Garry Trudeau is an American cartoonist, best known for the “Doonesbury” comic strip.
In 1970, Garry syndicated “Doonesbury” in the newly formed Universal Press Syndicate. Today “Doonesbury” is syndicated to almost 1,400 newspapers worldwide. In 1975, Trudeau became the first comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. The award was controversial at the time, since it is traditionally awarded to editorial-page cartoonists. He was also nominated for an Oscar in 1977 in the category of Animated Short Film, for “The Doonesbury Special,” in collaboration with John Hubley and Faith Hubley. Other awards include the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Comic Strip Award in 1994, and the Reuben Award in 1995. In addition to his work on “Doonesbury,” Trudeau has written plays (such as “Rap Master Ronnie” and “Doonesbury: A Musical Comedy”) and the 1988 HBO miniseries “Tanner ‘88,” directed by Robert Altman, and the miniseries sequel “Tanner on Tanner” in 2004. Trudeau was made a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993.
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