Virtual Doonesbury: A Doonesbury Book

Doonesbury Annuals #42

by G.B. Trudeau

Cartoons from the comic strip follow Mike to Bernie's Byte Shack, J.J. to her post-babe period, Boopsie to Cafe Cameo, and Duke to fatherhood while commenting on O.J., homelessness, and the nineties

Genres: Comics, Humor, Politics, History, Comic Strips, Cartoon, Graphic Novels Comics

152 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

About the author

Garretson Beekman "Garry" Trudeau is an American cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip. In 1970, Trudeau's creation of Doonesbury was syndicated by the newly formed Universal Press Syndicate. Today Doonesbury is syndicated to almost 1,400 newspapers worldwide and is accessible online in association with Slate Magazine at doonesbury.com. In 1975, he became the first comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer, traditionally awarded to editorial-page cartoonists. He was also a Pulitzer finalist in 1990. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1977 in the category of Animated Short Film, for A Doonesbury Special, in collaboration with John Hubley and Faith Hubley. A Doonesbury Special eventually won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Special Prize in 1978. Other awards include the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) Newspaper Comic Strip Award in 1994, and the Reuben Award in 1995. He was made a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993. Wiley Miller, fellow comic-strip artist responsible for Non Sequitur, called Trudeau "far and away the most influential editorial cartoonist in the last 25 years." In addition to his work on Doonesbury, Trudeau has teamed with Elizabeth Swados and written plays, such as Rap Master Ronnie and Doonesbury: A Musical Comedy. In 1988, Trudeau joined forces with director Robert Altman for the HBO miniseries Tanner '88 and the Sundance Channel miniseries sequel Tanner on Tanner in 2004. In 1996, Newsweek and The Washington Post speculated that Trudeau wrote the novel Primary Colors, which was later revealed to have been written by Joe Klein. Trudeau wrote the political sitcom Alpha House, starring John Goodman and Bill Murray. The pilot was produced by Amazon Studios and aired in early 2013. Due to positive response Amazon has picked up Alpha House to develop into a full series.

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Coming out in 1996 with strips from early 95 through early 96. There’s a new format to the yearly collections starting with this one, 152 pages and Sunday strips are now included in full color, also the page size is a bit larger as are the reproductions of the strips. Continuing the trend of a bit less straight political takeoffs and more of the continuing sagas of the usual characters – JJ and Mike split up and Mike hooks up with Kim would be the most significant change.

[Craig Werner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Featuring Bill Clinton as "The Waffle," OJ as a private ye seeking the "real murderer," Duke opening an orphange, JJ running off with Zeke, leaving Mike to forget a new life as computer geek in Seattle. And, scarily, a series on Pat Buchanan's presidential run that sounds all too much like 45.

[Simon Sweetman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Razor-sharp and still funny - even detached by some 20 years from the events they satirise. Genius.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A particularly good collection.

[Shoshanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some OJ post trial, internet, mostly character stories

[Karen-Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Duke and his son on the road, run JJ and Zeke off the road. Lots of crazy Newt Gringrich..the world dodged a bullet when he never made President. Clinton still in White House battling Whitewater. BD in bed with PTSD. OJ looking for his wife's murderer. Mike divorcing JJ and meets a new flame Kim.
Christmas and computer geeks. Mike has a job with Bernie marketing computer software.

[David]

On the 5th tour through the entire Doonescape. It never fails. The OJ strips are almost nostalgia now.