October 23, 2006
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Sunday's WaPo had an awesome, touching, wonderful article about Garry Trudeau, creator of the comic strip Doonesbury. He has always shunned publicity, and so this glimpse is supposedly a big deal.
I haven't read comics in the paper since I was too young to care about Doonesbury's dry, topical subject matter, so this article is my first rendezvous with Doonesbury since childhood. The article focuses on a particular storyline in which one of the main four characters, B.D., who has been in the strip since its inception, has to go to Iraq, and ends up losing a limb. Pretty serious subject matter for a silly cartoon.
Trudeau has been visiting wounded veterans to talk to them and mine them for ideas. Recently he accepted an award of excellence in the arts from the Vietnam Veterans of America. Anyway, I really loved the article, and it induced me to purchase a collection of the B.D. in Iraq saga, as well as the aftermath. It is called The Long Road Home. Anyway, check out the article.
Posted at October 23, 2006 2:47 PM | Comments (0)
