New Releases by G. B. Trudeau

"Garry Trudeau is the premier American social and political satirist of his time." --Newsweek "Not since Thomas Nast has there been a more effective political and social cartoonist." --Oakland Tribune Doonesbury has managed to be articulate, abrasive, political, compassionate, misunderstood, misprinted, and outrageous--but one thing it''s never been is complacent. Garry Trudeau''s creation has chronicled American history and culture in a parallel universe. And through it all, Doonesbury has always been honest, entertaining, and way, way cool. In Flashbacks, Trudeau collects his thoughts and cartoons in a highly annotated four-color book. Through its pages, Flashbacks reunites the disparate personalities that make up the cast of Doonesbury: Mike, Zonker, Boopsie, Joanie, Lacey Davenport, Mark Slackmeyer, and, of course, Uncle Duke. Flashbacks is a compendium of the many singular moments of Doonesbury, moments that mark the times of our own lives.

"His humor is wry, partisan, and caustically combative. The satirical eye behind the comic strip Doonesbury, Garry Trudeau is America''s most mirthful, cutting chronicler of these times." --Esquire One of the cogitative and comical story lines in Trudeau''s collection,In Search of Cigarette Holder Man, revolves around Duke''s 1960s plot to doctor an evidence photo of the Kennedy assassination for cash. He thought he''d finished milking the hoax years earlier, but his able assistant and willing love slave, Honey Huan, uncovers a group of determined conspiracy theorists on the Internet who are hot on the trail anew. As narrator, Mark wraps up the series: "So which version took place on Earth? You be the judge. See you at the 35th!" Certainly no one can put a fun-poking--and funny--spin on issues better than Garry Trudeau. He features colleges passing out A''s as a way to build self-esteem, cuff-link and helicopter ride payoffs after NAFTA''s passage, cybersurfing political issues with a homeless couple, and over-zealous product plugs in the movies. Truly, no topic is spared from Trudeau''s biting wit. Throughout this collection,In Search of Cigarette Holder Man, the artist''s incisive views on events continue to provide entertainment in its highest--and sharpest--form. From the backwaters of Whitewater to brush fires of the rich and famous, Trudeau''s eagle eye captures them all. Everyone will find something in this talented pundit''s take on American life.

The Portable Doonesbury chronicles the Gulf War in the distinctive Trudeau fashion. B.D. enjoys a wartime fling, and Duke and Honey open and eventually burn down Club Scud. On the homefront, J.J. is less than successful as a cabbie, B.D. and Boopsie''s wedding is interrupted by Hunka-Ra, and Mike confronts the specter of unemployment. The Portable Doonesbury shows Trudeau, a Pulitzer Prize winner, in peak form. Everyone will delight in reliving its glory.

Things are shaking on the West Coast, and it''s Sid''s fault. He can''t bring Boopsie and B.D.''s long-avoided nuptials to the "I do" moment quickly enough: her breaking water signals the beginning of another new age. Congratulations, it''s a baby woman! As prequel to this major transition, Desert Storm troopers B.D. and Ray find themselves called back to heavy duty in the streets of South Central. Ray looks on the bright side ("At least we''re working again, man."). Indeed, their fortunes flare and both soon find themselves cruising the coast as professional highwaymen-CHIPs, with the power to ticket total strangers and close friends alike. This collection, Quality Time on Highway 1, is tough in its scrutiny of such hot topics as gender bias, both in Congress (the testimony we never heard at the Thomas hearings) and in elementary school. Why does the teacher always call on the boys instead of Alex, and how can Joanie intervene? ("Mom, she''ll never call on you, send Daddy.") So tough that the Commissioner of Comics condemns Doonesbury and takes over. Garry Trudeau is out, Diego Tutweiler is in, at least until the cast is cleared for correct family values. No one said cartooning was going to be easy. But in this Doonesbury book, Garry Trudeau once again proves that it can be weird, fun, and relevant.

