I’ve been a huge Doonesbury fan since sometime in the early 1980s. A few weeks ago I had the idea to re-read the entirety of the strip’s run 47 year run and to use the exercise as a way to learn more about comics. The plan is to read Doonesbury alongside comics scholarship and criticism … Continue reading October-December 1970: “Dispatches from the Front”
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Reading Doonesbury
I've been reading G.B. Trudeau's Doonesbury since I was in eighth grade; I'm turning fifty this year. Doonesbury is, aside from my family, the thing that has been a consistent part of my life longer than anything else. I've grown up, and grown older, learning about American politics, society and culture through the eyes of … Continue reading Reading Doonesbury