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May 14th, 2011
The Man Who Changed History, part 6
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In " The Man Who Changed History pt 6 " , which is in the color section of Extra Indy Living , the first two panels show Bin Laden's turban is white but in the last panel it is red . Is this symbolic of him being gunned down and bloody or was somebody slacking in the coloring department ?
I have no idea who colored it or why, but they couldn't have made a worse coloring mistake. In which paper did you read this? The coloring you see on this website is the correct coloring.
It was in a daily edition of the Indianapolis Star " Extra " section , the last page was in color . When i first read it i thought it was either a hot water bottle or a bloody turban . Thank you for answering my question b.t.w.
Dude, I’ve loved your comic for a really long time now because you marry my Trek geek side with subtle shadowing of life in these here times. But the last six comix have been like American Cliff Notes manga for what we’ve been feeling and going through in the last decade. All I can say is you deserve a Pulitzer for this.
Thank you very much, Kim!
2nd to last, FISH FOOD. Last, a happy smile. SO MUCH said with so little, and done so creatively! Wow. I wonder what the Muslim world thinks now that Bin Laden's PORNO has been found.
Answer: They think we planted the porno and it wasn't his. Oh, right, sure. And the moon is made of green cheese.
There's a legend that the Temple of Diana at Ephesus – a structure renowned throughout the ancient world for its beauty and majesty – was destroyed by a fire set by an arsonist. When asked why he had done this, he explained that he wanted to have his name remembered for all time, and as he could not CREATE anything worth remembering, he would achieve his goal through destruction.
No record of this man's name survives.
A very good series on the demise of Bin Laden. You accurately captured his sense of narsiscism and desire to make himself appear powerful by destroying other people and things. And your reaction to that is 100% correct–we do not honor such mental illness. I stand with you. I hope we can heal the minds of others who would seek to agrandize themselves with hate and destruction.
Thanks, Darrin, you nailed it! One can only wonder, though, if Osama had been captured or killed in the months immediately following 9/11 would the Bush administration have been able to frighten the American people into accepting and endorsing the (unnecessary) invasion of Iraq. You just have to wonder if maybe "W" and Cheney intentionally let the monster run free to keep the terror threat maxed out. So many lives (American & Iraqi), heartache, personal & economic disruption, and taxpayer dollars could have been saved …
I wouldn't be surprised, but I don't think we'll ever have any way of knowing. So I'm just sticking to the notion that they were incompetent.
Synonyms for "incompetent" where the Bush/Cheney fiasco of dropping the ball on finding Bin Laden would be: stupid, evil, disgusting, devious, etc.
This week you have been the Chuck D and Johnny Cash of comic strips.
Take a bow, sir. You are the f—-ing man!
— MrJM
Hahaha Thanks, MrJM
I realize that the odds of you actually seeing and responding to this is miniscule, but I'll say it in the off chance that it gets trough. Thank you Mr. Bell for putting in to words and pictures (albeit usually only 3 or 4 pictures a day) what we who are known collectively as America have thought and felt about the taking down of Osama Boogeyman Laden. I hope that we can now unite to solve the ongoing, more important problems. The budget, the environment, and our dependence upon foreign oil come to mind rather quickly for me. Keep up the good work, sir.
Thanks, Dave. Writing this was cathartic for me, and I'm glad it struck a chord.
I won't hold my breath about it carrying over to policy debates, but I hope you're right.