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Comic books in 'Comic Strip Reprints'

  • Issue #12
    Lake County News Herald Volume 12 (1989) 12

    Art by Jim Davis, Dik Browne, Mort Walker, etc .The Sunday comic strips in comic book form. Newspaper insert. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in. 24 pages full color

  • Issue #30
    Lake County News Herald Volume 12 (1989) 30

    Art by Jim Davis, Dik Browne, Mort Walker, etc .The Sunday comic strips in comic book form. Newspaper insert. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in. 24 pages, full color.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Large Print TPB (2010 An Unshelved Collection) 1-1ST

    1st printing. What do you get when you mix adults, teenagers, children, babies, seniors, professionals, parents, teachers, students, homeschoolers, and the homeless? That very funniest of places, your local public library, home of the hugely popular Web comic Unshelved. Our eighth collection includes fourteen months worth of daily Unshelved strips in a new, handier-sized volume, plus strips never published on the web, author commentary and an introduction by Paul Southworth, creator of Ugly Hill and co-creator of Not Invented Here. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W. NOTE: "Unshelved makes me appreciate those busy librarians of my school days even more. They were my best friends no matter where I went, and I worshipped them. Seeing what they had to deal with only notches up my love for them!" - Tamora Pierce Cover price $11.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Learn To Speak Cat Fake Mews GN (2022 Soaring Penguin) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Anthony Smith.

    Not sure what your cat is trying to tell you? Learn To Speak Cat is the book for you.

    Have a friend who's potty about their moggy? Learn To Speak Cat is the perfect book for them. Anthony Smith has been translating cat-speak for years, both as a long-running cartoon in The Metro and as a webcomic. Read, laugh and wonder no more what Tiddles has been trying to tell you!

    Softcover, 6-in. x 6-in., 112 pages, full color.

    Cover price $15.99.

  • Issue #4-1ST
    Least I Could Do TPB (2008-2011 Blind Ferret) 4-1ST

    Volume 4 - 1st printing. "I Wish You Were Chewbacca!"

    Written by Ryan Sohmer. Art and cover by Lar deSouza.

    Love means never having to say you're sorry. Casual relations means never having to say anything at all! And so goes the forward thinking of Rayne Summers, the 24-year-old corporate executive and sex-obsessed Narcissist who uses his charm, humor, and vivid imagination to enjoy life as much and as often as he can possibly manage.

    Softcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 5-in., 128 pages, full color.

    Cover price $11.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Let's Dance, Snoopy TPB (2015 Ballantine Books) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Snoopy stars in this original collection of full-color comic strips celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Peanuts gang! Snoopy is so much more than just "that round-headed kid's" dog. Whether crash-landing a plane as World War I Flying Ace, hanging around the dorm as Joe Cool, or struggling to make it past the first line of the World Famous Author's next bestseller, Snoopy's wild imagination makes him a hero among dogs and a legend among readers. Join the beloved beagle in this collection of comics, never before published together in one book! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 152 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $16.00.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Let's Get Burgers GN (2022 Silver Sprocket) 1-1ST


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    1st printing. Story, art, and cover by Ash "Ash. S" Szymanik. This is a comic about a cat named Knife and a dog named Cheddar who are best friends, love burgers, hate capitalism, and are just trying their best, okay? That's pretty much it. Collects the entire hit webcomic! Softcover, 6-in. x 6-in., 208 pages, B&W (with Red and Yellow Spot coloring) Cover price $19.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Lewser! TPB (2020 Andrews McMeel) More Doonesbury in Time of Trump 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Cartoons by G. B. Trudeau.

    A merciless skewering of the Trump administration from cartoonist G.B. Trudeau.

    The third collection of Doonesbury Trump cartoons takes readers through the heart of Trump's presidency and into 2020 election mania. Including two years' worth of original Doonesbury Sundays, full-color spreads, and 18 previously unpublished strips.

    The completion of Trudeau's Trump trilogy arrives just as the 2020 election is in full swing.

    Softcover, 8-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color.

    Cover price $16.99.

