Garry Trudeau-Doonesbury cartoonist

Last week I had an assignment to photograph Garry Trudeau, the Doonesbury cartoonist who was in Denver speaking at the Pen & Podium lecture series at The University of Denver. Trudeau won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1979. He was a finalist for the prize in 1989. He will be in the running again next year for the story line of his main character, B.D. going to war as a solider in Iraq and loosing a leg in combat. Trudeau regularly meets with soldiers injured in Iraq and makes visits to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center where the soldiers go first upon returning to the states. His research allows him to accurately portray the world these men and women deal with on a daily basis. If you would like to read Doonesbury or learn more about Mr. Trudeau CLICK HERE: Doonesbury.com