Colin McEnroe (opinion): 'Doonesbury' thrived during Watergate. Jan. 6 is its own cartoon
Columnist Colin McEnroe reflects on his freshman year in college with ‘Doonesbury’...
Stay updated with breaking news from Mark Slackmeyer. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Columnist Colin McEnroe reflects on his freshman year in college with ‘Doonesbury’...
Embed iframe src "https://www.npr.org/player/embed/954095569/956506297" width "100%" height "290" frameborder "0" scrolling "no" title "NPR embedded audio player" MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The groundbreaking comic strip "Doonesbury" has been with us for half a century. Its willingness to tackle social issues, politics and war made it the first daily comic strip to win a Pulitzer Prize. "Doonesbury" has also been censored for some of those same reasons. To celebrate the strip's 50th anniversary, there's a new book that includes a thumb drive with all 15,000 strips. Jon Kalish spoke with its...
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 DOONESBURY © G. B. Trudeau. Reprinted with permission of ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION. All rights reserved. Image: ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION The ground-breaking comic strip Doonesbury has been with us for a half-century. It was the first daily comic strip to win a Pulitzer Prize for tackling social issues, politics and war. It's also been censored for some of those same reasons. It all began as an irreverent strip called Bull Tales in the Yale Daily News when Garry Trudeau was a junior. Its main character was B.D., who was based on Yale's standout quarterback, B...