Editing Garry Trudeau

{{short description|American cartoonist (born 1948)}}
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| name               = Garry Trudeau
| image              = Garry Trudeau 2014 stanforduniversity.jpeg
| caption            = Trudeau giving a lecture at Stanford in 2014
| birth_name         = Garretson Beekman Trudeau
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1948|7|21}}
| birth_place        = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
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| known_for          = ''[[Doonesbury]]''
| education          = [[Yale University]] ([[B. A.|BA]], [[M. F. A.|MFA]])
| occupation         = [[Cartoonist]]
| years_active       = 1970–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Jane Pauley]]|1980}}
| children           = 3
| relatives          = [[Edward Livingston Trudeau]] (great-grandfather)
}}

'''Garretson Beekman Trudeau''' (born July 21, 1948) is an American [[cartoonist]] best known for creating the ''[[Doonesbury]]'' comic strip.

Trudeau won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning]] in 1975, making him the first [[comic strip]] artist to win a Pulitzer. He is one of only two comic strip artists to win the award, the other being [[Berkeley Breathed]], whose work was influenced by Trudeau.<ref name="LA Times">{{cite web |last1=Solomon |first1=Charles |title=Strip That Split the Cartoonists |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-26-vw-24832-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 26, 1987 |access-date=21 November 2023 |quote=“I’ve never been a comics fan,” Breathed explains. “ ‘Doonesbury’ was the first strip I ever paid attention to and followed regularly--which may explain the obvious roots of ‘Bloom County.’ ”  During the seven years he’s been drawing the strip, Breathed has gradually found his own voice, although Trudeau’s influence can still be seen in the way he structures and paces many of his gags.}}</ref> Trudeau was also the creator and executive producer of the [[Amazon Studios]] political comedy series ''[[Alpha House]]''.

== Early life and education ==
Trudeau was born in New York City, the son of Jean Douglas ({{née}} Moore, daughter of New York Assembly member [[Thomas Channing Moore]]) and Francis Berger Trudeau Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.strunkfuneralhome.com/obituaries/print?o_id=5899259 |title=Jean Douglas Amory obituary |access-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref> He is the great-grandson of [[Edward Livingston Trudeau]], who created [[Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium]] for the treatment of [[pulmonary tuberculosis]] at [[Saranac Lake, New York]]. Edward was succeeded by his son Francis and grandson Francis Jr. The latter founded the [[Trudeau Institute]] at Saranac Lake, with which Garry Trudeau retains a connection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trudeauinstitute.org/ |title=The Trudeau Institute Homepage|website=TrudeauInstitute.org |access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref>

Raised in Saranac Lake, Trudeau attended [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] in Concord, New Hampshire. He enrolled in [[Yale University]] in 1966. As an art major, Trudeau initially focused on painting, but soon discovered a greater interest in the [[graphic arts]]. He spent much of his time cartooning and writing for Yale's [[humor magazine]] ''[[The Yale Record]]'',<ref>Trudeau, Garry (November 1968). Cover Illustration. ''The Yale Record''. New Haven, CT.</ref> eventually serving as the magazine's editor-in-chief. At the same time, Trudeau began contributing to the ''[[Yale Daily News]]'', which eventually led to the creation of ''Bull Tales'', a comic strip parodying the exploits of Yale quarterback [[Brian Dowling (American football)|Brian Dowling]]. This strip was the progenitor of ''Doonesbury''.<ref name=Rose>{{YouTube|VKC47mTaMoc|Charlie Rose – Garry Trudeau}}, ''Charlie Rose'' October 11, 2004, uploaded on August 27, 2007, on YouTube</ref>

While still an undergraduate at Yale, Trudeau published two collections of ''Bull Tales'': ''Bull Tales'' (1969, published by the ''Yale Daily News'')<ref>Trudeau, Garry (February 1969). ''Bull Tales''. New Haven: Yale News.</ref> and ''Michael J.'' (1970, published by ''The Yale Record'').<ref>Trudeau, Garry (February 1970). ''Michael J.'' New Haven: Yale Record.</ref>

