| Garry Trudeau | |
 Garry Trudeau at a signing for Scotty McLennan's book Finding Your Religion |
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| Birth name | Garretson Beekman Trudeau |
| Born | July 21, 1948 New York City, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | artist, author, television and theatre director |
| Notable works | Doonesbury |
| Awards | 1975 Pulitzer Prize 1977 Nominated for Academy Award for Animated Short Film 1978 Jury Special Prize 1994 Newspaper Comic Strip Award 1995 Reuben Award |
Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip. The Reverend William L McLennan Jr &mdash better known as "Scotty McLennan" &mdash was born on November 21 1948 son of William Lillingston McLennan and Alice Polk Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Doonesbury is a Comic strip by G B Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of a vast array of different characters of different ages professions The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional Cartoonists It presents the Reuben Awards. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes Doonesbury is a Comic strip by G B Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of a vast array of different characters of different ages professions
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Background and education
Trudeau was born in New York City, the son of Jean Douglas (née Moore) and Francis Berger Trudeau. The City of New York He is the great-grandson of Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau, who created facilities for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis at Saranac Lake, New York State. Dr Edward Livingston Trudeau, MD MS D Hon (1848-1915 was an American doctor who established the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium at Saranac Lake New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Edward was succeeded by his son Francis and grandson Francis Jr. The latter founded the Trudeau Institute at Saranac Lake, with which his son Garry retains a connection. [1]
Raised in Saranac Lake, Garry Trudeau attended St. Paul's School. This is about St Paul's School in the United States For other schools with the same name see the disambiguation page. He enrolled in Yale University in 1967 and later became a member of Scroll and Key. Scroll and Key Society is a senior or secret society established by " John Porter, William Kingsley Samuel Perkins Enos Taft Lebbeus Chapin George Jackson Garry was confident that his major would end up being theatre, but he discovered a greater interest in art design. Production designer is a term used in the movie and Television industries to refer to the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films A drawing by Trudeau of famous Yale quarterback Brian Dowling for the Yale Daily News led to the creation of a comic strip for the paper, Bull Tales, the progenitor of Doonesbury. The Yale Daily News is a Newspaper published by Yale University students in New Haven Connecticut since January 28, 1878 [2] Garry continued his studies with postgraduate work at the Yale School of Art, earning his M. The Yale School of Art is one of twelve constituent schools of Yale University. F. A. in graphic design in 1973.
Creative works
In 1970, Garry's creation of Doonesbury was syndicated by the newly formed Universal Press Syndicate. Universal Press Syndicate, an Andrews McMeel Universal company is the world's largest independent syndicate and provides syndication for a number of lifestyle and Today Doonesbury is syndicated to almost 1,400 newspapers worldwide and is accessible online in association with Slate Magazine at doonesbury.com. Print syndication is a form of syndication in which News articles columns, or Comic strips are made available to Newspapers, Magazines Slate is an English-language online current affairs and culture Magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael
In 1975, he became the first comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, The award was controversial at the time, since it is traditionally awarded to editorial-page cartoonists. He was also a Pulitzer finalist in 1990. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) He was nominated for an Oscar in 1977 in the category of Animated Short Film, for The Doonesbury Special, in collaboration with John Hubley and Faith Hubley. The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year John Hubley ( May 21, 1914 – February 21, 1977) was an American Animator and animation director known for both his formal Faith Hubley ( 16 September 1924 - 7 December 2001) was an Academy Award -winning Animator, known for her experimental work The Doonesbury Special eventually won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Special Prize in 1978. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Other awards include the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Comic Strip Award in 1994, and the Reuben Award in 1995. The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional Cartoonists It presents the Reuben Awards. The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional Cartoonists It presents the Reuben Awards.
