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Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1941-1942!" Story and art by Al Capp. ...You'll Believe a Hillbilly Can Fly! High-octane humor and cockeyed characters - it's the Cappian way! Sit a spell and you'll meet Available Jones ("Is yo' available, Available?"), Swami Riva, Big Stanislouse, Joe Btfsplk (the world's greatest jinx!), Dorothy Lamour (yes, that Dorothy Lamour), Lorna Goon, Orville Wolf, Cherry Blossom, the parents of Gat Garson, Sadie Hawkins V, Dinsmore Jerque, J.P. Fangsby, Tiny Mite, and that hog-wallowin' bundle of pulchritude, Moonbeam McSwine! They help make 1941 and 1942 fast, funny, and unforgettable! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "1943-1944!" Story and art by Al Capp. In the darkest hours of World War II, why were millions of people laughing? Because they were reading Li'l Abner, that's why! The fifth volume of this series features daily strips and full-color Sundays from 1943 and 1944, with a zany cast of characters that includes Shadrack Throwback, "The Monster," Madame Lazonga, and Joan L. Sullivan, plus returning favorites like Moonbeam McSwine, Swami Riva, and Available Jones. Capp also aims his satirical barbs at teen idol Frank Sinatra (yes, Frank Sinatra!), as a starving Li'l Abner Yokum croons his way into female hearts. Meanwhile, the hilarious take-off on Dick Tracy, Fearless Fosdick, is like getting two comic strips in one! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "1945-1946!" Story and art by Al Capp. Beware, readers, beware! Amidst such buxom beauties as Daisy Mae, Wolf Gal, and Moonbeam McSwine, nothing can prepare Abner-or you!-for (*choke*) Lena the Hyena, the woman so hideous, so frightening, that men literally leave their country to avoid her face. When Fearless Fosdick cartoonist Lester Gooch plans to bring Lena from Lower Slobbovia to America, it sets off a fantastic chain of events that ropes in Boris Karloff, Frank Sinatra, and Salvador Dali! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "The Coming of the Shmoos!" Story and art by Al Capp. Shmoo's Who?! What has been called "the greatest run of Li'l Abner ever" begins with Abner and Daisy Mae on a quest to locate the elusive Stanley Steamer. Meanwhile, Kickapoo Joy Juice prevents atomic disaster, while Fearless Fosdick tackles Anyface and the Chippendale Chair. "Evil Eye" Fleegle and Stupefyin' Jones make their inaugural appearances (not together, thank goodness), and Tenderleif Ericson creates a memorable Sadie Hawkins Day, by Yiminy! But when Abner makes a trip to the Valley of the Shmoon, he finds mankind's greatest benefactor-and mankind's gravest threat! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Evil-Eve Fleegle!" Story and art by Al Capp. "Start the day right-kick a Kigmy and avoid a fight!" Introducing the hilarious Kigmy, the critter that loves to be kicked in order to relieve the world's frustrations! Plus, Abner takes on Evil-Eye Fleegle and Battlin' McNoodnik, while Wolf Gal, Hawk Gal, and Pig Gal create a frantic Sadie Hawkins Day. Then Abner goes out west in search of Three-Gun Carson and tours the sights in the republic of El Passionato. But that's nothing-Mammy travels all the way to Planet Pincus Number Seven! It's out of this world action and laughs in Li'l Abner Volume 8! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "Married at Last!" Story and art by Al Capp. To millions of daily readers spanning five decades, Al Capp was the man whose biting satire made them laugh as he injected "Lower Slobbovia," "the double whammy," and "Sadie Hawkins Day" into our popular lexicon. This series is the first-ever comprehensive reprinting of the comic strip-including both dailies and meticulously-restored full-color Sundays. At long last Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae get married in a story so big it earned the cover of Life magazine! But the course of true love never runs smoothly, especially when the newlyweds adopt Li'l Orphan Hammy. All in the complete daily and color Sunday comic strips from 1951 and '52! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 256 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1956-1957!" Story and art by Frank Frazetta. A super-sexy Marilyn Monroe leads off Volume 2--drawn as only Frank Frazetta could draw her! Monroe appears in all 12 panels of the first 1956 Sunday, setting the pace for the next two sizzling years. Highlights for Volume 2 include: Al Capp's legendary parody of busybody "Mary Worm" led "Mary Worth" creator Allan Saunders to reciprocate, casting Capp as a drunken and loutish cartoonist in his strip. Others skewered are gay pianist Liberace (Loverboynik), bald actor Yul Brynner (Errol Skinn), actress Jayne Mansfield (Jayne Cornfield), and actress-turned-princess Grace Kelly (supplanted here by Daisy Mae Yokum) marrying the Prince of Monte Carload. Regular cast members with plot time include Evil Eye Fleegle (with his powerful whammy), Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat, Moonbeam McSwine (who prefers the company of pigs to men) and über-capitalist General Bullmoose. Each volume will contain an introduction and extensive annotations by Li'l Abner expert Denis Kitchen, who provided the incisive text and annotations for Dark Horse's popular Little Annie Fanny books. Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $18.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1958-1959!" Story and art by Frank Frazetta. From 1954 until 1961, famed fantasy artist Frank Frazetta toiled as a ghost on Al Capp's Li'l Abner, one of the most popular cartoon strips of all time. Volume 3 collects the Sunday strips from 1958 to 1959. Ever wonder what shiftless hillbilly Li'l Abner does for a living? This volume reveals that he has a job... as a mattress tester! Abner also becomes a successful cartoonist and separates from Daisy Mae. Ever wonder how to pronounce Joe Bftsplk? (The little man with the cloud over his head who is the world's worst jinx.) Al Capp reveals the easy answer. Earth is invaded by flying saucers, Hairless Joe becomes the Duke of Djaugh, Adam Lazonga returns, deadly turnip termites invade Dogpatch, General Bullmoose turns 99... and much more. Frank Frazetta's paintings and illustrations have set the standard for fantasy artists for the past 50 years! The original comic strip, Li'l Abner once boasted over 60 million readers! The color strips are being scanned from the best available archival sources. Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $18.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1960-1961!" Story and art by Frank Frazetta. Volume 4 features two separate Fearless Fosdick adventures and collects the Sunday strips from the beginning of 1960 through 1961. In one, our favorite bumbling detective moonlights as female officer Phyllis Fosdick. Paramount successfully released their Li'l Abner movie in 1959, but here Li'l Abner makes a separate film... with disastrous results. Years before Japan invaded the American auto market, Capp presciently depicts the success of the $19.95 Japanese Nomotocar (it has no motor), and Capp foresaw the cross-breeding of animals long before DNA manipulation. Also featured in this volume: jinx Joe Btfsplk, pilot Captain Eddie Ricketyback, and more! Each quarterly volume contains extensive story-by-story annotations by Li'l Abner and Al Capp expert Denis Kitchen. Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 120 pages, full color. Cover price $18.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Escape from Camp Cooties!" Story and art by Dan Thompson. Ray Haywire thinks he's got it made. Instead of going to bed early, doing fractions, and eating Brussel sprouts, he gets to accompany his soldier-of-fortune dad on laughably dangerous international missions. He's the only 12-year-old in the world with a working knowledge of the Seven Most Common Booby Traps Used by Ancient Civilizations. It sure beats school, right? But Rip's life is about to change when his dad, in a sudden fit of responsibility, assigns Rip his toughest mission yet: a historically all-girls summer camp. Will Rip learn how to get along with his feminine camp mates, most of whom have never seen a flame thrower, let along used one to fend off a pack of rabid hyenas? Can Rip solve the mysteries that surround the camp and one intriguing girl in particular? Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.99.

