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Title	Creator	Publisher	Series	Price
Miss Fury	Tarpe Mills, Trina Robbins	IDW Publishing	Library of American Comics	$44.44 ($49.99 list)
Read more and comment...	Yes, it's one classic after another here at The Copacetic Comics Company! Miss Fury – the Golden Age comics work that ran in full color in the Sunday comics pages for 351 consecutive weeks from 1942 through 1949, and was also collected in comic book form by Timely Comics (the precursor company to Marvel), and which provided (and continues to provide!) a uniquely female perspective to the heroic fantasy genre that simultaneously provided (ditto!) a solid proto-feminist critique of the genre's conventions, all the while delivering finely crafted, solid entertainment – gets the mega-deluxe Library of American Comics treatment in this massive, oversize 232 page hardcover volume edited and introduced by Trina Robbins. At least in part due to the fact that the earliest Miss Fury strips have previously been collected – albeit in black & white – by Pure Imagination in their now-out-of-print volume (note to Greg Theakston: now would be a good time to reprint it!) which helped to get the Miss Fury revival rolling, the powers that be (i.e., Dean Mullaney) have decided to present the "never before reprinted" strips that comprise roughly the second half of the Miss Fury run: strips #159 - #351 which originally ran from April 1944 through August 1949. As Mullaney's brief preface makes clear, it was no mean feat to assemble this complete, high quality, full color run. Get ready to be wowed!
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "Race to Death Valley" - 1930 - 31	Floyd Gottfredson	Fantagraphics	The Complete Collected Mickey Mouse	$25.00 ($29.99 list)
Read more and comment...	The Age of Classic Comics Collections continues with this premiere volume in the promised complete collection of Floyd Gottfredson's epic 25 year run on Mickey Mouse. OK, now, we know that some of you will be thinking to yourselves, "Mickey Mouse? Who cares!" Well, while we won't argue that there's quite a bit of mindless pap out there involving this particular mouse and that, as the icon of the Disney empire, this character has a lot to answer for, Gottfredson's work featuring this same mouse is simply straight up comics from the classic age of newspaper strips. This series marks the first time this epic run has ever been collected in English (this work has a bit more respect over in Europe, where it has been the subject of at least one complete collection). This volume starts right at the beginning – April Fool's Day, 1930 – and takes us through a series of adventures ending in early 1932. This well turned out 288 page volume contains heaps upon heaps of archival and supplemental material – much of it in color – that will make for a treasure trove for any and all collectors and aficionados of the mouse.
Popeye, Volume 5: "Wha's a Jeep?"	E.C. Segar	Fantagraphics	Popeye	$25.00 ($29.99 list)
Read more and comment...	The penultimate volume in the series of massive and wonderful oversize hardcover volumes collecting the complete E.C. Segar run of both the daily strips and the Sunday pages (in full color!) of the one and only Popeye, is here! One of the few, true archetypes of comics and cartooning, a member in clear standing of the Comics Pantheon, everyman and superman, man of the sea and salt of the earth, friend of the lost and downtrodden, enemy of the mean and greedy, Popeye is an American icon, and this Fantagraphics edition is likely to be the definitive collection. It's not too late to jump on board as the first four volumes remain in print. Check out what you're missing, with this PDF preview.
Krazy and Ignatz – 1919-1921: "A Kind, Benevolent and Amiable Brick"	George Herriman	Fantagraphics	Krazy & Ignatz	$21.25 ($24.99 list)
Read more and comment...	Three complete years of Sunday pages of the most copacetic comic strip of all time. Only one more volume to go until Fantagraphics has collected the complete run in one uniform edition designed and with covers by Chris Ware (although with this volume and the last, the actual design has been ably executed by Alexa Koenings, employing Ware's template). Treat yourself to an ample PDF preview, here. Comics readers of all stripes will be transported to a parallel universe where the mysterious workings of the heart are revealed through the magic of Herriman's pen as it graces the pages of this volume.
