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Doonesbury's 200 Greatest Moments

The funniest, strangest, and most dramatic moments in Garry Trudeau's classic comic strip.

Updated Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, at 10:07 AM

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200 DOONESBURY MOMENTS

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of G.B. Trudeau's Doonesbury, Slate and Doonesbury.com invite you to enter the feature's 14,600-strip archive and wander to your heart's content.  For the next two weeks this vast labyrinth of storytelling and interconnected lives, a chronicle of popular culture and politics, is open to all comers.  To help you get started, we've provided some 200 points of entry. Be sure to bring a flashlight and some snacks.

Oct. 26, 1970: The first Doonesbury strip.

Nov. 19, 1970: First appearance of Mark Slackmeyer.

Dec. 22, 1970: "Even revolutionaries like chocolate chip cookies."

Feb. 22, 1971: First appearance of Bernie, and morphing.

Mar. 21, 1971: First Sunday strip.

Apr. 4, 1971: Mark: "I'm Jewish."

Apr. 5, 1971: Mike starts tutoring Rufus.

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Jun. 18, 1971: B.D. at ROTC summer camp.

Jun. 27. 1971: On the road.

Sept. 15, 1971: First appearance of Boopsie.

Sept. 21, 1971: First appearance of Zonker.

Oct. 21, 1971: John Kerry series.

Nov. 3, 1971: On The Greening of America.

Jan. 13, 1972: B.D. volunteers for Vietnam.

Feb. 16, 1972: Captured by Phred the Terrorist.

Apr. 19, 1972: Walden Commune.

Apr. 24, 1972: The naming of the puddle.

Sept. 11, 1972: Mike and B.D. pick up hitchhiker Joanie Caucus.

Nov. 12, 1972: The tale of Douglas.

May 29, 1973: "That's guilty! Guilty, guilty, guilty!"

Sept. 17, 1973: "Well, John, how's the cover-up going?"

Nov. 10, 1973: Series on secret bombing of Cambodia.

Dec. 13, 1973: "It's a baby woman!"

Feb. 14, 1974: The Energy Czar.

Feb. 21, 1974: "Dare to be great, Ms. Caucus."

Mar. 19, 1974: Z on cover of Time: "Sex! Sex and peyote!"

May 30, 1974: Joanie accepted into law school.

Jul. 21, 1974: "Look, honey, a student activist!"

Aug. 19, 1974: Joanie meets Ginny, and Clyde.

Dec. 23, 1974: First appearance of Uncle Duke.

Jan. 9, 1975: Duke writes for Rolling Stone.

Mar. 23, 1975: The plant-yakker.

May 7, 1975: Vietnamese orphan Kim Rosenthal adopted.

May 31, 1975: The last days of Saigon.

Jul. 21, 1975: First appearance of Nate and Amy Harris.

Dec. 21, 1975: Christmas greetings.

Jan. 21, 1976: Ambassador Duke arrives in China.

Jan. 22, 1976: First appearance of Honey Huan.

Jan. 27, 1976: Joanie meets Andy Lippincott.

Feb. 8, 1976: Alice Schwartzman and "Bonker" at the bar.

Mar. 8, 1976: The Patty Hearst trial.

Mar. 20, 1976: Andy joins the Virginia Slade campaign.

May 24, 1976: Jerry Brown gubernatorial campaign.

Jul. 4, 1976: "You mean, Jefferson sold us out?"

Jul. 6, 1976: Congressman Ventura sex scandal.

Jan. 12, 1977: Rick goes to work at People.

May 21, 1977: Joanie graduates from law school.

Jul. 10, 1977: "This one's for Feedback."

Aug. 15, 1977: Among the young Republicans.

Nov. 20, 1977: Busted.

Jul. 27, 1978: Studio 54.

Sep. 4, 1978: Boopsie goes to Graceland.

Sep. 11, 1978: Duke as manager of the Washington Redskins.

Oct. 9, 1978: Camp David Accords.

Nov. 27, 1978: Understanding the 70s.

Jan. 4, 1979: Honey in Henry Kissinger seminar.

Jan. 8, 1979: "Senator and Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor."

Feb. 2, 1979: The Liberal Cult.

Mar. 5, 1979: Duke testifies on behalf of the NRA.

Apr. 23, 1979: Jerry Brown press conference.

May 14, 1979: Mellowspeak, by Dr. Dan Asher.

May 27, 1979: Commencement address.

May 28, 1979: Boopsie poses for Playboy.

Jul. 23, 1979: David Halberstam interviews Rick.

Sep. 10, 1979: First appearance of J.J.

Oct. 1, 1979: Henry Kissinger: The Whitewash Years.

Oct. 8, 1979: Honey and J.J. become roommates.

Dec. 3, 1979: "Fin de Decade" party.

Jan. 3, 1980: The book on Duke.

Jan. 23, 1980: Re. Ted Kennedy: "We need a verb, Senator."

May 18, 1980: Wait a minute, Mr. Postman.

Jun. 15, 1980: He came to tan.

Oct. 25, 1980: "The Mysterious World of Reagan's Brain."

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