Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 13, 1974
December 12, 1974
December 14, 1974
Transcript:
Mark: Mike, do you really remember that new frontier stuff? Mike: "The energy we bring to our endeavors will light our country! The glow from that fire can truly light the world!" Mike + Mark: Ha, ha, ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha, ha! Mark: Heh... God, what's happened to us? Mike: I dunno, man, I dunno...
cbtharring about 14 years ago
I was 14 when this Doonesbury strip came out. By this time I had seen the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., Senator Robert Kennedy, along with massive rioting across the urban areas of the nation. The sense of loss exhibited by Mark and Mike in the strip accurately measured the sense of loss the nation was undergoing in the wake of Watergate.
DeFriendlyTroll about 5 years ago
Signing in as a millenial in 2019 , and I can relate.
Honestly though, reading about what everyone went through in the nixon and reagan eras does help a bit. I think there’s more generational unity then people understand.