1st printing. Written by Lewis Trondheim. Art and cover by Thierry Robin. A fun, wordless tale of Santas off-season from French writer-artist team Trondheim and Robin, originally published in Europe as Petit Pere Noel. Christmas comes but once a year, but Santa spends the rest of the time getting ready for it, dealing with a mountain of mail, a pesky snow dragon, and a shortage of raw materials with the help of indefatigable elves, helpful snowmen, and a wayward moose. Followed by Happy Halloween, Li'l Santa. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $14.95.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Jeff Kaufman.

Gabriel Lane is the son of an unbelievably flawed man who told thousands of lies and alienated everyone in is life. The only problem is that Gabriel has no idea what is real and what is hiding behind the curtain.

Hardcover, 110 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $29.99.

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1st Printing - Collection of erotica paintings and sketches by Italian master of hyper-real ultraviolence, Tanino Liberatore whose work has been featured heavily in Heavy Metal Magazine. Hardcover, 9" x 12", 80 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Frank Cho.

The Cartoonist Society's Ruben Award nominated Liberty Meadows for 'Best Comic Strip!' This is not your usual run-of-the-mill strip collection! All the art has been newly scanned and retouched to show it at its best, on slick art-quality paper. Also, every Sunday strip has been colored to take best advantage of the slick printing. Included is new artwork and a new eight page story in color!

Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 112 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. Art and cover by FRANK CHO. For the first time, every single one of FRANK CHO's covers for LIBERTY MEADOWS ? from the single issues to the trade paperbacks and then some ? is collected in one deluxe hardcover! Featuring an all-new cover and a behind the scenes look at the development of some of your favorite images of Brandy and the gang, from rough sketch to full color. Hardcover 112 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. CBLDF Signature Series Edition. Signed by Frank Cho. Art and cover by FRANK CHO. For the first time, every single one of FRANK CHO's covers for LIBERTY MEADOWS ? from the single issues to the trade paperbacks and then some ? is collected in one deluxe hardcover! Featuring an all-new cover and a behind the scenes look at the development of some of your favorite images of Brandy and the gang, from rough sketch to full color. Hardcover 112 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Eden!" Collects Liberty Meadows (1999-2006) #1-9. Story and art by Frank Cho. This book collects the first 9 issues of the award winning and totally uncensored Liberty Meadows for the first time in a massive volume. Come and meet Dean, Ralph, Leslie, and Khan and rest of the gang at Liberty Meadows. See Frank the vet's first encounter with Brandy, the lovely animal psychiatrist and watch as he falls madly in love with her. This collection includes a cover gallery and sketch gallery of unpublished Liberty Meadows art. Hardcover, 9 -in. x 12-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Creature Comforts!" Collects Liberty Meadows (1999-2006) #10-18. Story and art by Frank Cho. Life and love in Liberty Meadows, animal sanctuary, where anything and everything can happen. This is the second collection book of the award-winning comic book series LIBERTY MEADOWS. All the comic strips are completely remastered and uncensored. With cover art gallery, extensive sketch and illustration section, plus a complete, never-before-published LIBERTY MEADOWS short story. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Summer of Love!" Collects Liberty Meadows (1999-2006) #19-27. Story and art by Frank Cho. As the summer approaches, Brandy secretly falls in love with Frank. But around the corner, a catastrophe of global proportions awaits. Brandy must battle her evil counterpart from a parallel universe to save Frank and the animal sanctuary! Featuring completely remastered and uncensored strips, plus extensive sketch and illustration sections, a cover gallery and a complete, never-before-published LIBERTY MEADOWS short story. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Cold, Cold Heart!" Collects Liberty Meadows (1999-2006) #28-36. Story and art by Frank Cho. Jen is a woman on a mission. She has her eyes and claws set on Frank while Brandy helplessly watches from the side. This hot love triangle goes nuclear when new emotions emerge from all parties. To complicate matters, the Cow is released from jail and seeks terrible retribution from Ralph and Leslie who had him locked away years ago. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 1 – 1st printing. By Frank Cho. Finally, after all this time, FRANK CHO gets off his lazy butt and collects his multi-award winning LIBERTY MEADOWS Sunday strips in one place. This book showcases the first three years of LIBERTY MEADOWS Sunday strips, fully re-mastered and digitally recolored. It also showcases never before seen comic strips and art since their initial newspaper publication! Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing.

Based on the Novel by Antonio Iturbe. Adapted by Salva Rubio. Art and cover by Efa.

A graphic novel adaptation of The Librarian of Auschwitz, inspired by the true story of Holocaust survivor Dita Kraus. This graphic novel tells the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.

Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz.

Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $22.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Chihoi. The Conundrum International Imprint debuts with the stories of Chihoi, a young Hong Kong artist. The Library is the first English edition of his work. Reading the short stories included in this volume is like reading someone else's dreams. "The Library" or "Father" reminds one of Kafka; "I'm with my Saint" feels Gauguinesque. The Library is book of beautiful pencil lines, written to illustrate the tales we know in our heart but have never witnessed. Introduction by Christian Gasser. Hardcover, 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $20.00.

