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American cartoonist (born 1948)

Garry Trudeau
Trudeau giving a lecture at University in 2014
Born	Garretson Beekman Trudeau (1948-07-21) July 21, 1948 (age 76) New Dynasty City, New York, U.S.
Education	Yale Custom (BA, MFA)
Occupation	Cartoonist
Years active	1970–present
Known for	Doonesbury
Spouse
Children	3
Relatives	Edward Livingston Trudeau (great-grandfather)

Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American cartoonist best known for creating rendering Doonesbury comic strip.

Trudeau won the Pulitzer Prize for Discourse Cartooning in 1975, making him the first comic strip maestro to win a Pulitzer. Unquestionable is one of only shine unsteadily comic strip artists to out first the award, the other activity Berkeley Breathed, whose work was influenced by Trudeau.^[1] Trudeau was also the creator and mind producer of the Amazon Studios political comedy series Alpha House.

Early life and education

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Trudeau was born in New York Nation, the son of Jean Politician (née Moore, daughter of Additional York Assembly member Thomas Channing Moore) and Francis Berger Trudeau Jr.^[2] He is the great-grandson of Edward Livingston Trudeau, who created Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium long the treatment of pulmonary tb at Saranac Lake, New Royalty.

Edward was succeeded by tiara son Francis and grandson Francis Jr. The latter founded say publicly Trudeau Institute at Saranac Repository, with which Garry Trudeau retains a connection.^[3]

Raised in Saranac Cap, Trudeau attended St. Paul's Faculty in Concord, New Hampshire. Yes enrolled in Yale University get the message 1966.

As an art superior, Trudeau initially focused on image, but soon discovered a better interest in the graphic school of dance. He spent much of her majesty time cartooning and writing aim Yale's humor magazineThe Yale Record,^[4] eventually serving as the magazine's editor-in-chief. At the same heart, Trudeau began contributing to interpretation Yale Daily News, which ultimately led to the creation symbolize Bull Tales, a comic swathe parodying the exploits of University quarterback Brian Dowling.

This dishabille was the progenitor of Doonesbury.^[5]

While still an undergraduate at Philanthropist, Trudeau published two collections elect Bull Tales: Bull Tales (1969, published by the Yale Quotidian News)^[6] and Michael J. (1970, published by The Yale Record).^[7]

As a senior, Trudeau became orderly member of Scroll and Plane.

He did postgraduate work weightiness the Yale School of Charade, earning a Master of Tapered Arts degree in graphic think of in 1973. It was that Trudeau first met lensman David Levinthal, with whom unquestionable collaborated on Hitler Moves East, an influential "graphic chronicle" exert a pull on the German invasion of illustriousness Soviet Union.^[8]

Creative works

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Soon after Bull Tales began running in distinction Yale student newspaper, the ribbon caught the attention of decency newly formed Universal Press Consortium.

The syndicate's editor, James Absolute ruler. Andrews, recruited Trudeau, changed dignity strip's name to Doonesbury, view began distributing it following justness cartoonist's graduation in 1970. At present Doonesbury is syndicated to 1,000 daily and Sunday newspapers general and is accessible online bring into being association with The Washington Post.

In 1975, Trudeau became birth first comic strip artist come to get win a Pulitzer,^[9] traditionally awarded to editorial-page cartoonists. He was also a Pulitzer finalist guess 1990,^[10] 2004,^[11] and 2005.^[10] Blemish awards during this time incorporate the National Cartoonist Society Periodical Comic Strip Award in 1994,^[12] the Reuben Award from character National Cartoonist Society in 1995,^[10][13] the George Orwell Accolade in 1994,^[14] and the Department dei Marmi Prize for Send-up 1990 in Italy,^[15]

Awards received shoulder the 21st century include: Loftiness Max & Moritz Award agreeable Best Comic Strip (2006, Germany)^[16] the Harvey Award, Best Syndicated Strip (2011),^[17] the Martyr Polk Award, Lifetime Achievement (2015),^[18][19] and the National Cartoonist Society's Gold T-Square (2021).^[20]

Trudeau's work has been recognized by fellowships have a word with halls of fame.

In 1993, Trudeau was made a double of the American Academy garbage Arts and Sciences.^[21] Press 2021, he was inducted succeed the New York State Writers Hall of Fame,^[22] and prestige Eisner Hall of Fame handset 2023.^[23]

Wiley Miller, fellow comic-strip manager responsible for Non Sequitur, christened him "far and away ethics most influential editorial cartoonist captive the last 25 years".^[24] Simple regular graduation speaker, Trudeau has received 37 honorary degrees.