Buz Sawyer Vol. 1: The War in the Pacific	Roy Crane	Fantagraphics		$31.50 ($35.00 list)
Read more and comment...	It all starts here: Roy Crane's WW II era follow up to Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy. Roy Crane was the one who could do it all and make it seem effortless: lengthy story arcs deftly divided into four-panel bites, dynamic intra-panel layout, expert inter-panel transitions, humorous dialogue, archetypal characterizations, and, most of all, fabulously fluid cartooning (and Craftint!) – all wrapped together in one great package. A book to read, savor and enjoy.
Little Maakies on the Prarie	Tony Millionaire	Fantagraphics	Maakies	$17.77 ($29.99 list)
Read more and comment...	Now you can join – or, if a whim should so move you, introduce someone to – your good friends Drinky Crow and Uncle Gabby and their unhinged cast of supporting characters for two more years worth of their alcohol-fueled adventures filled with anger, bitterness, and despair. Great fun, but not for the entire family!
Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics, 1946-1948	Bob Montana	IDW Publishing	Archie	$35.00 ($39.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Here's another fine volume in the Library of American Comics series from IDW. Our hats are off to its creative director, industry veteran, Dean Mullaney, and his crack team. Bob Montana was the Jack Kirby of the Archie Universe, creating the visual and situational template that has endured for nearly 70 years. His work on these strips is absolutely outstanding and it probably represents his career high as an artist; leading to the conclusion that he must have been pretty pumped about appearing in the newspapers. The strip is built from the ground up on the assumption that a significant number of the strip's readership would be unfamiliar with the comic book appearances of the freckled teen and his gang and so have the added value of providing a sort of "origin of Archie." The big surprise reading this sumptuous, oversize 300+ page horizontally formatted, hardcover volume is how good they are! These are really great comics, that pretty much do it all: in addition to the expected gags, teen antics and domestic humor, there are stretches wherein these classic Archie facets are integrated into Roy Crane inspired serial adventures. This volume is really worth celebrating in that – believe it or not – this is the very first time these strips have ever been collected, and so will be – finally – getting the notice they deserve. The level of artistry on display in these strips will go a long way towards solving the riddle of Archie's longevity: he got off to a great start (and, it is worth noting here, Bob Montana shared his studio during these years with the greatest of all Archie artists, Harry Lucey, who obviously was inspired by Montana's work).
George Herriman's Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays	Peter Maresca, Patrick McDonnell, George Herriman	Sunday Press		$95.00 ($100.00 list)
Read more and comment...	<<•>> edited by Patrick McDonnell and Peter Maresca <<•>> Yes, it's true!!! Sunday Press, the fine folks who brought us the game-changing Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays, and its myriad Sunday strip sequels have at last seen their way clear to produce an equivalent volume of that greatest of all( well, at least to us here at Copacetic) Sunday strips, the work that introduced poetry to comics: the one and only Krazy Kat, by George Herriman. Finally, KRAZY KAT as it was meant to be seen: 135 full-size Sunday pages from 1916-1944 Plus, dozens more early comics from George Herriman. Included in this splediferous 14 x 17-inch collection is a sampling of each of Herriman's creations for the Sunday newspaper comics from 1901-1906: Professor Otto, The Two Jackies, Major Ozone, and more, many of which have never been reprinted before. HERE are some sample pages, BUT the whole idea of this book is lost in reading them on a computer screen, so think twice before clicking over: you may want to wait for the real thing.
The Complete Peanuts, Volume 13: 1975 - 1976	Charles Schulz	Fantagraphics	The Complete Peanuts	$23.19 ($28.99 list)
Read more and comment...	<<•>> introduction by Robert Smigal <<•>> And, finally, we'd be remiss if we let you go without pointing out that with this thirteenth volume The Complete Peanuts, "The definitive collection of Charles M. Schulz's comic strip masterpiece," has passed the half way mark. Peanuts ran everyday for nearly half a century, with Schulz drawing every line, and here we are right smack dab in the middle. An excellent vantage point from which to view both the earlier strips and those to follow. Peanuts has the cure for those everyday ailments – glumness, loneliness, confusion, doubt, the blues and the blahs – and the Copacetic Society for Comics as Medicine recommends having at least a two-year supply of unread Peanuts strips on hand at any given time, so check your shelves! Here's a free sample to help you set your dosage.