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1st printing. Written by Wilfrid Lupano. Art and cover by Leonard Chemineau. Translated by Lynn Eskow and Rodolfo Muraguchi. Here's the story of what happens when saving the world's knowledge from destruction depends on the worst mule in history! The Caliphate of Al-Andalus, Spain, 976. The Caliphate has been blessed with a period of peace, culture, and science for nearly sixty years. The Caliph Abd al-Rahman III and his son al-Hakam II made Cordoba the Western capital of learning. But al-Hakam II dies young, and his son is only ten years old. One of his viziers, Amir, seizes the opportunity to take power. Radical clergymen, in exchange for their support of the illegitimate pretender, want to see the 400,000 books in Cordoba's library burn! The night before the biggest bonfire ever, the head librarian, a chubby eunuch named Tarid, gathers up all the books he can and loads them onto the back of a passing mule. He takes off in the hopes of saving what he can of universal knowledge. Joined by a young copyist and a former apprentice who went on to become a thief and vagabond, Tarid and his lazy, over-burdened "bibliomule" set out on a madcap adventure: crossing nearly all of Spain with Berber mercenaries in hot pursuit! Hardcover, 264 pages, full color. Teen (13+) Cover price $24.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "George Herriman's Baron Bean: The Complete 1916 Comics!"

Story and Art by George Herriman.

Introducing a new series that will reprint early daily newspaper strips that are essential to the history of comics. Each volume will contain a full year of dailies. By reproducing the strips one per page in an oblong format, it allows us to have the experience of reading the comics one day at a time. The inaugural volume of Library of American Comics Essentials features Baron Bean by one of the greatest of all comic strip stars: George Herriman. The creator of Krazy Kat drew Baron Bean for three years, beginning in 1916.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 328 pages, B&W.

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Sidney Smith's The Gumps: The Saga of Mary Gold!"

Story and Art by Sidney Smith.

In the late 1910s, Sidney Smith developed a formula of the daily strip that would make The Gumps one of the most popular comics of the 1920s and himself one of the richest cartoonists of his day. By the end of the decade Sidney Smith's The Gumps had secured a huge and loyal audience with a decade of melodrama, adventure, mystery, and comedy. So devoted were his readers, in fact, that they regularly wrote in to offer advice for his characters' love lives and business decisions and they generally treated the characters as friends and family members. In 1928-29, with the launching of what would be his most famous story, "The Saga of Mary Gold," Smith's relationship to his readers would be tested as never before. Its heartbreaking conclusion would change comics forever. Here for the first time since the story made headlines across America in the spring of 1929 we reprint the saga that Hogan's Alley magazine called "One of the Ten Biggest Events in Comics History"-a tale that has lost none of its power to captivate readers in the 21st Century.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 336 pages, B&W.

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Polly and her Pals!"

Story and Art by Cliff Sterrett.

By the early 1930s Cliff Sterrett had transformed Polly and Her Pals into the world's premier surrealistic comic strip. Sterrett's Sunday pages (also being published by The Library of American Comics) have long been hailed as individual masterpieces, but his daily strips-due to their rarity-have eluded archivists for the past ninety years. The strips reprinted here-the complete year of 1933 dailies-show Sterrett at his most inventive!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 336 pages, B&W.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1939: Alley Oop: The First Time Travel Adventure!"

Story and Art by VT Hamlin.

In 1939, Vincent Trout Hamlin had been writing and drawing the successful Alley Oop for more than five years. In Alley Oop, Hamlin created a unique concept, marrying his fascination with dinosaurs and prehistoric times to a rollicking style of storytelling and drawing that was simultaneously serious, fantastic, and loaded with slapstick. The series was set in the kingdom of Moo and starred Alley Oop, the club-wielding caveman, his girlfriend Ooola, friends Dinny the dinosaur and Foozy, and more! This volume features Oop's final Moo adventure, followed by his trips to the 20th Century and ancient Greece. Hamlin would send his characters everywhere and everywhen - but the classic Alley Oop begins with the stories contained in this volume.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 336 pages, B&W.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "1930: The Bungle Family!"