As a senior, Trudeau became a member of [[Scroll and Key]]. He did postgraduate work at the [[Yale School of Art]], earning a [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree in graphic design in 1973. It was there that Trudeau first met photographer [[David Levinthal]], with whom he collaborated on ''Hitler Moves East'', an influential "graphic chronicle" of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.<ref name="The Met – Hitler Moves East">{{cite web|title=Untitled|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/271944|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|date=1975 |access-date=December 14, 2016|language=en}}</ref>

== Creative works ==
Soon after ''Bull Tales'' began running in the Yale student newspaper, the strip caught the attention of the newly formed [[Universal Press Syndicate]]. The syndicate's editor, James F. Andrews, recruited Trudeau, changed the strip's name to ''Doonesbury'', and began distributing it following the cartoonist's graduation in 1970. Today ''Doonesbury'' is [[print syndication|syndicated]] to 1,000 daily and Sunday newspapers worldwide and is accessible online in association with ''[[The Washington Post]]''.

In 1975, Trudeau became the first comic strip artist to win a [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer]],<ref name = "pulprize2">{{cite web |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/215 |publisher=The Pulitzer Prize Organization|title=Pulitzer Award Winners by Category}}</ref> traditionally awarded to editorial-page cartoonists. He was also a Pulitzer finalist in 1990,<ref name="pulprize1">{{cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize Finalists |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/garry-trudeau |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> 2004,<ref name="pulprize3">{{cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize Awards - Garry Trudeau |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/garry-trudeau-0 |website=The Pulitzer Prize |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> and 2005.<ref name = "pulprize1"/> Other awards during this time include the [[National Cartoonist Society]] Newspaper Comic Strip Award in 1994,<ref name = "cartoonists">{{cite web |title=National Cartoonist Society Award, Best Comic Strip |url=https://nationalcartoonists.com/awards/division-awards/ |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> the [[Reuben Award]] from the National Cartoonist Society in 1995,<ref name = "pulprize1"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Jarvis|first1=Zeke|title=Make 'em Laugh! American Humorists of the 20th and 21st Centuries|date=2015|publisher=Greenwood / ABC-CLIO, LLC|location=Santa Barbara, CA|isbn=978-1-4408-2994-9|page=69|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5eIBwAAQBAJ&q=%22far+and+away+the+most+influential+editorial+cartoonist+in+the+last+25+years%22&pg=PA69|access-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref>  the George Orwell Award in 1994,<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Recipients Orwell Award |url=https://ncte.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Past_Recipients_Orwell_Award.pdf |website=NCTE.org |publisher=National Council of Teachers of English Organization |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> and the Forte dei Marmi Prize for Satire 1990 in Italy,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |title=SHORT TAKES : Italians Laud Trudeau |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-24-ca-1084-story.html |access-date=14 June 2024 |date=24 September 1990}}</ref>

Awards received in the 21st century include: The [[Max und Moritz Award|Max & Moritz Award]] for Best Comic Strip (2006, Germany)<ref>{{cite web |title=2006 Max & Moritz Prizes |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/max06.php |website=Max & Moritz |publisher=Max & Moritz Prizes |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> the Harvey Award, Best Syndicated Strip (2011),<ref>{{cite web|title=Harvey Awards official website|url=http://www.harveyawards.org/|website=[[Harvey Awards]]|access-date=August 22, 2015|archive-date=October 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011153600/http://www.harveyawards.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
the George Polk Award, Lifetime Achievement (2015),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://liu.edu/polk-awards/past-winners |title=Past George Polk Award Winners |access-date=February 22, 2022 |publisher=Long Island University}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gold |first1=Hadas |title=Doonesbury Creator wins Polk Awards |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/02/politico-ny-times-doonesbury-creator-win-polk-awards-202668 |access-date=14 June 2024 |publisher=Politico |date=17 February 2015}}</ref> and the National Cartoonist Society's Gold T-Square (2021).<ref name = "cartoonists2">{{cite news |last1=Degg |first1=D.D. |title=74th Reubens: Gold T-Square to G. B. Trudeau |url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/02/06/74th-reubens-gold-t-square-to-g-b-trudeau/ |access-date=14 June 2024 |publisher=The Daily Cartoonist |date=6 February 2020}}</ref>

