But This War Had Such Promise (A Doonesbury Book) #[nn] [redesign 1979] [Twelfth Printing]

([circa 1983])

But This War Had Such Promise (Table of Contents: 1)

Doonesbury / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Garry Trudeau

Inks

Don Carlton (uncredited)

Indexer Notes

Title page with illustration. Title page art in redesigned book differs from that in book’s original design.

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

Doonesbury / comic story / 124 pages (report information)

Script

Garry Trudeau (signed)

Pencils

Garry Trudeau (signed)

Inks

Don Carlton (uncredited, see note)

Letters

Don Carlton (uncredited, see note); Garry Trudeau (see note)

Reprints

• from Doonesbury daily (Universal Press Syndicate) 1971-12-27 - 1972-06-27 [124 daily strips]

Indexer Notes

Garry Trudeau was assisted by inker Don Carlton (Alter 1990, 66). Newspaper publication of Carlton’s work began “in early December [1971]”; Carlton initially lettered the strip for only a few weeks before Trudeau resumed lettering the strip. After about a year of Carlton inks and Trudeau letters, Trudeau again delegated lettering to Carlton, and the arrangement endured for decades (Walker 2010, 30–31). GCD’s letters credits reflect that the time period covered by this volume appears to begin during the “few weeks” of Carlton’s initial inking and lettering stint, and appears to end during the year in which Trudeau lettered and Carlton inked.
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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.