That year, US President Gerald Ford told the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association at their annual dinner, "There are only three major vehicles to keep us informed as to what is going on in Washington: the electronic media, the print media, and Doonesbury, not necessarily in that order." Ī panel from the a Doonesbury "Stonewall" strip, referring to the Watergate scandal, from Augawarded the Pulitzer Prize In May 1975, Doonesbury became the first daily comic strip to win a Pulitzer Prize, taking the award for Editorial Cartooning. As of the mid-2010s it is syndicated in approximately 1,400 newspapers worldwide. started Doonesbury as roommates they were not roommates in Bull Tales.ĭoonesbury became known for its social and political commentary. D.'s helmet changed from having a "Y" (for Yale) to a star (for the fictional Walden College). Many of the early strips were reprints of the Bull Tales cartoons, with some changes to the drawings and plots. ĭoonesbury proper debuted as a daily strip in twenty-eight newspapers on Octo (it being the first strip from Universal Press Syndicate). It focused on local campus events at Yale. The first Doonesbury cartoon, from October 26, 1970ĭoonesbury began as a continuation of Bull Tales, which appeared in the Yale University student newspaper, the Yale Daily News, from 1968 to 1970. A daily strip through most of its existence, since February 2014 Doonesbury has run repeat strips Monday through Saturday, and new strips on Sunday. Sunday strips are colored by George Corsillo. ĭoonesbury is written and penciled by Garry Trudeau, then inked and lettered by an assistant: Don Carlton The name "Doonesbury" is a combination of the word doone ( prep school slang for someone who is clueless, inattentive, or careless) and the surname of Charles Pillsbury, Trudeau's roommate at Yale University. Universal Press Syndicate/ Universal Uclick/ Andrews McMeel Syndicationĭoonesbury 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 from a college student to a youthful senior citizen over the decades.Ĭreated in "the throes of '60s and '70s counterculture", and frequently political in nature, Doonesbury features characters representing a range of affiliations, but the cartoon is noted for a liberal viewpoint.
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