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
Garry Trudeau quotes about
moving humor responsibility
Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.
expression absolutism free-expression
At some point free expression absolutism becomes childish and unserious.
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.