Garry Trudeau: and the Aesthetics of Satire: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire (Great Comics Artists Series)

by Kerry D. Soper (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2008

  $39.41

  Since 1968, Garry Trudeau (b. 1948) has brought his brand of political satire to bear on public figures, movie stars, heads of state, and even on himself. He is, arguably, the premier American political and social satirist of the last forty years.Amazingly, he has achieved this on the comics page, rather than the editorial pages. By defying convention, Trudeau has established a hybrid form of popular satire that capitalizes on the narrative continuity and broad reach of the comic strip form, while operating according to the rules of combative political commentary. Garry Trudeau is a thorough assessment of one of today's most popular and controversial cartoonists.