Doonesbury Obama-symbol prediction thread -- get your bet on the record

[lwcon]

There has been some speculation in other threads on how G.B. Trudeau will depict the President-Elect.

My guess is a halo.

Bet-hedging alternatives: some kind of coins or medallions (i.e., "change"), a symbol of rhetoric (a megaphone or a doric column), or hope (a wishing well, a falling star?)?

What's your guess?

A secondary question, will Trudeau perhaps keep Obama in the shadows for a while until he chooses a defining narrative, or will he come out with one out of the gate?

[Wickerman]

1. I go with the defining narative angle

Or, perhaps he'll go with an "O" :shrug:

Damn, I can't recall how he did Clinton?

[Occam Bandage]

2. Clinton was a waffle.

[Wickerman]

4. thanks

yep, I remember now.

[bunkerbuster1]

3. I believe Trudeau took awhile before defining Bush, so why not wait?

As to the first question, my bet would be on... Ok, no clue here. I wouldn't even want to go there.

[lwcon]

6. If he gets photographed in a compromising position

It might end up being this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Butts

(Please, no Jeff Gannon jokes -- I mean a pic of him getting Luckys, not getting lucky).

[Occam Bandage]

7. Nah. W came pre-made.

Poppy was invisible, with only a tiny spark as his icon (and got that around the Iran-Contra investigations, I think) W was the same thing with a cowboy hat, from the moment he showed up. The spark become an asterisk after the recount, and the cowboy hat became a Roman helmet after the invasion of Iraq.

He did take a while to define Clinton, IIRC. I'm sure he'll wait until Obama shows some comedic tendencies of some sort.

[Orangepeel]

5. an ice cube? (because he is "chill")

I don't know what would symbolize "cool" (rather than cold) and still be recognizable.

[lwcon]

12. If he does get teased for smoking...

He could be a pack of Kools.

[fob]

8. A tall glass of water with dark sunglasses

nt

[Stanchetalarooni]

14. This gets my vote, "tall, cool, drink of water".

My wife referred to the tall, lean, handsome teanage teammate of our son as a "tall, cool, drink of water".

[catnhatnh]

9. An old shoe....

Comfortable and sensible....referring to the news photo in worn shoes...also slightly anglophile reference for "trusted friend"...Possible working class affiliation.

[Arugula Latte]

10. Pie?

Make the pie higher!

[slackmaster]

11. Ears

He'll do something with the ears.

[bunkerbuster1]

13. I was just thinking that...

Kind of a logical way to go.

[slackmaster]

17. If not for the existing common application of the term, "wingnut" would be a good fit

:D

[ogneopasno]

15. He'll actually make him a person, or won't show him at all (other than legs, or the top of his

head behind a chair, or whatever). The icons are meant to mock. There's not much to mock about Obama.

[Terran]

16. bingo

The whole point of depicting Bush and others by symbols was to indicate their sheer shallowness. There's little point in going there with Obama, at least for now.

[slackmaster]

18. Turdeau wasn't really mocking Bill Clinton by making him a waffle

He was just a person who likes waffles.

[Doctor_J]

21. Um, no

We actually got to VOTE on WJC's avatar - we got to choose among a waffle, a coin(for flipping), and (I think) a triangle, for his famous triangulation.

[MarkInCA]

19. In the absence of something more defining coming up:

[lwcon]

20. The future's so bright... n/t

[Doctor_J]

22. Someone in my thread on this subject went with a brain

But the sunglasses may be correct.

[Marnieworld]

A brain with sunglasses on then

With big ears.

Who am I kidding? I can't fathom Trudeau's genius. It will be good I'm sure.

[caraher]

23. A numeral 1

"The One," "That One"

or just plain Obama's #1 ;)

[lwcon]

25. Maybe a "#1" foam finger? n/t

[TexasObserver]

24. Black sunglasses, like the ones he wears!

[Spectral Music]

28. I actually thought I saw the sunglasses in the Sunday Doonesberry, across from the legs

I've been thinking sunglasses ever since then.

[blogslut]

26. My guess is off-panel

Or body parts like the legs Doonesbury has already drawn.

I like the brain idea.

We'll just have to see.

[noel711]

27. A tall, silk, top hat....

signifying his sophistication,
his smoothness,
and a 'tip of the hat' to his idol
Abe Lincoln.