Story and Art by Harry J. Tuthill.

Art Spiegelman called The Bungle Family "the most underrated comic strip in our history." Bill Blackbeard wrote, "There has been nothing like it in comic strips since." Hogan's Alley magazine proclaimed, "The Bungle Family was about as wholly an adult comic strip as the field has ever known." Yet only sporadic examples of Harry J. Tuthill's masterpiece have been available to modern readers. Until now! This volume-collecting the complete 1930 dailies-remedies that situation.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 336 pages, B&W.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "1917: Baron Bean!"

Story and Art by George Herriman.

The New York Journal of Books says that the first volume of LOAC Essentials (Baron Bean 1916) "sets the standard for archival and reprint quality." The Washington Times writes that it's "beautiful. It showcases Mr. Herriman's developing style and his move toward a combination of absurdity, surrealism, and art deco." Volume Six presents the second year of George Herriman's much-lauded pre-Krazy Kat masterpiece.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 328 pages, B&W.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "1929: Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes!"

Story and Art by Hal Foster and Rex Maxon.

The first 300 daily Tarzan comics ever produced, all in one place! LOAC Essentials brings you all of Hal Foster's first comics work, reproduced from ERB's syndicate proofs. In addition, this book includes "The Return of Tarzan," "Beasts of Tarzan," and "Son of Tarzan," each drawn by Rex Maxon.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 328 pages, B&W.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "1934: Krazy Kat - King Features Essentials: Book 1!"

Story and Art by George Herriman.

Much attention has been paid to Herrriman's Sunday full-page comics, yet it is in the daily Krazy Kat strips that the cartoonist most frankly illustrates many of his major themes, especially the shifting nature of social identity. The 1934 strips reprinted in this book fit anyone's definition of "essential." They show Krazy Kat at top speed, ever-changing, endlessly inventive, with language that sparkles with double meanings and more in lines such as "his malady drills me to my sole." The year includes homages to old jokes and bricks, followed by playful references to sex, drink, and even drugs. The daily Krazy Kat strips are often Herriman's most personal works and standouts in this year include Krazy Kat's attempt to write a memoir and the Kat's quietly waiting for the last leaf of "ottim" to fall (a tender scene that finds echoes in Charles Schulz's drawing Linus admiring the last autumn's leaf stubborn spirit). It could also be argued that the daily is more accessible to the new reader. Herriman biographer Michael Tisserand provides an insightful introduction.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 4-in., 328 pages, B&W.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "1933: Tyler's Luck - King Features Essentials: Book 2!"

Written by Lyman Young. Art and cover by Alex Raymond.

These never-before-collected strips represent an essential transition point that would forever change the direction of adventure comics. Lyman Young's Tim Tyler's Luck was a successful series set in exotic locales before Alex Raymond signed on as Young's assistant. It's in these 1932-1933 strips, as Raymond assumed greater and greater responsibility for the drawing, that he developed the prototypes for Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Jungle Jim, and the style for which he became famous a year later.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 4-in., 392 pages, B&W.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. "1933: Detective Dan, Secret Operative 48!"

Story and Art by Norman Marsh.

Considered the first comic book with original material ever produced, 1933's "Detective Dan, Secret Op. 48" was a landmark. It only lasted one issue before morphing into the Dan Dunn newspaper strip. A blatant copy of Chester Gould's Dick Tracy (Norman Marsh had been an art assistant to Gould), Dan Dunn was a rough and tumble Secret Service agent who exacted violent retribution on any criminal who dared cross his path. This book reprints the entire first year of daily comics.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 344 pages, B&W.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. "1945: Cap Stubs and Tippie!"

Story and Art by Edwina Dumm.

Collecting the works of one of the most important female cartoonists of all time, Tippie will appeal to comics readers, students of women's studies, and dog lovers. Edwina Dumm was the country's first female full-time editorial cartoonist, and one of its first female syndicated comic strip creators. Tippie is truly a Library of American Comics Essential, providing a crucial reading experience and offering perspective on the early work of women in the field. LOAC Essentials reprints, one year at a time, the daily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, in a format that preserves, as closely as possible, the original reader experience.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 384 pages, B&W.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. "1918: Baron Bean: The Complete Third Year!"

