New Adventures of Queen Victoria by Pab Sungenis for November 11, 2012

Good one, Pab.

@Fairportfan2 That is amazing! Love the mp3. Who is the singer?

Within this strip is an image that many people today have never seen before, and may never see again… a 22-cent stamp!But seriously, Pab, Bravo.

You rock today, Pab.

veterans are true heroes. from fighting in the trenches on the western front to the streets of fallujah, they deserve all the thanks from a grateful public. if you know a vet, buy them a drink. and, we as a society should do more for vets, if that means helping them to find jobs, paying for their education, taking care of their medical and psychological needs, and finding them housing.

Amen

Just watched the Remembrance Day parade in London (on the telly).They should make the Royals and the politicians watch and wait while the veterans place their wreaths rather than the other way round!

A few other comics that are either directly or indirectly about Veterans Day are Grey Matters Doonesbury, LuAnn, Red and Rover, and The Other Coast. All are available here on GoComics.

DULCE ET DECORUM EST by WILFRED OWEN

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!—-An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; But someone still was yelling out and stumbling, And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime… Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—- My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

6. Dead Cow Farm

AN ANCIENT saga tells us howIn the beginning the First Cow(For nothing living yet had birthBut Elemental Cow on earth)Began to lick cold stones and mud: 5Under her warm tongue flesh and bloodBlossomed, a miracle to believe:And so was Adam born, and Eve.Here now is chaos once again,Primeval mud, cold stones and rain. 10Here flesh decays and blood drips red,And the Cow’s dead, the old Cow’s dead.

Robert Graves, Faeries and Fusiliers

Thank you.

Still one of my favorite poems. It is perfect for this day. The pictures were great. Amazing job as usual.

honoring veteran’s day-doonesbury, balto, gray matters, and several more.

Estimated 1.2 million casualties in the Somme alone. The generals on both sides should have been shot for war crimes. Nice poem, but it’s difficult to believe that the dead would urge the living to die too.

son: dad, are you a hero?dad: no, i was in the company of heroes.

The pictures are fantastic. Thanks, Pab.…Always remember.

As the son of an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam as a FAC (Forward Air Controller) whose job it was to get the boys safely past the bad guys; and the brother of a cargo pilot whose job it is to make sure the guys have all they need as well as fly supplies to stricken areas in the US, thank you Pab

B.C. did as well…

… You smug-faced crowds with kindling eyeWho cheer when soldier lads march by,Sneak home and pray you’ll never knowThe hell where youth and laughter go.Siegfried SassoonSuicide in the Trenches

In Flanders Field was written by Canadian soldier John McRae in 1915. He explained before his death in France in 1918, that ‘foe’ referred to all evil, including war, not to enemy soldiers.

And for those who wonder..In Flander’s Fields was written by a Canadian doctor Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. It is the anthem for Remembrance Day in Canada

The poem I believe is more appropriate for Memorial day. For those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Veterans day is for the living who were and are prepared to give the ultimate sacrifice as a day to thank them.

Thank you Fairportfan. I’d never seen Service’s wartime poems before. How did I miss them?

Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

Thank you, Pab! This is one of my favorite poems and the heroes of the Great War are often overlooked today.

Great strip, LOVE it. thanks!