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  1. 'Doonesbury' Takes on Texas Abortion Law

    Sat, 10 Mar 2012

    refusing to run an upcoming " Doonesbury " comic strip series by author Garry Trudeau that deals with a Texas law and many newspapers publish " Doonesbury " in the editorial section. "We run ' Doonesbury ' on our op-ed page, and

  2. 'GMA' Anchors' Picks: Coffee Table Books

    Mon, 20 Dec 2010

    Links , $40 Yul Brynner: A Photographic Journey , $150 Gaga , $24.95 Wonder Woman: Amazon. Hero. Icon. , $35 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective , $100 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, $200 CLICK HERE for our special books page full

  3. Twitterview with Roland Burton Hedley Jr.

    Fri, 6 Nov 2009

    book out – a collection of his best tweets from 2009. (You may know Hedley best from his appearances in Garry Trudeau ’s Doonesbury , of course.) @jaketapper: welcome to my twitterview w/Roland Hedley, colleague from a sister news

  4. Image Makeover for Cheney

    Wed, 11 Feb 2009

    image. "If he wants to change his image, he has to do it on David Letterman, Jay Leno, John Stewart and maybe talk to ' Doonesbury ,'" said ABC News' Cokie Roberts. Cheney insiders say the recent appearances are nothing close to an image makeover

  5. Hot Spots with No Cars Allowed

    Fri, 27 Jun 2008

    the historic Chautauqua Institution, an education center that's only open in the summer, with workshops by the likes of Garry Trudeau and Joyce Carol Oates. Try The Maple Inn, from $80. The genteel haven has 750 acres of lawns, a lake and a daily farmers

  6. Romney's Changing Views: Candid or Convenient?

    Fri, 23 Feb 2007

    issues. "It seemed that he didn't have a center," said Tim Naftali, the incoming director of the Nixon Library. " Doonesbury made fun of him by portraying him as just a voice, as if to say that he didn't have a core." Naftali said that other

News

  1. Video Games, Internet Sites Going Political

    Tue, 24 Oct 2006

    1992, he debuted a game called "Power Politics." In 1995, he followed with "Power Politics II," better known as the " Doonesbury Election Game." In 2005, "Power Politics III" was released. "The biggest danger to our form of governing isn't terrorism

  2. Holy Lipstick Lesbian! Meet the New Batwoman

    Thu, 1 Jun 2006

    progressive with gay characters. We have seen gay characters in [newspaper] comic strips such as 'For Better or Worse' and ' Doonesbury .' But comic books have lagged behind, perhaps because books that deal with serious political and social issues often tend

  3. The Return of 'Calvin and Hobbes' - and Fun Funny Pages

    Mon, 26 Sep 2005

    Perhaps one source of the strip's appeal was that it was not controversial. It did not have the political commentary of " Doonesbury ," "State of the Union" and "The Boondocks." It was an escape from headlines about mean-spirited politics, natural

  4. In Memoriam -- Jan. to April 2005

    Sun, 8 May 2005

    Hunter S. Thompson , 60 -- "Gonzo" journalist and author of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and other books. Inspired Doonesbury cartoon character Uncle Duke. From the film version of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas:" "We were riding the crest of

  5. This Week's 'The List' -- War Casualty Cartoon

    Sun, 25 Apr 2004

    on This Week. Voices/Images Garry Trudeau laid down a cultural marker this turning one of his original Doonesbury characters, BD, into a war startling as the absence of his leg. Garry Trudeau , cartoonist: "What I mean

  6. The Note

    Thu, 26 Feb 2004

    Illinois ballot this fall, report Dave McKinney and Fran Spielman of the Chicago Sun-Times. LINK And it's true -- Garry Trudeau really is offering a $10,000 reward for any witness who can back up the President's record in the National Guard, reports

  7. The Note

    Wed, 11 Feb 2004

    News ____________ (adjective), and the Bumiller-Betts relationship ____________ (adjective). Garry Trudeau , on the other hand, will now become ____________ (mysterious adjective). General Wesley Clark's campaign

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Videos

  1. Brian Walker's Comics: The Collection

    Thu, 14 Jul 2011

    just consistently hilarious on a daily basis in the third cartoonist rapids so bloom county. Which started as kind of the Doonesbury imitation but cut it took off in his own direction is there up and comer that we should keep an eye out for. Well that the

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    cartoonist -- rapids so bloom county. Which started as kind of the Doonesbury imitation but cut it took off in his own direction is there -- up and comer that we should keep an eye
  2. Dixie Carter the 'Designing Woman'

    Mon, 12 Apr 2010

    hearings. Even dinosaurs a show geared to the will replay the Thomas hill debate in a dinosaur context. On the comic pages. Doonesbury and Kathy have put their own spin on controversy. Meanwhile the real life characters in this drama show no signs of shying

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    the Thomas hill debate in a dinosaur context. On the comic pages. Doonesbury and Kathy have put their own spin on -- controversy. Meanwhile the real life characters in this drama show no signs of
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  1. PHOTO: Several newspapers are refusing to run an upcoming comic strip series by "Doonesbury" author Garry Trudeau that deals with a Texas law requiring women to have an ultrasound before having an ...
  2. PHOTO: Papers Move, Scrap 'Doonesbury' Abortion Law Strip

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