Subject Matter
Genres:
humorous
Feature(s):
Doonesbury
Character(s):
Mike Doonesbury; Mark Slackmeyer; Zonker Harris; Mr. Harris; Cornell; Uncle Duke; Riley (first appearance in a Doonesbury collection); "Lava-Lava" Lenny; Joanie Caucus; Woodrow; Rick Redfern; Lacey Davenport; B.D.; Barbara Ann "Boopsie" Boopstein; Dick Davenport; Roland Burton Hedley, Jr.; Kirby; Miles Potash; Honey Huan
Synopsis:
Zonker trains for the George Hamilton Cocoa Butter Open; Duke develops a sports medicine program for the Washington Redskins and get an assistant, Riley; Mark broadcasts from Studio 54; Woodrow joins Joanie on Lacey’s Ethics Committee; Boopsie makes a pilgrimage to Graceland; Roland hosts a news special about Jimmy Carter’s Mideast Summit at Camp David; Zonker helps Kirby understand the ’70s; Honey becomes an exchange student at the university; the King Tut exhibit comes to town
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
from Doonesbury (Universal Press Syndicate) 1978-06-26 - 1978-12-30
Miscellaneous
Pages:
124
Notes:
Garry Trudeau was assisted by inker Don Carlton (Alter 1990, 66). 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. “Real Life with Garry Trudeau.” Newsweek, October 15. Microfilm.
Walker, Brian. 2010. Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau. New Haven: Yale University Press.