Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 21, 1970
November 20, 1970
November 23, 1970
Transcript:
Girl: You know, B.D., if you really don't want people to think of you as just a college football star, then why do you wear your helmet everywhere? Why don't you stop feeling sorry for yourself and just take your helmet off? B.D.: My ears stick out.
I wonder if Garry was just drawing the helmet symbolically at this point, or if he always had the ‘my mother made me wear them when I was a kid’ explanation planned.