Bruno

Discussion (5) ¬

1. 
   ronald

   March 7, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

   Only curious, is this just a generic protest scene or a reference to a particular protest around the time of the strip’s original appearance? Thanks.
2. 
   Christopher

   March 7, 2019 at 8:55 am | #

   It was an actual protest that day in Olympia, WA. There were many protests then of the Iraq war.
3. 
   Starry Gordon

   March 7, 2019 at 9:06 am | #

   On the side of the panel we read ‘(c)06 C.BALDWIN.3/20′ and the conversation is about Iraq. The big protests against the invasion of Iraq were held in 2003 and of course proved unable to stop the war. Assuming ‘06′ is 2006, I think the drawing is retrospective. On the other hand, Dije says the reasons turned out to be lies which occurred to different people at different times. The 500,000 people who demonstrated in New York City in 2003 knew they were lies, but it may have taken a bit longer for those who believed in the New York Times and other propaganda outlets. And I suppose some still believe.
4. 
   Christopher

   March 7, 2019 at 9:14 am | #

   Not a retrospective. Protests continued regularly during the Iraq War. All protests in Bruno were ones I actually attended, when I attended them.
5. 
   Peter Rogan

   March 7, 2019 at 2:20 pm | #

   I continue to be appalled that, nearly twenty years later, we’re still there. The Project for a New American Century got what they wished for: A permanent US military presence over what they consider to be ‘their’ oil. Every time I hear a reference to the theater’s operational headquarters, Central Command, I ask myself, “Central to WHAT?”