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October 23, 2006

Doonesbury

by AltHippo @ 3:53 pm. Filed under Uncategorized

If you’re a lover of political satire, both now and times gone by, the Post Magazine article on Garry Trudeau is a must. An excerpt to whet your interest:

Trudeau’s time at Yale overlapped with George W. Bush’s — he knew him slightly and disliked him even then, largely for what he saw as a sense of smug entitlement (”all noblesse and no oblige.”) In the strip, often on Sundays, with maximum readership, Trudeau just kills Bush. One Sunday this year, Michael Doonesbury and his old friend Bernie were discussing the Iraq war and wondering whether it keeps the president awake at night because of its enormous, heartbreaking human toll. In the final panel, Trudeau cuts to a signature exterior nighttime view of the White House. From inside come two dialogue balloons: “What’s wrong, dear?” And: “It’s the stem cells. I hear their cries.”

Boutros is right about the Weingarten on-line chat. It’s not like this is one of many interesting articles on Trudeau, it’s rare to get this kind of insight into the life of the most famous political cartoonist of this time.

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3 Responses to “Doonesbury”

  1. Boutros Says:
    October 24th, 2006 at 8:21 am

    I recommend following it up with the transcript from the chat with the author on the Post site (yesterday afternoon). It was great.

  2. Mad Kane Says:
    October 28th, 2006 at 2:22 pm

    Thanks so much for that great link!

  3. Mad Kane’s Political Madness » Blog Archive » Bush and Cheney’s Blunderland (Song Parody) Says:
    November 2nd, 2006 at 6:46 pm

    […] And now some links, your reading pleasure: * The Worst Political Websites. * I like Avedon when she’s in a snit. * Don Davis’s Kerry: How Do You Ask Me To ‘Die’ For My Last Mistake? * OnGoodMove has the New York Times’ latest editorial, and it’s a great one. * Gary Trudeau Profile. (Via Alternative Hippopotamus) * No Bush profiteering op left behind. * Carnival Time: Carnival of Satire and Carnival of the Vanities. * I sure hope journalists everywhere read this column and heed its counsel. * Eric Schwartz sings his Clinton Got A Blowjob. Technorati Tags: Election Humor, Bush Humor, Bush Blunders, Richard Cheney, Dubya, Karl Rove, Donald Rumsfeld Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]

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