As 9-11 shakes the Doonesbury world, many of its denizens are drawn inexorably toward Ground Zero–Mike to attend a memorial service for a former employer; B.D., reactivated for crowd control and celebrity tourism; Marcia Feinbloom to hit on firefighters; and Zonker to deliver potent fruitcakes to weary rescue workers. Those on the home front are…
This kit’s the purr-fect gift for any cat lover. Feline owners and kitties will pounce on the activity booklet filled with ideas for games, shared times, and recipes for treats such as Kitty Krackers and Catnip Ice Cream. A brightly colored fabric mouse and fuzzy ball contribute to the fun.
Even challenging Dubya to a "pronunciation bee" can’t save Uncle Duke’s weird horse race for the White House. In the end, the former Ambassador passes out in a snow bank while the Cheney Administration kicks into high gear. Predictablistically, the new presidential syntax isn’t the only thing that’s tortured and strange. Take myvulture.com, an Internet…
Doonesbury continues to entertain, inspire, and provoke with its unique blend of social commentary, humor, and political satire. Chronicling the millennial state of the nation through the interconnected lives of its large cast of characters, the strip offers unusual perspectives on the usual suspects, and asks impertinent questions on the pertinent subjects of the day….
No matter what’s occurring on the planet, Doonesbury has offered readers a parallel universe. Through the adventures of cherished characters like Mike, J.J., Boopsie, and B.D., Doonesbury has chronicled the course of time with humor and wit. Whether it was an anti-Vietnam march or the Cyber Valley of Seattle, Doonesbury has given readers a hip…
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…
“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…
”Trudeau finds angles.” —Jerry Seinfeld While millions of pilgrims flock to upstate New York for the 25th anniversary of Woodstock, Zonker flashes back to the original (acid triage, the bummer tent, Hendrix eating his guitar) with memories made all the more poignant by the fact that they’re hallucinatory. His response to this revelation: “Whoa! Do you…
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…
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…
“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…