In today’s OBH, the current strip (Washington Post), Rick maintained the same theme:
Panel 1 - Ruthie: Why did Grandpa go fishing all by himself?
Panel 2 - Grandma: He wants to be alone to think.
Ruthie: About what?
Panel 3 - Grandma: About a day he’d rather forget.
Panel 4 - Grandpa is sitting at the river bank, fishing, while an image of the World Trade Center being attacked is seen in the sky and reflected in the water.
Thanks Mr. D. for this special strip, plus the one that appeared in the Houston Chronicle. Just an FYI. Only one other strip had the courage to acknowledge 9/11. There are over 37 comic strips printed in the Chronicle. Shame on those. We will not forget!
I’m about 1/2 way thru the 150 or so comics I read every day, and so far this is only the 3rd or 4th to remember 9-11. Disappointing. But this one is magnificent.
(I’ll never forget the irony that at work on 9/11/01 it was a database administrator from Pakistan who told me a plane had hit the first WTC tower. He later quit to move to Australia after telling his parents to arrange his marriage with his long-time girlfriend’s parents since he was going to marry her anyway. So there really are moderate Muslims.)
I went back and did a count. Only 6 out of 143. Sad. But this one is by far the best.
Are people so afraid of being controversial when there are people in the world who have declared their desire to kill us? Would Patrick Henry have said “Give me liberty or give me somewhere to hide”?
Yes, Thanks , Rick for this and the current “fishing” where no comments were possible. I will forever remember how I was already dressed in Red/White/Blue just because it was an election day (primary, I think) and watching the news when the first plane hit. I had a 1/2 hour drive to work and we had a TV in the conference room- I alerted co-workers and we gathered there- I will NEVER forget.
I’m just seeing the September strips here now for the first time, and I’m grateful for the comments. Maybe no one will see mine, but …
As one who trudged out of Lower Manhattan on 9/11/01 covered with ash, and who had no TV until Feb.2002 (because all broadcast transmission was from WTC Tower 1), I don’t have the image of the planes hitting the towers myself, davidf42. At the scene, not even the fire or the collapse could be seen because the air was too thick with debris and dust.
It’s the feelings I remember. The solidarity in the City, and the support of the nation and the world, choke me up still. Any fire truck that goes by could be a gift from some town that offered a replacement for one of the 125 or so that we lost, and nobody who’s seen a fire truck flattened to two feet high can ever forget how much those gifts mean.
And yes, pschearer, the world is full of moderate Muslims, who outnumber the violent radicals just as moderate Christians outnumber those who shoot gynecologists or howl hate at military funerals. A large percentage of the small businesses in my Brooklyn neighborhood are run by Syrians, Yemenis, Pakistanis and other Muslims - they make great Americans.
So I guess I don’t go by the images on TV, either in remembering 9/11 or in judging the entire religion that supposedly perpetrated it. I say, God Bless the whole world - no exceptions! We all need it.
kab2rb over 13 years ago
Thank you OBH for remembering today.
James Lindley Premium Member over 13 years ago
Yes, thank you, and thank you for reminding us how we felt then. We realized how precious our relationships are.
Sky_Shachaq over 13 years ago
Hopefully,more comic strips will remember 9/11. God comfort those who lost loved ones on that day and God bless America.
davidf42 over 13 years ago
In today’s OBH, the current strip (Washington Post), Rick maintained the same theme: Panel 1 - Ruthie: Why did Grandpa go fishing all by himself? Panel 2 - Grandma: He wants to be alone to think. Ruthie: About what? Panel 3 - Grandma: About a day he’d rather forget. Panel 4 - Grandpa is sitting at the river bank, fishing, while an image of the World Trade Center being attacked is seen in the sky and reflected in the water.
sk8trmom51 over 13 years ago
Has it really been only nine years? The day itself seemed to last at least that long, one I know I’ll never forget.
God bless the USA!
celeconecca over 13 years ago
Beautiful
Donna White over 13 years ago
Me too, Chikuku, me too.
brunner over 13 years ago
Thanks Mr. D. for this special strip, plus the one that appeared in the Houston Chronicle. Just an FYI. Only one other strip had the courage to acknowledge 9/11. There are over 37 comic strips printed in the Chronicle. Shame on those. We will not forget!
pschearer Premium Member over 13 years ago
I’m about 1/2 way thru the 150 or so comics I read every day, and so far this is only the 3rd or 4th to remember 9-11. Disappointing. But this one is magnificent.
(I’ll never forget the irony that at work on 9/11/01 it was a database administrator from Pakistan who told me a plane had hit the first WTC tower. He later quit to move to Australia after telling his parents to arrange his marriage with his long-time girlfriend’s parents since he was going to marry her anyway. So there really are moderate Muslims.)
pschearer Premium Member over 13 years ago
I went back and did a count. Only 6 out of 143. Sad. But this one is by far the best.
Are people so afraid of being controversial when there are people in the world who have declared their desire to kill us? Would Patrick Henry have said “Give me liberty or give me somewhere to hide”?
vldazzle over 13 years ago
Yes, Thanks , Rick for this and the current “fishing” where no comments were possible. I will forever remember how I was already dressed in Red/White/Blue just because it was an election day (primary, I think) and watching the news when the first plane hit. I had a 1/2 hour drive to work and we had a TV in the conference room- I alerted co-workers and we gathered there- I will NEVER forget.
avonsalis over 13 years ago
I’m just seeing the September strips here now for the first time, and I’m grateful for the comments. Maybe no one will see mine, but …
As one who trudged out of Lower Manhattan on 9/11/01 covered with ash, and who had no TV until Feb.2002 (because all broadcast transmission was from WTC Tower 1), I don’t have the image of the planes hitting the towers myself, davidf42. At the scene, not even the fire or the collapse could be seen because the air was too thick with debris and dust.
It’s the feelings I remember. The solidarity in the City, and the support of the nation and the world, choke me up still. Any fire truck that goes by could be a gift from some town that offered a replacement for one of the 125 or so that we lost, and nobody who’s seen a fire truck flattened to two feet high can ever forget how much those gifts mean.
And yes, pschearer, the world is full of moderate Muslims, who outnumber the violent radicals just as moderate Christians outnumber those who shoot gynecologists or howl hate at military funerals. A large percentage of the small businesses in my Brooklyn neighborhood are run by Syrians, Yemenis, Pakistanis and other Muslims - they make great Americans.
So I guess I don’t go by the images on TV, either in remembering 9/11 or in judging the entire religion that supposedly perpetrated it. I say, God Bless the whole world - no exceptions! We all need it.