(1987)
Henry Holt and Co.,
1987 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 5.95 USD
- Pages
- 132
- On-sale Date
- 1987
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company Inc.
- Brand
-
An Owl Book
- ISBN
-
0-8050-0642-7
- Editing
- David Stanford (uncredited, see notes)
- Color
- color cover; black and white interior
- Dimensions
- 6⅛” × 8¼”
- Binding
- perfect bound; trade paperback
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
Issue Notes
Collects 123 daily newspaper comics strips originally published between October 7th, 1986 and April 4th, 1987.
Story continued from Downtown Doonesbury (A Doonesbury Book) (Henry Holt & Co., 1987 series).
Story continues in Talking About My G-g-generation (A Doonesbury Book) (Henry Holt & Co., 1988 series).
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.
Story continued from Downtown Doonesbury (A Doonesbury Book) (Henry Holt & Co., 1987 series).
Story continues in Talking About My G-g-generation (A Doonesbury Book) (Henry Holt & Co., 1988 series).
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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Doonesbury / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Garry Trudeau (foreground art); Peter de Sève (credited) (background art)
- Inks
- Don Carlton (uncredited)
- Colors
- Peter de Sève (credited) (background art); ? (foreground art)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Benjamin Doonesbury
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
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credits, title page / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Garry Trudeau
- Inks
- Don Carlton (uncredited)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Title pages, a list of previous issues in the series, and the indicia.
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Doonesbury / comic story / 124 pages
- Script
- Garry Trudeau (signed)
- Pencils
- Garry Trudeau (signed)
- Inks
- Don Carlton (uncredited, see notes)
- Letters
- Don Carlton (uncredited, see notes)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Uncle Duke; Honey Huan; Ginny Slade; Clyde Montana; Lacey Davenport; Joanie Caucus; Mike Doonesbury; Dick Davenport; Havoc; Zonker Harris; J.J. Caucus; Rick Redfern; Jeremy Cavendish; Roland Hedley; Jeff Redfern; Mark Slackmeyer; B.D.; Boopsie [at times as a medium for ancient warrior Hunk-Ra]; Benjamin Doonesbury; Phil Slackmeyer
- Synopsis
- Duke gets imprisoned, is attacked in prison, and his life flashes before his eyes; Clyde runs for office against Lacey; Dick dies, taking a perfect picture of a Bachman’s Warbler as his last action; Havoc drops planeloads of money on Honduras contras; Mike sleeps in his office, but gets reunited with J.J.; Rick still has problems being a successful journalist, and at the same time being a father to Jeff; Boopsie for the first time acts as a medium for ancient warrior Hunk-Ra; Mike gets involved in a campaign for safe sex, creating Dr. Whoopee; Roland Hedley revisits Reagan’s brain.
Indexer Notes
Page 65-70 reprints daily strips presenting the Iran-Scam puzzle. The puzzle is shown almost solved on page 71; but this latter never was a daily (nor Sunday) strip.
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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