Most Popular Books by G. B. Trudeau

"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.

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 and happening place to be, if only for a few minutes every day. Created by master cartoonist Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury remains a dynamic force. Its political slant consistently amuses readers, sparks controversy, and frightens editors. Political characters appear frequently--humorously represented by time bombs or waffles--but the strip isn''t entirely political. Trudeau deals with young love, broken relationships, and the raising of a few young kids, but the strip isn''t really about warm-fuzzies either. For the millions of readers who turn to Doonesbury every day, the strip is simply a favored friend. Controversial yet always contemporary; familiar but rarely perfectly comfortable. In this collection, Planet Doonesbury continues the adventures of all the regulars, from Father Duke and his recently revealed son, Earl, to the impending marriage of Mike and Kim. B.D. returns to Vietnam, and with Phred as host, discovers a war of sorts is still being waged--not over changing politics, but the race to make money in the now industrialized country. Presented in an exciting format, the handsome Planet Doonesbury features large-size color Sundays.

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!

While the results of the 2004 elections remain at the forefront of current events, Doonesbury lays out the backstory with this trenchant and timely two-volume punch—now in hardcover for the first time. In DUKE 2000: WHATEVER IT TAKES and THE REVOLT OF THE ENGLISH MAJORS Trudeau''s top-drawer satire tracks the ever-morphing zeitgeist of our Dubya Dubya Dubya world with irreverent insight and affectionate outrage. •Includes 96 pages of color Sunday strips •The perfect gift for the Doonesbury fan/newshound/pop-culturist in your life

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.

Follows the lives of Doonesbury characters as they receive quick lessons in practical politics.

The Doonesbury cartoon character Joanie teaches the girls in her day care center some of the concepts of feminism.

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

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

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

"By now, Michael J. Doonesbury is a familiar character to the millions of readers of Garry Trudeau''s popular syndicated comic strip Doonesbury. But in this most recent collection, he brings with him some new faces: Boopsie, the lemonade lady with the kind face and generous hips; Nichole, the sister who went into a deep coma the first time she saw the Geritol ad (''My wife, I think I''ll keep her!"); and of course, Zonker Harris, superstar B.D.''s playful antagonist." -- Back cover

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.

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