I've never liked Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury)

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February 13, 2023, 09:19 AM

oddball

I've never liked Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury)

As a teenager, I always thought his comics were not funny. As an adult, I forgot all about him. But apparently he is still around, putting out shit. Like this one, basically joking about Trump getting stabbed in prison.
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What a piece of shit.

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February 13, 2023, 09:23 AM

ugeesta

The guy has been out of office for 2 years. TDS has no cure apparently.

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February 13, 2023, 09:27 AM

divil

Lefty boomer shitting out lame ass comics targeted at mostly boomer leftoids. Trudeau will never wisen up, so why give him and his garbage bandwidth?

February 13, 2023, 09:31 AM

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February 13, 2023, 09:41 AM

airsoft guy

Alright, now make a similar joke about Hillary, and watch these same (D)ipshits screech for the Alphabet goons to Ruby Ridge your ass.

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February 13, 2023, 09:44 AM

jhe888

Trudeau hasn't been relevant or popular for 25 years. His time is long gone.

February 13, 2023, 10:04 AM

IrishWind

In the mid 2000's, his cartoon about a soldier working with Iraqis was spot on and funny. But I can't think of anything else he's done that isn't a lefty hit job on the right.

I miss the old Bloom County of the 80s. Mr Breathed made fun of both sides when they did stupid shit.

February 13, 2023, 10:28 AM

ensigmatic

I never found him funny, either. Always figured his stuff was nothing but social/political commentary in comic strip format. As such: His stuff, to me, was always seemed more suitable for the OpEd page than the comics pages.

Bloom County and Calvin managed to do social and political commentary humorously.

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February 13, 2023, 10:36 AM

sigfreund

That’s the first Doonesbury cartoon I’ve looked at in decades. Should have known better.

February 13, 2023, 10:49 AM

smschulz

Maybe not promote it in a thread.
I can certainly say I didn't need to see that garbage (cartoon).

February 13, 2023, 11:12 AM

arfmel

I had forgotten about that unfunny leftist POS.

February 13, 2023, 11:30 AM

Balzé Halzé

One of the worst comic strip ever. Even back in the day before I even knew what the difference between left and right was, I always found Doonesbury to be unfunny, un-American tripe. I quickly grew to hate it.

The other one I always disdained was that annoying bitch Cathy. Just intolerable.

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February 13, 2023, 12:25 PM

architect

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The other one I always disdained was that annoying bitch Cathy. Just intolerable.

Didn't Cathy get renamed to Karen?

February 13, 2023, 12:33 PM

rat2306

Never cared for that strip either. I'm with Irish Wind and ensigmatic on their choice of comics from back when.

February 13, 2023, 12:56 PM

abnmacv

Stupid cartoon for low IQ liberals.

February 13, 2023, 04:58 PM

Fredward

Once upon a time he was funny, back in the Uncle Duke and his interpreter days. He lost it some time after Reagan was elected, and turned into a POS. I seem to remember he was on an editorial page in a newspaper, back when I read them, but it's been many years and many moves since then. (BTW, I'm never moving again. I love this place.)

February 13, 2023, 05:20 PM

ArtieS

^^^^Yes. Back when Nixon/Ford/Carter/Reagan ran the show, Trudeau took shots at everyone. Rolling Stone, Hunter Thompson, the Moonies, Tip O'Neil, both political parties, and the national news media.

He was an equal opportunity offender, and very funny. As you note, after Reagan, he lost it and became a predictable, lecturing leftie.

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February 13, 2023, 05:27 PM

egregore

I miss Mad magazine. It poked fun at everybody equally without being mean-spirited. Even South Park does a better job of that (except for being mean-spirited and vulgar) than Turdeau.

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Originally posted by IrishWind:
In the mid 2000's, his cartoon about a soldier working with Iraqis was spot on and funny.

I think I remember that. Was the character's name B.D.? He never took his helmet off. And his girlfriend was Boopsie?

February 14, 2023, 05:44 AM

Veeper

The call me on my ear part is a rip-off joke too

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February 14, 2023, 08:35 AM

IrishWind

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quote:
Originally posted by IrishWind:
In the mid 2000's, his cartoon about a soldier working with Iraqis was spot on and funny.

I think I remember that. Was the character's name B.D.? He never took his helmet off. And his girlfriend was Boopsie?

Don't remember the name. But I was training Iraqis at the time, and several strips hit way too close to home.