"Any Grooming Hints for Your Fans, Rollie?"

Doonesbury Annuals #13

by G.B. Trudeau

Trudeau-esque newsbreaks involve the poignant Son of Arnold and Mary Leiberman, the self-anchored Roland Burton Hedley, Jr., muckraker Joanie Caucus, apricot farmer Uncle Duke, and other media freaks

Genres: Humor, Comics, Cartoon, Comic Strips, Politics, History

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1978

About the author

Garretson Beekman "Garry" Trudeau is an American cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip. In 1970, Trudeau's creation of Doonesbury was syndicated by the newly formed Universal Press Syndicate. Today Doonesbury is syndicated to almost 1,400 newspapers worldwide and is accessible online in association with Slate Magazine at doonesbury.com. In 1975, he became the first comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer, traditionally awarded to editorial-page cartoonists. He was also a Pulitzer finalist in 1990. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1977 in the category of Animated Short Film, for A Doonesbury Special, in collaboration with John Hubley and Faith Hubley. A Doonesbury Special eventually won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Special Prize in 1978. Other awards include the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) Newspaper Comic Strip Award in 1994, and the Reuben Award in 1995. He was made a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993. Wiley Miller, fellow comic-strip artist responsible for Non Sequitur, called Trudeau "far and away the most influential editorial cartoonist in the last 25 years." In addition to his work on Doonesbury, Trudeau has teamed with Elizabeth Swados and written plays, such as Rap Master Ronnie and Doonesbury: A Musical Comedy. In 1988, Trudeau joined forces with director Robert Altman for the HBO miniseries Tanner '88 and the Sundance Channel miniseries sequel Tanner on Tanner in 2004. In 1996, Newsweek and The Washington Post speculated that Trudeau wrote the novel Primary Colors, which was later revealed to have been written by Joe Klein. Trudeau wrote the political sitcom Alpha House, starring John Goodman and Bill Murray. The pilot was produced by Amazon Studios and aired in early 2013. Due to positive response Amazon has picked up Alpha House to develop into a full series.

Reviews

[Kaethe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably I missed most of the humor, when I read this in my teens, but boy, did I feel cool for being a Doonesbury fan.

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading several books in this series it is becoming clear to me how much trust had been lost between the people and government during the 60's; it almost seems as if the whole decade of the 70's could be defined as an attempt at rebuilding - I was reminded of this quote by Thomas Jefferson: "It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself." I would argue that the 70's are a good example of how this 'support' continued even as the people questioned it.

[Diana Gagliardi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, the best history is comedy- they're just talking abt what's happening, not trying to make people believe anything in particular, just trying to get folks to laugh. SO much that seemed far too current...

Enjoy!

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Coming out in 1978 with strips from basically the second half of 77 – Duke is back in America trying to find his next scam – no surprise there, actually there are no surprising new developments for the whole book.

[David]

On the 5th tour through the entire Doonescape. It never fails.

[Shoshanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Features debates about ERA...

[Craig Werner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Joanie goes to work for the Ethics Committee and debates Phylis Schlafly on the ERA; the gang holds a Sixties Revival Party; Jimmy Thudpucker cuts an anthem; Zonker initiates Roland into the new generation (70s style) of college students; Roland follows Jimmy Carter on the breakneck tour of more or less everywhere in the world. Perfectly acceptable Doonesbury with relatively few real highlights.

[Kyrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Doonesbury and I find Trudeau's liberal humor to be really funny.