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Patrick McDonnell

Title	Creator	Publisher	Series	Price
Nursery Rhyme Comics	Gahan Wilson, Roz Chast, Tony Millionaire, Lilli Carre and more ...	(:01) First Second		$17.77 ($19.95 list)
Read more and comment...	edited by Chris Duffy This 115 page, full-size, full color collection of 50 "timeless rhymes" includes all the favorites and then some. What makes this one different? What makes it stand out from the crowd? What makes it mind-bogglingly amazing? The list of artists who created the 50 works that fill this volumedoes, that's what. It is practically a "who's who" of contemporary cartoonists that stretches around the block. We're only going to give you a baker's dozen here, just to whet your appetite: Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez (each contributing their own comics nursery rhyme), Theo Ellsworth, James Sturm, Jordan Crane, Eleanor Davis, Patrick McDonnell, Kate Beaton, Craig Thompson, Lilli Carré, Tony Millionaire, Roz Chast, Gahan Wilson... we think you get the idea. This is pretty much a guaranteed gift success story if a comics fan is involved in any capacity: whether you're giving or getting, this one has it all. And it is practically a Platonic ideal as a gift designed to sprout a love of comics in a new reader.
Sergio Aragonés: Five Decades of His Finest Works	Sergio Aragones, Patrick McDonnell	Running Press		$27.50 ($29.95 list)
Read more and comment...	The latest volume in the Mad's Greatest Artists series, this one will be very hard to pass up for anyone who grew up reading Mad Magazine and found their eyes constantly straying to the margins, where Aragonés uniquely plied his trade. Only Mad would make doodling in the margins a regular feature. The tacit acceptance and then official incorporation of this normally frowned-upon activity exemplifies the spirit of Mad perhaps more than any other aspect of what can now safely be considered an American institution (and the spirit of which is perfectly captured in this volumes cover image). These drawings are celebrated in a giant fold out poster that is included in this volume that displays 500 favorites! And, of course, there is much, much more to Aragonés's work than the marginalia. Here, in the close to 300 oversize pages of this affordably priced hardcover, readers will discover timeless insights into the human condition side-by-side with graphic commentaries on nearly fifty years worth of fads and trends of the day.
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.
Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman	Patrick McDonnell, George Herriman	Abrams		$8.88 ($19.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Where to begin with such a book. It is clearly and definitely the best book ever done on Krazy Kat, which is, at least in our estimation, the greatest of the classic newspaper comics. Ergo, it is, Copacetically speaking, one of the single best volumes of comics ever produced. In other words, it wins the Desert Island Award™: If there were one comics related book to take to a deserted island, this might very well be it. And as if that weren’t enough, it has now been reissued in an economy softcover edition that’ll only set you back a double sawbuck. Think of it-- a lifetime of pleasure and consolation for what it would cost you to spend a few hours in a bar. And they say there is no God. For sheer aesthetic achievement, narrative inventiveness, psychological incisiveness, cultural significance, and creative ebullience, Krazy Kat, the masterpiece in comics that George Herriman produced on a daily basis from 1913 through 1944, cannot be beat. This volume provides a judiciously selected, finely reproduced and intelligently arranged collection of George Herriman’s work accompanied by an engrossing account of his life and career. NOW AVAILABLE AT A SUPER SPECIAL PRICE!
Mutts 10: Who Let the Cat Out?	Patrick McDonnell	Andrews McMeel	Mutts	$9.85 ($10.95 list)
Read more and comment...	While we're on the subject of newspaper comic strip collections, the latest collection of the comic strip that has our nomination for heir to Peanuts' crown as king of today's funny pages is here!
Call of the Wild	Patrick McDonnell	Andrews McMeel	Mutts	$15.25 ($16.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Yesh! We can now add to our list yet another reason why autumn is our favorite time of year: it's when, each year, the new Mutts™ collection is released. This year we have Call of the Wild, which brings us another full year's worth (2007, we believe) of daily and Sunday strips, in black and white and four-color, respectively.
Art	Patrick McDonnell	Little, Brown		$13.33 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	From the irrepressible creator of Mutts comes this 48-page hardcover children's book on art and creativity. It's the book you want to give to encourage the creativity that lies dormant in every child to erupt in fun filled frenzy!
Mutts: Sunday Afternoons	Patrick McDonnell	Andrews McMeel		$12.95 ($12.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Hot off the press: 144 oversize, horizontally formatted, full color pages collect the entirety of Mutts Sunday pages from 2001 and 2002, all for one amazingly low price. The best comic strip in America keeps on getting better.
Everyday Mutts	Patrick McDonnell	Andrews McMeel	Mutts	$15.25 ($16.95 list)
Read more and comment...	This, the fifteenth Mutts collection, is a large format volume like the four Sunday-only collections, but is the first to contain both the dailies in black and white together with the full size Sundays in full color. Not only that, but this volume contains 12 extra pages of rough sketches and watercolors and other neat stuff. As a result it's a jumbo size book -- the largest Mutts collection yet, 208 pages in all. What can we say: Mutts is good; more Mutts is better!
Hug Time	Patrick McDonnell	Little, Brown	Mutts	$13.33 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Simple pen and ink drawings combine with delicate watercolors to illustrate a Suess-like rhyme scheme telling a story of hugs around the world; featuring Mutts supporting character, Jules (aka Shtinky Puddin'). Is this the cutest book ever published? Maybe. Is it the perfect gift for anyone you know who could use a hug? Yes.
The Best of Mutts	Patrick McDonnell	Andrews McMeel	Mutts	$22.22 ($24.95 list)
Read more and comment...	And, speaking of successful cartoonists, what more can we say about Mutts that hasn't been said already? Patrick McDonnell has managed to somehow graft a poet's soul and fine artist's sensibility onto the studied craft of a totally classic old school newspaper comicstrip cartoonist. Mutts is truly one of a kind; and in more ways than one, not the least of which is the way in which it unfailingly manages to raise the spirits. Here in this fine oversized hardcover edition is the distilled essence of Mutts, both the black & white dailies and the full color Sundays, in 254 horizontally formatted pages each of which can and will be enjoyed by one and all.
Mutts: Animal Friendly	Patrick McDonnell	Andrews McMeel	Mutts	$15.25 ($16.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Animal Friendly is, by our count, the sixteenth Mutts collection. Mutts, already the best pure comics strip in the business, just keeps getting better! This volume, the second, after last year's Everyday Mutts, in the new, all-in-one format, contains pretty much all the Mutts that appeared in 2006. The Sundays are all reproduced here in full color, as they originally appeared in the Sunday comics sections all over America, while the dailies get the deluxe treatment, appearing full size, enabling the devotee to admire the subtleties of McDonnell's dynamic yet elegant brush work. As an added treat, three Sunday strips and one daily are hand-colored! Printed entirely on flat, bright white, recycled paper stock, Animal Friendly is filled with miniature masterworks each of which will make your day.

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