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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Soper, Kerry. Garry Trudeau. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2008 (OCoLC)654257803 |
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| Named Person: | G B Trudeau; G B Trudeau; Garretson B Trudeau |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kerry Soper |
| ISBN: | 9781934110881 1934110884 9781934110898 1934110892 |
| OCLC Number: | 191758402 |
| Description: | vii, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | From Walden to Iraq : a brief history of Trudeau's career -- "That's not appropriate" : investigative satire on the funnies page -- Artist rights and fights : the business of comic strips -- A heavy-lidded eye : the aesthetics of Doonesbury -- Zonker and the Zeitgeist : Doonesbury as a cultural chronicle. |
| Series Title: | Great comics artists. |
| Responsibility: | Kerry D. Soper. |
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Abstract:
Since 1968, Garry Trudeau has brought his brand of political satire to bear on public figures, movie stars, heads of state, and even on himself. Amazingly, he has achieved this on the comics page, rather than the editorial pages. This book offers an assessment of this popular and controversial cartoonist.
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"Trudeau's notoriety is something to be celebrated. The controversy surrounding his strip has been a sign, perhaps, that he is actually effective at doing his job. The great satirists throughout history - Swift, Voltaire, Hogarth... - were given great license to challenge leaders and criticize the social order; and if they did not annoy political leaders or irk their audiences at times while using this license, then we would not place them in that pantheon of great cultural critics." -from the introduction" Read more...
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