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How Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury cartoons captured America: ‘One of our nation’s greatest journalists’
A new book looks back at the work of artist and journalist Garry Trudeau and how he told the story of a country’s highs and lows through a comic strip In The Simpsons , Bart is always 10, Lisa eight and Maggie a baby. In Peanuts, Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt are perpetual children. In Garfield, age shall not weary the eponymous lasagne-loving cat , nor the years condemn. But Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury cartoons are different, with characters ageing, evolving, having children and occasionally even dying. Still active after 56 years, Trudeau’s sprawling narrative – woven through the four-panel confines of a comic strip – invites comparison with Charles Dickens. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, How Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury cartoons captured America: ‘One of our nation’s greatest journalists’, A new book looks back at the work of artist and journalist Garry Trudeau and how he told the story of a country’s highs and lows through a comic strip In The Simpsons , Bart is always 10, Lisa eight and Maggie a baby. In Peanuts, Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt are perpetual children. In Garfield, age shall not weary the eponymous lasagne-loving cat , nor the years condemn. But Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury cartoons are different, with characters ageing, evolving, having children and occasionally even dying. Still active after 56 years, Trudeau’s sprawling narrative – woven through the four-panel confines of a comic strip – invites comparison with Charles Dickens. Continue reading…
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- How Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury cartoons captured America: ‘One of our nation’s greatest journalists’The Guardian - 2026-05-27T09:00:23+00:00
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