Trudeau's work has been recognized by fellowships and halls of fame. In 1993, Trudeau was made a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Browne|first1=Ray B. & Pat|title=The Guide to United States Popular Culture|date=2001|publisher=The University of Wisconsin Press|location=Madison, Wisconsin|isbn=0-87972-821-3|page=247|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3rJxPYT32MC&q=american+academy+of+arts+and+sciences%2C+g.b.+trudeau&pg=PA247|access-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref> 
In 2021, he was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame,<ref>{{cite news |last1=NYS Writers Institute |title=New York State Writers Institute Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Postponed to 2021 |url=https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/nys-writers-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony-postponed-to-2021 |access-date=14 June 2024 |publisher=NYS Writers Institute |date=26 May 2020}}</ref> and the Eisner Hall of Fame in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Degg |first1=D.D. |title=2023 Eisner Hall of Fame Inductees and Nominees |url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/04/08/2023-eisner-hall-of-fame-inductees-and-nominees/ |access-date=14 June 2024 |publisher=The Daily Cartoonist |date=8 April 2023}}</ref>

[[Wiley Miller]], fellow comic-strip artist responsible for ''[[Non Sequitur (comic strip)|Non Sequitur]]'', called him "far and away the most influential editorial cartoonist in the last 25 years".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rubien|first1=David|title=Garry Trudeau|url=https://www.salon.com/1999/11/02/trudeau/|website=Salon|date=November 2, 1999|access-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref> A regular graduation speaker, Trudeau has received 37 honorary degrees.
[[File:GarryTrudeau.jpg|thumb|Trudeau in 1999]]
In addition to his creating his strip, Trudeau has worked in both theater and television. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1977 in the category of Animated Short Film for ''A Doonesbury Special'', created for NBC in collaboration with [[John Hubley|John]] and [[Faith Hubley]]. The film won the [[Cannes Film Festival]] Jury Prize in 1978. In 1984, with composer [[Elizabeth Swados]], he wrote the book and lyrics for the Broadway musical ''[[Doonesbury]]'', for which he was nominated for two [[Drama Desk Award]]s. A cast album of the show, recorded for MCA, received a Grammy nomination. Trudeau again collaborated with Swados in 1984, this time on ''Rap Master Ronnie'', a satirical revue about the Reagan Administration that opened off-Broadway at the [[Village Gate]]. A filmed version, featuring [[Jon Cryer]], the [[Smothers Brothers]], and [[Carol Kane]], was broadcast on Cinemax in 1988.<ref>{{cite web | title=Television Reviews : Cinemax's Grades Slump With 'Rap Master Ronnie' | website=Los Angeles Times | date=February 12, 1988 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-12-ca-28768-story.html | access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref>

Also in 1988, Trudeau wrote and co-produced with director [[Robert Altman]] [[Home Box Office|HBO]]'s critically acclaimed ''[[Tanner '88]]'', a satiric look at that year's presidential election campaign. The show won the gold medal for Best Television Series at the Cannes Television Festival, the [[British Academy Television Award]] for Best Foreign Program, and Best Imported Program from the British [[Broadcasting Press Guild]]. It earned an [[Emmy Award]], as well as four [[ACE Award]] nominations. In 2004, Trudeau reunited with Altman to write and co-produce a sequel mini-series, ''[[Tanner on Tanner]]'', for the [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Shrewd 'Tanner' sequel bows on Sundance | website=TODAY.com | date=September 30, 2004 | url=https://www.today.com/popculture/shrewd-tanner-sequel-bows-sundance-wbna6143480 | access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref>

In 1996, ''Newsweek'' and ''The Washington Post''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Streitfeld|first1=David|title='Anonymous' Undone By His Own Hand?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/07/17/anonymous-undone-by-his-own-hand/1a31ce54-3b04-4c43-8d00-91defe1e9826/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref> speculated that Trudeau had written the novel ''[[Primary Colors (novel)|Primary Colors]]'', which was later revealed to have been written by [[Joe Klein]]. In February 2000, Trudeau, working with Dotcomix, launched ''Duke2000'', a web-based presidential campaign featuring a real-time, 3-D, streaming-animation version of Duke. Nearly 30 campaign videos were created for the site, and Ambassador Duke was interviewed live by satellite on the ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today Show]], [[Larry King Live]], [[The Charlie Rose Show]]'', and dozens of local TV and radio news shows.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Wired Staff|title=The Revolution Will Be Satirized|url=https://www.wired.com/2000/08/duke/|magazine=Wired|access-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref>

