"What effect must it have on a nation if it learns no foreign languages? Probably much the same as that which a total withdrawal from society has upon an individual." --G.C. Lichtenberg
This week, something changed in Doonesbury. For the 30-odd years of the strip--all through Vietnam, Watergate, the Iran Hostage crisis, Panama, Gulf War I, Somalia, Oklahoma City, Bosnia, and everything else--there's always been a punchline. With the exception of a tribute strip (no longer online) for 9/11, the strip has always featured humor.
This week, the strip follows original cast member B.D. after he is wounded in Iraq. There has been nothing funny about it. Today, Trudeau dispensed with Doonesbury's other never-been broken convention.
B.D. was shown without his helmet.
For whatever reason, that was what got me. It took me another 30 or so seconds to notice his left leg was gone. posted by David at 4/21/2004 12:48:00 PM ::
