Editing Doonesbury (section)

==Awards and honors==
* In 1975, the strip won Trudeau a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for [[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning|Editorial Cartooning]], the first strip cartoon to be so honored. The Editorial Cartoonists' Society subsequently passed a resolution condemning the Pulitzer Committee. (After being assured that the award was irrevocable, Trudeau supported the resolution.)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/strip/archive/timeline|title=Doonesbury Comic Strips by Garry Trudeau|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2 December 2018|archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055437/https://www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/strip/archive/timeline|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Doonesbury'' was also a Nominated Pulitzer Finalist in 1990, 2004, and 2005.
* In 1977, the short film ''A Doonesbury Special'' won the Grand Jury Prize from the Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or for "Best Short Film". It was also nominated for an Academy Award.
* Trudeau received Certificates of Achievement from the [[US Army]] 4th Battalion 67th Armor Regiment and the Ready First Brigade in 1991 for his comic strips dealing with the first Gulf War. The texts of these citations are quoted on the back of the comic strip collection ''Welcome to Club Scud!''
* Trudeau won the Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards2.asp |title=The Reuben |website=National Cartoonists Society |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220061214/http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards2.asp |archive-date=December 20, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Trudeau was awarded the [[US Army]]'s [[Commander's Award for Public Service]] in 2006 for his series of strips about B.D.'s recovery following the loss of his leg in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001919927|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060215224157/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001919927|archive-date= 2006-02-15 |title=U.S. Army Honors 'Doonesbury' Cartoonist |work=[[Editor & Publisher]]|date=January 27, 2006 |access-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref>
* In 2008, Trudeau received the Mental Health Research Advocacy Award from the [[Yale School of Medicine]] for his depiction of the mental-health issues facing soldiers upon returning home from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Yale University|url=https://news.yale.edu/2008/03/20/doonesbury-cartoonist-garry-trudeau-receive-yale-award-raising-awareness-about-war-relate |title=Doonesbury" Cartoonist Garry Trudeau to Receive Yale Award for Raising Awareness about War-Related Mental Health |date=March 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730012020/https://news.yale.edu/2008/03/20/doonesbury-cartoonist-garry-trudeau-receive-yale-award-raising-awareness-about-war-relate |archive-date=July 30, 2020 |access-date=December 2, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2020, Trudeau was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/content.display/page/nyswritershalloffame.cfm |title=NYS Writers Hall Of Fame 2020 Inductees |website=NYSCA Literary Tree |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920204643/http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/content.display/page/nyswritershalloffame.cfm |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>