Most Popular Books by G. B. Trudeau

From the Bill Clinton-Ken Starr face-off to high-flying Internet startups, Trudeau hones in on the things we take seriously and livens them up with crafty jolts of jocularity.

"Hilarious!" -- Jake Tapper, ABC News "Hilarious!" -- Karen Tumulty, TIME "Hilarious!" -- Erin Moriarity, CBS News In March of 2009, Doonesbury''s intrepid journalist Roland Burton Hedley, III, opened a Twitter account and began to tweet. A lot. Four weeks later, a sampling of his 140-character missives was published in The New Yorker to great acclaim, and his posts were featured in a one-on-one "tweet-off" in the Columbia Journalism Review. Rushed into print, this groundbreaking volume is the first book-length Twitter collection by a single author. With dozens of Doonesbury strips and over 500 tweets, it presents the best of Hedley''s work -- frontline micro-blogging from the self-anointed dean of Washington journotwits. Eight months into this project, author G.B. Trudeau can confirm that Twitter is a colossal sinkhole of time, but is gratified that he has found a way to monetize Roland''s inane postings. (Follow Roland_Hedley.) When not writing comedy haiku on Twitter, Trudeau writes and draws the Pulitzer-prize-winning comic strip Doonesbury for 1100 newspapers worldwide, and lovingly curates his web presence at Doonesbury.com. He also hosts a milblog called The Sandbox. From the book: "Just spotted colleague Terry Moran in hall. Could wave, but easier to tweet. Hey, dude." 10:49 AM Mar 18th from Tweetdeck "Bumped into an old stalker of mine at Borders. She''d lost some weight and looked terrific, but I tweeted 911 anyway. Cops arrived from 3 states." 1:43 PM Mar7th from Blackberry "I refuse to apologize for making time for my kid''s ball games, so I usually end up not going." 9:13 AM May 4th from web "Had close call watching MJ memorial service. They ended ''We are the World'' before I could jimmy open my gun closet and blow my brains out." 12:33 PM Jul 7th from web "While speaking last night, someone threw panties on stage. Or boxers. Whatever. Times like that, always ask myself: What would The Boss do?" 5:13 PM Mar 12th from web "Kabul. Awakened by huge blast in hotel lobby. Suicide bomber blew up complimentary breakfast buffet. Off to find bagel." 3:14 PM Apr 8th from Tweetdeck "Accompanying HMMV patrol, used on-board computer to order Ab Rocket. And because I acted when I did, receiving second one absolutely free." 8:01 PM Apr 13th from Blackberry

"An instant biography of the Great Gonzo, John Connally''s seminar on Free Enterprise Seminar Training, and Mike Doonesbury''s support for the Anderson presidential campaign are included among this collection." -- Amazon.com

A mirthful and merciless skewering of the Trump administration from the senior statesman of political cartooning, Garry Trudeau. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist whose acclaimed Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump blew up the bestseller list, G.B. Trudeau''s final installment of his Doonesbury Trump trilogy takes readers through the dark heart of Trump''s presidency and into 2020 election mania. Including two years'' worth of original Doonesbury Sundays, full-color spreads, and 18 previously unpublished strips, the presciently-titled Lewser buttons up our most recent long national nightmare just in time for Christmas.

No rogue regime ever needed its evildoing professionally reframed more urgently than Greater Berzerkistan, whose president-for-life Trff Bmzklfrpz (pronounced "Ptklm") needs to spin a recent round of ethnic cleansing. Fortunately, the pariah state (and its 50-hole golf course, built overnight by Kurds and Jews) borders Iran, a fact that K Street uberlobbyist Duke is retained to parlay into a major U.S. arms package. Meanwhile, across town, the crumbling of the newspaper industry crushes Rick Redfern''s hope of continuing employment. After 35 years at the Washington Post, he is ejected into the blogosphere, where his prose now battles it out with that of 1,186,783,465 rivals, including Roland Hedley, who takes the art of Twittering to a new self-reverential low. Truly, everyone in Doonesburyland is struggling to adapt. While white Washington insiders scramble to acquire some African American friends, longtime black conservative Clyde schemes to score Obama''s Blackberry number, Clinton-era Dems are forced to attend the president-elect''s "No Drama School," and Jimmy Thudpucker once again reboots his career--this time as a cell phone ring-tone artist. No one ever said change was pretty.

