I didn’t follow Doonesbury all that much in the early years, but I’ve slowly warmed up to it. It’s like Kids In The Hall; it’s not what you expect from the medium, and it takes a little getting used to. I have no qualms whatsoever with taking a more serious tone than, say, Garfield.
Anyway, taking off the helmet (man, they just took it right off…) reminds me, more than anything, of Kenny McCormick finally ditching his hood in the South Park Movie…and revealing the most ordinary, plain face imaginable. Remember, BD never took off his helmet, not even in places where he should have (like, oh, the shower). I also remember a conversation he had with Boopsieabout how he’s going explain the helmet to Sam, and I swear that he mentioned that he’d need specialized tools to get it off. The implication was that this wasn’t just a personality quirk or cheap visual gag; he needed head covering at all times. My guess was horrendous scarring, a hideous birthmark, or even skull damage or deformity. And now we find that he has…matted black hair.
I don’t care what anyone says, I’m raring to know where this is headed. Oh yeah, better not forget about his disability. That’s harsh.
funky winkerbean had a main character loose a limb. a very promising musician that was headed to juliard lost her arm to the shoulder in a drunk driving accident. good grief, i had a very viseral reaction to that.
it will be interesting to see how doonesbury and get fuzzy progress in the next few weeks.
He makes baseless accusations and misrepresentations of conservative policy and use his conservative characters as mere brainles caricatures, while his enlightened (and shallow) liberals talk about life’s deep situations and generally display their superiority. Worse yet, they’ll be banal, humorless strips. That’s what he’s been doing for the last year or two. Since I can’t predict the news 3 months in advance and he seems to have a smaller lead time, I can’t predict what he’ll specifically write.
Probably, BD won’t have a massive change of heart unless Trudeau’s lost even more talent than I thought. In a week or so he’ll have a tearful Boopsie, weeping about her poor BD, (I rather doubt its a dream) temporarily distracting people from the football accusations storyline.
Subjective, vague and meaningless predictions. Except, perhaps, for the “baseless accusations and misrepresentations”. If you see any of those, feel free to point them out.
Dear lord, you think he’s so predictable that he’ll use that worn out old cliche, the wife that loves her husband and cries when gets a limb blown off? Wow, if he sinks that low I’ll have to concede that he’s totally lost touch. I mean, come on, the wife who loves her husband? What is this? Leave it to Beaver?
I see… a comic has exactly one joke and when I point out that its very predictable you say I’m being vague and meaningless because I don’t give you the exact script weeks in advance. I see.
Actually, I was rather surprised. Its an old joke, but today’s comic did manage toi be funny. That was the first time in the last decade Trudeau wrote anything I liked, even if it was unoriginal.
Why should I make a topic about a comic I find boring?
Let me guess, smiling bandit…you think Mallard Fillmore is the height of political commentary.
At least Doonesbury has a fairly wide field of scatter on his scorn gun. Sometimes even (gasp!) Democrats find themselves in his sights! Or have you already forgotten Clinton’s 8-year representation as a waffle?
I predict the sourpuss Right will use the “foul language” issue as their opening for pulling the strip, when the real issue is how they resent having anyone point out that Bush’s war has resulted in hundreds and hundreds of maimings and amputations.
For me, Trudeau has brass ones. I welcome this brave and daring storyline.