B.D. of Doonesbury lost more than we thought.....

[onehandle]

He lost his very symbol.

His Helmet.

Powerful.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Look at his left leg.

n/t

[Cannikin]

2. So this is the one...

Powerful.

[dbt]

3. bu$h, meet Toaster.

It's set on Way Dark.

Geau, Trudeau!
:bounce:
dbt

[Bozita]

4. this deserves a good kick

[Az]

5. Wow

That is his identity. New directions ahead I would think.

[AlienGirl]

6. OMG...it was B.D. who got injured

I was a Doonsbury fanatic for a long time; almost feel like I know these characters.

Tucker

[bloom]

7. yes -

I think you hit it spot on.

[Walt Starr]

8. Mike doonesbury is a Yuppie Republican

I wonder if BD will be campaigning for Kerry when he gets back.

[SideshowScott]

16. Doubt it.. B.D. is a die hard righty..

But hes a Okey guy..I think he will be more of one of those work within to try to change the sytem types. But like I said B.D. reminds me of a freind I have that we dont agree at all on politcs ect but we have been freinds for a long time and I would not change a thing.
Ill bet we are gonna see some scathing stuff on how our wounded and dead are treated by the Gov when they come home though.

[Az]

23. That Helmet coming off is way to symbolic

It would not come off unless there was a drastic change in the offering. From a cartoon perspective the loss of a leg is minor. But the loss of something so static and representational as his helemt... things are coming.

[central scrutinizer]

9. different cartoon - same topic

In case you haven't seen Monday's and Tuesday's Get Fuzzy, Rob's cousin has lost his leg in Iraq and is coming home. Today's installment:

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[MissB]

10. And who is the guy in the suit? (nt)

[Bridget Burke]

12. Maybe we'll find out.

But there are probably coffins arriving--along with the wounded.

[Bozita]

11. "Get Fuzzy" is running on the same track

[SideshowScott]

13. Ya Know thats the FIRST thing that struck me..Was his Helmet was off!

Ive been reading Doonesbury since I was a kid during the Jimmy Thudpucker, Walden days and ive never and mean NEVER seen B.D. with his helmet off..If it was a Ballplayer, Cop, Solider, EVER. And I was stunned to see it off..Then I saw the leg....
Wow
All this time Doonesbury still kicks major ass.
I agree with the above poster that I feel like I know these toon people since ive been reading for so long..I was saddend by Lacys death, shocked at Mark's finding out hes gay, now this..
Ya know B.D. was a right winger and the constant butt of Zonkers pranks but I still liked the lug. Im sure we all have freinds and family that we dont agree with but we still love them dearly. I wonder how Boobsie is gonna react?

[Az]

14. I don't even think Boopsie

has seen him without the helmet. And that just opens an whole new can o worms.

[Doctor_J]

20. yeah

same here. Never seen him w/o a helmet on. Pretty military haircut...

[tom_paine]

15. Man, BD lost a leg!

God, I've been reading Doonesbury so long that actually hurts a little.

Go ahead, flame me for a dope if you wish. I know he's a cartoon character but he is symbolic of all our THOUSANDS of brave soldiers who died or were crippled FOR AN ODIOUS BUSHEVIK LIE!

Sad for BD...much sadder for all the thousands of real-life BDs.

:-(

[Az]

19. The Helmet is more a part of BD than his leg ever was

He got changed. In a big way.

[Beacho]

17. What's going on?

I've tried everywhere online to find todays strip and even Slate doesn't have it.

Can anyone post it please?

[nostamj]

18. uh, it's in the original post

here's a site to get the daily strip:

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html

[hunter]

21. Tranquility base here...

...the Eagle has landed.

I'm gonna remember this one.

[Beacho]

No can see

And I don't believe it's my home machine. Can see other graphics

[Beacho]

22. No can see

And I don't believe it's my home machine. Can see other graphics