Friday, January 1, 2010

2. The President is a Lot Smarter Than You Think (1973)



This collection reprints 124 daily strips from June 5 1971 to Dec 25 1971
51 strips from the period are not included (see comment for list.)

For a second time, entire storylines were axed from the book. Left behind in this collection are a series where Zonker, who is introduced in this book, is replaced on the football team by a character called The Tree, and one in which Mark films a documentary about all the characters.

Future presidential candidate and “gorgeous preppie” John Kerry is an on-camera participant in three strips. In 1971, he had completed his military service in Viet Nam and was touring the country with other vets to protest the war.

This book was later repackaged as two titles under HRW’s Popular Library imprint, “The President is a Lot Smarter Than You Think” and “Don’t Ever Change, Boopsie.” These books are reformatted to only contain two panels per page.

1 comment:

G.G. said...

The following strips were omitted from this book:

Mon. June 7 1971
Fri. June 11 1971
Tue. June 15 1971
Thu. June 17 1971
Mon. June 21 1971
Sat. June 26 1971
Tue. June 29 1971
Thu. July 1 1971
Fri. July 2 1971
Tue. July 13 1971
Sat. July 24 1971
Mon. July 26 1971
Tue. July 27 1971
Wed. Julu 28 1971
Mon. Aug 2 1971
Wed. Aug 11 1971
Sat. Aug 14 1971
Wed. Aug 18 1971
Sat. Aug 21 1971
Thu. Aug 26 1971
Mon. Aug 30 1971
Wed. Sep 1 1971
Fri. Sep 3 1971
Wed. Sep 8 1971
Fri. Sep 10 1971
Tue. Sep 14 1971
Sat. Sep 18 1971
Mon. Sep 27 1971
Tue. Sep 28 1971
Thu. Sep 30 1971
Sat. Oct 2 1971
Thu. Oct 14 1971
Sat. Oct 16 1971
Sat. Oct 30 1971
Sat. Nov 6 1971
Sat. Nov 13 1971
Mon. Nov 15 1971
Tue. Nov 16 1971
Thu. Nov 18 1971
Fri. Nov 19 1971
Sat. Nov 20 1971
Mon. Nov 22 1971
Tue. Nov 23 1971
Wed. Nov 24 1971
Thu. Nov 25 1971
Fri. Nov 26 1971
Sat. Nov 27 1971
Sat. Dec 4 1971
Sat. Dec 11 1971
Fri. Dec 17 1971
Sat. Dec 18 1971