Prince Valiant, Volume Two: 1939-1940	Hal Foster	Fantagraphics	Prince Valiant	$25.00 ($29.95 list)
Read more and comment...	This one picks up right where the first one left off in bringing us what is likely to become the definitive version of the finest and longest running historical fantasy comic strip of all time. This eminently affordable edition leaps off the shelf and begs to be read. We're not giving you any preview of this one, as the art is simply too good to be subjected to a computer screen.
Captain Easy, Volume One	Roy Crane	Fantagraphics	Captain Easy	$35.00 ($39.99 list)
Read more and comment...	What do Milton Canniff, Alex Toth, Hergé, Frank Santoro and a whole heck-of-a-lot of other cartoonists all have in common? A solid appreciation of the genius of Roy Crane, that's what. In the family tree of comics, one of the sturdiest and vital branches is that of Roy Crane. A natural story-teller and fluid draughtsman who knew how to lay out a page like nobody's business, Roy Crane originated the adventure comic strip in 1924 with his Wash Tubbs daily strip (a full decade before Terry and the Pirates). Populated with thoroughly likable, humble, human heroes, the Wash Tubbs daily comic strip, and its later outgrowth, the Captain Easy Sunday pages established Crane at the forefront of the cartoonists of his day. Crane achieved a magic balance between realism and cartooning that went a long way towards defining the visual identity of comics in the twentieth century, and Captain Easy is his masterpiece. This wonderful, oversize, full color, hardcover volume presents the first two years – and then some! – of this classic, from its very first strip, 7/30/33 through to 12/1/1935. And, best of all, this is only the first volume of a promised complete collection, which will run through four volumes! Five full adventures are herein assembled – "Gungshi," "The Slave Girl," "The Sunken City," "Pirates," and "The Princess." Learn more about Roy Crane, Wash TUbbs and Captain Easy by reading this excellent article by R.C. Harvey.
Krazy & Ignatz 1916 - 1918	George Herriman	Fantagraphics	Krazy & Ignatz	$22.22 ($24.95 list)
Read more and comment...	This month we have an embarrassment of riches in the comics classics department, and the lead off can be none other than this absolutely essential volume. Here it is: the first three years of George Herriman's splendiferous Sunday pages for the one and only Krazy Kat! With this volume, Fantagraphics launches its third and final leg of collecting the entirety of Krazy Kat Sunday pages. Due to the fact that the first nine years of the run had been collected in a series of nine volumes jointly published by Eclipse Books and Turtle Island Press roughly twenty years ago, Fantagraphics Potentates, Kim Thompson and Gary Groth decided it was best to pick up the run after that point and then, if the series met with success (which it, of course did) then they would circle back and start over from the beginning and collect those first nine years. And, so here we are. And what a glorious place to be!
Walt and Skeezix, Volume Four: 1927 - 1928	Frank King	Drawn and Quarterly		$34.95 ($39.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Well, all we have to say is, "It's about time!" After the timely release of the first three volumes in this excellent reprint project that was a long time dream of series designer, Chris Ware, we waited... and waited... and waited... and still no fourth volume. Now, finally, we have it. This time we have on hand two full years of continuity of Walt and Phyllis's growing domestic bliss that is both a joy and comfort to behold. In addition, as though to make up for the lost time, we also have over 80 pages of bonus material including another essay but comics scholar and Gasoline Alley fan, Jeet Heer, a copious selection of King family photos, and, for us the best of all, 25 loose leaf sketchbook pages containing drawings of the American southwest that Ware surmises were drawn in 1931 that are deft, highly controlled pencil and conte crayon(?) drawings that look like they might have been done by Frank Santoro. PLUS, at the very end, one Chris Ware related surprise that was interesting to say the least. In other words: the wait is over, and the book is worth it.
