Doonesbury
Sign in to saveDoonesbury is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States to the title character, Mike Doonesbury, who has progressed over the decades from a college student to a youthful senior citizen.
Key facts
- Comic strip.title
- Doonesbury
- Comic strip.image
- Doonesbury Panel by Garry Trudeau.png
- Comic strip.author
- Garry Trudeau
- Comic strip.status
- Sunday only(repeat strips through the week)
- Comic strip.syndicate
- Universal Press Syndicate/Andrews McMeel Syndication
- Comic strip.genre
- Humor, politics, satire
- Comic strip.preceded by
- Bull Tales
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- History
- 1983–1984 hiatus
- After the hiatus
- ''Alpha House'', hiatuses, and Sunday only: 2013–present
- TV special
- Style
- Walden College
- Use of real-life politicians as characters
- Characters
- Controversial strips and groundbreaking moments
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- Criticism
- Awards and honors
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Doonesbury is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States to the title character, Mike Doonesbury, who has progressed over the decades from a college student to a youthful senior citizen.
Created in "the throes of '60s and '70s counterculture", and frequently political in nature, Doonesbury features characters representing a range of affiliations, but the cartoon is noted for a liberal viewpoint. The name "Doonesbury" is a combination of the word doone (American prep school slang for someone who is clueless, inattentive, or careless) and the surname of Charles Pillsbury, Trudeau's roommate at Yale University.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Doonesbury” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.