Doonesbury Deluxe: Selected Glances Askance [Paperback]

G. B. Trudeau (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1987

In his fifth major Doonesbury anthology, Garry Trudeau gives us America in the '80s, from Star Wars and Iranscam to Rick and Joanie struggling with parenthood.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co (P); 1st edition (September 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080500596X
• ISBN-13: 978-0805005967
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #903,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

G. B. Trudeau's Doonesbury has tracked and explored 40 years of American culture through six wars and eight presidential administrations.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Readings from the Reagan era, January 18, 2007

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This review is from: Doonesbury Deluxe: Selected Glances Askance (Paperback)

Nostalgia comes from odd corners sometimes - as in one of these mid-1980s strips, early on, where Mike refers to his new office in the World Trade Center. Field trips through Reagan's brain look different now than they did then, because of Reagan's subsequent losses to Alzheimer's. Even references to Miami Vice seem quaint now. Side-comments on college life are as salient (and discouraging) now as ever.

Then there are the Doonesbury characters themselves: Mike and J.J., struggling with career and marriage, Boopsie's career as professional floozie and her life with B.D., Zonker's surreal daily life, and Uncle Duke's latest scams - the ones he pulls and the ones pulled on him. My favorite may be Dr. Whoopee, an AIDS-era invention with his door-to-door condom sales, subscription services, and catering for major events at frats and sororities.

Half soap opera, half social commentary, this is one look at American history as it was happening. I know that daily and Sunday strips aren't the most rigorous of historical documents, but they're very immediate - especially to those of us who remember when these strips were new.

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