In 2013, Trudeau created, wrote and co-produced ''[[Alpha House]]'', a political sitcom starring [[John Goodman]] that revolves around four Republican U.S. Senators who live together in a townhouse on Capitol Hill.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goodman|first=Tim|title= Alpha House: TV Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/alpha-house-tv-review-656034|access-date=July 24, 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 14, 2013}}</ref> Trudeau was inspired to write the show's pilot after reading a 2007 ''New York Times'' article about a real D.C. townhouse shared by New York Senator Chuck Schumer, Illinois Senator [[Dick Durbin]], and California Representative George Miller, all Democrats.<ref>{{cite news|last=Camia|first=Catalina|title=Durbin: No sex or drugs in real 'Alpha House'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/11/20/dick-durbin-alpha-house-garry-trudeau-amazon/3653431|access-date=August 4, 2014|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> The pilot for ''Alpha House'' was produced by [[Amazon Studios]] and aired in early 2013. Due to positive response, Amazon picked up the show to develop into a full series, streaming eleven episodes for its first season.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-amazon-tv-pilots-idUSBRE94G0YH20130517 "Amazon kills 'Zombieland' TV project, backs 'Alpha House'"], [[Reuters]], May 17, 2013.</ref> On March 31, 2014, Amazon announced that ''Alpha House'' had been renewed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webpronews.com/alpha-house-season-2-production-kicks-off-this-summer-2014-03|title=Alpha House Season 2 Production Kicks Off This Summer|website=Webpronews.com|date=March 31, 2014|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> Production began in July 2014, and the entire second season became available for streaming on October 24, 2014.<ref name="Alpha House Season 2 Release">{{cite web|last1=Spangler|first1=Todd|title='Alpha House' Creator Garry Trudeau: Amazon Wants to Rival HBO Originals|url=https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/alpha-house-creator-garry-trudeau-amazon-wants-to-rival-hbo-originals-1201340170/|website=Variety.com|date=October 27, 2014|publisher=Variety|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

While writing ''Alpha House'', Trudeau put the daily Doonesbury into rerun mode. On March 3, 2014, the "Classic Doonesbury" series began, featuring approximately four weeks of daily strips from each year of the strip's run. He continues to produce new strips for Sundays.  Although ''Alpha House'' has not been in production since the end of 2014, Trudeau has not returned to creating daily ''Doonesbury'' strips; new material remains a Sunday-only event.<ref name="'Doonesbury' Becoming 'Doonesbury Classics'">{{cite web|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Alan|title='Doonesbury' Becoming 'Doonesbury Classics'|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/features/entertainment/content/20140303-doonesbury-becoming-doonesbury-classics.ece|website=Providence Journal|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

Trudeau has contributed to such publications as ''Harper's'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''The New Republic'', ''The New Yorker'', ''New York'', and ''The Washington Post''. From 1990 to 1994, he wrote and drew an occasional column for ''The New York Times'' op-ed page, and was a contributing essayist for ''Time'' magazine from 1996 to 2001.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/16/opinion/mars-so-far.html|title=Opinion &#124; Mars So Far|first=Garry|last=Trudeau|newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 16, 1991}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://greensboro.com/doonesbury-creator-joins-time-as-a-contributor/article_9adaadb2-60c9-537f-be2f-31b509c9bd37.html|title=''DOONESBURY' CREATOR JOINS TIME AS A CONTRIBUTOR|website=Greensboro News and Record|date=April 8, 1996 }}</ref>

Beginning with the Gulf War in 1991, Trudeau has written about military issues extensively. In recognition for his work on injured soldiers, he has been presented with the Commander's Award for Public Service by the [[Department of the Army]], the Commander's Award from [[Disabled American Veterans]], the President's Award for Excellence in the Arts from [[Vietnam Veterans of America]], the Distinguished Public Service Award from the [[American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation]], the Mental Health Research Advocacy Award from the [[Yale School of Medicine]], and a special citation from the Vet Centers.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/strip/cast/bio | title=Doonesbury Cast: Garry Trudeau | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

