Subject Matter
Genres:
humorous
Feature(s):
Doonesbury
Character(s):
Zonker Harris; Uncle Duke; Mike Doonesbury; Mark Slackmeyer; Nichole; Ben (first appearance); B.D.; Joanie Caucus; Virginia "Ginny" Slade; Clyde; Woodrow; Bobby Matthews; Malcolm Deveaux; MacArthur (first appearance); Alice P.Schwartzman; Lacey Davenport; Dick Davenport; Kim Rosenthal (first appearance); Mr. Rosenthal (first appearance); Mrs. Rosenthal (first appearance); Phred; Nate Harris (first appearance); Amy Harris (first appearance)
Synopsis:
Uncle Duke is appointed Governor of American Samoa; Mark mentors Freshman Ben; The last orphan out of Vietnam is adopted by the Rosenthals in the U.S.; Zonker attends the National House Plants Convention with his potted palm; Phred runs a re-education center after the fall of Saigon; Zonker recounts how his ancestor, Nate Harris, fought in the American Revolution.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
From Doonesbury (Universal Press Syndicate) 1974-12-23 - 1975-08-02.
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).
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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.