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January 2016
From Doonesbury to Grayson Perry: 10 of the best gentrification cartoons
Even 100 years ago, gentrification (or whatever it was called back then) was a subject of satire – and cartoonists have been sticking the knife in with relish every since. Here are a few of our favourites
September 2015
Too few laughs in the news that the Guardian thinks is fit to print
Letter: Perhaps you feel that the internet is the place for amusing asides about the difficulties of gendering hyenas, but can I plead for their return to the paper?
April 2014
Greenslade
Jane Pauley to broadcast for CBS
Former NBC anchor returns to the screen
March 2012
Doonesbury strip on Texas abortion law dropped by some US newspapers
Several papers decline to use cartoon strip, which depicts state-required sonograms as Republican-approved rape
January 2011
Greenslade
Trudeau: what Doonesbury is all about
Cartoonist talks about his iconic strip cartoon as it passes its 40th anniversary
November 2010
Inside Guardian Weekly
Welcome to the 5 November edition
Newt Gingrich reappears and Doonesbury stays strong; Mauritanians return after decades and Egyptians contemplate elections
October 2010
Garry Trudeau: 'Doonesbury quickly became a cause of trouble'
The creator of America's first and best satirical daily newspaper cartoon talks about 40 years of upsetting politicians and editors
March 2009
Organ Grinder
Washington Post makes U-turn over pulled Doonesbury strip
Newspaper apologises after withdrawing storyline dealing with the sacking of a journalist. By Oliver Luft
November 2008
Oliver Burkeman blog
Saturday memo: The last weekend
Oliver Burkeman's Campaign Diary: Democrats get the jitters; Doonesbury calls the election; 8-hour lines for early voting
May 2007
In praise of... Doonesbury flashback
Leader: Does Geoff Hoon read Doonesbury? The former defence secretary confessed in the Guardian that 'we didn't plan for the right sort of aftermath' in Iraq.
September 2005
Welcome back, BD
When Doonesbury was dropped from G2, hundreds of enraged fans were quick to point out our mistake. To celebrate its return, lifelong fan Linda Grant explains what the fuss is about, and talks to its creator Garry Trudeau.
Guardian to reinstate Doonesbury cartoon
1.15pm: The Guardian has agreed to reinstate Doonesbury after hundreds of readers complained about the axing of the popular cartoon strip. By Claire Cozens.
Editor's weblog
Tuesday's morning conference
Editor's weblog
Doonesbury: returning to G2
Editor's weblog
Should Doonesbury be saved?
July 2005
Technology blog
Doonesbury goes blogging...
You can read the whole strip @ Slate....
July 2004
US cartoon lampoons Murdoch
Five years after he first appeared on the Simpsons, Rupert Murdoch has been given rather less sympathetic treatment in another American cartoon institution - Doonesbury. By John Plunkett.
May 2004
Doonesbury at war
Garry Trudeau has upset the White House and rightwing America for more than 30 years, but an even more controvertsial strip is planned for this weekend, reports Dan Glaister.