The summer of 1974, as captured by Gary Trudeau

[gristy]

Doonesbury was very funny that summer, with Joanie headed for law school, and Duke killing huge hairy bats with a ruler in his first appearance in the strip. Surprisingly few days (probably fewer than 20%) were spent on what was going on in Washington. Here's the wall sequence that I'll always remember.

Nixon resigned on August 8, 1974.

[Duer 157099]

1. I still have a box full of my original newspaper clippings

of Doonesbury from that period; I'm sure that year is in my collection, that was about when I started

[sce56]

2. If only we were at the time of the last panel now! Humm to dream!

[azurnoir]

3. Sorta off topic

but does anyone have the strip where Zonker is telling a kid a story at the daycare center where Joanie works? It involves a sultan(?) and a genie(?) and the a reward of his weight in gold or a certain Turkish substance(not taffy). It was on the front page of the comics in the Sunday paper.
My how times have changed.

[dweller]

4. can you pinpoint the year?

i have several collections available, and it may be in there... i can look and scan it in.

dp

[azurnoir]

6. Maybe '72?

It was before'74, if you have that would be great thank you

[gristy]

5. found it - November 12, 1972

[azurnoir]

8. Thank you

[dweller]

9. lol !

good job!

dp

[OzarkDem]

7. Thank you, Gary Trudeau

One of the greatest folks of our generation.