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Garry Trudeau

Ohio Theatre • 10.6.09 • 7:30 PM

Garry Trudeau is the creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip Doonesbury, which appears in nearly 1,400 newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. Collections of Trudeau’s work have sold over seven million copies worldwide. In addition to his work as a cartoonist, Trudeau has also contributed articles to Harper’s, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post.

Garry Trudeau
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Biography

Online Biography of Garry Trudeau

Start here for everything Doonesbury. Look in the Media Center for a biographical sketch of its creator. Also links to today’s strip, strip archives, “The Sandbox” military blog, Roland Hedley’s tweets from Iraq and much more!

Websites

Charlie Rose: An Hour with Cartoonist Garry Trudeau

Rose had to beg and plead to get Trudeau for this 2004 appearance.
Here they talk about his Tanner films, Doonesbury’s origins, and current events.
(Video 53 min.)

Washington Post: Doonesbury's War

Trudeau brought the war in Iraq home with daily strips about B.D.’s injury,
amputation and return home with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Additional information about the cartoonist’s background, work, family, and friends.

NPR Commentary: 'Doonesbury' and War

A lifelong Doonesbury fan’s passionate response to the B.D. storyline.
(Audio 3 min.)

The Today Show: Uncle Duke

Katie Couric interviews 2000 Presidential Candidate Uncle Duke.
Among his other goals, he wants to be “the toupee that covers
up the bald spots of America.” (Video 6 min.)

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Works by G. B. (Garry) Trudeau

Request any of these from our catalog (adult books unless otherwise noted)...

The Sandbox: Dispatches from Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

(2007)
Launched as a military blog (or "milblog") by Doonesbury creator
Garry Trudeau in October 2006, The Sandbox is an online forum
for service members in Afghanistan and Iraq. In this book are
about 100 selections from the miliblog in which the soldiers
comment on their daily lives and their missions.

Welcome to the Nerd Farm!

(2007)
In this Doonesbury book (Gen Nexers head for college), Alex starts
her freshman year at MIT, Granny D reluctantly comes to live with
Mike and Kim in Seattle, Mark and Chase's relationship falls apart,
Uncle Duke becomes a lobbyist, and B.D. starts group therapy.

The War Within: One Step at a Time

Graphic Novel (2006)

B. D. continues to struggle after coming home from the Iraq war
and dealing with being an amputee, anger, and alcoholism, but
a remarkable counselor and fellow Vietnam vet named Elias
may help B. D. come to terms. Sequel to The Long Road Home (below)

The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time

(2005)
A collection of the Doonesbury strips from a 7-month period
that chronicle B.D. and his experiences along the road to
rehabilitation after he loses a leg in Iraq.
See also the sequel, The War Within (above)

Dude: The Big Book of Zonker

(2005) Teen Collection
Selections from the Doonesbury cartoons from Zonker Harris's
formative years as a freaked-out college student to his
legendary status as a surfer, nanny, and former sun god.

The Revolt of the English Majors

(2001) Teen & Adult Collections
This collection of Doonesbury strips captures the ups and downs
of the Internet world and a Washington, D.C. in the midst of the
turnover turmoil of the new administration and its impact on
Uncle Duke, Joanie Caucus, and other characters.

The Portable Doonesbury

(1993) Teen Collection
Chronicling the lives of the Doonesbury cast, this collection of
strips covers the Gulf War, the wedding of B.D. and Boopsie,
Mike's unemployment, and Duke's encounter with his cousin,
presidential candidate David Duke.