Saturday, January 23, 2010

5. Guilty, Guilty, Guilty! (June, 1974)


This collection overlaps with the next book and reprints 124 daily strips from:
Jan. 8 1973 to June 13 1973
July 3 to July 14 1973
Sept. 17 to Sept. 29 1973
Dec. 14, 15, 24 and 25 1973
38 strips from these blocks are not included (see comment for list).

Key moments in this book include Joanie’s divorce from Clint, the arrival of a former POW to the campus as a freshman, and Mark’s first stint as a DJ on WBBY. The famous strip about John Mitchell which gives this collection its title originally appeared on May 29, 1973.

Storylines excised from the book include the birth of Rufus/Thor’s sister, Norma Jean – Mike is her godfather – and a sequence in which B.D. returns home to force his father, recently unemployed, to quit watching repeats of Mannix and Star Trek.

1 comment:

G.G. said...

The following strips were omitted from this book:
Mon. Jan 22 1973
Wed. Jan 24 1973
Sat. Jan 27 1973
Sat. Feb 3 1973
Thu. Feb 8 1973
Sat. Feb 10 1973
Sat. Feb 17 1973
Mon. Feb 19 1973
Fri. Feb 23 1973
Sat. Feb 24 1973
Mon. Feb 26 1973
Tue. Feb 27 1973
Wed. Feb 28 1973
Thu. Mar 1 1973
Fri. Mar 2 1973
Sat. Mar 3 1973
Thu. Mar 8 1973
Fri. Mar 9 1973
Sat. Mar 17 1973
Mon. Mar 19 1973
Tue. Mar 20 1973
Wed. Mar 21 1973
Thu. Mar 22 1973
Fri. Mar 23 1973
Sat. Mar 24 1973
Mon. Mar 26 1973
Tue. Mar 27 1973
Mon. Apr 2 1973
Fri. Apr 6 1973
Tue. Apr 10 1973
Wed. Apr 25 1973
Sat. Apr 28 1973
Tue. May 8 1973
Sat. May 19 1973
Wed. May 23 1973
Sat. June 2 1973
Mon. July 9 1973
Fri. July 13 1973