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Soper, Kerry D. Garry Trudeau: doonesbury and the aesthetics of satire. Great Comics Artists. Jackson: Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2008. Added by: joachim (20/07/2009, 01:34) Last edited by: joachim (14/04/2012, 22:13) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 9-781-934110-88-1 BibTeX citation key: Soper2008 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Doonesbury", Comic strip, Satire, Trudeau. Garry, USA Creators: Soper Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi (Jackson) |
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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. Trudeau has also advocated for artists' rights and challenged industry norms while keeping a decidedly low profile. In Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire, Kerry D. Soper traces the contribution of this groundbreaking artist. Trudeau is arguably the premier American political and social satirist of the last forty years. Amazingly, he achieved this on the comics page, rather than the editorial page. 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 divided into chapters that offer a history of Doonesbury; an analysis of Trudeau's effective satiric methods; a discussion of the methods whereby he challenged the business practices of the comic strip industry; an examination of the aesthetics of Doonesbury; and a consideration of Trudeau's significance as a social chronicler through an analysis of his character construction, narrative practices, and documentation of the American zeitgeist. Garry Trudeau is a thorough assessment of one of America's most popular and controversial cartoonists. Table of Contents Acknowledgments (vii) Introduction (3) 1. From Walden to Iraq. A Brief History of Trudeau’s Career (23) 2. “That’s Not Appropriate.” Investigative Satire on the Funnies Page (58) 3. Artist Rights and Fights. The Business of Comic Strips (90) 4. A Heavy-Lidded Eye. The Aesthetics of Doonesbury (118) 5. Zonker and the Zeitgeist. Doonesbury as a Cultural Chronicle (145) Works Cited (173) Index (177) Added by: joachim Last edited by: joachim |