Today in Comics History, March 16: The "B.D. in Vietnam" strips in Doonesbury get really dark

from Before Watchmen: Comedian #5 (March 2013), script by Brian Azzarello, pencils and inks by J.G. Jones, colors by Alex Sinclair, letters by Clem Robins
(Here's the real thing:)


Doonesbury comic strips (February 23 and March 3, 1972), script and art by Garry Trudeau

Today in Comics History, January 20, 1961: JFK is inaugurated; superheroes crash party

from Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #4 (DC, January 2013), script by Len Wein, pencils and inks by Jae Lee, colors by June Chung, letters by John Workman