Subject Matter
Genres:
humorous
Feature(s):
Doonesbury
Character(s):
Mike Doonesbury; Zonker Harris; Rick Redfern; Mark Slackmeyer; J.J. Caucus; Uncle Duke; Honey; B.D.; Boopsie; Joanie Caucus; Roland Hedley
Synopsis:
Mike gets a job at an advertising agency. Mike and J.J. try to get rid of roomer Zonker. Duke and Honey start up Baby Doc College as a medical school. Rick Redfern does a story on homelessness, involving a.o. Alice. Jimmy Thudpucker joins the rock aristocracy in "We Are the World".
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
From Doonesbury dailies (Universal Press Syndicate) 1984-10-01 - 1985-03-30.
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.