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Garry Trudeau Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American cartoonist, best known for creating the ''Doonesbury'' comic strip. Trudeau is also the creator and executive producer of the Amazon Studios political comedy series ''Alpha House''. ...

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Doonesbury ''Doonesbury'' is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States The president ...

'' were published in the early 1970s by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Regular collections of strips continue to the present day, and are currently published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Regular collections

# ''Still a Few Bugs in the System'', 1972 (republished as ''Even Revolutionaries Like Chocolate Chip Cookies'' and ''Just a French Major from the Bronx'', Popular Library, 1972), # ''The President Is a Lot Smarter Than You Think'', 1973 (republished as ''The President Is a Lot Smarter Than You Think'' and ''Don’t Ever Change, Boopsie'', Popular Library, 1973), # ''But This War Had Such Promise'', 1973 (republished as ''Bravo for Life's Little Ironies'' and ''I Have No Son'', Popular Library), # ''Call Me When You Find America'', 1973, # ''Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!'', 1974, # ''"What Do We Have for the Witnesses, Johnnie?"'', 1975, # ''Dare to Be Great, Ms. Caucus'', 1975, # ''Wouldn’t a Gremlin Have Been More Sensible?'', 1975, # ''"Speaking of Inalienable Rights, Amy..."'', 1976, # ''You’re Never Too Old for Nuts and Berries'', 1976, # ''An Especially Tricky People'', 1977, # ''As the Kid Goes for Broke'', 1977, (hardbound), (paperback) # ''Stalking the Perfect Tan'', 1978, (hardbound), (paperback) # ''"Any Grooming Hints for Your Fans, Rollie?"'', 1978, # ''"But the Pension Fund Was Just Sitting There"'', 1979, # ''We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet'', 1979, # ''A Tad Overweight, But Violet Eyes to Die For'', 1980, . # ''And That's My Final Offer!'', 1980, # ''He's Never Heard of You, Either'', 1981 (republished as ''Adjectives Will Cost You Extra'' and ''Gotta Run, My Government Is Collapsing'', Fawcett, 1982), # ''In Search of Reagan's Brain'', 1981 (republished as ''Is This Your First Purge, Miss?'' and ''We Who Are About to Fry, Salute You'', Fawcett, 1982), (hardcover), (paperback) # ''Ask for May, Settle for June'', 1982 (republished as ''It's Supposed to Be Yellow, Pinhead'' and ''Do All Birders Have Bedroom Eyes, Dear?'', Fawcett, 1983), (hardbound), (paperback) # ''Unfortunately, She Was Also Wired for Sound'', 1982 (republished as ''The Thrill Is Gone, Bernie'' and ''Guess Who, Fish Face'', Fawcett, 1983), # ''The Wreck of the "Rusty Nail"'', 1983 (republished as ''A Farewell to Alms'' and ''Sir, I’m Worried About Your Mood Swings'', Fawcett, 1984), # ''You Give Great Meeting, Sid'', 1983 (republished as ''Dressed for Failure, I See'' and ''Confirmed Bachelors Are Just So Fascinating'', Fawcett, 1984), # ''Check Your Egos at the Door'', Owl Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York. 1985 # ''That's'' Doctor ''Sinatra, You Little Bimbo!'', 1986, # ''Death of a Party Animal'', 1986, # ''Downtown Doonesbury'', Owl Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York. 1987. # ''Calling Dr. Whoopee'', Owl Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York. 1988. # ''Talkin’ About My G-G-Generation'', 1988, # ''We’re Eating More Beets!'', Owl Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York. 1988. # ''Read My Lips, Make My Day, Eat Quiche and Die!'',

