AdvertisementTrudeau Reflects On Four Decades Of 'Doonesbury'October 26, 2010facebookEmailOct. 26, 1970: In the first published Doonesbury cartoon, B.D., a preppy athletic type, meets his new college roommate, nerdy Mike Doonesbury. Garry Trudeau was still an undergrad at Yale when his cartoons were first syndicated. (AP Photo/Universal Press Syndicate)