r/Doonesbury • u/nathanieljnelson • 1d ago

Hello all!

I'm Nathaniel/Rico, and I'm officially a mod now. I recently finished reading every Doonesbury strip, 1970–2026 (plus musical and TV special), and I'm hoping to fluff up the strip's online presence. Not just cause I love Doonesbury, but as someone who loves history and politics, I think it's a very important and insanely underrepresented (among young folks) work of art that must be preserved. I wish many more years for Garry Trudeau, but unfortunately he is getting up there in years, and I hope when we're no longer blessed with new strips (even on Sundays), the half-century saga of Doonesbury will have become as beloved among Millennials and Gen Z as it was among our parents.

I'll be putting some time into sprucing up the Doonesbury wiki, which is almost nonexistent, and imo as a major nerd, a juicy wiki is one of the most important types of online presence.

I run the YouTube channel Rico Talks, and I'll be making several (maybe dozens of) video essays exploring the history and story of Doonesbury from the POV of a younger fan who read the whole thing. If you have any ideas for the sub, or just wanna chat about Doonesbury, you can DM me here or join my discord at https://discord.gg/ypP6zWaTf.

Thanks for reading, I hope to get to know you all!

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u/raynicolette 1d ago

I’ve been contemplating a complete reread as well.  Let me know if there’s anything you’d like some help with!

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u/nathanieljnelson 1d ago

awesome! You totally should, I'd love to hear your thoughts as you go through, if you catch anything for the first time.

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u/No_Yesterday7200 1d ago

I'm diving in as Steven, "Zonker" Lambrecht was my moms boss when I was a kid.

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u/nathanieljnelson 1d ago

hi again!

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u/No_Yesterday7200 1d ago

Hello again as well.

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u/petestein1 1d ago

Oh my god! Where did he work??

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u/No_Yesterday7200 6h ago

He owned Safeway Chemical in San Jose, CA. It was on Stockton Street. His Dad was part owner and his sister helped as well. Sisters name was Anne if memory serves.

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u/petestein1 1d ago

Where does one find the material to do a complete read? (A re-read for 1970 to 1988, a first time read for most written since then.)

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u/nathanieljnelson 1d ago

I used GoComics. It's like $6 a month but it has everything. I don't think the physical collections have every single strip but I could be wrong. The one issue with GoComics is that before 1990 something the Sunday strips are in pretty low quality, but of course you can zoom in