Caualties of War
Man, my comics are getting all serious and stuffs. BD in Doonesbury lost his leg in the war, and Get Fuzzy’s Peter is visiting a cousin who lost his also.
Now, BD’s leg was hard to take. He’s been around quite a while and you just get a sense of loss and everything. He’s almost a real person. Trudeau is great at blending real life and politics with characters we not only relate to but have grown to love.
But Get Fuzzy? What’s he trying to do? I’m half expecting to see Garfield’s Opie fall to a stray drive-by or something. I’m prolly going to be accused of trying to censor the truth, but I’m really not used to Get Fuzzy being so sad. It’s kind of creepy. Last week they’re talking about dancing hairballs or something and this weeks it’s all, “off with your leg!” I dunno, man. Bring back the happy-go-fuzzy comic I remember before Dilbert gets called for reservist duty and we lose him forever.