Grab your Dramamine--it''s Silly Season, and the election handicappers are losing their shirts. Kudos to Rick Redfern for the first bombshell: His evidence that Quayle handlers conspired to silence a federal prisoner causes Dano to wail and editors to bail. Out on the campaign trail, Mark Slackmeyer tracks His Incumbency, causing a stir by serving up accurate--if incomprehensible--transcripts of primo Bushspeak. Meanwhile, over in aisle two of the Cosmic Supermarket, Jerry Brown, Insider, has doubled his shelf-life by repackaging himself as Jerry Brown, Outsider. And as Roland and Rick find themselves in the tank for the semi-flawed character from Arkansas ("Look out, Mt. Rushmore!"), the two Dukes, David and Uncle, conspire as only distant cousins can. Of course, things are tough all over--as everyone but Poppy has noticed. Of the core Doonesbury cast in What Is It, Tink, Is Pan in Trouble? only one has a job that requires getting out of bed. As Mike enters his second year of full unemployment, and B.D. realizes he needs to get a post-Ground War life, ex-nanny Zonker finesses the recession by returning home to his terrified parents.

Of all the media with anything to say about Operation Desert Storm, only CNN received more praise than Doonesbury for its coverage. Now Trudeau--the first comic strip artist to win the Pulitzer Prize (in 1975)--is back with the follow-up to his hilarious I''d Go with the Helmet, Ray. Here he offers an honest and all-encompassing record of the issues surrounding the war and skewers the preoccupations of the nation in its aftermath.00 print.

"Garry Trudeau is the premier American social and political satirist of his time."--Newsweek "He has transformed the comic strip into a venue of social commentary not seen since the nineteenth-century broadsides that gave rise to daily newspapering. It seems only fitting that something as modest as a comic strip could serve as the American equivalent to Tolstoy."--Seattle Times "Not since Thomas Nast has there been a more effective political and social cartoonist."--Oakland Tribune "The impact that Trudeau and his characters have had on the last twenty years really is incalculable. Trudeau''s characters have passed from merely comic-strip entities into something akin to cultural icons, mirroring society as they chronicle it."--Idaho State Journal In I''d Go with the Helmet, Ray, the intense situation in the Gulf reactivates a platoon of veteran characters. For B.D., the change of climate forces a change of helmets ("They cut it away like an avocado--strictly outpatient"), but in most respects, he''s clearly in his element. Mr. Butts, serving country and corporation as Battalion Tobacco Liaison, also seems right at home, but intrepid correspondent Roland "From-somewhere-in-the-Midwest" Hedley quickly becomes a whole lot more lost than usual. Meanwhile, on the home front, USO volunteer Boopsie readies her turkey costume for the Jay Leno Southwest Asia Thanksgiving Tour, while conflicted adman Mike Doonesbury agonizes over an oil company TV campaign to "make the American people feel good about being gouged." In contrast, Congresswoman Lacey Davenport keeps her integrity intact by resigning over the S&L crisis--a stately act of principle that leads her badly shaken colleagues to conclude she is suffering from a fatal disease. This is Doonesbury at its best--provocative, witty, and poignant.

This collection of Doonesbury begins with the long-awaited, never-expected marriage of Honey and Duke: hardly the social event of the season, it takes place in the American Embassy in Beijing and involves a groom who is only in it for the money--the $1 million offered by Donald Trump for the rescue of Ms. Huan, China''s "No. 1 hooligan." The plot thickens...and thickens. Bad enough that eight friends are all cramped out in Mike and J.J.''s living room. When even Mr. Butts starts bringing home houseguests (like his old pals Mr. Jay and Mr. Caffeine) it''s time for Mr. Doonesbury to see a psychiatrist. We meet the Divine Miss N, a pack of nicotine gum whose affair with William Bennett supplies him with 40 mgs a day. Buttsy clarifies the issue. "C''mon Billy Boy, wake up and smell the smoke! We have a drug czar who''s a drug addict." You''re Smokin'' Now, Mr. Butts! is primo Trudeau--provocative, inimitable, and indispensable reading.

