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Issue: The Wreck of the "Rusty Nail" (A Doonesbury Book) #[nn]

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Publication Date: January 1983

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Publisher: Flag

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Brand: An Owl Book

Indicia Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston

On Sale Date: 03/25/1983

Volume: none

Pages: 132

ISBN: 0030617324

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $3.95 USD

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 9 (1 story, 1 cover)

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Notes: Reprints 124 daily newspaper comics strips originally published between December 15th 1981 and June 26th 1982.

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 82-83139

Multiple Printings exist. Some later printings have 5.95 USD cover price.

David Stanford was Garry Trudeau’s editor at Holt from 1981 till 1988 (Walker 2010, 95-96).
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Reference:

Walker, Brian. 2010. Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau. New Haven: Yale University Press.

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Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color Cover; Black & White Interior

Dimensions: 6⅛” × 8¼”

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Binding: Perfect Bound; trade paperback

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The Wreck of the "Rusty Nail" (A Doonesbury Book) #[nn] [unnamed variant]

The Wreck of the "Rusty Nail" (A Doonesbury Book) #[nn] [Unpriced Edition]

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Content Items (9 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Doonesbury

Character(s): Duke; Honey

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Notes: Inside front cover.

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Notes: Listing of other Doonesbury books available.

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Doonesbury

Character(s): Duke; Honey

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Doonesbury

Character(s): Duke; Honey; Mike Doonesbury; J.J. Caucus; Rick Redfern; Benjamin "Benjy" Doonesbury; Mark Slackmeyer; Zonker Harris; B.D.; Bernie; Joanie Caucus; Lacey Davenport

Synopsis: Many storylines, including: Joanie and Rick find out they are having a baby. Duke and Honey buy a boat and try to run drugs and also charter trips and eventually end up shipwrecked on a deserted island.

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Reprint Notes: from Doonesbury (Universal Press Syndicate) 1981-12-15 - 1982-06-26

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.

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Notes: Quote from the New York Daily News about the Doonesbury strip.

Back cover.