Doonesbury

Doonesbury is a comic strip created by Garry Tudeau and distributed by Universal Press Syndicate. Highly politcal in nature, Doonesbury definitely leans to the left but has, throughout its thirty-five year history, crticised politicians across the spectrum, from Nixon and Bush to Carter and Clinton.

The strip's author is particularily interested in the soldiers that are currently fighting in Iraq, and the strip generated a great deal of controversy when B.D., one of the main characters, lost a leg at Fallujah. Doonsebry went on to chronicle B.D.'s recovery process, and the strip's portrayal of the challenges faced by wounded veterans earned Trudeau - a strong critic of the politicans who started the war - The United States Army's Commander's Award for Public Service.