Editing Uncle Duke (section)

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|character_name = Uncle Duke
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|creators = [[Garry Trudeau]]
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'''Uncle Duke''' is a fictional character in the [[comic strip]] ''[[Doonesbury]]'' by [[Garry Trudeau]].
He is nominally [[Zonker Harris]]'s uncle, albeit an "[[fictive kinship|uncle by courtesy]]" only. Duke appeared in the strip July 1974<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1974/07/08|title=Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 08, 1974 |first=Garry|last=Trudeau|date=Jul 8, 1974|website=GoComics|access-date=Oct 4, 2019}}</ref> and was originally a straightforward caricature of the [[gonzo journalist]] [[Hunter S. Thompson]] (see [[Raoul Duke]]), but eventually took on a life of his own and a succession of ill-fated ventures in the areas of politics, business and crime.

Duke is an epic consumer of drugs and alcohol and an amoral trickster with a fondness for firearms. He has a son called Earl who resembles him in most ways but is sober and more intelligent.