Today we would like to wish a very happy 62nd birthday to cartoonist Garry Trudeau. Garry is the man behind the popular Doonesbury comic strip, which first appeared in papers 40 years ago.

In 1975, Doonesbury brought Gary critical acclaim when he became the first comic strip artist ever to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. More accolades poured in a couple of years later when he released his animated film, A Doonesbury Special, for NBC in 1977. This film earned him an Academy Award Nomination and won him the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

The creative Garry went on to write a Grammy-nominated musical (Doonesbury), create numerous TV specials, co-produce a TV series (Tanner on Tanner), launch a presidential campaign website, and contribute to publications such as Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post.

Wow—that’s an impressive list of accomplishments! Have a great one, Garry!