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, 1989. # ''Give Those Nymphs Some Hooters!'', Andrews McMeel, 1989. # ''You’re Smokin’ Now, Mr. Butts!'', Andrews McMeel, 1990. # ''I’d Go With the Helmet, Ray'', Andrews McMeel, 1991. # ''Welcome to Club Scud!'', Andrews McMeel, 1991. # ''What Is It Tink, Is Pan in Trouble?'', 1992. # ''Quality Time on Highway 1'', Andrews McMeel, 1993. # ''Washed Out Bridges and Other Disasters'', Andrews McMeel, 1994. # ''In Search of Cigarette Holder Man'', Andrews McMeel, 1994. # ''Doonesbury Nation'', Andrews McMeel, 1995. # ''Virtual Doonesbury'', Andrews McMeel, 1996. # ''Planet Doonesbury'', Andrews McMeel, 1997. # ''Buck Wild Doonesbury'', Andrews McMeel, 1999. # ''Duke 2000: Whatever it Takes'', 2000. # ''The Revolt of the English Majors'', 2001. # ''Peace Out, Dawg!'', Andrews McMeel, 2002. # ''Got War?'', 2003. . # ''Talk to the Hand'', Andrews McMeel, 2004. # ''Heckuva Job, Bushie!'', Andrews McMeel, 2006. # ''Welcome to the Nerd Farm'', Andrews McMeel, 2007. # ''Tee Time in Berzerkistan'', Andrews McMeel, 2009. # ''Red Rascal's War'', Andrews McMeel, 2011. # ''Squared Away: A Doonesbury Book'', Andrews McMeel, 2013, # ''The Weed Whisperer'', Andrews McMeel, 2015, # ''#SAD!: Doonesbury in the Time of Trump'', Andrews McMeel, 2018. , # ''Lewser! More Doonesbury in the Time of Trump'', Andrews McMeel, 2020. The appearance and contents of the annual collections have changed over the years, but first printings of the books fall in six distinctly different archetypes. 1–13. White cover background, app. 133 x 203 mm (5 1/4 x 8"). 128 pp., one daily strip in B&W per page. Each title contains 124 dailies (#1 only 122 dailies, though). 14–26. Colored cover background, app. 154 x 208 mm (6 1/8 x 8 1/4"). 128 pp., one daily strip in B&W per page. Each title contains 124 dailies. 27–31. Multicolored covers, title with large initial. Otherwise identical in appearance to #'s 14–26. 32–41. Multicolored covers, app. 217 x 229 mm (8 1/2 x 9"). 96 pp., 2–3 daily strips or one Sunday strip without top tier per page, all in B&W. Contents vary widely, each title holding 180–200 dailies and 20-30 Sundays. 42–52. Multicolored covers, app. 230 x 276 mm (9 x 10 7/8"). 152 pp., 3 daily strips in B&W or 1 complete Sunday strip in full color per page. Each title contains 294 dailies and 48 Sundays – with three exceptions: * 47: 144 pp., containing 294 dailies and 40 Sundays * 50: 256 pp., containing 510 dailies and 80 Sundays * 52. 240 pp., containing 462 dailies and 80 Sundays 53–55. Hardbound with dust cover, app. 224 x 234 mm (8 3/4 x 9 1/4"). 240 pp., 3 daily strips or one Sunday strip without top tier per page, all in full color. Contents vary: * 53. 468 dailies and 78 Sundays * 54. 483 dailies and 73 Sundays * 55. 176 pp., containing 180 dailies and 110 Sundays 56-57. Softcover, 128 S., one Sunday strip without top tier per page, all in full color.

Anthology collections

# ''The Doonesbury Chronicles''. Contains 501 daily strips published Oct. 26, 1970 to Dec. 20, 1974 and 79 Sunday strips from Dec. 27, 1970 to Dec. 22, 1974 (about 38% of strips published during this time). Introduction by

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, Henry Holt and Company, 1975. # ''Doonesbury's Greatest Hits''. Contains 516 daily strips published Jan. 7, 1975 to Dec. 10, 1977 and 80 Sunday strips from Jan. 26, 1975 to Dec. 25, 1977 (about 55% of strips published during this time). Introduction by

William F. Buckley, Jr. William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator. In 1955, he founded ''National Review'', the magazine that stim ...

, Henry Holt and Company, 1978. # ''The People's Doonesbury: Notes from Underfoot''. Contains 520 daily strips published Jan. 9, 1978 to June 21, 1980 and 76 Sunday strips from Jan. 22, 1978 to June 29, 1980 (about 66% of strips published during this time). Also contains a rare interview with Trudeau for an introduction, as well as introducing each section of reprinted comics. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. (hardbound) (paperback) # ''Doonesbury Dossier: The Reagan Years''. Contains 523 daily strips published Jan. 7, 1981 to Jan. 1, 1983 and 81 Sunday strips from Jan. 6, 1981 to Jan. 2, 1983 (about 83% of strips published during this time). Introduction by

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. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. (paperback) (hardback) # ''Doonesbury Deluxe: Selected Glances Askance''. Contains 538 daily strips published Oct. 1, 1984 to April 4, 1987 and 82 Sunday strips from Sept. 30, 1984 to April 5, 1987 (about 67% of strips published during this time). Introduction by

Studs Terkel Louis "Studs" Terkel (May 16, 1912 – October 31, 2008) was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for '' The Good War'' and is best remembered for his oral his ...

. Henry Holt and Company, 1987. # ''Recycled Doonesbury: Second Thoughts on a Gilded Age''. Contains 540 daily strips published Dec. 1, 1986 to May 3, 1990 and 79 Sunday strips from April 26, 1987 to Sept. 9, 1990 (about 50% of strips published during this time). Andrews McMeel, 1990. # ''The Portable Doonesbury''. Contains 541 daily strips published Mar. 5, 1990 to Feb. 4, 1993 and 79 Sunday strips from May 13, 1990 to April 25, 1993 (about 68% of strips published during this time). Andrews McMeel, 1993. # ''The Bundled Doonesbury: A Pre-Millennial Anthology''. Contains 660 daily strips published Jan. 11, 1995 to May 2, 1998 and 79 Sunday strips from Feb. 12, 1995 to Aug. 2, 1998 (about 60% of strips published during this time). Includes bundled CD-ROM ''Doonesbury Flashbacks: 25 Years of Serious Fun''. Andrews McMeel, 1998. # ''Doonesbury Redux''. Contains the strips collected in ''Duke 2000'' and ''The Revolt of the English Majors'': 588 daily strips published May 10, 1999 to May 26, 2001 and 96 Sunday strips from June 27, 1999 to Aug. 12, 2001 (about 98% of strips published during this time). Gramercy, 2004. # ''Doonesbury: The War Years''. Contains the strips collected in ''Peace Out, Dawg!'' and ''Got War?'': 582 daily strips published May 28, 2001 to July 19, 2003 and 88 Sunday strips from July 8, 2001 to July 20, 2003 (about 95% of strips published during this time). Gramercy, 2006.

