By: E&P Staff Cartoonist Garry Trudeau visited the Pentagon Tuesday to meet with wounded troops and present them with autographed copies of "The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time," his collection of "Doonesbury" comics about B.D.'s difficult recovery from losing a leg in Iraq.
An American Forces Press Service (AFPS) story noted that Trudeau "received much of the background and inspiration he uses to tell B.D.'s story" from wounded troops he met during many visits to Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Fisher House, which houses families of these soldiers. The cartoonist is donating all proceeds from his book to the Fisher House Foundation.
AFPS quoted Trudeau as saying he has no concrete plans for what will eventually happen to B.D., but he'd like to see him reach "a place where he can manage his symptoms and live a productive, normal life." One possibility would be for B.D. to return to Walter Reed as a peer counselor, said the cartoonist.
During visits to Walter Reed, Trudeau said, he's been "astounded" by the wounded troops' lack of bitterness or self-pity and impressed by what he calls their "indomitable spirit."
Trudeau often opposes the Iraq War in "Doonesbury," but he said it's important for soldiers to be supported.
AFPS reported that Trudeau -- whose comic appears in more than 1,400 newspapers via Universal Press Syndicate -- plans to release a second B.D. book later this year.
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