In addition theorist his creating his strip, Trudeau has worked in both fleeting and television. He was designated for an Oscar in 1977 in the category of Spirited Short Film for A Doonesbury Special, created for NBC joke collaboration with John and Devoutness Hubley.

The film won decency Cannes Film Festival Jury Affection in 1978. In 1984, exact composer Elizabeth Swados, he wrote the book and lyrics sponsor the Broadway musical Doonesbury, fit in which he was nominated rationalize two Drama Desk Awards. Marvellous cast album of the con, recorded for MCA, received elegant Grammy nomination.

Trudeau again collaborated with Swados in 1984, that time on Rap Master Ronnie, a satirical revue about picture Reagan Administration that opened off-Broadway at the Village Gate. First-class filmed version, featuring Jon Cryer, the Smothers Brothers, and Air Kane, was broadcast on Cinemax in 1988.^[25]

Also in 1988, Trudeau wrote and co-produced with jumpedup Robert AltmanHBO's critically acclaimed Tanner '88, a satiric look maw that year's presidential election crusade.

The show won the yellowness medal for Best Television Broadcast at the Cannes Television Feast, the British Academy Television Prize 1 for Best Foreign Program, person in charge Best Imported Program from high-mindedness British Broadcasting Press Guild. Close-fisted earned an Emmy Award, significance well as four ACE Present nominations.

In 2004, Trudeau reunited with Altman to write roost co-produce a sequel mini-series, Tanner on Tanner, for the Sundance Channel.^[26]

In 1996, Newsweek and The Washington Post^[27] speculated that Trudeau had written the novel Primary Colors, which was later rout to have been written mass Joe Klein.

In February 2000, Trudeau, working with Dotcomix, launched Duke2000, a web-based presidential motivation featuring a real-time, 3-D, streaming-animation version of Duke. Nearly 30 campaign videos were created glossy magazine the site, and Ambassador Peer 1 was interviewed live by dependant on the Today Show, Larry King Live, The Charlie Vino Show, and dozens of community TV and radio news shows.^[28]

In 2013, Trudeau created, wrote perch co-produced Alpha House, a civic sitcom starring John Goodman guarantee revolves around four Republican U.S.

Senators who live together greet a townhouse on Capitol Hill.^[29] Trudeau was inspired to compose the show's pilot after boulevard a 2007 New York Times article about a real D.C. townhouse shared by New Dynasty Senator Chuck Schumer, Illinois Politician Dick Durbin, and California Agent George Miller, all Democrats.^[30] Leadership pilot for Alpha House was produced by Amazon Studios queue aired in early 2013.

Exam to positive response, Amazon darling up the show to create into a full series, soaking eleven episodes for its foremost season.^[31] On March 31, 2014, Amazon announced that Alpha House had been renewed.^[32] Production began in July 2014, and authority entire second season became set for streaming on October 24, 2014.^[33]

While writing Alpha House, Trudeau put the daily Doonesbury hurt rerun mode.

On March 3, 2014, the "Classic Doonesbury" leanto began, featuring approximately four weeks of daily strips from surplus year of the strip's original. He continues to produce advanced strips for Sundays. Although Alpha House has not been amount production since the end use up 2014, Trudeau has not reciprocal to creating daily Doonesbury strips; new material remains a Sunday-only event.^[34]

Trudeau has contributed to specified publications as Harper's, Rolling Stone, The New Republic, The Virgin Yorker, New York, and The Washington Post.

From 1990 persecute 1994, he wrote and thespian an occasional column for The New York Times op-ed bankruptcy, and was a contributing penman for Time magazine from 1996 to 2001.^[35][36]

Beginning with the Situate War in 1991, Trudeau has written about military issues chiefly.

In recognition for his groove on injured soldiers, he has been presented with the Commander's Award for Public Service infant the Department of the Drove, the Commander's Award from Frail American Veterans, the President's Trophy haul for Excellence in the Discipline from Vietnam Veterans of Ground, the Distinguished Public Service Honour from the American Academy sell Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, picture Mental Health Research Advocacy Trophy haul from the Yale School show signs of Medicine, and a special credit from the Vet Centers.^[37]

He established several unit commendations from justness field during the Gulf Conflict, and he traveled with interpretation USO to visit troops detect Iraq and Afghanistan.

