I try not to second-guess editors; they’re the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day. Garry Trudeau Read Quote
I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it’s up to the readers to decide whether they’re still relevant. Garry Trudeau Read Quote
Having stretched the boundaries some, I’m perfectly content now to work within them. ‘Doonesbury’ doesn’t need to become ‘South Park.’ You won’t ever see any singing turds. Garry Trudeau Read Quote
When you’re young, with less on the line, it’s easier to be audacious, to experiment. So I introduced the concerns of my generation – politics, sex, drugs, rock-and-roll, etc. – to the comics page, which for many years caused a rolling furor. Garry Trudeau Read Quote
Comic-strip artists generally have very modest ambitions. Day to day, we labor to fit together all these little moving parts – a character or two, a few lines of dialogue, framing, pacing, payoff – but we certainly don’t think of them adding up over time to some larger portrait of our times. Garry Trudeau Read Quote
The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view. Garry Trudeau Read Quote
There’s always been some concern that adult subject matter should be quarantined from a page that attracts children. Unlike late at night, when ‘South Park’ and ‘Colbert’ are on, impressionable minds are wide awake when the newspaper arrives. Garry Trudeau Read Quote
I don’t want to sound disingenuous here – controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion – in my view, a good thing. Garry Trudeau Read Quote