List of published collections of Doonesbury

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The first collections of Garry Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury were published in the early 1970s by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Regular collections of strips continue to the present day, and are currently published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Regular collections

The appearance and contents of the annual collections have changed over the years, but first printings of the books fall in six distinctly different archetypes. 1–13. White cover background, app. 133 x 203 mm (5 1/4 x 8"). 128 pp., one daily strip in B&W per page. Each title contains 124 dailies (#1 only 122 dailies, though). 14–26. Colored cover background, app. 154 x 208 mm (6 1/8 x 8 1/4"). 128 pp., one daily strip in B&W per page. Each title contains 124 dailies. 27–31. Multicolored covers, title with large initial. Otherwise identical in appearance to #'s 14–26. 32–41. Multicolored covers, app. 217 x 229 mm (8 1/2 x 9"). 96 pp., 2–3 daily strips or one Sunday strip without top tier per page, all in B&W. Contents vary widely, each title holding 180–200 dailies and 20-30 Sundays. 42–52. Multicolored covers, app. 230 x 276 mm (9 x 10 7/8"). 152 pp., 3 daily strips in B&W or 1 complete Sunday strip in full color per page. Each title contains 294 dailies and 48 Sundays – with three exceptions: 53–55. Hardbound with dust cover, app. 224 x 234 mm (8 3/4 x 9 1/4"). 240 pp., 3 daily strips or one Sunday strip without top tier per page, all in full color. Contents vary: 56-58. Softcover, 128 S., one Sunday strip without top tier per page, all in full color.

Anthology collections

Other collections and books

From 1984 to 1991, Henry Holt and Company reprinted select cartoons in an annual edition called the Doonesbury Desk Diary. Most of Trudeau's original drawings for Doonesbury, along with letters, notebooks, and other archival materials, are in the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. Original drawings are also in the collections of the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History; the National Portrait Gallery; the National Museum of Health and Medicine; and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at Ohio State University.

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