The Daily Cartoon: The Scenic Route. A rusted, dented DeLorean time machine with luggage roped to its roof and coffee cups stacked to the windows rolls into a city street in 2026, under a giant billboard reading PRESIDENT BIFF beside a smug bully with an enormous swept blond combover. An ancient Doc Brown in the passenger seat holds up three readouts that all say 1985 and says, We never hit 88, Marty. A gray-haired Marty at the wheel, still in his orange vest, answers, I guess it is the scenic route, Doc. Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · rendered with gpt-image-2 on fal.ai
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