Krazy & Ignatz in Tiger Tea	George Herriman	IDW Publishing		$11.75 ($12.95 list)
Read more and comment...	<<•>> edited by Craig Yoe; introduction by Paul Krassner <<•>> Here we have 91 Krazy Kat dailies from 1936 and 1937; two extended runs – eight straight weeks in '36 and four in '37 – interconnected by choice strips inbetween. While, as is usual with collections edited by Craig Yoe, it is hard to determine what guided his choice and arrangement of the material – other than the fact that the strips are, at least in theory, all related to the putative "Tiger Tea" storyline that is considered Herriman's only foray into an an extended connected narrative – but, hey! – it's all George Herriman, so, really, who cares? Introduced by Paul Krassner and editor Yoe, and packaged in an affordable hardcover volume, it's hard to pass up.
Bringing Up Father: From Sea to Shining Sea	George McManus	IDW Publishing	Library of American Comics	$44.44 ($49.95 list)
Read more and comment...	McManus is a Copacetic Favorite and one of the all time greats, the founder of the (co-opted by the Europeans) Ligne Claré (clear line to us Yanks) school of art now most closely associated with Hergé. All hail the Library of American Comics series currently being published by IDW for not only bringing this classic strip to a new generation of readers, but for producing in the process what might very well be the best single collection of the work of George McManus ever released! This collection presents several distinct continuities – including what may be the single most famous, the cross country tour (that includes a stop in, you guessed it, Pittsburgh, PA) – all from the glory days of the strip: the late 1930s - early 1940s. Humor abounds in the domestic comedy plot lines that both prefigured and influenced the sit-com format that has been a staple of television programming from the days of I Love Lucy through to The Simpsons: all these shows have roots in Bringing Up Father. But the true joy of this strip is in the quality of the line. The comics heir to the high value placed on line by the fin de siclé Art Nouveau movement – as well as the Art Deco movement that came in its wake – McManus, along with – during the latter part of his career – his able assistant Zeke Zekley, crafted a drawing technique that provided all necessary visual information in the outline -- no messy cross-hatching, shading or chiaroscuro for these guys – no! – just a clear, precise line, thank you. McManus was a true comics original and hugely influential. The work of artists as diverse as Carl Barks and Joost Swarte, and many others in between, show the strong stamp of McManus's artistic influence. You owe it to yourself to at least take a look at the work of this master, and, with the fine choice of work, excellent reproduction, and copious historical material, this volume is the clear and obvious place to start.
No Cartoon Left Behind	Rob Rogers	Carnegie-Mellon University Press		$35.95 ($39.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Here it is, the big book of editorial cartoons by the resident cartoonist at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for the past quarter century. This is an especially nice book as editorial cartoon collections go. It is a wallopin' 380 10" x 12" pages printed on semi-gloss stock. It opens up with five chapters that give a brief overview of Rob's development as a cartoonist and then heads in for twenty thematically united chapters of cartoons that take us on rollercoaster ride of the last twenty five years, through the prism of his editorial lens. Especially interesting is the chapter, "Holy Cow Tipping," which includes a number of examples of the kind of venomous and vituperative responses his cartoons sometimes receive from the Post-Gazette's readership as well as several cartoons that were either killed by the editors of the paper or deemed by Rogers himself to have been a mistake. This chapter provides a fascinating behind the scenes glimpse at the world of editorial cartooning that is the icing on this birthday cake of a book.
Popeye, Volume 4 - "Plunder Island"	E.C. Segar	Fantagraphics	Popeye	$25.00 ($29.95 list)
Read more and comment...	The latest giant-size, full-color, die-cut-hardcover collection of the classic Sunday pages (as well as also containing, in glorious black and white, the accompanying daily strips, cleverly laid out six [as in Monday through Saturday] to a page so as to perfectly balance out the weekly rhythm of the Sunday pages) is here. Classic comics written and drawn by E.C. Segar collected in a book designed by Jacob Covey that is published by Fantagraphics so as to be offered for sale by Copacetic, and purchased by... you?
