Garry Trudeau

Former Andrews McMeel Universal Vice Chairman and Andrews McMeel Publishing CEO Kathleen Andrews Dies

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Sunday, April 18, 2021
Comic strips, American comics, Andrews McMeel Publishing, Universal Press Syndicate, Mass media, Andrews McMeel Universal, Garry Trudeau, Ziggy, Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, Kansas City metropolitan area, Andrews McMeel Syndication

b'KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Kathleen Whalen Andrews, former vice chairman of Kansas City-based media company Andrews McMeel Universal and chief executive officer of Andrews McMeel Publishing, and founding director of The Andrews Family Foundation, passed away April 16, 2021, announced Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) Chairman Emeritus John McMeel and AMU Chief Executive Officer Andy Sareyan.

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  • b'KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Kathleen Whalen Andrews, former vice chairman of Kansas City-based media company Andrews McMeel Universal and chief executive officer of Andrews McMeel Publishing, and founding director of The Andrews Family Foundation, passed away April 16, 2021, announced Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) Chairman Emeritus John McMeel and AMU Chief Executive Officer Andy Sareyan.
  • "She has been integral to many of its most successful ventures from Ziggy and Doonesbury to The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes.
  • "\n"Kathy was the indispensable Mom in the Mom-and-Pop basement operation that drew young creators to Leawood, Kansas," said Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury.
  • She met her future husband, James (Jim) Andrews, as a graduate student.\nWith Jim, Kathleen founded Universal Press Syndicate (now AMU) in 1970 with John and Susan McMeel.

Homes For Our Troops 3rd Annual Veterans Day Celebrity eBay Auction joins forces with cartoonists, artists, and authors to raise funds for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans

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Monday, November 4, 2019
Auction theory, Auctions, Garry Trudeau, Cartoonists, European diaspora, Comics creators

TAUNTON, Mass., Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Homes For Our Troops (HFOT), a nonprofit that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans, announces its Veterans Day Celebrity eBay Auction campaign lineup.

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  • TAUNTON, Mass., Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Homes For Our Troops (HFOT), a nonprofit that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans, announces its Veterans Day Celebrity eBay Auction campaign lineup.
  • "It's an honor to be an Ambassador for Homes For Our Troops and to work with the group and eBay on our annual Celebrity Auction again.
  • "I'm excited to feature a few of my pieces in the Veterans Day Celebrity Auction on eBay this year, benefitting the nonprofit Homes For Our Troops," saysDoonesburycreator Garry Trudeau.
  • "This auction brings attention to the amazing work HFOT is doing, providing adapted homes for severely injured Veterans."

Doonesbury in the Time of Trump

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Comics, Counterculture of the 1960s, Doonesbury, American comics, Entertainment, Garry Trudeau

: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump blew up the bestseller list, comes the sequel millions prayed would be unnecessary.

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  • : 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump blew up the bestseller list, comes the sequel millions prayed would be unnecessary.
  • : Doonesbury in the Time of Trump (Andrews McMeel Publishing, September 2018, $16.99) tracks the shocking victory, the inept transition, and the tumultuous eternity of POTUS's First 500 Days.
  • Featuring Doonesbury Sunday cartoons selected from the past three years, #SAD!
  • #SAD: Doonesbury in the Time of Trump by G. B. Trudeau
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