Charles Apple

Here’s wishing a happy birthday today to Garry Trudeau, the creator/writer/artist of one of my favorite comic strips: Doonesbury. Garry turns 59 today.

Little known fact: We’re told his real name is Garretson Beekman Trudeau.

Find the Doonesbury home page, hosted by Slate, here:
http://www.doonesbury.com/

Want to buy a Doonesbury book? You’ll find no fewer than 68 of them listed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_published_collections_of_Doonesbury

Read a wonderful 2004 Rolling Stone interview with Trudeau here:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6298171/doonesbury_goes_to_war/

Garry shares a birthday with writer Ernest Hemmingway, musician Cat Stevens and comedians Don Knotts, Robin Williams and Jon Lovitz. Oh, and Kenneth Starr. You might consider him a comedian, too, depending on your political leanings.

In addition, today is National Tug-of-War Tournament Day. Seriously.

Happy birthday, Garry. Keep up the good work.

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