Readers of GONOGO will hear me say for the millionth time that this comic is written almost a year in advance. I often bounce ideas off of my father while writing the scripts and it was June of 2020 that I started talking to him about this wacky idea of Confederate statues falling from the bridge. Literally the next week the news was consumed with BLM images of confederate statues coming down. With that kind of lead time I can only hope that the jokes still hold up.
One of the difficulties about this topic for a comic is that it needs to be crystal clear where I stand on the issue. For the record (although I think I did a pretty good job in the comic) I am for pulling the statues down. Allowing The Colonel a voice does perhaps introduce some confusion on that point, but I feel that he is sufficiently ridiculous that pretty much anyone who reads it gets where I stand. My opinions on the Confederacy are pretty straightforward: They were traitors. But, it gets tricky when you consider the average joe conscript, who was essentially forced to fight. I am less in favor of tearing down that sort of monument. It’s that wiggle room that gives me a comedic opening. Our Colonel is known for running away. Does he really deserve to be torn down like the rest of the generals?
Probably….