  • Issue #4-1ST
    Li'l Abner Dailies TPB (1988-1998 Kitchen Sink) 4-1ST

    Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1938!" By Al Capp. Abner meets his match as he runs into the Strange Gal at the second Sadie Hawkins Day. Also, meet Old Man Mose, Daisy Mae's repellent relatives, and the nefarious Scraggs. This fourth volume reprints the 1938 daily strips and includes an introduction by artist Al Williamson. Also included is an article that puts the strip into the historical context of 1938. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 168 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

  • Issue #23-1ST
    Li'l Abner Dailies TPB (1988-1998 Kitchen Sink) 23-1ST

    Volume 23 - 1st printing. "1957!" By Al Capp. This twenty-third volume reprints the 1957 daily strips. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 176 pages, B&W.

  • Issue #24-1ST
    Li'l Abner Dailies TPB (1988-1998 Kitchen Sink) 24-1ST

    Volume 24 - 1st printing. "1958!" By Al Capp. This twenty-forth volume collrects the 1958 daily strips. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Library Mascot Cage Match TPB (2005 An Unshelved Collection) 1-1ST

    1st printing. It's not easy being Buddy The Book Beaver, library page and summer reading page mascot at Mallville Public Library. But when a competing library system comes out with their own beaver mascot, well that means war. This third Unshelved collection also features Empire County Strikes Back, an all-new 24-page full-color graphic novelette. Can Mallvilles librarians defeat the mother of all bookmobiles? Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. NOTE: Together, Barnes and Ambaum are producing a humorous, charming, and heart-warming story about the life of a library and the people who work there. - Terry Moore, Eisner Award-winning creator of Strangers in Paradise Cover price $11.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Life Begins at 6:40 TPB (1993 Andrews McMeel) An Adam Collection 1-1ST

    1st Printing. - "Life Begins at 6:40". 8 1/2" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Lifer TPB (2006) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Bad Company!" By Arkás. A Lifer sentenced to 622 years? And the best years of his life, too! Just think how hight the rents will be by the time he gets out! Because, of course, life expectancy is rising all the time... But there's worse than that. Worse than weeks of solitary confinement, reading War and Peace (in Braille) over and over again; worse than prison cooking (the cause of many riots); worse than the prison doctor, who meticulously examines his patients - before killing them; what could be worse than all of that? It's Montecristo the rat! In the darkest hours he is there, ready to remind you of everything you are trying to forget. He holds all of the aces in the game of sarcasm... And has another one up his sleeve! Black humor of the wittiest kind: It's Arkás at his best and most intelligent! Softcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 6 1/2-in., 80 pages, full color.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Lifer TPB (2006) 2-1ST

    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "A Rat in My Soup!" By Arkás. Life imprisonment. The severest punishment. More exactly, 622 years of jail all as the result of a miscarriage of justice. The only means of escape is laughter. Bitter, subversive, ironic. The lifer wears glasses with such thick lenses that his eyes can hardly be seen. This makes him seem somewhat awkward and yet erudite. His company is a fat and dirty but friendly rat who knows what lies "beneath things," and demolishes any self-deception with his caustic amoral comments. Around them there is a microcosm of unjust rules, senseless regulations, characters in a deadlock. In a series with a strong philosophical touch, Arkás deals with the question of freedom within the world of the prison. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 6 1/2-in., 80 pages, full color.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Lil' Donnie Executive Privilege HC (2018 Image) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Mike Norton.

    Finally, the acclaimed Rueben Award-nominated webcomic is collected! Follow the timely and terrifying adventures of Lil' Donnie, the worst president in the history of the United States of America. This collection contains the first year of antics of a truly motley crew of weirdos and degenerates as they work (HA!) to make our world a better place... for them! Get one while we still have a first amendment! Collects the first 125 LIL' DONNIE comic strips.

    Hardcover, 9-in. x 6-in., 80 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Linus HC (2019 Kaboom Comics) A Peanuts Collection 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Written by Charles M. Schulz, Viki Scott, Shane Houghton, Jeff Dyer, and Bob Scott. Art by Charles M. Schulz, Donna Almendrala, Bob Scott, Viki Scott, Matt Whitlock, Paige Braddock, Mike DeCarlo, Scott Jeralds, Robert Pope, and Justin Thompson. Cover by Charles M. Schulz.

    Linus Van Pelt. The benevolent, blanket-clutching philosopher always has a kind word for everybody, especially his best friend, Charlie Brown, and even for his bossy older sister, Lucy. This hardcover collection includes stories from across all eras of Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts, so grab your favorite blanket, and get ready to share some laughs as you await the Great Pumpkin!

    Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 96 pages, full color. All Ages

    Cover price $14.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Lisa's Story The Other Shoe TPB (2012 KSU) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Story and Art by Tom Batiuk. A story from the comic strips that will make you laugh and cry. Tom Batiuk spent several years as a middle school art teacher before creating the comic strip Funky Winkerbean in 1972. Originally a "gag-a-day" comic strip that portrayed life in high school, Funky has evolved into a mature series of real-life stories examining such social issues as teen dating abuse, teen pregnancy, teen suicide, violence in schools, the war in the Middle East, alcoholism, divorce, and cancer. In 1999, Lisa Moore, one of Funky's friends and a main character, discovered she had breast cancer. Batiuk, unsure about dealing with such a serious subject on the funny pages, decided to go ahead with the story line. He approached the topic with the idea that mixing humor with serious and real themes heightens the reader's interest. Lisa and husband Les faced the same physical, psychological, and social issues as anyone else dealing with the disease. After a mastectomy and chemotherapy, Lisa was cancer free. She finished her law degree, opened a practice, and had a baby daughter, Summer. Then, in the spring of 2006, the cancer returned and metastasized. Lisa's Story: The Other Shoe is a collection of both the 1999 comic strips on Lisa's initial battle with cancer and the current series examining her struggle with the disease and its outcome. Additionally, it contains resource material on breast cancer, including early detection, information sources, support systems, and health care. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 7-in., , 252 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $18.95.

  • Issue #4-1ST
    Little Man on Campus SC (1952 Stanford University Pres) 4-1ST


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    Volume 4 - 1st printing. By Richard N. Bibler. This is the fourth book of cartoons drawn by Richard N. Bibler, fine arts sophomore at the University of Kansas. Most of these cartoons appear here for the first time, while other particularly popular ones have been reprinted from Fall, 1947 issues of the University Daily Kansan, for whom Mr. Bibler cartoons. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 96 pages, B&W.

  • Issue #9-1ST
    Little Man on Campus SC (1952 Stanford University Pres) 9-1ST

    Volume 9 - 1st printing. Cartoons by Richard N. Bibler. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 64 pages, B&W.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Little Nemo 1905-1906 TPB (1976) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Story and art by Winsor McCay. A collection of some of the Little Nemo comic strips from the early 20th century. This volume reflects the distinctive art-noveau style of the original drawings and follows Little Nemo as he journeys nightly into the world of dreams. With a review by Maurice Sendak. Softcover, 10 1/2-in. x 14-in., 70 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Little Orphan Annie and Uncle Dan TPB (2001) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Harold Gray. Collects select Little Orphan Annie daily strips from 1933. Between 1926–34, publisher Cupples & Leon collected Little Orphan Annie and other classic comic strips into some of the first reprint collections, books that became collectors' items in their own right. Pacific Comics Club reprinted these vintage volumes featuring the adventures of Harold Gray's indefatigable kid hero and her beloved blank-eyed supporting cast, including Daddy Warbucks, Punjab and the Asp, and of course Sandy. This reprints the ninth and final volume in the original Cupples & Leon series. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 92 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.50.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Little Orphan Annie Bucking the World TPB (2001) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Harold Gray. Collects select Little Orphan Annie daily strips from 1928. Between 1926–34, publisher Cupples & Leon collected Little Orphan Annie and other classic comic strips into some of the first reprint collections, books that became collectors' items in their own right. Pacific Comics Club reprinted these vintage volumes featuring the adventures of Harold Gray's indefatigable kid hero and her beloved blank-eyed supporting cast, including Daddy Warbucks, Punjab and the Asp, and of course Sandy. Helping a struggling family in a small town, Annie goes to work at a cafe and soon becomes co-owner of the place. But she overhears train robbers discussing their loot, putting her in danger and on the run once again. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 92 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.50.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Little Orphan Annie in the Great Depression TPB (1979 Dover) 1-1ST

    1st printing. By Harold Gray. What a girl! That's Little Orphan Annie - brave, loyal, smart, and one of the most popular comic strip characters ever invented. Join Annie and her friends - Jake, Maw, Green, Doc Lens, and Sandy, of course, as they counter the evils of poverty, crime and indifference with love, courage, honesty and hard work. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Little Orphan Annie in the Great Depression TPB (1980 Dover Publications) 1-1ST

