Washed Out Bridges and Other Disasters (A Doonesbury Book)

(1994)

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Doonesbury / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

G. B. Trudeau [Garry Trudeau]

Inks

G. B. Trudeau [Garry Trudeau]

Characters

Mike Doonesbury; B.D.; Zonker; Uncle Duke; Joanie; J.J.

Keywords

Inside front cover. "Wallpaper" of key characters

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

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages (report information)

Pencils

G. B. Trudeau [Garry Trudeau]

Inks

G. B. Trudeau [Garry Trudeau]

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Washed Out Bridges and Other Disasters

Characters

Mike Doonesbury

Indexer Notes

Half-title page; list of available books; title page; front matter; quote from Kevin Cowherd

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

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Doonesbury / comic story / 90 pages (report information)

Script

G. B. Trudeau [Garry Trudeau]

Pencils

G. B. Trudeau [Garry Trudeau]

Inks

Don Carlton (uncredited, see notes); G. B. Trudeau ?

Letters

Don Carlton (uncredited, see notes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So, Jeremy dear, what is it you HAD to tell me?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Mike Doonesbury; B.D.; Mark; Zonker; J.J.; Joanie; Honey; Uncle Duke; King; Robert Kincaid; Mr. Butts; Mother Doonesbury

Synopsis

Notable story arcs include: medical marijuana; Duke fakes his death; Joanie works for Clinton; Mike’s summer daydream; the family farm is flooded; The Washed-Out Bridges of Madison County (a special literary adaptation); King desegregates the campus; Mark realizes he’s gay.

Reprints

• from Doonesbury dailies and Sundays (Universal Press Syndicate) 199X-XX-XX - 199X-XX-XX

Keywords

College; farm; flood; gay; marijuana; newspaper comic strip; race relations; university

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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Doonesbury / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

G. B. Trudeau [Garry Trudeau]

Inks

G. B. Trudeau [Garry Trudeau]

Characters

Mike Doonesbury; B.D.; Zonker; Uncle Duke; Joanie; J.J.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. "Wallpaper" of key characters.

Comment (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Doonesbury / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)