Cartoonist receives veterans' arts award (Quantum bbbaaaaAAARRRRFFF!!!

Arizona Daily Star ^ | Jeff Commings

[SandRat]

Garry Trudeau was inarguably the most famous person in the room Friday.

But the man behind the long-running comic strip "Doonesbury" said he felt a little chagrined as he stood before about 400 Vietnam veterans and their spouses.

"It's humbling to receive an award for storytelling in a room of people so filled with stories," the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist said.

Trudeau was in Tucson to accept the President's Award for Excellence in the Arts from the Vietnam Veterans of America at the group's national conference, held this week at the Hilton El Conquistador Hotel, 10000 N. Oracle Road.

[SandRat]

I'm so sick I can't even stand to post the entire article or his photo bleeeeEEEEEEEECCCCHHH!!!

[SandRat]

Garry Trudeau bleeeeEEEEEEEECCCCHHH!!!

[Calpernia]

Doonesbury passes information to anti war activists. Why is he being awarded by VETS????

[Fury]

Used to read D-bury. Found it tedious and boring. Yes, I got the slants he was selling - he just is not good at his trade, IMO.

[SandRat]

I have no frigging idea. I posted all that I could stand to even visually scan, before having to retch my guts out.

[Calpernia]

Maybe the Vets are playing a head game?

[sgtbono2002]

This just doesnt make sense. An award to Trudeau from Veterans? Are they some of John Kerry's veterans?

[CyberAnt]

Some vets are ANTI-WAR!

[moonman]

"President's Award for Excellence in the Arts from the Vietnam Veterans of America"

I don't understand this award. What President? President of what? No disrespect to women who served in the military (my own daughter has), but when you have a gal who served in the Navy 1968-1970 praising Trudeau, makes me want to know if the true grunts of the war supported that award to him.

[Calpernia]

If the VVA is awarding someone that passing information for groups funded by George Soros and MoveOn....

I don't know what to say...

[Sensei Ern]

I have a Doonesbury book (Given by a friend when he was going to throw it away). I used it as reading material when I was "having a crisis". I figured I could use it as wiping material :)

Doonesbury was very politically incorrect. His storyline was to focus on the behind the scenes.

[CyberAnt]

Why don't you contact them and ask ..??

[xarmydog]

I was looking for the satire notice.I was stunned to find out it was real.Hope the rest of my day doesn't go like that.

[Calpernia]

I'm going to ask a few. They are at convention right now (different convention). I will forward this when they are back.

[SandRat]

Maybe it came from President should have Been Edmond Muskie.

[moonman]

OUCH!! hahaha

[RedMonqey]

" They also received a signed copy of an April 2006 "Doonesbury" strip featuring B.D. trying to escape his haunting memories of serving in Iraq in the 1990s."

With apologies to all Gulf War vets but what kinda of nightmares can a "vet" have from a war that lasted only "100" hours?

Not quite the Sands of Iwo Jima, the icy Hell of the Chosin reservoir in Korea or a year long tour of duty in the black jungles of Vietnam.

Now if B.D. was in the current war that would be a different matter.
Artistic license I guess

[squarebarb]

I believe that the VVA is a group of phoney 'Vietnam Vets' that are actually anti-war activists..

I don't have time to Google it right now but I think it was the same as the VV for Peace that Kerry was involved with.

[Calpernia]

I think that was the VFW that developed as an influence from the Vietnam Veterans against the War.

Although, I don't know the origin of the VVA, so maybe it does have a similar history.

[BunnySlippers]