Subject Matter
Genres:
humorous
Feature(s):
Doonesbury
Character(s):
Mike Doonesbury; Mark Slackmeyer; B.D.; Ronald Reagan (heard, but not seen); Zonker Harris; Roland Burton Hedley; Uncle Duke; Zeke Brenner; J.J.; Honey Huan; Lacey Davenport; Dick Davenport; Phil Slackmeyer
Synopsis:
Ronald Reagan takes over the White House; Uncle Duke is freed from his capture by Iranians; Joanie gets pregnant; Rick and Joanie get married.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
From Doonesbury (Universal Press Syndicate) 1981-1-3 - 1981-7-11.
Miscellaneous
Pages:
124
Notes:
Garry Trudeau acknowledged employing Don Carlton as inker of Doonesbury (Alter 1990). 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).
__________
References:
Alter, Jonathan. 1990. “Inside Doonesbury’s Brain.” Newsweek. October 15, 1990. Quoted in Brian Walker, Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010).
Walker, Brian. 2010. Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau. New Haven: Yale University Press.