([circa 1980])

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Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Issue Notes

Dimensions of the redesigned book are 6⅛” × 8¼”. The words “A Doonesbury classic” appear above the title on the cover.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Doonesbury / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Garry Trudeau
Inks
Garry Trudeau ?; Don Carlton ?
Colors
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Wouldn’t a Gremlin Have Been More Sensible? (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)

Genre
humor
Characters
Mike Doonesbury; Mark Slackmeyer; B.D.; Zonker Harris; Joanie Caucus; Ellie; Uncle Duke (first appearance in a Doonesbury collection); Mrs. Pocatelli (first appearance in a Doonesbury collection); Marilou Slackmeyer; Phil Slackmeyer; Virginia "Ginny" Slade (first appearance in a Doonesbury collection); Clyde (first appearance in a Doonesbury collection); Phred; Rufus "Thor" Jackson; Bobby Matthews (first appearance in a Doonesbury collection); Malcolm Deveaux (first appearance in a Doonesbury collection); Rev. Scot Sloan; Woodrow (first appearance in a Doonesbury collection); Nichole; President King
Synopsis
Joanie moves to California to attend Berkeley Law School and becomes friends with Ginny, her roommate, and Ginny’s boyfriend, Clyde; Joanie also meets Zonker’s Uncle Duke; Phred needs to fund a revolution; Rufus helps Bobby and Malcolm adjust to being bused to an integrated Elementary school.
Reprints
  • from Doonesbury (Universal Press Syndicate) 1974-06-04 - 1974-12-20

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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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Doonesbury
  2. 1. Wouldn’t a Gremlin Have Been More Sensible?
    Doonesbury
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Doonesbury
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