Story and Art by George Joseph Harriman.

Reprinted for the very first time, these century-old strips comprise a key early work from the creator of Krazy Kat, perhaps the most lauded cartoonist of all time. This book concludes a three-volume LOAC Essentials sub-series by presenting the final year of Baron Bean, one of Herriman's richest and funniest creations, second only to Krazy Kat, whose citizens occasionally grace these panels.

The New York Journal of Books said that the first volume of LOAC Essentials (Baron Bean) "sets the standard for archival and reprint quality."

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 328 pages, B&W.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. "1938: Charlie Chan: The First Year of Comics from the Creator of Kerry Drake!"

Story and Art by Alfred Andriola.

As a famed hero of the mystery novels by Earl Derr Biggers, Inspector Charlie Chan reached even greater heights in a series of popular movies. As actor Sidney Toler was preparing to replace Warner Oland as the wily police detective in 1938, Alfred Andriola was tapped to create a newspaper strip version of the character. The pride of the Honolulu Police Department uses his intellect more than his fists to solve cases of international intrigue, and the syndicate's initial promotion called Charlie Chan "a new mystery strip, totally devoid of guns and gangsters" to separate it from Dick Tracy and his many hard-boiled imitators. Featuring the first complete year of daily strips, from October 1938 to November 1939, this volume offers readers exciting adventures, snappy dialogue, and arresting art.

A key early work from the creator of the long-running detective series Kerry Drake presented in a format that is as close as one can get to experiencing it as a daily comic.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 328 pages, B&W.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. "1928: Barney Google for President and Other Classic Comics from the Roaring '20s!"

Story and Art by Billy Debeck.

Reprinting four classic Barney Google stories that define the strip! Barney and his horse Spark Plug get involved in all sorts of hijinks and schemes when they enter the Million-Dollar Cross-Country Marathon, decide to swim the English Channel, and when Barney joins the Secret and Mysterious Order of the Brotherhood of Billy Goats (in DeBeck's send-up of secret societies and fraternal lodges), culminating in Barney Google's historic run for President of the United States in 1928! Library of American Comics (LOAC) Essentials reprints, in yearly volumes, the daily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, strips that are unique creations in their own right, while also contributing to the advancement of the medium. Available in December.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 4 1/2-in., 352 pages, B&W.

Cover price $29.99.

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19th Century compilation of author biographies with examples of their work. Hardcover, full cloth with decorations and titles stamped in gilt, red, and black. 7.75" x 10", 584 pages, B&W with a full-color lithographic frontispiece.

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1st printing. Written by Robert Greenberger. Widely considered the father of the graphic novel, Will Eisner is recognized as a comic genius by those familiar with his work. Even now, well into his 80s, Eisner continues to inspire young people with his pioneering graphic style. The author of this engaging book, a former Editor-in-Chief at Marvel and DC comics, traces Eisner's life from his earliest days as an illustrator to the height of his career as the creator of The Spirit. Young readers will find the inspiration for his characters, abundant color illustrations of Eisner's work, and extensive captions that reveal some of the artist's methods and motivations. Hardcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $23.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Magic Flute!" Adapted by P. Craig Russell. This first volume features P. Craig Russell's adaptation of one of Mozart's most famous operas, a farcical tale mixed with fantasy involving the Queen of the Night, who sets Prince Tamino on a quest to rescue her daughter, Pamina, from the evil Sarastro. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11 1/2-in., full color. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Magic Flute!" Adapted by P. Craig Russell. This first volume features P. Craig Russell's adaptation of one of Mozart's most famous operas, a farcical tale mixed with fantasy involving the Queen of the Night, who sets Prince Tamino on a quest to rescue her daughter, Pamina, from the evil Sarastro. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11 1/2-in., full color. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Parsifal!" Adapted by P. Craig Russell. Russell's classic adaptations of Richard Wagner's Parsifal from the legend of the Holy Grail; Ariane & Bluebeard by Maeterlinck and Dukas; "The Clowns" taken from I Pagliacci by Leoncavallo; as well as two songs by Mahler: "The Drinking Song of Earth's Sorrow" and "Unto This World." Hardcover, 8-in. x 11 1/2-in., full color. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Pelleas and Melisande, Salome, Ein Heldentraum, and Cavalleria Rusticana!" Adapted by P. Craig Russell. This collection of Russell's classic adaptations concludes with Pelleas & Melisande by Maeterlinck and Debussy, Salome by Richard Strauss and the all new The Godfather's Code from Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing. By Ransom Riggs. Time is running out for the Peculiar Children. With a dangerous madman on the loose, and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, it's up to Jacob Portman to channel his newfound abilities and defeat Caul before he loses his friends - and their world - forever. This action-packed adventure features all-new Peculiar photographs from times and places all over the world. This sequel to Hollow City begins immediately where the first book ended. With 40-50 newly discovered (and totally eerie) vintage photographs. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 400 pages, Text Only. Cover price $18.99.

