Garry Trudeau didn’t plan on being a cartoonist. But he quickly became one of the most influential cartoonists in modern cartooning with his comic Doonesbury. Launched in 1970, Doonesbury quickly became a must-read for fans, politicians, and journalists. In the new Trudeau biography, Joshua Kendall writes, “at the annual dinner of the Radio and Television […]
Garry Trudeau didn’t plan on being a cartoonist. But he quickly became one of the most influential cartoonists in modern cartooning with his comic Doonesbury. Launched in 1970, Doonesbury quickly became a must-read for fans, politicians, and journalists. In the new Trudeau biography, Joshua Kendall writes, “at the annual dinner of the Radio and Television […]
Rolling Stone has published an excerpt of the upcoming biography Trudeau & Doonesbury: A Biography (non-paywall link). The subtitle of the article would make me read it, even if I wasn’t already interested: “How cartoonist Garry Trudeau embraced the counter-culture, became a Rolling Stone writer, and pissed off Hunter S. Thompson so much that the gonzo journalist mailed […]
Rolling Stone has published an excerpt of the upcoming biography Trudeau & Doonesbury: A Biography (non-paywall link). The subtitle of the article would make me read it, even if I wasn’t already interested: “How cartoonist Garry Trudeau embraced the counter-culture, became a Rolling Stone writer, and pissed off Hunter S. Thompson so much that the gonzo journalist mailed […]
EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Shaftesbury is doubling down on the franchise game. The Murdoch Mysteries maker has named Jay Bennett as its Senior Vice President, Franchise Strategy & Innovation – a role that puts the veteran producer and media strategist in charge of expanding its IP acvross platforms, audiences, brand partnerships and emerging media ecosystems. Bennett made […]
EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Shaftesbury is doubling down on the franchise game. The Murdoch Mysteries maker has named Jay Bennett as its Senior Vice President, Franchise Strategy & Innovation – a role that puts the veteran producer and media strategist in charge of expanding its IP acvross platforms, audiences, brand partnerships and emerging media ecosystems. Bennett made […]
Fell cuts through the analysis and legal deconstruction and reminds us that racism is real, which, at heart, is all you really have to know. Some racism is intentional and conspiratorial, like redistricting to keep Black candidates out of office or requiring bogus literacy tests to keep Black citizens from qualifying to vote. But it […]
Fell cuts through the analysis and legal deconstruction and reminds us that racism is real, which, at heart, is all you really have to know. Some racism is intentional and conspiratorial, like redistricting to keep Black candidates out of office or requiring bogus literacy tests to keep Black citizens from qualifying to vote. But it […]
I like Chilton’s art (which comes from the New Cartoonist), but both the subject matter and the setting are a reminder that the Whole World Is Watching, and it isn’t cheering us on. There are worse things to export than Disney films, but this is still an indication of how much our culture, such as […]
I like Chilton’s art (which comes from the New Cartoonist), but both the subject matter and the setting are a reminder that the Whole World Is Watching, and it isn’t cheering us on. There are worse things to export than Disney films, but this is still an indication of how much our culture, such as […]
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