The sadly needed sequel to YUGE!—from the cartoonist who’s “practically the court artist of Castle Trump, and no one can beat him” (Boing Boing). From the Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist whose acclaimed YUGE!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump blew up the bestseller list, comes the sequel millions prayed would be unnecessary. #SAD!: Doonesbury in the Time of Trump tracks the shocking victory, the inept transition, and the tumultuous eternity of POTUS’s First 500 Days. Citizens who rise every morning in dread, braced for disruptive, Randomly Capitalized, atrociously grammarized, horrably speld, toxic tweeting from the Oval Office, can curl up at night with this clarifying collection of hot takes on the First Sociopath, his enablers, and their appalling legacy. Whether resisting or just persisting, readers will find G. B. Trudeau’s cartoons are just the thing to ease the pain of remorse (“Could I have done more to prevent this?”) and give them a shot at a few hours of unfitful sleep. There are worse things to spend your tax cut on. “#SAD! offers a biting take on turbulent times. Highly recommended!” —Publishers Weekly

"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.

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.

“I don’t read Doonesbury. He glorifies drugs.” —Former White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater Welcome to the age of pivots. Two centuries after the Founding Fathers signed off on happiness, Zonker Harris and nephew Zipper pull up stakes and head west in hot pursuit. The dream? Setting up a major grow facility outside Boulder, Colorado, and becoming bajillionaire producers of “artisanal” marijuana. For Zonk, it’s the crowning reset of a career that’s ranged from babysitting to waiting tables. For Walden-grad Zip, it’s a way to confront $600,000 in student loans. Elsewhere in Free Agent America, newlyweds Alex and Toggle are struggling. Twins Eli and Danny show up during their mother’s MIT graduation, but a bad economy dries up lab grants, compelling the newly minted PhD to seek employment as a barista. Meanwhile, eternally blocked writer Jeff Redfern struggles to keep the Red Rascal legend-in-his-own-mind franchise alive, while aging music icon Jimmy T. endures by adapting to his industry’s new normal: “I can make music on my schedule and release it directly to the fans.” He’s living in his car. G.B. Trudeau’s Doonesbury is now in its fifth decade, and has chronicled American life through eight presidents, four generational cohorts, and innumerable paradigm shifts. His political sitcom Alpha House, starring John Goodman, is available on DVD and by streaming from Amazon Prime. For the record, Trudeau always inhaled back in the day. As President Obama once explained, “That was the point.”

Characters from the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Doonesbury" comic strip track the 2000 presidential campaign of Uncle Duke, the end of an Internet start-up, and the revival of an aging rocker''s career in this collection of strips.

The second volume of this retrospective anthology covers the Pulitzer prize-winning cartoon strip from 1980 to 1989. On October 26, 1970, G.B. Trudeau introduced the world to a college jock named B.D. and his inept and geeky roommate, Mike Doonesbury. Fourteen thousand strips later, Doonesbury has become one of the most beloved and acclaimed comic strips in history. Over the years, the world of Doonesbury grew uniquely vast, sustained by an intricately woven web of relationships—over forty major characters spanning three generations. The complete 40: A Doonesbury Anthology presents more than 1,800 comic strips that chart key adventures and cast connections over the last four decades. Dropped in throughout this rolling narrative are twenty detailed essays in which Trudeau contemplates his characters, including portraits of core characters such as Duke and Honey, Zonker, Joanie, and Rev. Sloan, as well as more recent additions, such as Zipper, Alex, and Toggle. Trudeau also includes an annotated diagram that maps the mind-boggling matrix of character relationships. This second volume of the four-volume e-book edition of 40 covers the years 1980 to 1989 for the celebrated cartoon strip.

No one can feel the pulse of the world like Garry Trudeau, whose satrical look at the 1960''s and early 1970s is a real delight.

