A review by dcox83
40: A Doonesbury Retrospective by G.B. Trudeau
4.0
The 18,000 strips in this book (making up only 17% of total Doonesbury strips) is quite a slice of Americana.
Trudeau skipped the strips focusing entirely on politics (like Roland's search for Reagan's brain)and instead chose strips that showed his characters living their lives through the ups and downs of the last 40 years. Some of them have been around since the 70s, representing baby boomers in their prime, while others have come and gone. Births, deaths, marriages, divorces. Everything is covered and experienced in lighthearted punchlines.
I really love the pages where Trudeau wrote about what inspired the characters and how they've evolved. His efforts to stay honest to the characters is refreshing and really shows what makes Doonesbury such an enjoyable read each morning.
Trudeau skipped the strips focusing entirely on politics (like Roland's search for Reagan's brain)and instead chose strips that showed his characters living their lives through the ups and downs of the last 40 years. Some of them have been around since the 70s, representing baby boomers in their prime, while others have come and gone. Births, deaths, marriages, divorces. Everything is covered and experienced in lighthearted punchlines.
I really love the pages where Trudeau wrote about what inspired the characters and how they've evolved. His efforts to stay honest to the characters is refreshing and really shows what makes Doonesbury such an enjoyable read each morning.