0. The Original Yale Cartoons (1973)

From Doonesbury

This collection, from Universal Press’s Sheed & Ward Alligator imprint, reprints 96 “Bull Tales” strips. I do not believe that’s the full run of them, but I’ve yet to see any sort of archive which collates all that information.

Previously, there were two small editions published by the Yale Record entitled Bull Tales and Michael J., each with 48 pages. It’s possible that The Original Yale Cartoons is an omnibus of these, but I do not own them and cannot confirm this.

One interesting point about Bull Tales is that Mike and Mark are typically matching wits with Mike’s roommate, Cathy Dilworthy, who was dropped when Bull Tales was reformatted as Doonesbury. B.D. is in a separate storyline entirely and, at least in the 96 strips reprinted here, is never shown to meet or interact with Mike and Mark.