| Doonesbury | |
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| Author(s) | Garry Trudeau |
| Website | doonesbury |
| Current status/schedule | Sunday only (repeat strips through the week) |
| Launch date | October 26, 1970 |
| Syndicate(s) | Universal Press Syndicate/Andrews McMeel Syndication |
| Genre(s) | Humor, politics, satire |
| Preceded by | Bull Tales |
Doonesbury is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States to the title character, Michael Doonesbury, who has progressed over the decades from a college student to a youthful senior citizen.
Created in "the throes of '60s and '70s counterculture",[1] and frequently political in nature, Doonesbury features characters representing a range of affiliations, but the cartoon is noted for a liberal viewpoint. The name "Doonesbury" is a combination of the word doone (American prep school slang for someone who is clueless, inattentive, or careless) and the surname of Charles Pillsbury, Trudeau's roommate at Yale University.[2]
Doonesbury is written and penciled by Garry Trudeau, then inked and lettered by an assistant, Don Carlton,[3] then Todd Pound. Sunday strips are colored by George Corsillo.[4] Doonesbury was a daily strip through most of its existence, but since February 2014 it has run repeat strips Monday through Saturday, and new strips on Sunday.
- ^ "Trudeau Reflects On Four Decades Of 'Doonesbury'". npr.org. NPR Morning Edition. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ^ "Doonesbury: Drawing and Quartering for Fun and Profit". Time. February 9, 1976. Archived from the original on May 22, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ Tomorrow, Tom (November–December 2010). "Garry Trudeau, Artist". Yale Alumni Magazine. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ Trudeau, Garry. "45 Years of Doonesbury: A Letter from Garry Trudeau". GoComics. Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2015.