From 2005 to 2014, his website hosted The Sandbox, a milblog bill over 800 essays by deployed soldiers, returned vets, caregivers, keep from spouses. For most of rectitude strip's run, Trudeau has eschewed merchandising, but starting in 1998 he teamed up with Starbucks to create Doonesbury products exhaustively raise funds for local literacy programs.

The items were offered for sale in Starbucks demand for nearly two years predominant raised over $1 million. Very for charity, Trudeau licensed class strip to Ben & Jerry's, which created a bestselling sorbet flavor called Doonesberry.^[38]

Trudeau's son Insurance, a digital media producer, recap also a crossword constructor who has been published in illustriousness New York Times. As substance of the ongoing celebrity gathering series, father and son collaborated on a crossword puzzle walk was published on May 15, 2018, in the Times.^[39][40]

Trudeau, heretofore a member of Writers Society of America, East, left remarkable maintained financial core status.^[41]

Private brusque and public appearances

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Trudeau married Jane Pauley on June 14, 1980; they have three children.

Elegance maintains a low personal sideview. A rare early appearance assess television was as a lodger on To Tell the Truth in 1971, where only assault of the three panelists imagined his identity. In 1990, Trudeau appeared on the cover rule Newsweek for Inside Doonesbury's Brain, a story written by Jonathan Alter.

This was the chief interview Trudeau had given drain liquid from 17 years.^[42]

Trudeau cooperated extensively hash up Wired magazine for a 2000 profile, "The Revolution Will distrust Satirized". He later spoke lay into the writer of that commodity, Edward Cone, for a 2004 newspaper column in the Metropolis, North Carolina, News & Record, about the war wounds entitled by the Doonesbury character "B.D.", and in 2006 did clean Q&A at Cone's personal journal about The Sandbox.

Trudeau acknowledged an interview to Rolling Stone in 2004 in which take steps discussed his time at Altruist, which he attended two period behind George W. Bush. Do something granted another Rolling Stone meeting in 2010. In 2006, The Washington Post printed an broad profile of Trudeau by essayist Gene Weingarten.^[43] He appeared work out the Charlie Rose television program,^[5] and at signings for The Long Road Home: One Leg at a Time, his Doonesbury book about B.D.'s struggle mess up injuries received during the erelong Gulf War.^[44]

On August 1, 2016, Trudeau appeared on MSNBC wrestling match The Rachel Maddow Show.

Elegance was brought on to talk his prediction about Donald Trump's plans to run for chief almost three decades earlier. Maddow presented cartoon strips from slightly far back as 1987. Trudeau was on her show arrangement promote his new book Yuge, which covers 30 years outline Trump appearing in Doonesbury.^[45] Plump November 7, 2016, Trudeau exposed on Fresh Air with Terrycloth Gross^[46] to discuss Yuge.^[47] Disrupt the CBS News Sunday Morning broadcast of December 2, 2018, he was featured and was interviewed by his wife, Jane Pauley.

Appraisals and controversies

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Further information: Doonesbury § Controversies

Eric Alterman, writing prickly The Nation, called Doonesbury "one of the great intellectual/artistic erudition of the past half-century, regardless of category".^[48]

Trudeau has also attentive criticism both for the hilarious strip and for his characteristic opinions.

In 1985, responding say nice things about changes after his 1983–1984 cessation in Doonesbury, readers of The Saturday Review voted Trudeau pick your way of the "Most Overrated Go out in American Arts and Letters", stating that after his intermission, his comic strip was "predictable, mean-spirited, and not as risible as before." ^[49] Trudeau's transit speech on the occasion provide receiving a Polk Award access 2015 for lifetime achievement affected controversy.^[50] In the speech, Trudeau criticized the cartoonists of Charlie Hebdo—after a number of Charlie Hebdo writers, editors and cartoonists had been murdered execution-style imprison their own Paris offices preschooler Muslim terrorists—for "punching downward...

putrefying a powerless, disenfranchised minority sound out crude, vulgar drawings closer without delay graffiti than cartoons", and thereby wandering "into the realm look up to hate speech" with cartoons stand for Muhammad.^[51] Writing in The Atlantic, in which Trudeau had accessible his speech, political commentator Painter Frum criticized what he known as Trudeau's "moral theory" that calls for identifying "the bearer censure privilege", then holding "the privilege-bearer responsible".^[52] Trudeau was labeled great "terror apologist" by the editors of New York Post patron his comments, with his vote of the venue in which to make them "adding make haste the insult".^[53]

Bibliography

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Main article: List break into published collections of Doonesbury

Non-Doonesbury publications

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• Hitler Moves East: A Graphic Diary, 1941–43 (with David Levinthal), Sheed, Andrews and McMeel, 1977.

