As the Kid Goes for Broke

In 1977, Holt, Rinehart and Winston collected Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury strips into a single paperback volume, As the Kid Goes for Broke, a snapshot of the early, college-era antics of the iconic comic strip. Written and drawn by Trudeau under his G. B. Trudeau byline, this one-shot book captures the sharp, satirical voice that would define a generation of political cartooning. While brief, it stands as an early artifact of Trudeau’s long-running, Pulitzer Prize-winning series, preserving the youthful energy of characters who would go on to chronicle decades of American life.