Blowback
Blowback
A clean, well-lit place to vent
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INGENIUM STABILE
"Ingenium Stabile. I saw what you did there. Excellent!..."
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WINNER
The Cracker Barrel Peace Cup is a winner.
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DRAWN WEEKS AGO
The darkly comic timing of this strip dropping less than a day and a half after Trump drops bombs on Iran, even though it was no doubt written and drawn weeks ago, is just icing on the cake.
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IS IT MY IMAGINATION?
Re today's strip: Is it my imagination or does Jeff have a few more facial lines than he used to? Not that it would be out of character. I'm guessing he would be in his early-to-mid 40s by now.
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CAN'T WAIT
I can't wait to see a Sunday strip created solely by AI.
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TODAY'S STRIP
Today's strip -- GBT or ChatGBT?
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GREAT CAUSE
Re: The series about BD's aftercare in the Fisher House. I worked in rehabilitation medicine for 40 years and thought that maybe I had given enough. I haven't, and will donate to this great cause. How we can discard our vets I can never fathom. Thank you so much for bringing this to our awareness
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HELPED ME KEEP MY SANITY
I've been enjoying the strip since I was in college way back in the '70s. Thanks Garry! Growing up as a little blue dot in a mostly-red state, your strip helped me keep my sanity. I've loved the funny characters, keen political satire, and social commentary. Another thing I liked was how in the early years you would sneak little changes into the backgrounds of the strips (such as a bowl of nuts on the table in one frame becomes a flower pot in the next). As a visual artist myself I always enjoyed looking for those. Once again, many thanks!
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A "KAREN"
Today’s strip many actually be the first media appearance of a “Karen”!
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MARK
Mark still has his White House press credentials?
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GETTING WOUNDED
I am interested in getting reprints of the strips dealing with B.D. getting wounded, his loss of limb, and his experiences during his life on the mend. My cousin is a Prosthetist and she expressed an interest in your column's treatment of this subject as she sees a lot of this in her line of work.
Editor's Note:Fortunately, B.D.'s journey is thoroughly chronicled in the Wounded Warrior series of trade paperbacks:
The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time -- (Foreword by Sen. John McCain)
The War Within: One More Step at a Time -- (Foreword by General Richard B. Myers)
Signature Wound: Rocking TBI -- (Foreword by General Peter Pace)
Mel's Story: Surviving Military Sexual Assault -- (Foreword by Congresswoman Jackie Speier)The fourth volume sheds serious light on one of the most pressing and undermining problems in our military today. Mel and B.D. met in the waiting room at the VA Center.
(Proceeds from these books go to benefit Fisher House.)
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THE THING ABOUT WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Sam: "That's the thing about wounded soldiers, because they all know someone who has it worse or didn't make it, they all feel lucky." I'm reminded that it's time to renew my support for the USO.
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HOW LONG?
How long before Doonesbury is not appropriate for the Washington Post?
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HORRIBLE THINGS HAPPENING
Nice to see B.D. at the forefront protecting Kim from ICE. There are horrible things happening in the Minneapolis metro. I have Jewish friends who've had ancesters victimized by the Holocaust that are being triggered.
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CLYDE
Is that CLYDE in there supporting Kim? Excellent.
Editor's Note:Indeed! In panels seven and eight.
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THE POWERS THAT BE TOOK IT DOWN
Back in 2018, when I was still on social media, I posted two side-by-side photos of Stephen Miller and Joseph Goebbels, with no additional comment. The powers that be took it down stating that it "violated community standards." So much has changed since then.
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GOOD LORD!
Good Lord! We've struck "55 Years Ago" in the Flashbacks! Anyone else feeling old? That's well over half my life following Doonesbury. It was intermittently during my own college years, and I think I had picked up a copy of Just a French Major from the Bronx somewhere. Then my brother made it official when he gave me The Doonesbury Chronicles for Christmas the year I graduated. No regrets!
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TRACKS
Uncle Stupidhead is an ICE wannabe?...
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THAT ICE JOB
After reading articles like this, "ICE Barbie's Hiring Blitz Descends Into 'Disaster' With Shockingly Bad Recuits," I wouldn't be surprised if Zeke landed that ICE job!
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THE COOLEST OF THE COOL
Re: Today's FLASHBACK strip...
50 years after the fact, I am still appalled that MacArthur, the coolest of the cool, always completely unfazed (a prerequisite if you are working for Duke) would allow himself to be bribed.