He was made a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS is an organization dedicated to scholarship and the advancement of learning Wiley Miller, fellow comic-strip artist responsible for Non Sequitur, called Trudeau "far and away the most influential editorial cartoonist in the last 25 years. David Wiley Miller (born 1951 an American Cartoonist whose work is characterized by wry wit and trenchant social satire is best known for his comic strip Non Sequitur is a Comic strip created by Wiley Miller (usually credited as just Wiley in 1992 and syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate "
In addition to his work on Doonesbury, Trudeau has teamed up with Elizabeth Swados and written plays (such as Rap Master Ronnie and Doonesbury: A Musical Comedy). Elizabeth Swados (born 1951 is an American Writer, Composer, Musician, and Theatre director. Doonesbury is a musical with a book and lyrics by Garry Trudeau and music by Elizabeth Swados. In 1988, Trudeau joined forces with director Robert Altman for the HBO miniseries Tanner '88 and the Sundance Channel miniseries sequel Tanner on Tanner in 2004. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Robert Bernard Altman (February 20 1925 – November 20 2006 was an American Film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes Tanner '88 was a Mockumentary Miniseries written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. Sundance Channel is a Cable television network devoted to airing independent feature films, World cinema, documentaries, Short Tanner on Tanner is a 2004 comedy and the sequel series to the 1988 Robert Altman directed and Garry Trudeau written Miniseries about In 1996, Newsweek and the Washington Post speculated that Trudeau penned the novel Primary Colors, which was later revealed to have been written by Joe Klein. Primary Colors A Novel of Politics is a 1996 Novel by " Anonymous " (later revealed to be journalist Joe Klein[http //www Joe Klein (born September 7, 1946) is a longtime Washington D
Private life
He married the journalist Jane Pauley in 1980 and has three children-- Ross, Rachel, and Thomas-- and lives in New York City. Margaret Jane Pauley (born October 31, 1950, in Indianapolis Indiana) is an American Television Journalist, and has been He is distantly related to the late former Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau (via common ancestor Étienne Trudeau). Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Étienne Trudeau (1641-1712 was a French Canadian, who emigrated to New France in 1642
Trudeau maintains a low personal profile. A rare and early appearance on television was as a guest on To Tell the Truth in 1971, where all but one of the panelists failed to guess his identity. To Tell the Truth is an American Television Game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson - Todman
Trudeau granted an interview with Rolling Stone in 2004 in which he discussed his time at Yale University, which he attended two years behind George W. Bush. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. In 2006, The Washington Post printed an article that writer Gene Weingarten called the "first extensive profile of him (Trudeau) in the 36 years since he began the comic strip. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Gene Weingarten (born on October 2 1951 in New York) is a humor writer and Pulitzer Prize " [3] He has also appeared on the Charlie Rose television program[2], and at signings for his Doonesbury book about B.D.'s struggle with injuries received during the second Gulf War. Charlie Rose (born Charles Peete Rose Jr, on January 5, 1942) is an American TV interviewer and journalist BD is a character from Garry Trudeau 's popular comic strip Doonesbury. [4]
Criticisms & controversies
In August 2001, Trudeau and The Guardian both fell for a report by the fictional "Lovenstein Institute" that stated that President George W. The US Presidential IQ hoax was a mid-2001 E-mail and Internet Hoax that purported to provide a list of estimated IQs of the U Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Bush had the lowest IQ (91) of any president in the past 50 years, and that former president Bill Clinton had exactly twice the IQ of Bush. An Intelligence Quotient or IQ is a score derived from one of several different Standardized tests attempting to measure Intelligence. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The Guardian published an article while Trudeau published a comic strip based on the given information. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist Both later realized they had fallen for the hoax, and both made public retractions. [5][6]
In 2004, Trudeau made a widely-circulated offer of a $10,000 reward (in the form of a gift to the USO in the winner's name) for proof that George W. Bush fulfilled his military duties in the 1970s. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking (See George W. Bush military service controversy for more complete coverage). The George W Bush military service controversy was an issue in the 2000 presidential campaign and in the 2004 presidential campaign. As of May 2008, no one has collected on the offer.
Bibliography
Non-Doonesbury publications
- Hitler Moves East: A Graphic Chronicle, 1941-43 (with David Levinthal), Sheed, Andrews and McMeel, 1977. The first collections of Garry Trudeau ’s comic strip Doonesbury were published in the early 1970s by Holt Rinehart and Winston Library of Congress 76-52888. The cover shows two Wehrmacht motorcyclists. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 The book relates the story of Nazi Germany's Army Group Centre on the Eastern Front through archival photos and new photography of model soldiers. Army Group Center (Heeresgruppe Mitte was the name of two distinct German strategic Army groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign A toy soldier is a miniature Figurine that represents a Soldier. ISBN 0-8362-0708-4
- Finding Your Religion: When the Faith You Grew Up With Has Lost Its Meaning, by Scotty McLennan. The Reverend William L McLennan Jr &mdash better known as "Scotty McLennan" &mdash was born on November 21 1948 son of William Lillingston McLennan and Alice Polk Trudeau wrote the introduction and drew the cover cartoon.
- Doonesbury. com's The Sandbox: Dispatches from Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, Andrews McMeel Publishing (October 1, 2007), ISBN 0740769456 ISBN-13 978-0740769450. Blogs by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
References
- ^ The Trudeau Institute,Trudeau Institute
- ^ a b Charlie Rose - GARRY TRUDEAU, Charlie Rose October 11, 2004, Uploaded on August 27, 2007 on Youtube
- ^ Doonesbury's War, Washington Post, October 22, 2006
- ^ "Doonesbury" & Private Lupo, Pentagon Channel, Uploaded September 27, 2006 on Youtube
- ^ Lovenstein Institute Presidential IQ Report Hoaxes That Occurred in September, 2001
- ^ Text of the Lovenstein Institute Email
External links
- Doonesbury.com Profile on Garry Trudeau
- Garry Trudeau at the Internet Movie Database
- Charlie Rose Interview with Garry Trudeau
- NCS Awards
- Rolling Stone interview
- Army Times interview
- 2006 Army Times article
- Mother Jones interview
| Preceded by Paul Szep |
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning 1975 |
Succeeded by Tony Auth |
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