Those not enthralled with Donald Trump's ascendance have been shocked and appalled by it -- and taken by surprise.
"Doonesbury is one of the most overrated strips out there. Mediocre at best."
--Donald Trump, 1989
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER! "Doonesbury is one of the most overrated strips out there. Mediocre at best."
--Donald Trump, 1989 A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER! He tried to warn us. Ever since the release of the first Trump-for-President trial balloon in 1987,
Doonesbury's Garry Trudeau has tirelessly tracked and highlighted the unsavory career of the most unqualified candidate to ever aspire to the White House. It's all there--the hilarious narcissism, the schoolyard bullying, the loathsome misogyny, the breathtaking ignorance; and a good portion of the
Doonesbury cast has been tangled up in it. Join Duke, Honey, Earl, J.J., Mike, Mark, Roland, Boopsie, B.D., Sal, Alice, Elmont, Sid, Zonker, Sam, Bernie, Rev. Sloan, and even the Red Rascal as they cross storylines with the big, orange airhorn who's giving the GOP such fits.
Garry Trudeau is the "sleazeball" "third-rate talent" who draws the "overrated" comic strip
Doonesbury, which "very few people read." He lives in New York City with his wife Jane Pauley, who "has far more talent than he has."
"The first thing to know about Trudeau’s Trump strips is that they’re funny as hell…There have been many election-season caricatures of Trump, but Trudeau’s been doing this for 30 years. He’s practically the court artist of Castle Trump, and no one can beat him (not even Trump, whose capacity for self-parody can’t be overstated).”
(Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing)
