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University Daily Kansan, September 10, 1982
Trudeau to reflect 'Doonesbury' lull upsets fans
By CASSIE MCQUEENY
Staff Reporter
FATRWAY - Will Joejeain have her baby before the comic strip "Doonesbury" is suspended Jan. 2? Only Garry Trudeau knows for sure.
"Doonesbury," which has drawn both national praise and criticism because its satirization of American society, will be suspended for up to 20 months.
The cartoon will no longer appear in more than 700 papers beginning Jan 2. The book was Nancy's creator, needs time away from school to rethink it, editors said yesterday.
"Trudeau says he needs to be away from his character for a while so he can develop new ideas," Lee Salem, editorial director of Universal Press the company that publishes the cartoon, believes his characters are in a time warp, and he needs the time off to see what's going on in the world.
Ted Findlay, director of promotion and communication at UPS, said that he wanted to stand back and look at his character to see what change needed to be made.
"It isn't easy putting out a comic strip as timely as Doonesbury, you know." Findlay said. "(Trudeau is) good."
like other cartoonists who can prepare six months in advance. He just needs a break."
FINLAY SAID a press conference held yesterday, at which editors and directors discussed Trudeau's decision to ban the use of absence, reminded him of a fan club.
Trudeau has made plans for the time that won't be spent on the cartoon. Salem said Trudeau's schedule would include work on what might become a Broadway play and a screenplay with Robert Redford.
"The concept of the new cartoon will be a corps of characters in an American hotel," he said. "It will be a character dissatisfied that they come into the Hotel Americana."
Salem also announced that UPS would release a new cartoon called "Hotel Americana" the day after Doonesbury took his leave of absence.
"It was the easiest press conference I've ever been to," he said. "Nobody asked difficult questions. They just wanted to mourn."
The cartoon, created by John Ambrosavage, is both a political and social satire, Salem said.
"It is a sharp satirical strip and it has great readership. And we look for solid
sales when we begin our sales campaign Monday."
Findlay said, "It's a good mix of America and the world. And the political and social satire is very humorous."
EDITORS SAID they were not releasing the cartoon to replace Doensbury but said they hoped the public would like it as well.
The directors and editors at UPS said new hope Trudeau would want to reconsider his role.
"We hope he will realize he just can't live without Doonesbury." Salem said. "I think the primaries will start rolling. He won't want to miss the 84 campaigns so he'll be back sooner than we expected."
"Everyone keeps saying they can't live without Doonesbury." Findlay said. "I think a lot of people around the country are sad and disappointed."
AND FINDLAY SAID public reaction to the announcement was overwhelming.
The big question revolves around how Trudeau will end the cartoon.
"We had one call from New York who asked if I was going to have her over before Jan. 2." Fink said "I think Brain will wait until the last minute to tell."
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