Relates the experiences of Uncle Duke when he becomes America''s envoy to China and follows Virginia Slade''s campaign for a Congressional seat from California.

“I no longer care what Madonna had for breakfast.” –Boopsie The irreverent wit of Doonesbury takes on 9/11 and the war years, traveling from Ground Zero to the Middle East. Here are two Doonesbury books–Peace Out, Dawg!andGot War?–together in one must-have volume full of G. B. Trudeau''s wry, ironic, and keen observations. This collection is perfect for Doonesbury fans, political junkies, and anyone with a taste for biting humor and insightful satire.

This book contains cartoons from 1978 and 1979.

"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

"Newsbreaks come in various sizes and flavors in this latest serving of Doonesbury adventures. There is, for one example, the small but poignant voice of ''Son of Arnold and Mary Leiberman'' hoping to be heard by the all-star human interest journalist at the New York Daily News. For another, we have the author of that cult best seller Jogger Agnonistes ready to spill his innermost secrets on running for pain and profit. And from the gatehouse of the Fourth Estate comes the voice and face of Roland Burton Hedley Jr. with not one but two self-anchored reports: What the typical college student is like these days, and the president''s trip of many nations (AKA brief encounters with the third world.) Segueing with Joanie Caucus''s diligent rakings in the muck of the Korean Lobby investigation, and Uncle Duke''s venture into apricot farming as a toehold on the Laetrile market, there is scandal here for the most jaded of media freaks ...not to mention the unjaded legions of Doonesbury followers." -- Page 4 of cover

"The film''s script, by Garry Trudeau, and stills from the animation by the Hubleys, are accompanied by numerous sketches by the collaborators showing the evolution into the final TV version. In addition, Trudeau''s marginal notes provide rare insight into the process of artistic animation and "Doonesbury'' itself"--Page 2 of book jacket.

Hot on the heels of his smash 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, Garry Trudeau is back with an annual collection of this iconic comic strip. Readers and critics were wowed by G. B. Trudeau''s epic masterpiece 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, and they''ll rejoice when they see this beautiful follow-up volume. Featuring an innovative format and an all-new collection of strips, Red Rascal''s War is the first all-color Doonesbury book ever. Both Trudeau and his fans have followed Doonesbury''s ever-expanding cast through four decades of cultural turbulence and change. With its arresting cover and rich interior, Red Rascal''s War showcases the most recent additions to a body of work the New York Times admiringly refers to as "a sprawling masterwork." "[Trudeau is] Dickensian in his range of characters," writes Garry Wills in The New York Review of Books. "Trudeau has just kept improving, year after year, in part because he stays so close to changing events. . . . He has never been better than in the last six years." From the exploits of Afghan legend-in-chief Sorkh Razil to the pipe dreams of Malibu''s top nanny Zonker Harris, and from the "no more chill pills" intervention by Obama''s aides to the way-cool love of a headbanging war vet and his MIT-grad gal, Doonesbury marches wildly on. "What else is guaranteed to make you think, feel nostalgic, and laugh out loud at least once a page?" --Karen Holt, O Magazine

Satire.

A collection of "Doonesbury" comic strips originally published in newspapers.

"Trudeau''s creation has evolved into a sprawling masterwork." -- The New York Times The ultimate Doonesbury package celebrating a half-century of G.B. Trudeau''s celebrated comic strip. This limited-edition deluxe set includes: A USB flash drive with all 50 years of Doonesbury comics, including 26 years of Sunday comics available for the first time in digital format. Includes a searchable calendar archive, character biographies, and a week-by-week description of the strip''s contents. The Dbury@50 User''s Guide, a 224-page wire-bound book taking readers through each year of the strip''s storied history, with historical trivia, milestone strips, featured storylines and characters, and much more. A commemorative 16" x 20" poster featuring a grid with new sketches of all the strip''s characters.

A collection of soft-focus color photographs of toys staged to re-enact the Holocaust.

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

A third "Doonesbury" anthology offers an entertaining collection of Trudeau''s political commentary, social satire, and philosophical wit

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

Cartoons selected from the socially pungent column introduce the most distinctive new acquaintances of the protagonist, Doonesbury