Planet Doonesbury (A Doonesbury Book)

(1997)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Planet Doonesbury

Indexer Notes

Half-title page; list of available books; title page; front matter

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Case

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Vietnam is not a war anymore, it's a country.

Keywords

Vietnam

Indexer Notes

Quote from Case

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blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

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Doonesbury / comic story / 146 pages (report information)

Script

Garry Trudeau

Pencils

Garry Trudeau

Inks

Don Carlton (uncredited, see note)

Colors

?

Letters

Don Carlton (uncredited, see note)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What will I say to them?

Genre

humor

Characters

Mike Doonesbury; Alex Doonesbury; Kim Rosenthal; B.D.; Zonker; Mark; Chase; J.J.; Zeke; Duke; Phred; Joanie; Scot; Alice; Elmont; Bernie; Mr. Butts; Donald Trump

Synopsis

Mike has to fire coders; B.D. revisits Vietnam; Mark’s relationship with Chase; medical marijuana; Mr. Butts testifies to Congress; Scot embarrasses Joanie; Kenneth Starr cruises Malibu; Duke helps Donald Trump try to crush small business owners; Mike and Kim get married.

Reprints

• from Doonesbury daily and Sunday (Universal Press Syndicate) 199X-XX-XX - 1997-XX-XX [most Sunday strips are in color]

Keywords

Atlantic City; cancer; computer; marijuana; Seattle; Vietnam; wedding

Indexer 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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blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

On the yon side of Planet Doonesbury, B.D., the man of many helmets, is seeking closure in the Nam.

Indexer Notes

Back cover; summary of the story arcs.