He predicted that "animation will gradually replace static images altogether."
To prove this point, he showed a five-minute demo video of how Doonesbury might look in the future, with Doonesbury's very own presidential candidate, the clueless Duke, performing a "Larry King Live" interview.
Despite this new technology, Trudeau assured the audience, "The fundamentals of comics will stay the same."
"Everyone has time for the comics," he said.