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Summary: old, irrelevant, not creative, third-rate talent
Review: Doonesbury is at least 20 years past its prime now, not a bit creative now and trys to get attention with shock-value, but even that isn't working anymore. Trudeau has run out of ideas, barely focuses on the characters, and no longer seems to remember what the strip is about. Trudeau has an easy enough job now, he watches Leno or Letterman, he steals one of their jokes, he weaves it into his strip 2 days later and is unable to make the joke work. The graphics are terrible and he goes for low-blows now of people just for shock-value. Peanuts, Blondie, Dilbert, even Family Circus are all most creative than Doonesbury. Peanuts will be around forever, Doonesbury has about a 48-hours shelf life, the second Trudeau dies, nobody will even remember Doonesbury.
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Summary: old, irrelevant, not creative, third-rate talent
Review: Doonesbury is at least 20 years past its prime now, not a bit creative now and trys to get attention with shock-value, but even that isn't working anymore. Trudeau has run out of ideas, barely focuses on the characters, and no longer seems to remember what the strip is about. Trudeau has an easy enough job now, he watches Leno or Letterman, he steals one of their jokes, he weaves it into his strip 2 days later and is unable to make the joke work. The graphics are terrible and he goes for low-blows now of people just for shock-value. Peanuts, Blondie, Dilbert, even Family Circus are all most creative than Doonesbury. Peanuts will be around forever, Doonesbury has about a 48-hours shelf life, the second Trudeau dies, nobody will even remember Doonesbury.
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Summary: ground-breaking
Review: Hi, I have recently re-read some old collections of Doonesbury, and I just finished reading Planet Doonesbury, the latest collection. I am a writer myself, and yet words almost fail me. From the innovative cover of the latest collection to the timelessness of the classic seventies strips, the richness never fades. What struck me now was the amazing complexity the strip has developed. Not the least in the (sunday) strips about Alex and her Dad-o-rama Popmeister. The warmth and the humor alone and seperately would be a triumph for any other strip. Add to that an innovative narrative and graphic interface, and, well. What to say? I am born in Denmark in 1963, and I still live here. Yet Doonesbury enriches my life. I shudder to think what it would mean to me had I been an American university graduate born in 1946. Thank you Garry.Eolake Stobblehouse, Copenhagen, May 1998
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Summary: I May be in the Minority, but I Really Dislike "Doonesbury"
Review: I find "Doonesbury" irritating. I have never been able to like the strip, although I do respect the fact that is politically relevant and topical. The characters are annoying. Alex is the freshest brat to land a regular part in a comic strip in years. A ruthless little barracuda, she appears to have a rather sadistic, sociopathic personality. I also dislike the stupid things she calls her dad, such as "dadster, popster, popmeister, poppadoodle" and the like. That is very irritating. Alex is very irritating. I don't like Kim, the tough as nails little sneaky flirt one iota. She's a major irritant. Good old Doonesbury himself lets nasty Alex and sneaky Kim make a monkey out of him. Some comic crusader! Duke and his equally slimy, smarmy son are the male versions of that nasty Alex. Airhead Boopsie, B.D., Zonker and the rest of the bunch are for the birds as well. I was a history major and I don't like the way "Doonesbury" lampoons real events with this cast of unappealing characters. I am a democrat and I intensely dislike "Doonesbury." One good thing about not being famous is you don't have to worry about being ridiculed in a "Doonesbury" strip, which has turned put downs into state of the art. I just don't like it.
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Summary: I May be in the Minority, but I Really Dislike "Doonesbury"
Review: I find "Doonesbury" irritating. I have never been able to like the strip, although I do respect the fact that is politically relevant and topical. The characters are annoying. Alex is the freshest brat to land a regular part in a comic strip in years. A ruthless little barracuda, she appears to have a rather sadistic, sociopathic personality. I also dislike the stupid things she calls her dad, such as "dadster, popster, popmeister, poppadoodle" and the like. That is very irritating. Alex is very irritating. I don't like Kim, the tough as nails little sneaky flirt one iota. She's a major irritant. Good old Doonesbury himself lets nasty Alex and sneaky Kim make a monkey out of him. Some comic crusader! Duke and his equally slimy, smarmy son are the male versions of that nasty Alex. Airhead Boopsie, B.D., Zonker and the rest of the bunch are for the birds as well. I was a history major and I don't like the way "Doonesbury" lampoons real events with this cast of unappealing characters. I am a democrat and I intensely dislike "Doonesbury." One good thing about not being famous is you don't have to worry about being ridiculed in a "Doonesbury" strip, which has turned put downs into state of the art. I just don't like it.
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Summary: A good comic, but not for the uninitiated
Review: Planet Doonesbury, continues the intricately woven narrative of the Trudeau universe. It remains surprisingly inventive and quirky even in the face of less-than-stirring current events. Fans of the Dukester will be a bit dissappointed by his sporadic appearance, but equal time is given to each of the other main characters. Read Virtual Doonesbury first, it'll make things more enjoyable.
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