Subject Matter
Genres:
humorous
Feature(s):
Doonesbury
Character(s):
Lacey Davenport; Dick Davenport; Virginia "Ginny" Slade; Joanie Caucus; Clyde; Rick Redfern; Uncle Duke; Honey Huan; Jimmy Thudpucker; Jenny Thudpucker (first appearance); Barney Perkins (first appearance); Weinburger (first appearance); Duane Delacourt (first appearance); Woodrow; Cornell (first appearance)
Synopsis:
New Congresswoman Lacey Davenport begins her term in Washington, D.C. and so does President Jimmy Carter; Joanie moves in with Rick, who starts writing at People magazine; The White House appoints a secretary of symbolism, Duane Delacourt; Henry Kissinger takes a job teaching political science; The Thudpuckers have a baby; Joanie graduates from law school and takes a job working on Lacey's Ethics Committee; Zonker returns to the cocoa butter tanning circuit; Uncle Duke gets replaced as U.S. Ambassador to China.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
From Doonesbury (Universal Press Syndicate) 1977-01-03 - 1977-06-02.
Miscellaneous
Pages:
124
Notes:
Garry Trudeau acknowledged employing Don Carlton as inker of Doonesbury (Alter 1990). Carlton’s association with Trudeau began in the early 1970s, and his responsibilities grew to include lettering of the strip. The association endured for decades (Walker 2010, 30–31).
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References:
Alter, Jonathan. 1990. “Inside Doonesbury’s Brain.” Newsweek. October 15, 1990. Quoted in Brian Walker, Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010).
Walker, Brian. 2010. Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Detail
Variant:
Second Printing
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