31 October—This is the focus of “Mallard’s Halloween Costume Idea #83” in yesterday’s Mallard Filmore comic strip. The first text balloon suggests: “Get a king or emperor costume.” So you’d naturally expect the second text balloon to follow with “. . . and go as Donald Trump.” Well, not from Tinsley and Fishman, to be honest. Predictably, the MAGA cartoonists suggest, “. . . and go as a federal district court judge,” since most federal district court judges do the right thing.

Anyway, in resigned recognition—but assuredly not acceptance—of Donald Trump’s reign as the United States of America’s first monarch—absolute or otherwise—since our forefathers declared independence from Britain, here’s a little number by John Bull called “The King’s Hunt.” It dramatizes Trump’s tireless pursuit, persecution, and prosecution of the good people who don’t kiss his fat ass or whom he resents or just doesn’t like: