Subject Matter
Genres:
humorous
Character(s):
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.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
124
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.