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As Doonesbury, the strip debuted as a daily strip in about two dozen newspapers on October 26, 1970 – the first strip from Universal Press Syndicate.

A Sunday strip began on March 21, 1971.

Many of the early strips were reprints of the Bull Tales cartoons, with some changes to the drawings and plots.

BD ’ s helmet changed from having a “ Y ” ( for Yale ) to a star ( for the fictional Walden College ).

Mike and BD started Doonesbury as roommates ; they were not roommates in the Bull Tales.