Go, Read: Garry Trudeau Interview

USNews.com's Betsy Streisand conducts a brief interview with Doonesbury's Garry Trudeau on the occasion of the release of The War Within: One More Step at a Time, the story of his character B.D.'s struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder after losing a leg in Iraq.

I find the book and its predecessor interesting because the acceptance of those books by the wider military and veteran communities makes it one of the few instances in popular culture where there's been a connection relating to Iraq that transcends traditional political party antipathy. For comics geeks, there's the fascinating notion mentioned here that more readers were freaked out that B.D. lost his helmet than lost a leg, a great example of how long-running comics can make use of symbolism. All proceeds from the book go to charity.
 
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