Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 18, 2010

In the last panel, Mr. Overkill looks like a formally-dressed garden gnome.

I thought that Jeff was beginning to believe his own BS, and Overkill is even worse. Jeff will make a fine office boy as long as they keep him away from the firearms.

It’s good to see Danny De Vito getting work in the comics industry.

GEE1A said

Size does matter! Just ask Napoleon & Hitler,

Whatever quirks Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler had, they probably weren’t a result of their heights. Historians generally agree Bonaparte’s height was about 5’ 6” (give or take an inch); about average for Frenchmen of his day. Hitler’s height was 5’ 9”; again, about average for his time.

Jeff, nice to see a young man learn the way of the world.

Jeff’s a brown noser without even realizing it.

Overkill motto: Death from below.

What’s with the ‘short theme’ this week? Is there some chairman of a private security contractor that is famously short?

Heh, as if guys Overkill’s height could GET into the military (short of being an Air Force pilot) in Nam. Not that Jeff’s bright enough to figure that out, of course.

Sandfan: as low as they can go.

Ravenswing: oh no, they took anybody to be their on-the-ground cannon fodder in ‘Nam. All pilots (including AF) have a height requirement because of the way the planes are designed. Elite combat troops also have a height requirement because of this - in case they have to take over flying a plane.

Corzak: I’m thinkin’ Trudeau has become aware of someone who’s real good at dishing out what he can’t take.

Hmm, d’ya spose he’s compensating for something?

Overkill is short because he was a paratrooper and kept forgetting his ‘chute.

The A-4 “Skyhawk” McCain flew required short pilots, because the limited cockpit space required a 6’ tall “glamour boy” pilot had to about bend double to fly it. Short doesn’t dictate courage potential.

But as with the “Red Rascal’s” exploits, I suspect Overkill Systems is run by another “stolen valor” wannabe, with the homicidal tendencies that go along with desertion, when “quitting under threat of fire” becomes a liability for political or economic gain.

rickmac1937

“size matters ask my wife”

This is your contribution? You wanna brag, write it on the wall next to the telephone in the Ladies Room at the bus station…where all you intellectchewals communicate.

Short people with certain skills & training are given a waiver of the height requirement. Small meneuvers better in tight spaces. Sniper, submariner…

i wonder if OK’s related to the guy running Berzerkistan?

I thought Overkill was in a wheelchair.

rickmac1937 - Sounds like your wife has too much experience - or not enough.

I have e-mailed the spammer, asking him/them/it to cease clogging up this board. Hope he/they/it takes the hint.

Overkill reminds me of the first rule of survival in bar fighting: Never pick on the little guy! A big guy might hurt you and maybe teach you some manners. The little guy? He has issues. He’ll just kill you.

And believe me, it applies to women, too!

Most of the short folks got to ride the rope into the snake pits to see if they were really VC holes during Nam. A nice flame thrower blast and few shoots into the dark and they certainly killed a mess of them on the way, snakes and Cong.

davidblack, now the spammer knows you exist. Enjoy your lifetime supply of spam.

During the draft, I don’t think they cared about size. Besides, Overkill would have been the perfect height as a tunnel rat in Vietnam.

Actually there has been a minimum height for US military since 1802 (5’6" at that time). As of Vietnam it was 5’0". I believe it’s 4’10" currently.

Hard to tell if Overkill qualifies since we don’t know how tall Jeff is.