Osama bin Laden

Steve Benson

Lalo Alcaraz

I didn't think there'd be that much in the way of map-related comics pertaining to last weekend's dramatic turn of events, and for the most part there wasn't.  I've only seen these two by Benson and Alcaraz.  But that doesn't mean Osama bin Laden hasn't made appearances in map-related comics before.

Speaking of current events, ya think Mr. Alcaraz here was using survey markers?

Wild goose

I'm kind of surprised how many map-related comics Doonesbury has been producing. I hadn't expected that. This one is from a story arc where the Afghanistan CIA desk chief (in the hat) is trying to make sure the young, incompetent CIA agent here stays out of trouble.

Quagmire

This is one from August 2009 by Brian Gable of The Globe and Mail in Toronto. I think I like the one by Paresh better. What do you think?

Shortcut to peace

This is one from August 2009 by Paresh Nath of The Khaleej Times in Dubai. Captures the situation in Afghanistan fairly well, no?