'Doonesbury' series on abortion law has some newspapers seeking replacement
Doonesbury tackles abortion. This week's Doonesbury is going to be about abortion and the right-wing craziness around it in America. There is no weapon as sharp as sarcasm, and Garry Trudeau wields it with great finesse. This is the first of a series of Doonesbury cartoons running this week in… slightly less newspapers than usual. [...]
Read MoreSome papers reject 'Doonesbury' strip on Texas abortion law
A Romenesko reader emails: “Next week's 'Doonesbury' cartoons, on the Texas anti-abortion/mandatory ultrasound law, may cause some newspapers to use “Flashbacks” instead of the live cartoons.” I asked around and was 'Doonesbury' cartoonist Trudeau not surprised by pushback against Texas abortion law series By The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ' Cartoonist Garry Trudeau [...]
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – "Doonesbury" author Garry Trudeau on Friday defended an upcoming strip that some newspapers rejected and others have questioned because it deals with a Texas abortion law the cartoonist described as "lunacy. A Romenesko reader emails: “Next week's 'Doonesbury' cartoons, on the Texas anti-abortion/mandatory ultrasound law, may cause some newspapers to use [...]
Read MorePapers move, scrap 'Doonesbury' abortion law strip
AUSTIN — The satirical comic stripDoonesburyis skewering Rick Perry and Republican lawmakers next week over the Texas sonogram law, leaving the governor and some newspapers not amused. In Firefox, go to Tools / Clear Recent History. Some newspapers just put Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury on the editorial page; others run it next to Garfield and then [...]
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