    1st Printing. Originally printed in 1979, this book contains a collection of all 231 consecutive comic strips as published in the daily (Monday - Saturday) edition of the Chicago Tribune between January 1 and September 26, 1931. Softcover, 8" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Little Orphan Annie TPB (1987-1995 Fantagraphics) 2-1ST

    Volume 2 -1st printing. "1932!" By Harold Gray. The second volume of the official reprinting of Harold Gray's classic Little Orphan Annie - one of the greatest comic strips of all time, brimming with vivid characters, exciting stories, and emotional power - lovingly reproduced from Gray's personal archives and files! Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 156 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Little Orphan Annie TPB (1987-1995 Fantagraphics) 3-1ST

    Volume 3 -1st printing. "1933!" By Harold Gray. "Graphically and philosophically, Gray's strip was an integrated whole. His style and graphic conventions suited perfectly the vision of the world that he held. And his philosophy and his stories were a seamless tapestry. Few comic strips can claim similar accomplishments. Few begin with such complex ambitions. And of the few that do, fewer yet achieve them as fully - as Little Orphan Annie did." - From the introduction by R.C. Harvey. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 156 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

  • Issue #4-1ST
    Little Orphan Annie TPB (1987-1995 Fantagraphics) 4-1ST

    Volume 4 -1st printing. "1934!" By Harold Gray. In this volume, Daddy Warbucks is victimized not only by fickle financial evolutions but also by craven politicians. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 156 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

  • Issue #5-1ST
    Little Orphan Annie TPB (1987-1995 Fantagraphics) 5-1ST

    Volume 5 -1st printing. "1935" By Harold Gray. Daddy Warbucks, Annie, and Sandy ("Arf!") hit their hardest times yet in the fifth volume of Fantagraphics' complete reprinting of Harold Gray's classic comic strip of optimism, honesty against all odds, and self-reliance. The action kicks off with an unshaven Warbucks leading Annie from town to town looking for jobs that never turn up. Through a twist of fate, however, Warbucks becomes reunited with his old friend Harry Morgan, a millionaire whose life he'd saved long ago, and through Morgan Annie meets a new, if at first frightening, friend: Punjab, a super-strong mystic whom Annie can summon at a moment's notice with a blow on a dragon whistle. Together, they face industrial espionage when the evil financier J. Gordon Slugg hires an army of thugs to assassinate Warbucks and his crew. Fate is never predictable, however, and just when things seem to be working out, Annie gets separated from Warbucks, Punjab and the rest, and falls into the hands of the manipulators, cheats, and crooks of Hollywood on her own when a crooked agent promises her motion-picture stardom. Little Orphan Annie Volume 5: 1935 includes a whole year's worth of comics artistry and enjoyment from the golden age of adventure serials, introduced by comics historian R.C. Harvey, who gives the strips historical context, making these strips as immediate and exciting today as they were for the readers of 1935. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 156 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Long Road Home TPB (2005 Andrews McMeel) A Doonesbury Book 1-1ST

    1st printing. By G.B. Trudeau. Thousands of U.S. soldiers have suffered grievous wounds in Iraq, but only one of them is a Doonesbury character. This special collection chronicles seven months of cutting-edge cartooning, during which B.D.- and readers of the strip - got an up-close schooling in a kind of personal transformation no one seeks. From rebuilding tissue to rebuilding social skills to rebuilding lives, B.D's inspiring, insightful, and darkly humorous story confirms that it can take a village, or at least a ward, to raise a soldier when he's gone down. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

  • Issue #1-REP
    Long Road Home TPB (2005 Andrews McMeel) A Doonesbury Book 1-REP

    2nd and alter printings. By G.B. Trudeau. Thousands of U.S. soldiers have suffered grievous wounds in Iraq, but only one of them is a Doonesbury character. This special collection chronicles seven months of cutting-edge cartooning, during which B.D.- and readers of the strip - got an up-close schooling in a kind of personal transformation no one seeks. From rebuilding tissue to rebuilding social skills to rebuilding lives, B.D's inspiring, insightful, and darkly humorous story confirms that it can take a village, or at least a ward, to raise a soldier when he's gone down. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Los Angeles Ink Stains TPB (2012 Image) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Story and Art by Jim Mahfood. At last! Cult favorite Jim Mahfood's mega-popular gonzo-style autobio web comic is collected in print, for the first time ever!! Relive the action, the late night destruction, the traveling, the comic cons, the dance parties, the art-makin' and the love-takin' all in this ridiculously handsome volume. Plus, exclusive new strips created just for this book and a snazzy photo section, too! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $29.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    LoserPalooza TPB (2007 Andrews McMeel) A Get Fuzzy Treasury 1-1ST

