Man Down! Oh Man! They can't kill BD!

[Syncronaut Seven]

Shit!
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20040419

[slinkerwink]

1. who's BD?

[Dogmudgeon]

4. B.D. ...

Jock. Soldier. Conservative. Hard-ass. He's everything "we" are supposed to hate.

However, instead of reducing him to a stereotype, Trudeau has humanized B.D. And as an off-the-rails American president commits thousands of troops, billions of dollars, and millions of non-combatants to realize his Holy Crusade, B.D. finds himself in the thick of it ...

B.D. bleeds the same red we all do, and Trudeau won't let us forget it.

--bkl

[Syncronaut Seven]

5. See "the cast"

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/thecast// After 30 years the cast of Doonesbury, fictious as they may be, have grown to seem like family.

BD's just a regular guy.

[slinkerwink]

7. I can't see the cast

[Syncronaut Seven]

8. The link won't cut and paste right

You will have to navigate using the "wheel" Select The strip>The Cast.

[Nailzberg]

11. You're getting the Oopps message???

You're coming into a Flash site. There's a dude in a circle to the left of the Oopps text. There's an outer ring of links, you want to go the "strip" you'll see an inner ring of links appear, and then click on "cast"

[jadedcherub]

2. OMG No! (n/t)

[gyopsy]

3. This can't be happening!

Not BD! Oh no! ;(

[Nailzberg]

6. Maybe Trudeau is putting a face to the daily casualties

Most of us have been lucky enough to not know any of them personally. If Trudeau has to kill off BD to make it a little more personal for the public, then I don't feel too bad about it. I hope it wakes some people up.

And who knows, maybe BD will get medivac'ed in time. He can still make it.

[HawkerHurricane]

9. B.D. was injured during Gulf War I...

when his Hummer drove over a mine. Could this be a relapse?

[LastKnight]

10. dont panic...

the title of the strip is 'flashbacks'...

memory im guessing.

-LK

[Uroboros]

12. They all are...

..labeled flashback that is. Just go back to a few previous ones and you'll see the same title. (for some reason)

[Syncronaut Seven]

13. All his online strips for months say "flashbacks"

Even though they're current. I don't know what it means.

[LastKnight]

14. my bad...

i dont follow it regularily, so dont listen to me lol. i pick it up in the paper now and then, but thats about it.

-LK

[Archae]

15. Don't worry, he "killed off" Duke also.

Even someone who actually has died comes back, in dreams to Mark.