'Doonesbury' to Honor Iraq War Dead

Thursday, May 20, 2004

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The names of more than 700 American service members killed in Iraq will appear in a "Doonesbury" (search) comic strip during the Memorial Day weekend.

The comic will list chronologically the names of 702 soldiers killed through April 23, said Lee Salem, editor of the Kansas City-based Universal Press Syndicate (search), which distributes the strip.

The names were set in 6-point type to fit in the six panels for publication on Sunday, May 30. The Sunday version is prepared weeks in advance.

"The intent is to recognize those who died," Salem said.

The strip's author, Garry Trudeau (search), was not available to answer questions, his editor said.

As of Thursday, a total of 789 U.S. service members had died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year. Of those, 575 died as a result of hostile action and 214 died of non-hostile causes.

Last month, ABC's "Nightline" featured a recitation by anchor Ted Koppel (search) of the names and photos of Americans who had been killed in the war. The names and photos, presented without music or graphics, occupied the entire expanded 40-minute news show.

Koppel said during the April 30 broadcast that it was about the "men and women who have died in the war in Iraq."

"Doonesbury," a Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip, appears in 1,400 newspapers nationwide and has a history of tackling controversial issues.

At least two newspapers decided to pull the strip last month when football coach and soldier B.D. used an expletive when he learned he had lost a leg while fighting in Iraq. Salem said the syndicate had not received any reaction about the Memorial Day weekend strip from newspapers who publish "Doonesbury."

"Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure. "
George W. Bush

doonesbury isn't that the comic that jane fonda reads

 Out of every 100 men, ten shouldn't even be there, Eighty are just targets, Nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back." - Hericletus, circa 500 BC

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He is a Democrap through and through.  He is always jamming up the military.  IMO this has nothing to do with honoring the soldiers who have fallen, he just saw the a chance to cause some contoversie like who ever the Talking Head was that did it on nightline or one of those shows and thought he would try to get his 5 minutes in the spot light.

Doonesbury is the all-time suckiest strip ever,,the only ones who read that are the reality handicapped,bleeding-heart,sloppy-joe,greasy-pony tail wearing,I'm 30 something happy making $6.50 an hour at the local no-business doing book store that smells like feet and corn chips due to the fat liberal slob stealing oxygen sitting on his ass all day.