The Complete Peanuts Gift Box Set 6: 1971 - 74	Charles Schulz	Fantagraphics	The Complete Peanuts	$39.99 ($49.99 list)
Read more and comment...	As always, this box set contains the two latest volumes in the series (11 & 12, this time around) , nestled in a sturdy Seth-designed slip case, for a substantial savings.
The Complete Peanuts, Volume 12: 1973 - 74	Charles Schulz	Fantagraphics	The Complete Peanuts	$23.99 ($28.99 list)
Read more and comment...	<<•>> introduction by by Billie Jean King <<•>> This is the dawning of the age of... Woodstock and Peppermint Patty, who take center stage along with the rest of the Peanuts gang as we head deep into the heart of the 1970s. Billie Jean King's introduction is a real surprise and has to be the most sincerely heartfelt one yet. The range of introducers this series has accumulated thus far is a real testament to the amazingly broad appeal of Peanuts: from Walter Cronkite (Volume 2) to Whoopi Goldberg (Volume 5), from Jonathan Franzen (Volume 4) to John Waters (Volume 9), and now Billie Jean King – everyone loves good ol' Charlie Brown and Co.!
Walt & Skeezix, Book Three: 1925 & 1926	Frank King	Drawn and Quarterly	Gasoline Alley	$25.47 ($29.95 list)
Read more and comment...	by Frank King The third collection of classic Gasoline Alley dailies has arrived and is ready for reading. Designed, once again, by Chris Ware, and housing over six-hundred daily strips, this volume continues to be an excellent package at a reasonable price.
Bringing Up Father	George McManus	NBM	Forever Nuts	$19.95 ($24.95 list)
Read more and comment...	This is the first volume in what we hope will be an ongoing series of George McManus's immortal classic newspaper comics series, Bringing Up Father. It is also a subset of an already ongoing series from NBM, Forever Nuts, dedicated to collecting "classic screwball strips." Already available in this series are the initial volumes of Mutt 'n' Jeff and Happy Hooligan. While we have nothing disparaging to say about these two, we feel compelled to point out that, while the early strips on display in this volume are indeed exemplars of the form, Bringing Up Father is much more than simply a screwball strip. Together with Chic Young's Blondie, it pioneered the family sitcom that went on to become a staple of radio and then television entertainment that continues to this day (interestingly, The Simpsons now holds the title of the longest running sitcom of all time; perhaps the roots of the sitcom form in comics has somehow contributed to The Simpsons' longevity...). And not only that, George McManus is the undisputed progenitor of what has come to be known as the clear line school of comics. While this school came to be codified in France – hence its moniker, ligne claire (of which "clear line" is a translation) – it all begins here with these strips collected here – all dailies from the first two years of the strip, 1913 & 1914. McManus is more than just the originator of the clear line, he is also its undisputed master. The strips here are just the beginning: over the next thirty years he perfected a smooth clear line that continues to set the standard by which all others are measured. Here's hoping we get a chance to see more of it in print soon!
Prince Valiant: Volume I: 1937-1938	Hal Foster	Fantagraphics	Prince Valiant	$25.00 ($29.99 list)
Read more and comment...	A contemporary of Fletcher Hanks, Hal Foster must be considered to occupy pretty much the opposite end of the comics spectrum. Disciplined, controlled, majestic – he was the undisputed master (OK, we're sure somewhere out there is someone who would dispute this claim, given the chance) of the classic Sunday page adventure strip, of which Prince Valiant remains the gold standard. Comics as we know them are unimaginable without Hal Foster's work, which inspired a legion of imitators, many of whom went on to become greats in their own right; yet without ever completely breaking free of the master's influence. Fantagraphics' earliest (outside of their journalistic endeavors) and longest running publishing project was collecting Prince Valiant, so you know that it is a strip that rests close to the heart of Gary Groth. The fact that the vast majority of the fifty or so volumes of this series are long out of print, when combined with the much higher quality reproduction that is now affordably available for projects such as these, make the relaunch of this project an idea whose time has come. Enthusiasts will be happy to learn that Fanta has done a fine job this time around: the initial, 11" x 14", full color, hardcover volume presenting two full years of this epochal strip far surpasses their original Prince Valiant series at every level. Please do yourself a favor and at least take a look at this fine volume. Your eyes will thank you.
Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz	W.W. Denslow, Walt McDougall, L. Frank Baum	Sunday Press		$75.00 ($75.00 list) OUT OF STOCK!
Read more and comment...	It's here: the latest gigantic Sunday-page-sized super-book from Sunday Press, the trailblazing publisher that opened all our eyes to the glory of early 20th century Sunday comics pages with Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays and its sequels. This time around we are treated to a look at the super-rare Sunday pages devoted to the wonderful world of Oz. Here's what publisher, Peter Maresca has to say: "Now arriving in Kansas (and everywhere else): a long-hidden treasure from the Land of Oz. In 1904 L. Frank Baum, creator of The Wizard of Oz , wrote a story specifically for the Sunday color comic sections to promote his second Oz book. These pages, illustrated by comic pioneer Walt McDougall, ran for 26 weeks and feature some of the most innovative comic strip layouts of the era. In that same year, a second Oz Sunday feature appeared, Scarecrow and Tinman, by famed Wizard of Oz illustrator W.W. Denslow. This sumptuous volume also includes the complete run of BOTH of these fantasy series, reprinted for the first time in the original colors and in full broadsheet size. The book also features additional Denslow comics 1901-03, such as Billy Bounce (the first superhero of the comics) as well as beautiful comic features from McDougall and Oz illustrator John R. Neill. This book is full of rarely seen comic gems - a must-have for all Oz fans and collectors of classic comic strips." Dig into some details in this illustrated page on the publisher's site. 72 pages, 16 x 18 inches.
The Brinkley Girls	Trina Robbins, Nell Brinkley	Fantagraphics		$25.00 ($29.95 list)
Read more and comment...	• edited by Trina Robbins • While they might seem to be located on the other end of the spectrum of femininity from the aforementioned Tank Girl, this is simply a lack of historical perspective. "The Brinkley Girls" are actually the daring cartoon precursors to today's freaky females. In fact, much of the work contained in this volume is a formally daring combination of prose and illustration, with the illustrations admittedly quite dominant. As Brinkley's work evolved, some of it took on more of a sequential, comics-oriented approach, but it remained unique both its style and flavor throughout is nearly thirty year run. The Brinkley Girls were the creation of one Nell Brinkley, a fabulously talented artist – and a glamour girl in her own right – who plied her trade in the rough and tumble masculine world of Hearst Publications, specifically The American Weekly, during the years 1913 through 1940. Editor Robbins has done an equally fabulous job of assembling the material for this fine volume (which, by the way, is an elegantly proportioned 10" x 13" hardcover volume, printed in full color – from high resolultion scans of original materials – throughout its 136 pages), and her fine introductory essay puts it all in context. The artwork here simply has to be seen to be believed. Brinkley, rather than create a continuity based on a single character or set of characters, after the fashion of practically all other cartoonists, instead created an series of discrete self-contained continuity adventures featuring non-recurring characters that ran a set number weeks and then ended, to be followed by a new adventure. What connected them all, is that, figuratively speaking, they all "starred" a set of Brinkley's gorgeous – and gorgeously rendered – golden girls,and this is what ensured their lasting fame. Brinkley's work influenced a host of classic newspaper cartoonists, most notably Dale Messick, the creator of Brenda Starr, and its inffluence continues to be felt, both directly and indirectly, today: The work of Dame D'Arcey will appear in a whole new light after you've spent some time with this volume. Opening this book will open your eyes to an era and an artist.