    1st printing. By Darby Conley. Loserpalooza is Darby Conley's latest look at the interspecies antics of his wildly popular characters Bucky, Satchel, and Rob. At the center of this not-so-warm-and-fuzzy arrangement is Rob Wilco, a single, mild-mannered ad exec. Bucky is Rob's temperamental, buck-toothed Siamese cat with a penchant for mischief, a hatred of ferrets, and a love of rubber bands. Satchel is a sweet but naive shar-pei-yellow-Lab mix who haplessly ends up on the receiving end of Bucky's wayward schemes. An entertaining critique on popular culture and a bona fide hit, Get Fuzzy was named Best Comic Strip of the year in 2002 by the National Cartoonists Society and now appears in more than 400 newspapers worldwide. Softcover, 248 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Lost and Found TPB (2023 Andrews McMeel) A Heart of the City Collection 1-1ST


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    1st printing. Story and art by Steenz. Heart Lamarr wants to follow in her father's footsteps as an actor, but she hasn't seen him in years-until he shows up on Christmas Eve with a surprise gift. It's an especially timely reappearance after Heart's dreams of stardom hit a major snag. Meanwhile, Charlotte and friends to lead a high-tech investigation into the mystery of the missing Lost and Found items. A visit from Dean's cousin leads to a riveting boys vs. girls showdown, and Charlotte welcomes a shy new girl to the school after seeing her with her family at the soup kitchen where Charlotte volunteers. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Lost Work of Will Eisner HC (2016 Locust Moon Press) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Written by Will Eisner and Denis Kitchen. Art and cover by Will Eisner. Unearthed in a collection of pre-WWII newspaper printing plates, the mid-1930s comic strips Uncle Otto and Harry Karry represent the earliest known cartooning of the great comics and sequential art pioneer Will Eisner. In these never-before-seen strips you see the young Eisner's imagination expanding, as he experiments with the possibilities of serialized storytelling and works through his numerous influences. Contextualized with an exhaustive introduction by Denis Kitchen, these comics document the genesis of one of the most iconic and brilliant cartoonists of all time. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 7-in., 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

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  • Issue #1-REP
    Love Just Screws Everything Up SC (1996 Andrews McMeel) A For Better or Worse Collection 1-REP

    2nd or later printings. 17th Collection. Softcover, 8.5" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Love Letters to Jane's World TPB (2018 Lion Forge) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Paige Braddock.

    This essential Jane's World collection debuts twenty years after Jane Wyatt first appeared in Paige Braddock's trailblazing comics strip about a young lesbian woman making her clumsy way in the world and the friends who help (or hinder) her along the journey. The Eisner-nominated Jane's World was the first syndicated comic strip with a lesbian main character to appear in many major newspaper markets

    This new volume collects the most quintessentially "Jane" storylines from the strip's early, middle, and later years, and pairs them with "love letters" and notes of appreciation from notable fans.

    Softcover, 304 pages, full color. Cover price $22.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Lunch Wore a Speedo TPB (2014 AM) The Eighteenth Sherman's Lagoon Collection 1-1ST

    1st printing.

    Story and art by Jim Toomey.

    Sherman's Lagoon is a fantasy place situated somewhere in the tropics. It's inhabited by a motley crew of sea creatures, whose marine lives suspiciously mirror our own. Through his comic strip, cartoonist Jim Toomey explores many of the issues that we face daily in our world on dry land. His characters attempt new business ventures, go on disastrous dates, try fad diets, and read the latest best-selling books. But, they also have problems that are unique to fish. Should you bring shrimp to the holiday party? Will shrimp be there?

    Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Macanudo Optimism is for the Brave HC (2023 Fantagraphics) 1-1ST


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    1st printing. Story and art by Liniers. The second volume in Fantagraphics' English-language collection of the internationally beloved newspaper strip. Elves, witches, forest monsters, unicorns, children, talking cats and penguins... plus zombies with fitbits, Stephen King's Christine working as an Uber, and office politics? The bounds of a daily comic strip don't restrict Macanudo's imagination or subjects. With the range of The Far Side, the whimsy of Mutts, and the heart of Calvin & Hobbes, artist Liniers brings his distinctive illustrative line and sensitive watercolors to whatever crosses his mind on a given day. Readers of the previous volume will recognize some recurring characters and stock players, but each book stands alone, and every strip builds its own world. Whether commenting on pop culture, society, or the environment, or celebrating art, nature, or the act of reading, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) expresses his thoughts with joy and beauty. Most of them are funny, too. Beginning in 2002 in Buenos Aires, Macanudo steadily gained popularity around the world, and has been appearing in US newspapers since 2018. Optimism Is for the Brave is the second of a series of volumes collecting Liniers' groundbreaking strip. Hardcover, 9-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Macho Macho Animals TPB (2007 AM) A Pearls Before Swine Collection 1-1ST

    1st printing.

    By Stephan Pastis.

    The original bad boys of the comics page are back in this wildly entertaining seventh collection of Pearls Before Swine comic strips by Stephan Pastis. You know the lineup: Mucho macho Rat, who's ready to get down with anyone he can; sensitive Pig, who can't give up his disco dreams; Zebra, who will survive; and Goat, the brains of the outfit. Violent, unstable Guard Duck and the Crocs next door round out this fabulous cast. The dark, twisted adventures continue as these characters dance the night away.

    Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages. B&W. Cover price $12.99.

  • Issue #1-REP
    MAD About the Sixties TPB (1995 Little Brown and Company) 1st Edition 1-REP

    1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. Written and illustrated by the Usual Gang of Idiots. Compiled by Grant Geissman. Cover by Norman Mingo. Available for the first time from MAD BOOKS! Who can forget the 1960s? In case you have, this groovy collection of the decade's most far-out satires and right-on takeoffs will bring it all back, from the Kennedy years to hippies running wild; from classic send-ups of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. to Batman, this is what the Sixties was all about, man! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. NOTE: Reprints may be published by Little Brown and Company or Quality Paperback Book Club.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Man, I Hate Cursive SC (2016 Andrews McMeel) Cartoons for People and Advanced Bears 1-1ST

    1st Printing. Softcover, 6" x 9", 96 pages, color. Cover price $12.99.

  • Issue #12-1ST
    Mary Perkins on Stage TPB (2006-2016 Classic Comics Press) By Leonard Starr 12-1ST

    Volume 12 - 1st printing. "June 12, 1972 to January 13, 1974!"

    Story and art by Leonard Starr.

    Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins On Stage Volume 12 continues the complete reprinting of this classic American comic strip, reprinting dailies and Sundays from June 12, 1972 to January 13, 1974, with an introduction by comics' writer Don McGregor (Sabre, Detectives Inc., Ragamuffins).

    Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 264 pages, B&W.

    NOTE: See also Heart of Juliet Jones Dailies TPB (2008)

    Cover price $24.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Mel's Story: Surviving Military Sexual Assault TPB (2014 AM) A Doonesbury Book 1-1ST

    1st printing. Story and art by G. B. Trudeau. The first time B.D. encounters command-rape survivor Melissa Wheeler in the waiting room at the VA Center, he has no idea what to make of the scowling former chopper mechanic. But in the months that follow, witnessing Mel's pain and her healing process help him with his own, and B.D. ends up a staunch and encouraging ally. With help, Wheeler is able to reframe her experience and move forward to the point where she re-ups and re-deploys, though the trauma continue to haunt her. As always, Trudeau manages to find humor and humanity in a tale of suffering and sheds serious light one of the most pressing problems in our military today. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $9.99.

  • Issue #0A
    Memorial Edition The Drawings of Clare Briggs (1930) 0A
    • Paper: Off white

    Memorial Edition, The Drawings of Clare Briggs: The Days of Real Sport (1 of 7 posthumously published editions released in a boxed set). Published 1930 Wh. H. Wise & Co., NYC, reprinting, Clare Briggs single panel cartoons originally published via newspaper syndication. A platimun age precursor to modern day comics book. 8-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, semi-hardcover with pebbled false black leather cover, black-and-white, 284 pages.

  • Issue #0C
    Memorial Edition The Drawings of Clare Briggs (1930) 0C

    Memorial Edition, The Drawings of Clare Briggs: Real Folks at Home (3 of 7 posthumously published editions released in a boxed set). Published 1930 Wh. H. Wise & Co., NYC, reprinting, Clare Briggs single panel cartoons originally published via newspaper syndication. A platimun age precursor to modern day comics book. 8-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, semi-hardcover with pebbled false black leather cover, black-and-white, 284 pages.

