 many newspapers canceled their subscriptions to Non Sequitur after the Sunday comic dated February 10, 2019 included a hidden profane message aimed at President Trump.

The note from Wiley:

“So grotesque and preposterous are the principal characters in this galaxy of clowns and crooks that none but a thrice double ass could have taken them for rulers.”

Attributed to an Officer in the Allied Control Commission during the Nuremberg Trials.

A reminder – Wiley composes these to be able to be cropped as a horizontal or vertical format (see below).