He received several unit commendations from the field during the Gulf War, and he traveled with the [[USO]] to visit troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. From 2005 to 2014, his website hosted [http://gocomics.typepad.com/the_sandbox  ''The Sandbox''], a milblog posting over 800 essays by deployed soldiers, returned vets, caregivers, and spouses. For most of the strip's run, Trudeau has eschewed merchandising, but starting in 1998 he teamed up with [[Starbucks]] to create ''Doonesbury'' products to raise funds for local literacy programs. The items were offered for sale in Starbucks stores for nearly two years and raised over $1 million. Also for charity, Trudeau licensed the strip to Ben & Jerry's, which created a bestselling sorbet flavor called ''Doonesberry''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Pulitzer-Prize-Winning-Cartoonist-7443|title=Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist Garry Trudeau Discusses Politics and His Beloved Comic Strip, "Doonesbury," at UCLA Live Oct. 25|last=Wallace|first=Holly|date=October 20, 2006|website=UCLA Newsroom}}</ref>

Trudeau's son Ross, a digital media producer, is also a crossword constructor who has been published in the ''[[New York Times]].'' As part of the ongoing celebrity partnership series, father and son collaborated on a crossword puzzle that was published on May 15, 2018, in the ''Times''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=5/15/2018|title=Tuesday, May 15, 2018 crossword by Garry Trudeau and Ross Trudeau|website=www.xwordinfo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/crosswords/daily-puzzle-2018-05-15.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/crosswords/daily-puzzle-2018-05-15.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Played at Work|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 15, 2018|last1=Amlen|first1=Deb}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Trudeau, formerly a member of [[Writers Guild of America, East]], left and maintained [[financial core]] status.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wgaeast.org/enforcement/wgae-financial-core-list/ | title=WGAE Financial Core List }}</ref>

== Private life and public appearances ==
Trudeau married [[Jane Pauley]] on June 14, 1980; they have three children.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Macon Telegraph | date=June 16, 1980 | page=6 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-telegraph-pauleywedding/166240458/ | title=Trudeau, Jane Pauley Marry}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=Jane Hall |title=Fighting Off a Few Guilty Tears, Jane Pauley Leaves Her Kids at Home and Heads Back to Work on Today |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=October 27, 1986 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20094866,00.html |access-date=May 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101035/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20094866,00.html | archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
He maintains a low personal profile. A rare early appearance on television was as a guest on ''[[To Tell the Truth]]'' in 1971, where only one of the three panelists guessed his identity.<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Bates | first=Eric | title=The Rolling Stone Interview: Garry Trudeau | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=August 5, 2004 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-rolling-stone-interview-garry-trudeau-165538/ | access-date=February 20, 2025}}</ref> In 1990, Trudeau appeared on the cover of ''[[Newsweek]]'' for ''Inside Doonesbury's Brain'', a story written by [[Jonathan Alter]]. This was the first interview Trudeau had given in 17 years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Felsenthal|first=Carol|title=Jonathan Alter on the Making of Alpha House|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/November-2013/Chicagoan-Jonathan-Alter-Teams-with-Garry-Trudeau-to-Make-Alpha-House|work=Chicago Magazine|date=November 21, 2013|access-date=August 4, 2014}}</ref>

Trudeau cooperated extensively with ''Wired'' magazine for a 2000 profile, "The Revolution Will be Satirized". He later spoke with the writer of that article, Edward Cone, for a 2004 newspaper column in the [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], ''[[News & Record]]'', about the war wounds suffered by the Doonesbury character "B.D.", and in 2006 did a Q&A at Cone's personal blog about The Sandbox. Trudeau granted an interview to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in 2004 in which he discussed his time at Yale, which he entered two years after [[George W. Bush]]. He granted another ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview in 2010. In 2006, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' printed an extensive profile of Trudeau by writer [[Gene Weingarten]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/20/AR2006102000446.html Doonesbury's War], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', October 22, 2006</ref> He appeared on the ''[[Charlie Rose (TV series)|Charlie Rose]]'' television program,<ref name=Rose /> and at signings for ''The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time'', his ''Doonesbury'' book about [[B. D. (Doonesbury)|B.D.]]'s struggle with injuries received during the [[Iraq War|second Gulf War]].<ref>{{YouTube|2QeBG5hTkUM|"Doonesbury" & Private Lupo}}, Pentagon Channel, uploaded September 27, 2006.</ref>