  • Issue #4
    Menomonee Falls Gazette (1971) 4

    Tabloid-sized 11-1/4-in. x 17-1/2-in. (standard horizontal tabloid fold not considered a defect). Comic strip reprints (six daily strips for each): Tarzan (by Russ Manning), Modesty Blaise (by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway), Secret Agent Corrigan (by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson), Jeff Hawke (by Sydney Jordan), Dateline: Danger! (by John Saunders and Alden McWilliams), James Bond (by John McLusky), Rip Kirby (by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson), Batman & Robin (by E. Nelson Bridwell, Alfredo Plastino, and Nick Cardy), Flash Gordon (by Dan Barry), Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors (by John Dixon), The Phantom (by Lee Falk and Sy Barry), Drift Marlo (by Tom Cooke and Phil Evans), Mandrake the Magician (by Lee Falk and Fred Fredericks), and Jeff Cobb (by Pete Hoffman). Also Tarzan Sunday strip (by Burne Hogarth) and Jungle Jim Sunday strip (by Alex Raymond). Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #5
    Menomonee Falls Gazette (1971) 5

    Tabloid-sized 11-1/4-in. x 17-1/2-in. (standard horizontal tabloid fold not considered a defect). Comic strip reprints (six daily strips for each): Tarzan (by Russ Manning), Modesty Blaise (by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway), Secret Agent Corrigan (by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson), Jeff Hawke (by Sydney Jordan), Dateline: Danger! (by John Saunders and Alden McWilliams), James Bond (by John McLusky), Rip Kirby (by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson), Batman & Robin (by E. Nelson Bridwell, Alfredo Plastino, and Nick Cardy), Flash Gordon (by Dan Barry), Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors (by John Dixon), The Phantom (by Lee Falk and Sy Barry), Drift Marlo (by Tom Cooke and Phil Evans), Mandrake the Magician (by Lee Falk and Fred Fredericks), and Jeff Cobb (by Pete Hoffman). Also Tarzan Sunday strip (by Burne Hogarth) and John Carter of Mars Sunday strip (by John Coleman Burroughs). Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #6
    Menomonee Falls Gazette (1971) 6

    Tabloid-sized 11-1/4-in. x 17-1/2-in. (standard horizontal tabloid fold not considered a defect). Comic strip reprints (six daily strips for each): Tarzan (by Russ Manning), Modesty Blaise (by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway), Secret Agent Corrigan (by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson), Jeff Hawke (by Sydney Jordan), Dateline: Danger! (by John Saunders and Alden McWilliams), James Bond (by John McLusky), Rip Kirby (by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson), Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors (by John Dixon), Flash Gordon (by Dan Barry), The Phantom (by Lee Falk and Sy Barry), Mandrake the Magician (by Lee Falk and Fred Fredericks), Drift Marlo (by Tom Cooke and Phil Evans), Batman & Robin (by E. Nelson Bridwell, Alfredo Plastino, and Nick Cardy), and Jeff Cobb (by Pete Hoffman). Also a Sunday Air Hawk strip, an Alley Oop illustration by V.T. Hamlin, and a Skippy Sunday strip by Percy Crosby. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #7
    Menomonee Falls Gazette (1971) 7

    Tabloid-sized 11-1/4-in. x 17-1/2-in. (standard horizontal tabloid fold not considered a defect). Comic strip reprints (six daily strips for each): Tarzan (by Russ Manning), Modesty Blaise (by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway), Secret Agent Corrigan (by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson), Jeff Hawke (by Sydney Jordan), Dateline: Danger! (by John Saunders and Alden McWilliams), James Bond (by John McLusky), Rip Kirby (by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson), Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors (by John Dixon), Flash Gordon (by Dan Barry), The Phantom (by Lee Falk and Sy Barry), Mandrake the Magician (by Lee Falk and Fred Fredericks), Drift Marlo (by Tom Cooke and Phil Evans), Batman & Robin (by E. Nelson Bridwell, Alfredo Plastino, and Nick Cardy), and Jeff Cobb (by Pete Hoffman). Also a Sunday Air Hawk strip, a Dateline: Danger illustration by McWilliams, and two Superman Sunday strips (by Wayne Boring). Cover price $0.35.