Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 11, 2004
July 10, 2004
July 12, 2004
Transcript:
Zipper: How can things get any worse? Guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out. From tv: When George W. Bush first ran for president, he promised to be a uniter, not a divider. Three short years later, he's delivered! Today, Muslims everywhere stand united in anger toward America! By invading Iraq, Bush has created an incubator for a whole new generation of holy warriors! Moreover, by so carelessly squandering America's moral authority... he's done incalculable damage to her standing and interests arounf the world for years to come! May he be re-elected! God willing! I'm Osama bin Laden, and I approve this message.
hamza725 about 14 years ago
whoah how come zipper has those kind of eyes now?
caseyroberson over 12 years ago
The lidded eyes function as a symbol of adulthood. There was a series a few years before where Alex Doonesbury’s eyes changed to explicitly mark her not being a child anymore. Could it be that the drawn-out Iraq war is sapping even Zipper’s “bright-eyed” mentality?
KnifeSmile over 6 years ago
The eyes symbolize innocence, I think, which is why Boopsie still has them even though she’s grown so much as a person. She’s definitely an adult, but there’s something still fundamentally sweet and childlike about her in a way I can’t think of a good word for other than innocence.
KnifeSmile over 6 years ago
In short, I take this to mean that Zipper is being forced out of his usual bubble of ignorance. He’s having to deal with an adult awareness of the meaning of these things happening in the world around him.
MarkMiller2 about 4 years ago
Reading this now it just seems like liberal hysteria. I know I felt different at the time. Interesting…