Krazy & Ignatz 1935 - 1936	George Herriman, Bill Blackbeard	Fantagraphics	Krazy & Ignatz	$17.77 ($19.95 list)
Read more and comment...	NOW IN FULL COLOR! Herriman took a short break from penning Krazy Kat in 1935, but when he returned Krazy went to full color, and The Complete Collected Krazy Kat by Fantagraphics Books follows suit. Beginning with this volume and continuing through the next four, until the strip's conclusion, all will be in full color. Because this volume is short on strips as a result of there being no Krazy Kat for the first half of 1935, it has bonuses galore! To wit: "The new color format also opens the floodgates for a massive amount of spectacular rare color art from series editor Bill Blackbeard’s files, including a surprising color self-portrait by Herriman, several Kat watercolors executed for friends, peers, and relatives, some watercolored non-Krazy Kat material, a reproduction of a vintage archy and mehitabel dust jacket by Herriman - plus a period spoof of Krazy Kat by Minute Movies’ Ed Wheelan, and several instances of other cartoonists imitating Herriman’s unique “Family Upstairs / Krazy Kat” format. This volume also includes “The Kolor of Krazy Kat,” a revelatory essay by journalist and critic Jeet Heer that addresses in-depth the mystery of Herriman’s racial origins, and the varying ways in which Herriman dealt with them artistically throughout his career - a major addition to Herriman-related scholarship and commentary." -- so states Fantagraphics
Krazy & Ignatz 1929 - 1930	George Herriman	Fantagraphics	Krazy & Ignatz	$13.50 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	It's here at last! Another two full years of the greatest newspaper comics strip of all time. Savor and enjoy! Swell cover designs continue by Mr. Chris Ware.
Krazy & Ignatz 1927 - 1928	George Herriman	Fantagraphics	Krazy & Ignatz	$13.50 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	The second installment of Fantagraphics' acclaimed collection of the greatest comicstrip of all time! Complete with another swell Chris Ware designed cover/package. What more do you need to know?
The Complete Peanuts Gift Box 1: 1950 - 1954	Charles M. Schulz	Fantagraphics	The Complete Peanuts	$39.95 ($49.95 list) OUT OF STOCK!
Read more and comment...	What this is, exactly, is an illustrated and quite sturdy slip-cover containing both volume one and volume two of the Fantagraphics edition of the Complete Peanuts. Make no mistake: these are the exact same books that you would purchase indivudually and that are priced at $28.95 each. So, if you had been meaning to get started with this series, but hadn't managed to get around to it, you're in luck: Now you can get the first two volumes and a snazzy slipcase and save on the bargain, to boot. And, of course, this item is pretty much a guaranteed success story as a holiday gift -- as it is obviously intended to be. If, however, you already purchased the first volume, and are now experiencing angst-ridden envy at the thought of missing out on this cool slipcase -- don't! You can still buy this, place your old copy of the first volume in the slipcase, and then give the first volume as a gift; thereby creating a win-win situation.
Zippy Annual Five: From Here to Absurdity #5	Bill Griffith	Fantagraphics	Zippy The Pinhead	$16.95 ($19.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Who would have thought it would have made it here in time for the holidays, but it did: another year of the pinhead, Griffy and the rest of the crew. This strip just keeps getting better; and now this collection is all that we have left to console us here in Pittsburgh, as those fools at the Post-Gazette cut him down in his prime >sob!<. But console us it will: it's a great collection!
Krazy & Ignatz 1933-1934: "Necromancy By the Blue Bean Bush"	George Herriman	Fantagraphics	Krazy & Ignatz	$13.50 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	A new volume of Krazy Kat is a joyful arrival in this or any season, and this is certainly no exception. This volume presents some of the rarest and hardest to track down of the Krazy Kat strips; with some, in fact, proving impossible to track down. As a result the publishers had to employ microfilm copies in quite a few of the strips reproduced here. The image quality in this volume suffers a bit as a result. This is made up for by the most sumptuous Chris Ware cover yet, along with the nifty additions to this volume, including an early Dingbat Family strip that features Krazy, some Baron Bean strips from 1916 and a complete "never-before-seen" ten-episode daily strip, all by Herriman. Krazy Kat strips are deceptively simple. A cursory glance yields only surface charms that seem to dull with repetition. There are, however, deeper truths to be found, but they are not obvious. Each strip must be taken slowly and meditated over. Given patience and care, the strip will open itself to the diligent reader, with the rewards commensurate to the effort expended. George Herriman's Krazy Kat is a singular achievement in the annals of art.

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