Heckuva Job, Bushie!: A Doonesbury Book (Doonesbury Collection) (Paperback)

~ G. B. Trudeau (Author)

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Mike's summer daydream may be the only place we'll ever hear a thorough mea culpa from Dubya. But while mistakes have been made, lessons have been learned, even in the White House, where the Abramoff scandal inspires an official Ethics Refresher Course: "Right, good. Wrong, bad." The president seeks to clarify: "Invasions are still okay, though. Right?" And through these troubled times, how does 43 sleep at night? Alas, not well. "It's the stem cells. I hear their cries." Heckuva job.

Roland's ubiquitous epaulets have recently come home from Rummyworld, "that vast, tumultuous terrorist theme park that used to be known as Iraq." At its chaotic outer edges, in al-Amok, Proconsul Duke survives numerous assassination attempts and the alleged courting of his sidekick by Iraqi suitors. But the serious new action is in New Orleans ("Looting, graft, profiteering -- it's all about the skill set, Honey") and Team Duke, like Halliburton, embarks for the Golf Coast, and sets up a command post on a FEMA-provided cruise ship.

Elsewhere on the home front a fully-prostheticized B.D. is increasingly ambulatory, yet finds the struggle to reclaim his mind and emotions is by far the harder part of his journey. The collateral casualty count continues to rise as Zonker is forced to make a traumatic foray into the job market.

The option-aware Alex launches an ambitious seven-school college tour, including Walden, where she is clued to her father's unbuttoned-down past. "You were a communist?" "That communard!" When campus total-insiders Jeff and Zip give her the ultimate tour, both are smitten by gal Doonesbury's formidable charms: "So how hot is she?" "Easy, Dude, that's my future wife."

About the Author

G.B. Trudeau's Doonesbury has tracked and explored forty years of American culture through six wars and eight presidential administrations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; First Edition edition (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740762001
• ISBN-13: 978-0740762000
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #516,534 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Entertaining!, February 12, 2007

By	N. Bilmes "bookaholic" (Vernon, CT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    (VINE VOICE)

This collection of Doonesbury comics focuses a lot on B.D.'s attempts to reenter American life after having his leg amputated due to an incident in Iran. That being said, the sheer number of laughs present in these pages is simply amazing. The strips focusing on Alex's search for the right college and Zonker's on-the-job- faux pas at McFriendly's are hilarious, and serve as much-needed counterpoints to the multitude of strips depicting George Bush's incompetence.

Overall, this collection was much better than I expected, and I recommend it highly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I just wish..., October 27, 2007

By	Frederick Norwood "Rick Norwood" (Mountain Home, TN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a delight. I just wish the publisher printed all of the Doonesbury strips. For reasons beyond my comprehension, almost every comic strip reprint book, except from the "comics" related publishers such as Fantagraphics, skip a few strips. Since I can't imagine a prose book skipping pages, I can only assume it is the editor's way of saying, "This is only a comic strip, so a few skipped strips won't really matter." This book skips the strips for the week of September 5, 2005 and the week of November 14, 2005. The Sunday run is complete except, of course, it doesn't reprint rerun strips.

5.0 out of 5 stars Doonesbury "Heckuva Job Bushie" - WOW, April 25, 2009

By	Susz Q "Political Mama" (Buffalo NY) - See all my reviews

Gary TrHeckuva Job, Bushie!: A Doonesbury Book
Gary Trudeau is a fantastic long-time political comic writer who's acerbic wit and incisive commentary grabs the reader. He makes us laugh at the foibles of the character's even as we are apalled at their behavior. This is one of his best! THANKS for such a great read!