B.D.'s whole story arc has been terrific. His daughter's friend is Mike Doonesbury's daughter, and the final panel in the strip where B.D.'s daughter says she's scared has her talking off screen while B.D. and Mike are listening. B.D. has such a broken look on his face.

Another strip has B.D. in a wheelchair in a store. A little boy is staring at him. Roughly: "You lost your leg." "Uh huh." "Were you in the war?" "Uh huh." Kid's mother: "Billy, come on now, don't stare." Kid: "So you're a hero, then." B.D., finally smiling: "I guess so."

thanks for linking, Corwood, that was a great story.

I loved it, too, and am happy that I got to share the love with y'all.

Oh, I adore Gene Weingarten. He did another long piece for the magazine last winter about a guy who performed at children's birthday parties. Which doesn't sound like fascinating material, but it's great. [link]

So funny -- I was just looking up the Ellen Schreiber books Jilli mentioned, as well as Thirsty, and realized I bought Thirsty for Jake a while back! I love being able to borrow books from my kid.

The Anita Blake comic book.

Eeeeeeeewwww. Nope, no more for me, thanks. Unless maybe I run across a free copy somewheres.

Is it Ellen Schreiber or Steiber? I think I know Steiber. Must go check.

The B.D. arc has just been so good. Hail Doonesbury.

He did another long piece for the magazine last winter about a guy who performed at children's birthday parties.

I didn't realize that was the same writer. My wife and I still talk about that article.

When did the BD arc begin? Last night I read the whole last year's archive, which is as far as I can go for free, I think.

I liked the article a lot, except for learning that Trudeau is a Yankees fan. Ugh. Take a wonderful guy...

When did the BD arc begin?

2004, was it? The date is the article. We had him getting hurt, recovering, fitting the leg, then the therapy. It's been a long trip.