Doonesbury's 11/18 Cartoon Pokes Fun At 5,000 World Trade Center Victims!

BushCountry.org ^ | 11/19/01 | Bush Country

[justme346]

Just when you think the media cannot sink any lower out comes the 11/18/01 (Sunday) "Doonesbury" Cartoon which shows a picture of George Bush thanking the Terrorist for making him look good!

Making fun of George Bush is one thing, but doing it at the expense of the 5,000+ September 11th victims is incomprehensible and demands an apology from the Syndicator!

To top it off, the cartoon was posted during wartime and right before Thanksgiving!

Bush Country asks you partner with us in boycotting and condemning the parent company of Doonesbury's syndicator (Universal Press Syndicate) Andrews and McMeel, based in Kansas City, MO. Let them know you are outraged! Their phone number is 816-932-6600.

Let them know you are outraged by calling them at 816-932-6600

Demand to talk to John P. McMeel (Chairman of Andrews and McMeel) which owns Universal Press Syndicate to tell him what you think of their morbid, twisted jokes at the expense of 5,000+ American lives.

If you cannot call John P. McMeel, email him at JMcmeel@amuniversal.com to express your outrage.

Contact their Director of communications Kathie Kerr at 816-360-6945.

If you really want to hit them in their pocketbook, tell them you are NOT buying any Andrews and McMeel books as holiday gifts this year (or ever again) and you're not buying any items using Universal Press Syndicate characters, like Garfield or Ziggy. (The money is in books and licenses, not newspaper subscribers)

Here is the link to the list of their comic strips, so you know what to avoid reading from now on and what items to not purchase. Make sure and send this link to everyone you know so they can boycott all these too:

http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/features/feature_list.htm

Snail Mail, they can be reached at:

Universal Press Syndicate 4520 Main Street Kansas City, MO 64111-7701 (816) 932-6600

Thank you for your support. Please, forward this to everyone you know! The media needs to begin to realize they cannot get away with this garbage any more without serious repercussions.

[Balding_Eagle]

Never read Doonsberry. It would be a good idea to post the strip, so that when I and others make that call we know what it is we are complaining about.

[NC Conservative]

I think Gary Trudeau has been spending too much time with Jane Pauley. He is such a pompous a$$.

[Lee'sGhost]

This is a Bill Maher moment. Trudeau is a complete @sshole for penning this strip, but it is his right to say it. BUT, just as with Maher, we have every right to express our total disgust with such a view and to tell those who run his strip that we will not purchase their product bec of it bec it is TOO offensive.

[dighton]

See discussion here.

If Trudeau had a speck of decency, he'd swallow poison.

[Silly]

Doonesbury just isn't funny to me anymore. It's too nasty, politically.

I can handle both sides being made fun of; I enjoy SNL, for example, even when it lampoons Bush -- as long as it's funny.

But Doonesbury is just snide and hateful, and no longer funny. I always skip it.

[Diogenesis]

You mean Margaret Trudeau?

It was a malicious cartoon, designed to indoctrinate children.

[Henchman]

I never read DUMBsbury. Perhaps I had a perception of their inane views previously. Dumbsbury is an alleged symbol of ones own perception of ones alleged intellectualism. In essence -0-

[Henchman]

I never read DUMBsbury. Perhaps I had a perception of their inane views previously. Dumbsbury is an alleged symbol of ones own perception of ones alleged intellectualism. In essence -0-

[barker]

Contact their Director of communications Kathie Kerr at 816-360-6945.

Hmmm. Local call. Ok, I'll do it.

[DoctorMichael]

I stopped reading Doomsberry in the late '70s, corresponding to my change in politial views. I haven't read it since.

I WILL Freep this one! Thanks for the Post and phone #'s. BUMP!

[Republic of Texas]

Here's my email:

Dear Mr. McMeel,
The Doonesbury cartoon of 11/18 was more disturbing than most of his not funny or thought provoking bs. Although I don't read Doonesbury, see previous sentence, I heard about this one and saw it on the internet (Free Republic.com). I will make sure to pass on to everyone I know, that you, and Garry Trudeau think it is funny to make fun of the 9/11 terrorist attack and the deaths of thousands. I expect this from Trudeau, he proved long ago to be an idiot with no sensitivity, now I know to include you in that group as well. I would threaten to never read you publications again, but I haven't read a mainstream newspaper in a couple of years, and never will again. You world is crumbling, socialism always fails.

[cake_crumb]

"But Doonesbury is just snide and hateful, and no longer funny. I always skip it."

Me either. Ever since the election, Donnesbuy has really gone downhill. I guess we know who HE voted for. I suppose he thinks we'd all be better off with martial law under Al, than winning a war under President Bush.

9-11. WE will never forget. Trudueau, obviously, already has.

[BJungNan]

I really don't see what all the commotion is about.

[Focault's Pendulum]

This is the 11/18/01 strip.

[NC Conservative]

"You mean Margaret Trudeau?"

Is he not married to Jane Pauley? I know she is married to a cartoonist.

[LarryLied]

Gary and Jane own an island in Rocky Creek, CT outside New Haven. They call the coast guard and the cops if boaters get with a few hundred yards of their hide-away. Despicable people.

[Slyfox]

It was a malicious cartoon, designed to indoctrinate children.

Well, then, lucky for us the public school system is NOT teaching children to read.

[Alouette]

It would help if you posted a link so we can have some idea of what you're complaining about.

HERE'S THE LINK

[Musket]

Unbelievable that this infantile piece o crap can make enough money drawing 4th grade level cartoons with the political savvy of same to buy an island. What a scam! Let's hope reality hits him in his lifetime.