Doonesbury: Give Those Nymphs Some Hooters!

Doonesbury Annuals #33

by G.B. Trudeau

Firing torpedoes into the reputation of Donald Trump, the latest Doonesbury collection targets the "Trump Princess" where commode artist J.J. Caucus struggles to maintain her integrity as she plays Picasso on the bathroom wall of a floating mansion

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

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

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

[Manny · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Useful background reading if you're still not sure that Mr Trump is the best qualified person to become the next President of the United States.
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This just in: Trump is not a liberal mole.

I admit I was also starting to wonder, but now I'll relax. I know Mr Trump wouldn't lie to us.

[Melki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Besides having possibly the GREATEST TITLE EVER, this collection features brilliant send-ups of Donald Trump, George H.W. Bush, Dan "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child" Quayle and Geraldo Rivera.

We witness (along with a cable TV audience) the birth of Mike's daughter, Alex, who is now a college grad with twins of her own. ( Boy, does THAT make me feel OLD!)

Zonker lands his first gig as a nanny...as long as it doesn't interfere TOO MUCH with his daytime talk-show viewing ...

There's a hilarious look inside Yale's secret Skull and Bones Society, we attend Hugh Hefner's wedding, and AIDS hits home, as Joanie visits an old law school pal dying of the disease.

Oh, and this guy makes his first appearance!

This one is an absolute MUST READ for Doonesbury fans!

[Oriana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh man, I sometimes forget that the solid bedrock foundation of my Trump hatred comes straight from the great G.B. Trudeau, who has been mocking that idiot buffoon horrorshow for longer than I've been alive.



**edited so I could include this absolute gem of a Buzzfeed listicle: 21 Pictures That Totally Look Like Donald Trump, which includes such wonders as



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My god I love you so much, the internet.

[Lise · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best social commentary around.

[Craig Werner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anyone seen Dan Quayle recently? Trudeau's invisible vice president, paired up with invisible president George the First, provides some nice moments in one of the better collections of the late 80s. JJ accepts a commission from Donald Trump, Zonker hires on as a nanny, Boopsie poses for the swim suit issue, Mike markets cigarettes to kids, Andy does stand-up from the bed where he's hospitalized with AIDS. A couple of very nice "meta" sequences involving an ink spill and a cartoonists' agreement to give the new president a one week satire-free honeymoon.

[Karen-Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book printed in 1989 has a great deal about Trump and his sleaziness and greed and tacky ostentation. It also delves into the growing Aids crisis. JJ gives birth on tv, Zonker becomes the nanny. Oh, and the scandals of the first weeks of Bush administration.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gary Trudeau's DOONESBURY comic strip world had Trump's number way back in 1988 when this compilation was published. Incredible. Reading this is like looking at today in the past that had NO idea of our future.

[Keith · Rating 4 out of 5]

a great way to brush up on your history is to read old topical comic strips: Doonesbury, Pogo, Bloom County, Boondocks (for recent history)... I recommend it.

[Lou Doench · Rating 5 out of 5]

A timely read, need to dig it out of a box...

[David]

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

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great collection - Honey working for Trump and the AIDS strips are my favourites.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Coming out in 1989 with strips from late 88 through mid 89. I love the new format – the dailies are larger and the addition of some of the Sunday strips is appreciated, Trudeau’s Sunday strips were just as good as the dailies. The Bush administration (the first one) is in, with Dan Quayle as the veep – compared with the absurdity of that, Trudeau’s best fictional plot developments pale. But he is in good shape here.

[Shoshanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bush, Skull & Bones, Trump, but the big one in this is AIDS. Though it's a comic strip, the strips on AIDS really hit hard, and you can tell that Trudeau realizes that this is a serious issue. He even mentions how Reagan never mentioned it for YEARS. :(