Garry Trudeau
Garry Trudeau
Garretson Beekman "Garry" Trudeauis an American cartoonist, best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury comic strip. Trudeau is also the creator and executive producer of the Amazon Studios political comedy series Alpha House...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth21 July 1948
CountryUnited States of America
commercial life
Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.
bad bound check delight invite life people public venture web
I think it's very dangerous for people who do anything that's public to venture on the Web and check out what people are saying about them. Yes, you're bound to find things that will delight you - but you also find things that will make you brood and feel bad about yourself. Why would you intentionally invite that into your life?
life-is-like bathroom get-up
Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.
trying lifestyle favourite
I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.
compelled happier home job late leave money passionate strip studio totally unless walk work
I'm never happier than when I'm not working. The strip is a job - that's why I take money for it. It's a job I'm passionate about, but it's a job I totally leave in the studio when I walk out of here, unless I'm late and I have to work at home. I never think of the strip unless I'm compelled to.
comics time
Any time you bring sexuality into the comics pages, you have to brace for pushback.
pulled
I've been getting pulled from newspapers for my entire career.
taken
I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination.
age channels clout enjoyed far four general near nowhere people public readers talented tv voices
That's for the readers to adjudge, but I will say that in general public commentators have nowhere near the clout that we enjoyed 35 years ago, the age of four TV channels and no Internet, ... As far as I'm concerned, it's all good. You can't have too many voices in a democracy. Talented people will find their audiences.
countrymen heavy reflect sacrifices strip taking time troops
It was at a time when U.S. troops were taking heavy casualties, and I wanted the strip to reflect the sacrifices that our countrymen were making.
caused comics concerns easier generation introduced less politics rolling
When you're young, with less on the line, it's easier to be audacious, to experiment. So I introduced the concerns of my generation - politics, sex, drugs, rock-and-roll, etc. - to the comics page, which for many years caused a rolling furor.
contact leave regularly soldiers updates
I regularly give out my contact info to soldiers, but I only occasionally get updates from soldiers after they leave WRAMC, understandably.
arty felt high school
Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
amplify business discussion good obviously sound
I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.