His ''Second thoughts on a Gilded Age'' form a compelling retrospective on the Era of Greed: from the final sputterings of the Reagan Revolution to the kinder, gentler vision thing of George ''Poppy'' Bush'' from Tiananmen Square to Panama City; from Dr. Whoopee to Mr. Butts. Whether focusing on public figures like ''The Donald'' or sensitive issues such as AIDS and the homeless, Doonesbury delivers provocative commentary and humor with uncanny precision. And the unfolding lives of the large cast continue to reflect our strangely changing times.

From the gala Walden Fifth Reunion to the second coming of King Elvis, Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Trudeau peppers his political and social satire across the pages of this semi-annual Doonesbury collection, Read My Lips, Make My Day, Eat Quiche and Die! In this treasury of six months of Sunday and daily strips, his best-selling barbed humor spares no one. Handlers of the presidential campaign wage the battle of the soundbites, Donald Trump''s $37 million Trump Princess proves that Reaganomics works, and a rugged journalist struggles valiantly to overcome the heartbreak of turning 40 ("A few baskets at the ''Y'' tonight?" "I can''t, Larry, I''m old."). This collection is Doonesbury--and satire--at its scalding best!

This collection of Doonesbury comic strips features the antics of Ron Headrest--Ronald Reagan''s alter ego--Hollywood channeler Boopsie''s tour, Rick and Joonie''s search for good day care, and the clandestine return of William Casey

Zonker buys 153 pounds of his favorite vegetable and begins a serious romance in England, Roland Hedley exposes a true Gramm-Rudman horror story, and Mike and J.J. are in deep shock

Rick and Joanie discover that two full-time jobs and one toddler do not mix, and Agent Havoc pitches armloads of American dollars out of a plane over Honduras, in a "Doonesbury" comic strip anthology

Takes a close-up look at America in the 1980s, from Star Wars and Iranscam to Rick and Joanie struggling with parenthood and Mike and J.J. pioneering in New York City

In this "Doonesbury" collection, Zonker wins twenty-three million dollars, J.J. scores a coup in the fast-moving art scene with a commission to do the johns in a rock club, and Uncle Duke is sold into slavery

"When forty five major recording artists emerged from their limos outside of A&M Studios one balmy night last winter, they made a kind of pop history. There as eyewitness to that history was G.B. Trudeau, the only major satirist invited to attend the proceedings. Several weeks later, the cartoonist showed his gratitude by being the first to reveal that the stars had indeed checked their egos at the door (as per producer Quincy Jones’s request), but that more than one had demanded a receipt. The coverage could have been worse. A few months earlier, 3,000 miles east, George Bush had checked his manhood into a trust fund, and the exclusive reporting of this event in Doonesbury had produced a firestorm of indignation. ‘Garry Trudeau is coming out of deep left field,’ the Vice president fumed. ‘The American people are going to be speaking out next Tuesday, and we’ll see whether they side with Doonesbury or the Reagan-Bush message.’ The author is currently demanding a recount." -- Back cover

"Three years of Doonesbury are packed into this Trudeau tour de force, his fourth, and perhaps most timely, major anthology. Those three years coincide precisely with the election campaign, inauguration, and first years in office of the First Cowboy. At the core of this book are the foibles and follies of life under the Reagan Administration, portrayed with the inimitable Trudeau wit and style in more than 500 daily strips and 80 full-color Sunday pages. This rich collection is Trudeau at his trenchant best, and makes the election-year return to syndication of one of America''s most popular and clearly its most political comic strips." -- Back cover

Cartoons take a humorous look at college budget cuts, Florida drug smuggling, politicians returning to the private sector, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the younger generation

Features such spectacles as a Pentagon slide show on Nicaragua and the shipwreck of Duke and Honey on a desert island

"This collection of Doonesbury cartoons examines the arrival of the Reagan administration and witnesses Zonker''s retirement from professional tanning and the marriage of Rick and Joanie."-- Google Books

"This collection of Doonesbury cartoons examines the arrival of the Reagan administration and witnesses Zonker''s retirement from professional tanning and the marriage of Rick and Joanie." -- Google Books