On August 1, 2016, Trudeau appeared on MSNBC on ''[[The Rachel Maddow Show]]''. He was brought on to discuss his prediction about [[Donald Trump]]'s plans to run for president almost three decades earlier. Maddow presented cartoon strips from as far back as 1987. Trudeau was on her show to promote his new book ''Yuge'', which covers 30 years of Trump appearing in ''Doonesbury''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2016/8/5/30_years_of_doonesbury_on_donald|title=30 Years of "Doonesbury" on Donald Trump: Cartoonist Garry Trudeau on the GOP's "Natural Born Toon"|website=[[Democracy Now!]] |date=August 5, 2016|access-date=August 7, 2016}}</ref> On November 7, 2016, Trudeau appeared on ''[[Fresh Air]]'' with [[Terry Gross]]<ref>{{cite web|author= Terry Gross|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air|title=Fresh Air-Author Interviews|website=Npr.org|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> to discuss ''Yuge''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Terry Gross|title=Fresh Air Podcast - Author Interviews|url=https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444908/fresh-air|website=Npr.org|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> On the ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]'' broadcast of December 2, 2018, he was featured and was interviewed by his wife, [[Jane Pauley]].

== Appraisals and controversies ==
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[[Eric Alterman]], writing in ''[[The Nation]]'', called ''Doonesbury'' "one of the great intellectual/artistic accomplishments of the past half-century, irrespective of category".<ref name=Alterman>{{cite magazine|last1=Alterman|first1=Eric|title=The Altercation Gift-Giving Guide, Part I|url=http://www.thenation.com/blog/156673/altercation-gift-giving-guide-part-i#|access-date=April 14, 2015|magazine=The Nation|date=November 2, 2010}}</ref>

Trudeau has also attracted criticism both for the comic strip and for his own opinions. In 1985, responding to changes after his [[Doonesbury#1983–1984 hiatus|1983–1984 hiatus in ''Doonesbury'']], readers of ''The Saturday Review'' voted Trudeau one of the "Most Overrated People in American Arts and Letters", stating that after his hiatus, his comic strip was "predictable, mean-spirited, and not as funny as before."
<ref>{{cite book |last=Davis  |first=Brian |date=April 7, 2015 |chapter=Trudeau, Garry (1948-) |chapter-url= |editor-last=Jarvis |editor-first=Zeke |title=Make 'em Laugh! American Humorists of the 20th and 21st Centuries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5eIBwAAQBAJ&q=mean-spirited |format=E-book |language=en |location=California: Santa Barbara |publisher=ABC-CLIO |pages=68–69 |isbn=978-1-4408-2995-6 |access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> Trudeau's acceptance speech on the occasion of receiving a [[George Polk Awards|Polk Award]] in 2015 for lifetime achievement stirred controversy.<ref name=Mark>{{cite magazine|last1=Hemingway|first1=Mark|title=Garry Trudeau Calls Charlie Hebdo 'Hate Speech'|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/gary-treaudeau-calls-charlie-hebdo-hate-speech_915393.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412093229/http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/gary-treaudeau-calls-charlie-hebdo-hate-speech_915393.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 12, 2015|access-date=April 14, 2015|magazine=Weekly Standard|date=April 10, 2015}}</ref> In the speech, Trudeau criticized the cartoonists of ''[[Charlie Hebdo]]''—after a number of ''Charlie Hebdo'' writers, editors and cartoonists had been murdered execution-style in their own Paris offices by Muslim terrorists—for "punching downward... attacking a powerless, disenfranchised minority with crude, vulgar drawings closer to graffiti than cartoons", and thereby wandering "into the realm of hate speech" with cartoons of [[Muhammad]].<ref name=TrudeauPolk>{{cite magazine|last1=Trudeau|first1=Gary|title=The Abuse of Satire|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/04/the-abuse-of-satire/390312|access-date=14 April 2015|magazine=The Atlantic|date=11 April 2015}}</ref> Writing in ''[[The Atlantic]]'', in which Trudeau had published his speech, political commentator [[David Frum]] criticized what he called Trudeau's "moral theory" that calls for identifying "the bearer of privilege", then holding "the privilege-bearer responsible".<ref name=Frum>{{cite magazine|last1=Frum|first1=David|title=Why Garry Trudeau Is Wrong About Charlie Hebdo: The cartoonist urged satirists to "punch up" against authority, but the world does not divide so neatly between the privileged and their victims|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/why-garry-trudeau-is-wrong-about-charlie-hebdo/390336|access-date=14 April 2015|magazine=The Atlantic|date=13 April 2015}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
{{Main|List of published collections of Doonesbury}}

