The Long Road Home + two more

The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time 93 pp.

The War Within: One More Step at a Time 110 pp.

Signature Wound: Rocking TBI 122 pp.

Author G.B. Trudeau

G.B. Trudeau revisits his Doonesbury characters in these three graphic novels about injured Iraq War veterans. In the first two books BD, the character who always wore a helmet in the old comic strips, loses his leg in combat. The first volume covers his recovery, learning to use his prosthetic leg and his return to his wife, Boopsie and their daughter, and Zonker the hippie stoner who is their live-in "nanny". While the first story mostly involves his physical recovery, the second is about BD's mental recovery and dealing with PTSD with the help of another disabled vet who does counseling. The third book is about a new character nicknamed "Toggle" who was under BD's command. Toggle suffers a Traumatic Brain Injury and BD ends up working as his counselor. For fans of Doonesbury and everyone else. There is information appended to each book about Fisher House, a "home away from home" for military families with patients in military and VA medical centers (think Ronald McDonald House for soldiers).