Garry Trudeau, creator of the wonderful Doonesbury comic strip, caused some controversy this week when he opted for a storyline based on the recent trend of dildonic ultrasound abortion bills. A number of papers opted out of running the strip this week due to its content; some, such as the Poughkeepsie Journal, chose to make it available online.

Political comic strip Doonesbury will debut an abortion storyline next week, with a particular focus on the Texas law requiring pregnant women to receive a transvaginal ultrasound and then wait 24 hours before having an abortion.

Rick Redfern, the work-weary Washington Post reporter in Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury comic, has a new beat. He must be exhilarated to be free of that stuffy old newspaper. As a famous journalist wrote, "It's a great time to be alive!" Oh wait, that was Dave Winer talking about PointCast.

In yesterday's Doonesbury comic, cartoonist Garry Trudeau mentions online music service Pandora as a great place to make mix tapes. We pinged Pandora founder Tim Westergren who says it was a "complete surprise" to see the plug. Yesterday's comic is above, and today's is below the jump.