=== Non-''Doonesbury'' publications ===
* ''Hitler Moves East: A Graphic Chronicle, 1941–43'' (with David Levinthal), Sheed, Andrews and McMeel, 1977. {{LCCN|7652888}}. The cover shows two [[Wehrmacht]] motorcyclists. The book relates the story of Nazi Germany's [[Army Group Centre]] on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] through archival photos and new photography of [[toy soldier|model soldiers]] ({{ISBN|0-8362-0708-4}})
* ''Finding Your Religion: When the Faith You Grew Up With Has Lost Its Meaning'' by Rev. [[Scotty McLennan]], HarperSanFrancisco, 1999. Trudeau drew the cover cartoon and wrote the introduction.
* ''Doonesbury.com's The Sandbox: Dispatches from Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan'', introduction by G.B. Trudeau; edited by David Stanford, Duty Officer, Doonesbury Town Hall, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2007), {{ISBN|0-7407-6945-6|978-0740769450}}. More than 100 blog posts by soldiers in [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]], returned vets, caregivers, and family members.
* ''Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes'', introduction by G.B. Trudeau; edited by David Stanford, Duty Officer, Doonesbury Town Hall, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2008) {{ISBN|0-7407-7231-7|978-0740772313}}

== Collections ==

Most of Trudeau's original drawings for Doonesbury, along with letters, notebooks, and other archival materials, are in the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/1775| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190322081034/https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/1775| archive-date = March 22, 2019| title = Collection: Garry Trudeau papers {{!}} Archives at Yale}}</ref> Original drawings are also in the collections of the Library of Congress;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/photos/?q=Doonesbury|title=Search results for Photo, Print, Drawing, Doonesbury, Available Online|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/|title=Home &#124; National Museum of American History|website=americanhistory.si.edu}}</ref> the National Portrait Gallery;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.78.TC45|title=Doonesbury|website=npg.si.edu}}</ref> the National Museum of Health and Medicine;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.usa.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=nmhm&query=doonesbury&commit=|title=doonesbury – National Museum of Health and Medicine Search Results|website=search.usa.gov}}</ref> and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at Ohio State University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://osucartoons.pastperfectonline.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_criteria=Doonesbury&searchButton=Search|title=Search Results for Doonesbury &#124; Ohio State University – Cartoon Library & Museum|website=osucartoons.pastperfectonline.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060316153257/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6298171/doonesbury_goes_to_war/print ''Rolling Stone'' interview]
*[https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.08/duke_pr.html ''Wired'' profile], August 2000
*[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/apr/21/pressandpublishing ''The Guardian'' article], 2004
*[https://www.motherjones.com/arts/qa/2007/01/garry_trudeau.html ''Mother Jones'' interview], 2007
*[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jul/22/comics.pressandpublishing ''The Guardian'' article], July 22, 2008
*[https://archive.org/details/rolling-stone-1117-2010-11-11-conan-o-brien/page/65/ Doonesbury Turns 40]<!-- wayback archive link (last page not accessible): https://web.archive.org/web/20110120121833/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/doonesbury-turns-40-20101027 -->, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', November 11, 2010
*[[hdl:10079/fa/beinecke.trudeau|Garry Trudeau Papers]]. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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