Editing Doonesbury (section)

=== ''Alpha House'' and hiatuses: 2013 ===
''Doonesbury''{{'s}} syndicate, [[Universal Uclick]], announced on May 29, 2013, that the comic strip would go on hiatus from June 10 to [[Labor Day]] of that year while Garry Trudeau worked on his streaming video comedy ''[[Alpha House]]'', which was picked up by Amazon Studios.<ref>{{cite news | last = Cavna | first = Michael | date = 29 May 2013 | title = This Just in: 'Doonesbury' to go on sabbatical as Amazon Studios officially picks up Trudeau's Capitol Hill comedy, 'Alpha House' | newspaper =The Washington Post | access-date = June 16, 2013 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/this-just-in-doonesbury-to-go-on-sabbatical-as-amazon-studios-officially-picks-up-trudeaus-capitol-hill-comedy-alpha-house/2013/05/29/3aba59ee-c866-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_blog.html | archive-date = March 11, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210311230604/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/this-just-in-doonesbury-to-go-on-sabbatical-as-amazon-studios-officially-picks-up-trudeaus-capitol-hill-comedy-alpha-house/2013/05/29/3aba59ee-c866-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_blog.html | url-status = live }}</ref> "Doonesbury Flashbacks" were offered during those weeks, but due to the unusually long hiatus, some newspapers opted to run different comic strips instead.<ref>{{cite news | last = Cavna | first = Michael | date = 9 Jun 2013 | title = POST PICKS UP 'FORT KNOX': Military strip will replace 'Doonesbury Flashbacks' for the summer | newspaper =The Washington Post | access-date = June 16, 2013 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/post-picks-up-fort-knox-military-strip-will-replace-doonesbury-flashbacks-for-the-summer/2013/06/09/9b1cdcc6-d167-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_blog.html | archive-date = June 14, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130614072805/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/post-picks-up-fort-knox-military-strip-will-replace-doonesbury-flashbacks-for-the-summer/2013/06/09/9b1cdcc6-d167-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_blog.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Sunday strips returned as scheduled, but the daily strip's hiatus was extended until November 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Canva |first=Michael |url= http://www.buffalonews.com/life-arts/trudeau-extends-doonesbury-hiatus-to-finish-tv-series-20130910 |title=Trudeau extends 'Doonesbury' hiatus to finish TV series |date= September 10, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post |publisher=The Buffalo News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927052400/http://www.buffalonews.com/life-arts/trudeau-extends-doonesbury-hiatus-to-finish-tv-series-20130910 |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

After ''Alpha House'' was renewed for a second season in February 2014, Trudeau announced that he would now produce only Sunday strips for the foreseeable future.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/this-just-in%E2%80%94trudeau-puts-daily-doonesbury-on-long-term-hiatus-to-work-on-renewed-alpha-house-im-ready-for-an-extended-break/2014/02/11/e22bebbe-92d4-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_blog.html |title=Trudeau puts daily 'Doonesbury' on long-term hiatus |date=February 11, 2014 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320165841/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/this-just-in%E2%80%94trudeau-puts-daily-doonesbury-on-long-term-hiatus-to-work-on-renewed-alpha-house-im-ready-for-an-extended-break/2014/02/11/e22bebbe-92d4-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_blog.html |archive-date=March 20, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Since March 3, 2014, the strip has offered reruns starting from the very beginning of its history as opposed to the recent ones that re-run when Trudeau is on vacation.  ''Alpha House'' was cancelled in 2016,<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/08/08/amazons-alpha-house-gets-the-ax/ |title= Amazon's 'Alpha House' gets the ax| last=Heil|first=Emily|date=August 8, 2016|newspaper=Washington Post| language= en|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> but Trudeau did not return to drawing Monday-to-Saturday strips, and continued his Sunday-only schedule.

In a 2018 interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Trudeau said that while [[Donald Trump]] appears in only a limited number of strips, "for the last two years, he's been subtext in almost all of them."<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/garry-trudeau-donald-trump-doonesbury-728292/| title=Garry Trudeau on Trump, Satire and 'Doonesbury' at 50|last=Woods| first=Sean|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| date=September 25, 2018|access-date=April 4, 2019|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404152329/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/garry-trudeau-donald-trump-doonesbury-728292/|url-status=live}}</ref>