Other collections and books

* ''Bull Tales: A Yale Comic Strip'' Reprints the original college newspaper strips, published originally before the series was syndicated. * ''Michael J.'' Volume Two of ''Bull Tales'' collection, published by Yale

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'' The Yale Record'' in 1970. * ''Doonesbury: The Original Yale Cartoons'', American Heritage Press, 1971. Paperback: Andrews McMeel, 1973. Library of Congress 73-9100. Foreword by Trudeau's Yale professor,

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. * ''The Fireside Watergate'' (with Nicholas von Hoffman), Sheed & Ward, 1973. Paperback retitled ''Trout Fishing in the Reflecting Pool or the Fireside Watergate'', Popular Library, 1973. Library of Congress 73-11506. The cover shows

Zonker Harris Zonker Harris (his full name is revealed in '' Doonesbury: A Musical Comedy'' to be Edgar Zonker Harris) is the stereotypical unfocused confused hippie character in Garry Trudeau's comic strip ''Doonesbury''. He made his first appearance as a p ...

with a snowglobe of the

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. The title references the

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s of President Roosevelt. The revised title spoofs ''

Trout Fishing in America ''Trout Fishing in America'' is a novella written by Richard Brautigan and published in 1967. It is technically Brautigan's first novel; he wrote it in 1961 before ''A Confederate General from Big Sur'', which was published first. Overview ''Tro ...

'', the once-famous book by

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. The book is dedicated to Ron Ziegler. * ''Tales from the Margaret Mead Taproom'' (with Nicholas von Hoffman), Sheed & Ward, 1976. Library of Congress 75-17055. The cover shows

Uncle Duke Uncle Duke is a fictional character in the comic strip ''Doonesbury'' by Garry Trudeau. He is nominally Zonker Harris's uncle, albeit an " uncle by courtesy" only. Duke appeared in the strip July 1974 and was originally a straightforward carica ...

with his aide MacArthur in Samoa. The title references anthropologist

Margaret Mead Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and the 1970s. She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard Co ...

and her book '' Coming of Age in Samoa''. A caricature of the authors appears on page 19; Trudeau wears a Yale hat whilst flying a kite. * ''A Doonesbury Special'', A Director's Notebook. Preface by Faith Hubley, with an introduction by Trudeau (reprinted from ''TV Guide Magazine''). hardback paperback * ''Joanie'', part of the Cartoons for New Children series. * '' Doonesbury: A Musical Comedy'', 1983. A book containing the script, lyrics and photographs from the short-lived Broadway musical. * ''The 1990 Doonesbury Stamp Album'', A bound collection of humorous artistamps drawn for the strip's 20th anniversary. * ''Action Figure! The Life and Times of Doonesbury's Uncle Duke'' Contains selected strips from 1974 to 1991 focusing on Duke. Includes a Duke action figure packaged with three accessories: a chainsaw, a machine gun, and a liquor bottle and martini glass. Andrews McMeel, 1992. * ''Dude: The Big Book of Zonker'' * ''Flashbacks: Twenty-Five Years of Doonesbury'' 25th anniversary book. Andrews McMeel, 1995. (paperback) (hardback) * ''The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time'', 2005. Special 96 page collection, with proceeds going to the Fisher House charity. * ''The War Within: One More Step at a Time'', 2006. Special 112 page collection, with proceeds going to the Fisher House charity. * ''My Shorts R Bunching. Thoughts? The Tweets of Roland Hedley'', 2009. * ''40: A Doonesbury Retrospective''. A limited collection of strips spanning 40 years, plus 18 essays by the author, and a character map. Andrews McMeel, 2010. * ''Signature Wound: Rocking TBI'', 2010. Special 120 page collection, with proceeds going to the Fisher House charity. Andrews McMeel. * ''Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump. A collection of

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comics.'' Andrews McMeel, 2016. , From 1984 to 1991,

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reprinted select cartoons in an annual edition called the ''Doonesbury Desk Diary''. Most of Trudeau's original drawings for ''Doonesbury'', along with letters, notebooks, and other archival materials, are in the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. Original drawings are also in the collections of the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History; the National Portrait Gallery; the National Museum of Health and Medicine; and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at Ohio State University.

Games

* ''The Doonesbury Game'', board game, published by Mikrofun, Inc. 1993. * ''The Doonesbury Election Game: Campaign ’96'', CD-ROM, published by Mindscape, Inc. 1996. {{Doonesbury Doonesbury

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