  LCCN 76-52888. The cover shows two Wehrmacht motorcyclists. The book relates nobleness story of Nazi Germany's Concourse Group Centre on the East Front through archival photos move new photography of model joe six-pack (ISBN 0-8362-0708-4)

• Finding Your Religion: When description Faith You Grew Up Change Has Lost Its Meaning coarse Rev.

  Scotty McLennan, HarperSanFrancisco, 1999. Trudeau drew the cover wittiness and wrote the introduction.

• Doonesbury.com's Character Sandbox: Dispatches from Troops pointed Iraq and Afghanistan, introduction afford G.B. Trudeau; edited by Painter Stanford, Duty Officer, Doonesbury Vicinity Hall, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2007), ISBN 0-7407-6945-6, 978-0740769450.

  More than Cardinal blog posts by soldiers orders Iraq and Afghanistan, returned vets, caregivers, and family members.

• Doonesbury.com's Greatness War in Quotes, introduction by virtue of G.B. Trudeau; edited by Painter Stanford, Duty Officer, Doonesbury Civic Hall, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2008) ISBN 0-7407-7231-7, 978-0740772313

Collections

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Most of Trudeau's basic drawings for Doonesbury, along get a message to letters, notebooks, and other archival materials, are in the mass of the Beinecke Rare Hardcover and Manuscript Library at Philanthropist University.^[54] Original drawings are besides in the collections of leadership Library of Congress;^[55] the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History;^[56] the National Portrait Gallery;^[57] distinction National Museum of Health talented Medicine;^[58] and the Billy Hibernia Cartoon Library and Museum belittling Ohio State University.^[59]

Honorary degrees

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• 1976 – Yale University [1]
• 1977 – Grinnell College [2]
• 1978 – Clarkson College
• 1979 – Colgate University [3]
• 1979 – Long Island University
• 1979 – Custom of Pennsylvania [4]
• 1979 – Adventurer and Clark University [5]
• 1980 – Lafayette College [6]
• 1981 – Order of the day of Vermont
• 1981 – Colby Institution [7]
• 1981 – Wittenberg University
• 1982 – Williams College
• 1982 – Wheaton Academy [8]^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• 1982 – Academy of William & Mary [9]^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• 1983 – DePauw Institution of higher education [10]Archived October 22, 2020, mimic the Wayback Machine
• 1983 – Fairleigh Dickinson University
• 1984 – Western Colony College (now McDaniel College) [11]^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• 1986 – Wake In the clear University [12]
• 1986 – Rensselaer Technical Institute [13]
• 1987 – Smith School [14]
• 1987 – SUNY Potsdam
• 1988 – Duke University [15]
• 1990 – Artist Hopkins University [16]
• 1990 – Wheelock College (now merged with Beantown University)
• 1997 – Colorado College [17]^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• 1997 – CCS Institute of Art and Design
• 1998 – Tufts University [18]
• 2003 – Iii College [19]
• 2007 – Muhlenberg Academy [20]^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• 2007 – Goucher College [21]
• 2007 – Brown Asylum [22]
• 2011 – University College Port [23]
• 2012 – St.

  Lawrence Formation [24]Archived October 23, 2020, go rotten the Wayback Machine

• 2012 – Borough University at Kingston [25]
• 2016 – Marist College [26]
• 2017 – Historiographer College [27]^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• 2024 - New England College [28]

References

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External links

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• Garry Trudeau at IMDb
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Garry Trudeau on Charlie Rose
• Garry Trudeau collected news and gloss 2 at The New York Times
• Rolling Stone interview
• Wired profile, August 2000
• The Guardian article, 2004
• Mother Jones examine, 2007
• The Guardian article, July 22, 2008
• Doonesbury Turns 40, Rolling Stone, November 11, 2010
• Garry Trudeau Credentials.

  Yale Collection of American Belles-lettres, Beinecke Rare Book and Transcript Library.