Doonesbury: The Original Yale Cartoons

Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury: The Original Yale Cartoons (1973–present, Andrews McMeel) collects the very first strips he drew for the Yale Daily News, offering a fascinating look at the raw, early form of the characters and satirical voice that would define modern comic strips. As a single-issue publication, it preserves the college origins of Trudeau's long-running series, showing the humor and social commentary taking shape before Doonesbury became a Pulitzer Prize-winning national phenomenon. It's a compact but essential artifact for understanding the roots of one of comics' most influential political and cultural commentaries.