📚📰Trudeau & Doonesbury: A Biography: The Cartoonist Who Turned the News into Art #BookReview #AbramsPress #ARCReview #Biography #Comics #Journalism A definitive account of the life and work of Garry Trudeau, creator of the massively popular and influential cartoon Doonesbury, based on archival sources and extensive interviews, including with Trudeau himself, and lavishly illustrated with over 200 cartoons and images. Most books mentioned in my reviews can be found at the affiliate links below. (Bookshop.org) (Biblio.com…

A definitive account of the life and work of Garry Trudeau, creator of the massively popular and influential cartoon Doonesbury. This was such a great book! Review -> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #GarryTrudeau #AbramsPress #Biography #PulitzerPrize #Doonesbury #NetGalley #ARCReview

#BillWatterson's original #artwork for the 1985 debut of 'Spaceman Spiff' in #CalvinAndHobbes sold for US$480K on Frirday, over at #HeritageAuctions. The previous C&H record was $216K for a 1992 strip personalised to #GarryTrudeau. #comics

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#GarryTrudeau used to #Doonesbury strip to highlight the problems of war, specifically with a storyline about a veteran who lost his leg serving in the Iraq War. While critical of war in general, Trudeau made a point to always honor the troops.

What I'm also reading now. #GarryTrudeau

A Doonesbury comic strip by Garry Trudeau, dated February 18, 2024, depicts a high school history class discussing the cause of the Civil War. The teacher writes "slavery" on the board and explains its role in the war, citing historical documents. Some students react skeptically, with one wondering if they should report her. The teacher also highlights lesser-known facts, such as white Southerners who fought for the Union. A student compares these individuals to "Never-Trumpers" of their time. Another student points out that in Florida, teaching this history may be illegal. The teacher confirms this with a resigned "Sadly, yes." The class then helps the teacher escape, warning her to take I-95 North and text them when she crosses the border, implying she must flee due to restrictive education laws.

Take the I-95. But to where?

HT Mstdn ferryoons@mastodon.scot

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Mark Slackmeyer: "That's guilty x 34!"

With all due apologies to #GarryTrudeau :

Doonesbury cartoon satirizing the attempt to ban classroom discussion of slavery as the root of the Civil War (2.18.24)

#GarryTrudeau lampooned #slavery denialists in his #Doonesbury cartoon on #CivilWar history but the right-wing #Gannett chain refused to print it in the Sunday editions of nearly 400 of its papers in an act of brazen #censorship; here's an article on it:

www.cracked.com/article_4119...