Garry Trudeau
Author of The Doonesbury Chronicles
About the Author
Garretson Beekman "Garry" Trudeau was born in New York City in 1948, and raised in Saranac Lake, New York. He attended Yale University, where he received his Bachelor's of Arts and an M.F.A. in graphic design. He is an American cartoonist, best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury comic show more strip. Trudeau premiered Doonesbury in 1970, and it now appears in nearly 1400 daily and Sunday newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. His work has been collected in nearly 60 books, which have sold over 7 million copies. In 1975, Trudeau became the first comic strip artist ever to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. In 1989, he was a finalist for a second Pulitzer. Trudeau went on tp write and co-direct the animated film, "A Doonesbury Special", for NBC in 1977. The film was nominated for an Academy Award and received the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Collaborating with composer Elizabeth Swados in 1983, Trudeau wrote the book and lyrics for the Broadway musical, "Doonesbury", for which he was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards. A cast album of the show, recorded for MCA, received a Grammy nomination. Trudeau collaborated again with Swados in 1984, on "Rap Master Ronnie", a satirical revue about the Reagan Administration. Over the next four years the show was continuously updated for numerous productions around the country. A filmed version of Rap Master Ronnie, featuring Jim Morris, the Smothers Brothers, and Carol Kane was broadcast on Cinemax in 1988. In 1988, Trudeau wrote and co-produced, with director Robert Altman, HBO's critically acclaimed "Tanner '88", a satiric look at that year's presidential election campaign. The show won awards both in the U.S. and abroad, including the gold medal for Best Television Series at the Cannes Television Festival, and Best Imported Program from the British Broadcasting Press Guild. "Tanner '88" also earned an Emmy - as well as four ACE award nominations. Ben & Jerry's introduced "Doonesberry," a sorbet made with raspberries and blueberries, in 1996 in honor of the cartoon series. Since 1999 Trudeau has also worked with Starbucks to offer "Dbury@Sbucks," a series of limited edition Doonesbury products that raise money for local literacy programs. m In February of 2000 Trudeau, working with Dotcomix, launched Duke2000, a presidential campaign and website featuring a real-time 3-D streaming-animation character. Nearly 30 campaign videos were posted on the site, and Ambassador Duke was interviewed by satellite on "Live on Larry King" and 60 local TV news programs. Trudeau has received honorary degrees from Yale, Colgate, Williams, Duke and 18 other universities. He has been inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has contributed articles to Harper's, Rolling Stone, The New Republic, The New Yorker, New York, and The Washington Post. For five years he was an occasional columnist for the New York Times op-ed page, and is currently a contributing essayist for Time magazine. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Garry Trudeau in 1995, with his father Francis B. Trudeau, Jr. (founder of the Trudeau Institute, an independent, not-for-profit biomedical research center) (courtesy of Garry Trudeau and the Institute)
Series
Works by Garry Trudeau
A Doonesbury Selection - The President Is a Lot Smarter Than You Think; Don't Ever Change, Boopsie; Just a French… (1973) 12 copies
DOONESBURY CLASSICS: 4 VOLUME BOXED SET("Speaking of Inalienable Rights, Amy..."; An Especially Tricky People;… (1980) 8 copies
Doonesbury Classics: The President Is A Lot Smarter Than You Think/What Do We Have For The Witnesses, Johnnie? /Call Me… (1980) 7 copies
Fondue Recipe Cookbook by Trudeau 6 copies
Doonesbury 6 Book Set: He's Never Heard of You, Either/"But the Pension Fund Was Just Sitting There"/In Search of… (1982) 2 copies
Doonesbury Selections. 1970-1983 2 copies
Doonesbury 1983 1 copy
Skyldig, skyldig, skyldig 1 copy
5 Doonesbury Classic Books-- Speaking of Inalienable Rights, Amy, The Wreck of the Rusty Nail, Downtown Doonesbury, But… (1969) 1 copy
Doonesbury - inedito 1 copy
Doonesbury Desk Diary 1990 1 copy
Doonesbury 1981 1 copy
Doonesbury 1988 calendar 1 copy
Doonesbury 1 copy
Doonesbury lot 1 copy
Doonesbury 1982 1 copy
Doonesbury 1979-80 1 copy
Flashbacks 1 copy
BOX SET "A DOONESBURY SELECTION": The President is a Lot Smarter Than You Think / Don't Ever Change, Boopsie / Even… (1973) 1 copy
Doonesbury Deluxe 1 copy
Doonesbury 1 copy
Alpha House (Seasons 1-2) 1 copy
Associated Works
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Contributor — 165 copies, 3 reviews
Strip AIDS U.S.A.: A Collection of Cartoon Art to Benefit People With AIDS (1988) — Contributor — 63 copies
Choices: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic Anthology for the National Organization for Women (1990) — Contributor — 20 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Trudeau, Garry
- Legal name
- Trudeau, Garretson Beekman
- Birthdate
- 1948-07-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New Hampshire, USA
New York, New York, USA - Education
- Yale College (AB | 1970)
Yale University School of Art (MFA | 1973) - Occupations
- cartoonist
- Relationships
- Pauley, Jane (wife)
- Organizations
- Scroll and Key
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993) - Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize (Editorial Cartooning, 1975)
Reuben Award (1995)
Squiddy Award (Favorite Political Cartoonist, 1990)
Squiddy Award (Favorite Political Cartoonist, 1994)
Squiddy Award (Political Cartoonist, 1995)
Squiddy Award (Political Cartoonist, 1996) (show all 13)
Squiddy Award (Political Cartoonist, 1997)
Squiddy Award (Political Cartoonist, 1998)
Squiddy Award (Best Political Cartoonist, 1999)
Squiddy Award (Best Political Cartoonist, 2000)
Squiddy Award (Best Political Cartoonist, 2001)
Squiddy Award (Best Political Cartoonist, 2003)
Squiddy Award (Best Political Cartoonist, 2004)
Members
Reviews
In this collection, the Walden crowd has graduated and moved on to begin their careers. Mike and JJ relocate to New York where Mike works at an ad agency and JJ tries to make a place for herself in the NY art scene. BD and Boopsie are on the other coast, where Boopsie is an actress and spiritual channeler and BD is third string quarterback for the LA Rams. Mark is now working for National Public Radio, and Zonker enters medical school. Well, at least that's what his Uncle Duke calls it. In the background are the events of the mid-1980s: homelessness, musical artists raising funds for Africa, the Star Wars defense, Iran-Contra, and the AIDS epidemic.
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Statistics
- Works
- 206
- Also by
- 99
- Members
- 14,927
- Popularity
- #1,534
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 275
- ISBNs
- 331
- Languages
- 5
- Favorited
- 33
It feels weird to see the face of my college roommate, Jeffrey Clark, actually appear in a Doonesbury comic strip as Garry Trudeau calls out Trump's indicted co-conspirators. Saying "Congratulations" seems inappropriate to the occasion. Maybe Hallmark has a card that can cover it?
FOR REFERENCE:
Collects comic strips originally published between June 26, 2022 and July 21, 2024.
Contents: Preface -- Part 1. Critical Master Race Theory -- Part 2. The Sightseers of January 6th -- Part 3. The Age of X -- Part 4. Sedition Hunting… (more)