2nd and later printings. By Ransom Riggs. Time is running out for the Peculiar Children. With a dangerous madman on the loose, and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, it's up to Jacob Portman to channel his newfound abilities and defeat Caul before he loses his friends - and their world - forever. This action-packed adventure features all-new Peculiar photographs from times and places all over the world. This sequel to Hollow City begins immediately where the first book ended. With 40-50 newly discovered (and totally eerie) vintage photographs. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 400 pages, Text Only. Cover price $18.99.

1st printing. By Brian Lake. A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop. Books have the power to enrich the soul, to enliven the senses, to expand our horizons... and others are simply mad. This wonderful celebration of the oddest books ever published is a treat for all bibliophiles, booksellers and fans of the bizarre. It is an exploration of the most eccentric titles and covers from our past, that have inexplicably fallen out of print but should never be forgotten. Gems include: Scouts in Bondage; Frog Raising for Pleasure and Profit; Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented; and Drummer Dick's Discharge. Hardcover, 6-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

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1st printing. Written by Laurell K. Hamilton. Half-human, half-faerie, Meredith is a former L.A. PI whose current full-time job is trying to get pregnant—trying at least three times a day, in fact, mainly with her devoted retinue of sex-starved guards—to insure her ascendancy to the Unseelie throne of night. Unfortunately, her bedding schedule has been interrupted by Lady Caitrin of the Seelie Court, who claims she was raped by three of Meredith's guards. Meredith must protect her faithful retinue from the terrible wrath of her uncle, King Taranis of the Seelie Court, and defend herself from the dangerous desire Taranis harbors for her. Hamilton depicts Meredith's erotic adventures in her usual breathless, overheated style, but also reveals a deeper glimpse into Meredith's introspective side as she reflects on her favorite lover, Killing Frost, whose strange fate finds her re-evaluating the costs of being a future queen. hardcover, 280 pages, MATURE READERS. Cover price $24.95.

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Add to cart Near Mint $19.95

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

1st printing. Based on the Story by James W Loewen. Adapted by Nate Powell. Since its first publication in the 1990s, LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME has become one of the most important and successful-and beloved-history books of our time. Nate Powell-the first cartoonist ever to win a National Book Award-has adapted Loewen's classic work into a graphic edition that perfectly captures both Loewen's text and the irreverent spirit of his work. Eye-popping illustrations bring to life the true history chronicled in Lies My Teacher Told Me, and ample text boxes and callouts ensure nothing is lost in translation. The book is perfect for those making their first foray past the shroud of history textbooks, and it will also be beloved by those who had their worldviews changed by the original. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 272 pages, B&W. Cover price $27.99.

1st printing.

Fifty years (and five billion dollars in ticket sales) ago, the dashing Scottish actor Sean Connery declared suavely that he was "Bond, James Bond." Thus began a cinematic series unlike any other. LIFE was on the scene in the swinging '60s when James Bond became a cultural icon, and now LIFE tells the whole story in this commemorative book.

Ian Fleming, a high-ranking officer in British Naval Intelligence during World War II, dreamt up his MI6 spy, code number 007, in 1953, and a decade later, with Dr. No, saw his creation take on a life entirely his own.

All the fun of Bond is here: the movies; the reminiscences by the stars; the LIFE photo shoots; the knock-offs and spoofs; the artifacts; the trivia; and more!

Hardcover, 10-in. x 10-in., 176 pages, full color.

Cover price $27.95.