'Statesman' Drops a Turd

Decision to censor 'Doonesbury' strip annoys the crap out of daily's readers

"...dung heap, Austin American-Statesman editors last week pulled two Doonesbury strips from the comics page, pushing the boundaries of..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Hayden Panetierre stars in this coming-of-age comedy about a high school valedictorian who proclaims his love for the school's hottest cheerleader during his graduation speech.

"...Carpenter) who sports the calculatedly retro fashion sense of Doonesbury circa 1974. Rust's next gig is as one of..."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...The political comic strip Doonesbury, whose creator Garry Trudeau has been called "spoiled, derisive,..."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Skulls

"...George Bush and assorted shadowy government and business figures. Doonesbury's Garry Trudeau made light of Bush's super-secret, no-girls-allowed Skull..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dick

"...when placed beside G.B. Trudeau's Pulitzer Prize-winning series of Doonesbury strips that ran during the actual Watergate scandal. Fleming,..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fox Announces Bloom County Animated Series

The cartoon strip with Austin roots heads to the small screen

"...and Hobbes, Gary Larsen's The Far Side, Garretson Trudeau's Doonesbury, and Breathed's wild and widely adored tale of Opus..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

The path to a Republican presidency

"...can still allow for galvanizing moments. Recalling an old Doonesbury where Mark, riding with striking truckers, alerts his friends..."

April 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Exploring Calvin & Hobbes

This catalog from an exhibition about the comic strip reveals an unusual amount about its creator

"...Inspiration chapter, reprinting Snoopy, Pogo, Krazy Kat, Flash Gordon, Doonesbury, and Bloom County ("A fun rival strip, and I..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The End of the Line?

As print media money dries up, political cartoonists look to the web

"...of the above as well as sequential comics like Doonesbury and the apolitical work of artists like Robert Crumb...."

July 13, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Headlines

"...› Daily newspapers that carry the legendary, syndicated Doonesbury comic strip this week had to decide whether to..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature

The Penguin With the Pulitzer

Berkeley Breathed on putting Opus to bed and what comes next

"...Kelly's Pogo with the political edge of Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury. It also gave the world a new Everybird in..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

It's a Landslide ... Tie!

AFS Documentary Tour: Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

"...to Yale's legendary quarterback, Brian Dowling (the inspiration for Doonesbury's perpetually helmeted B.D.), and running back, future NFL all-pro..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Eye of the Media Storm

On the block, the Statesman fiddles while the industry burns

"...ago, in a famous incident, it wouldn't run a Doonesbury strip with the word "turd" in it...."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Point Austin: We Won!

Celebrating 'the fierce urgency of now'

"...as far on a limb as Garry Trudeau and Doonesbury and personally but officially declare Barack Obama the winner..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Column by Michael King

The Great Crusader

Nobody's safe from man-with-a-camera Alex Gibney

"...AG: I think, just like Gary Trudeau's [Doonesbury character Uncle Duke, which was based on Thompson], he..."

July 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

White House Press Whores?

Top 10 media stories

"...American-Statesman editors roused from their slumber to smite a Doonesbury cartoon that included the phrase "turd blossom," the president's..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...5], in which the Statesman refused to run a Doonesbury strip containing the words "Turd Blossom," in reference to..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column

Such Language!

"...Turd,” in which the Statesman refused to run a Doonesbury strip containing the words "Turd Blossom,” in reference to..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Postmarks

Amberjack Rice

Texas platters

"...nowhere near as sharp. While he's trying to be Doonesbury, he amounts to about as much satirical bite as..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Music Review by Matt Dentler

The Joke's on Bush

Newspaper cartoonist Dan Piraro launches a national stand-up tour, Bizarro's PolitiComedy-A-Go-Go, starring a "quartet of liberal wisenheimers" cracking wise about election-year issues, this week in Austin

"...(seen in the Austin American-Statesman funny pages, sandwiched between Doonesbury and Ziggy). Fed up with "bidness as usual," the..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Failure of Intelligence

It won't do just to point fingers at Bush for the lies about Iraq

"...aren't any weapons of mass destruction." And there was Doonesbury, trying to help: "Oops. My bad. Sorry about all..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Column by Michael King

TV Eye

Garry Trudeau and Robert Altman had an answer the last time a Bush was in the White House

"...Satirical cartoonist Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) and filmmaker Robert Altman (Nashville, M*A*S*H) may have been..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Case Against Kissinger

War criminal or elder statesman? Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki makes a case in The Trials of Henry Kissinger.

"...state -- came from the funny pages. Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury, to be precise, where Dr. Kissinger was a common..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

He's Coming Back

Who gets punished when George W. Bush comes home to Austin after losing the election.

"...said. "It didn't bother my dad. He's lived with 'Doonesbury,' so he's used to that. But it hurt my..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Pet Sounds

A 15-minute phone interview with the Beach Boys visionary Brian Wilson

"...phenomenon was poignantly explored in a 1990 series of Doonesbury comic strips by Gary Trudeau, in which a character..."

July 21, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Short Stories

From Hollywood to Austin and beyond: the rise and rise of short film online

"...film sites. Dotcomix (http://www.dotcomix.com) features popular comic shorts from Doonesbury and Dilbert, as well as technology that renders cartoons..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...elect him anyway. Should produce some interesting material for Doonesbury." --R.B...."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Doing the Twister

Tornado Coverage Courageous, Runoffs Ignored

"...would they endorse him in the first place? If Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau hadn't already stolen the idea for..."

June 13, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols