Comic books in 'Comic Strip Reprints'

Stories, art and cover by Roy Crane. Dragon Lady Press reprints the early adventure strip from influential cartoonist Roy Crane. Collects the Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy Sunday strip. When Captain Easy finds himself accidentally enlisted in a foreign country's military, he must fight his way out of the country itself. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1927-1928!" The Complete Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy by Roy Crane were published by the Flying Buttress Classics Library. Widely considered to be one of the first great adventure strips, Wash Tubbs the wise-cracking, girl-chasing opportunist is back for more fun and adventure. Volume 3 (1927-1928) reprints Crane's classic comic strips with an introduction by Bill Blackbeard. Wash and Gozy Gallup battle Mexican bandits and Wash meets his arch-nemesis Bull Dawson for the first time. Hardcover, (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $32.50.

Volume 1 - 2nd or later printing. "1924-1925!" The Complete Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy by Roy Crane were published by the Flying Buttress Classics Library. Born in 1901 in Abilene, Texas, Royston Crane's creation Wash Tubbs was launched on Monday, April 21, 1924. Widely considered to be one of the first great adventure strips, Wash Tubbs was a small fellow with big spectacles who quickly emerged as a slang-slinging, girl-chasing opportunist. Soon Tubbs would be joined by Captain Easy the classic soldier of fortune. Easy was a wanderer, boxer, cook, aviator, seaman, explorer, and soldier. Gil Kane, before an audience at the San Diego Comic Convention once stated that Superman and Batman were both comparable to Easy. Volume 1 (1924-1925) reprints Crane's classic comic strips with an introduction by Bill Blackbeard. Wash heads to the South Seas in search of buried treasure. Softcover, (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

1st printing. By G.B. Trudeau. The first semester of a new administration can be exhausting, especially for one that practices government by all-nighters. Yes, the times are a' changin' back, and who better to chronicle the new shifts than rapid-response satirist G.B. Trudeau? This is Doonesbury at its most bracing. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, B&W.

1st printing.

By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.

BABY BLUE chronicles the lives of Wanda and Darryl - mid-thirties, college-educated first-time parents - and newborn Zoe. Their true to life experiences reveal the humor in the trials and triumphs of parenthood.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $10.95.

2nd and later printings.

By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.

BABY BLUE chronicles the lives of Wanda and Darryl - mid-thirties, college-educated first-time parents - and newborn Zoe. Their true to life experiences reveal the humor in the trials and triumphs of parenthood.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

1st printing.

Story and art by Michelle Gish.

In this post-apocalyptic comedy, it's survival of the cutest! After the most adorable apocalypse ever, the human race has vanished from the earth, replaced cute, innocent, playful purple creatures called the Puramus. In this hilarious and epic graphic novel, short interlocking stories follow the purple pals as they explore their new home, form a mini-monarchy, and develop a modern society on par with 21st-century humans. A final act pulls us across time and space in the search for clues to the origins of the Puramus. Along the way, humor and intrigue abound: Can King defend his village when nobody understands what war is? Will Jingle work up the nerve to read her poetry at open mic night? Will Puff Puff ever stop floating?

Softcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 6-in., 224 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Matt Bors. Introduction by Tom Tomorrow.

Matt Bors makes the bold declaration that We Should Improve Society Somewhat in this collection of comics from The Nib's Editor and Publisher, Matt Bors. Bors has been working as a cartoonist for more than a decade, and this new collection captures a mix of his timely strips based on today's incredibly politically-divided environment, along with a curated selection of his timelessly funny earlier strips.

Softcover, 8-in. x 9-in., 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott. We Were Here First, an entertaining collection of Baby Blues comic strips handpicked by co-creators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott, focuses on the relationship between Darryl and Wanda MacPherson--before and after parenthood turns their life upside down. A love story set in the trenches of child rearing, We Were Here First follows the account of Darryl and Wanda earning their stripes as parents to their three children--the headstrong Zoe, easygoing Hammie, and baby Wren--all the while trying to make time for themselves, even if it's a mere 30 stolen seconds! An amusing story of a domestic romance caught in the middle of a fun-filled family feud, We Were Here First will delight both longtime fans of Baby Blues as well as readers of all ages new to this beloved comic strip. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

No indicia, not numbered. Weather Bird Shoe Store promotional Giveaway reprinting Boots and Her Buddies, Babe 'N' Horace, & Funny Business comic strips. Contents are complete minus original cover.

By Morrie Turner. Features reprints of Wee Pals comic strips. Paperback sized, 4" x 7". 127pgs. B&W with color cover. Cover price $0.75.

Add to cart Very Fine $4.00

Add to cart Fine $9.00

1st printing. By Bill Watterson. A Calvin and Hobbes Collection! Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. All Ages Cover price $7.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Garry Trudeau. It's "No nerd left behind!" as life comes full circle for another Doonesbury Gen Nexer heading for college! Meanwhile, Alex boldly opts for MIT ("the nerd farm"), the indomitable Granny D struggles with a life change, and B.D. reluctantly joins PTSD group therapy! Softcover, 9-in. x 10 1/2-in., 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.95.

1st printing. Written by Rick Kirkman. Art by Jerry Scott. Child-rearing reaches an entirely new level of delightfully messy chaos in Baby Blues: Wetter, Louder, Stickier. Battle-ready and perpetually exhausted, Daryl and Wanda team up to navigate a new front of challenges, like Zoe's enthusiasm over the "Smoochy Boyz" concert, deciphering baby Wren's attempts at language, and determining Hammie's place as a colon in the school play (whether "colon" refers to punctuation or digestion remains undetermined). Armed with "performance-enhancing substances" (a.k.a., chocolate donuts), the perfectly normal MacPherson family will surely bring a barrage of smiles and laughter to familiar fans with their perfectly chaotic lives. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 9-in., 216 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $18.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Abner Dean. What Am I Doing Here? is a startling masterwork by one of the forgotten innovators of American comics. In 1945, after more than a decade as a commercial illustrator, Abner Dean invented a genre all his own: One might call it the Existential Gag Cartoon. He used the elegant draftsmanship and single-panel format of the standard cartoons of the day, but turned them to a deeper, stranger purpose. What Am I Doing Here? depicts a world at once alien and familiar, in which Dean's unclad Everyman searches for love, happiness, and the answers to life's biggest questions. Hardcover, 168 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $22.95.

Add to cart Fine $8.99

Add to cart VG 4.0 $5.99

Holt, Rinehart and Winston Edition - 1st printing. By G.B. Trudeau. A mirthful, biting chronicle of our times, featuring the relentless Doonesbury crowd. Collects classic Doonesbury comic strips. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

Add to cart Very Good $3.99

Holt, Rinehart and Winston Edition - 2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. By G.B. Trudeau. A mirthful, biting chronicle of our times, featuring the relentless Doonesbury crowd. Collects classic Doonesbury comic strips. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart Very Good $7.10

Add to cart Very Good $7.10

1st printing.

Story and art by Scott Adams.

The sixth Dilbert treasury brings together all of the office psychos who have annoyed Dilbert and entertained millions over the past 13 years.

This compilation pays homage to some of the most annoying and outrageous characters Adams has ever drawn-characters he likes to call office "sociopaths." This full-color treasury reinforces everything that makes the strip great, lampooning the people and processes of business.

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 224 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. By Michael Alexander Kahn and Richard Samuel West. A lavish coffee table book devoted to the most important political satire and cartoon magazine in American history. Published from 1877 to 1918, Puck was regularly a major political battleground and is credited with single-handedly thwarting the third-term ambitions of Ulysses Grant in 1880 and electing Grover Cleveland to the presidency in 1884. Puck did it with art-lavish, color, full-page and two-page center-spread cartoons. It was the first American magazine to publish color lithographs on a weekly basis and, for nearly forty years, was a training ground and showcase for some of the country's most talented cartoonists, led by its co-founder, Joseph Keppler. This retrospective contains nearly 300 full-color plates. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 11-in., 328 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

1st Printing. 1st book in the "Committed" comic strip collection. Softcover, 8.5" 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart Fine $7.70

Add to cart Fine $7.70

1st printing. By G.B. Trudeau. Grab your Dramamine - it's Silly Season again, and the '92 election handicappers are losing their shirts! Effortlessly reconnecting to the powerful forces of childhood, Zonker enters th '90s as he left the '60s - in full flight. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, B&W. NOTE: Who cares what a comic strip may or may not say about me or anyone else?" - Dan Quayle

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

1st printing. Written by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman. Art by Jim Borgman. What Was That All About? looks back at the 20-year whirlwind life of the Duncan family, the inhabitants of the popular, modern family cartoon Zits. Always spot-on, sometimes chaotic, and often messy comic moments are immortalized by the true-to-life give and take between Jeremy and his often befuddled parents. Authors Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman have sifted through the highlights (and some lowlights!) over the life of the strip and have created a unique behind-the-scenes, insightful view into the history of Zits. They have selected their all-time favorite cartoons to fill the collection along with special features. Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 12-in., 264 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. By Scott Adams. Wally's that short quirky guy with little hair, plenty of horn-rimmed frames, and almost zero work ethic. After all, who's got time for a job, thinks the self-proclaimed "Lord Wally the Puppet Master," when you're busy surviving the "Mobility Pool," turning your cubicle into a tourist attraction called "Sticky-Note City," and selecting a mail-order bride from Elbonia? Weasel-Boy makes a point of highlighting his poor performance and lack of respect . . .and usually gets another raise for his efforts. Such is life in Dilbert and Wally's world. Such are the laughs in What Would Wally Do? Softcover, 8 1/2. x 11-in., 224 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $16.95.

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $4.49

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

Catalog for the Salina Art Center's What's So Funny? exhibit on The Humor Comic Strip In America. No cover price.

Add to cart Fine $6.49

Add to cart Very Good $4.30

1st Printing. 21st Dilbert collection. Softcover, 8.5" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Stephan Pastis. Sure, crocs can fly, just not in the way you might expect. This spectacular feat usually involves an impenetrable wall, zip lines, gravity, and an appetizing zebra on the other side. In this collection of cartoons specially chosen for kids, the gang from Pearls Before Swine gets into adventures you have to see to believe. Join Rat and Pig - the brains and the pawn - as they attempt the first 3D comic; see what happens when the luckless crocs adopt two Oreos (penguins); and roll your eyes with Goat as he tries desperately to keep his sanity in the midst of these antics. Softcover, 6-in, x 9-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Scott Adams.

The 18th Dilbert book.

Scott Adams still has the corporate world guffawing about the adventures of nerdy Dilbert and his power-hungry companion, Dogbert, plus Ratbert and the pointy-haired boss, as they make their way through the travails of modern work life. Only a cartoonist with been-there-endured-that experience could make people laugh so hard. Over 150 million fans across 65 countries cannot get enough of Adams' glib office humor. When Did Ignorance Become a Point of View? captures it all, even those Sunday strips that make it into the office each Monday morning.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $10.95.

1st printing. Written and Art by Tony Millionaire. A new hardcover collection of one of America's most popular weekly comic strips, When We Were Very Maakies features the comical adventures of a drunken crow on the high seas, blending vaudeville-style humor and a breathtaking line that harkens back to the glory days of the American comic strip. Designed by publishing's foremost graphic designer, Chip Kidd, When We Were Very Maakies is our second hardcover collection and features over two years' worth of Maakies in a beautiful, deluxe, landscape hardcover format that complements the strip's elegant and classical style. Hardcover, (Horizontal Format), 5-in. x 12-in., 92 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

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Set- 01 - "When Words Fail Yuh!" Portfolio by Gaar Williams. Gaar Williams, whose life in the Midwestern small town of Richmond in the 1890's gave inspiration to his popular work, served as a staff artist for the Chicago Daily News and the Indianapolis News before settling in Chicago permanently to work for the Chicago Tribune until his death in 1935. Gaar Williams's cartoons could be seen in thirty-nine newspapers around the country. These prints are reproductions of cartoons that originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune newspaper from 1927-1934. SET-01 includes 25 prints, B&W, held in a wrap-around slip folder, 8.25-in. x 10.25-in.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Barbara Brandon-Croft.

From diets to day care to debt to dreaded encounters with everyday racism, no issue is off-limits. This remarkable and unapologetically funny career retrospective holds a mirror up to the ways society has changed and all the ways it hasn't.

The magic in Where I'm Coming From is its ability to present an honest image of Black life without sacrificing Black joy, bolstered by unexpected one-liners eliciting much-needed laughter.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 184 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. By Garrett Price. From famed New Yorker illustrator Garrett Price comes one of the lost treasures of American Comic Strips. White Boy celebrates the life and culture of the American Indian of the Old West unique in popular culture; an adventurous, humorous, coming-of-age story seen from the point of view of a small Native American tribe and their adopted teenage boy. Here is the complete White Boy in Skull Valley saga, seen for the first time in 80 years. It remains one of the more remarkable achievements in comics, with pioneering storytelling and artistic creativity that stands the test of time. Hardcover, 11-in. x 16-in., 168 pages, full color. Cover price $75.00.

Add to cart Good $3.00

Holt, Rinehart and Winston Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art by Charles M. Schulz.

Collecting cartoons from "You Need Help, Charlie Brown" and "The Unsinkable Charlie Brown."

Softcover, 192 pages, B&W. All Ages

Cover price $2.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Bill Amend.

A collection of FoxTrot comic strips.

Softcover, 8.5-in. x 6-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $8.95.

Add to cart Good $2.50

1st Printing. Collection of "Cathy" comic strips by Cathy Guisewite. Softcover, 8.5" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

1st printing. Story and art by Andrea Tsurumi. A collection of comics finding the asburd in everything from poodles and sports fans to pie and the Civil War. Tsurumi's comics deftly combine stunningly beautiful imagery with wildly funny commentary about life as she observes it. The result is a comic style that somehow manages to be ridiculous and sublime. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.00.

2nd and later printings. Art by Gary Larson. More wicked humor from the Far Side. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Add to cart Very Good $2.70

1st printing. Art by Gary Larson. More wicked humor from the 10th collection of THE FAR SIDE! Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8-in. x 5-in., 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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2nd and later printings. Story by Gary Larson. More wicked humor from the 10th collection of THE FAR SIDE! Softcover, 8-in. x 5-in., 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

Add to cart Very Good $7.10

1st printing.

Story and art by Bill Amend.

Includes cartoons from May the Force Be With Us, Please and Take Us to Your Mall.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Fine $8.99

2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Bill Amend.

Includes cartoons from May the Force Be With Us, Please and Take Us to Your Mall.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. In the summer of 1945, a great tide of battered soldiers began flowing back to the united States from around the globe. Though victorious, these exhausted men were nevertheless too grief-stricken over the loss of comrades, too guilt-ridden that they had survived, and too numbed by trauma to share in the countrys euphoria. Willie & Joe: Back Home brilliantly chronicles the struggles and disillusionments of these early postwar years and, in doing so, tells Bill Mauldins own extraordinary story of his journey home to a wife he barely knew and a son he had only seen in pictures. The drawings capture the texture and feel, the warp and woof, of this confusing time: the ubiquitous hats and cigarettes, the domestic rubs, the rising fear of another war, and new conflicts over Civil Rights, civil liberties, and free speech. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 288 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1-2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Bill Mauldin. Here, for the first time, Fantagraphics Books brings together Bill Mauldin's complete works from 1940 through the end of the World War II. This collection of over 600 cartoons, most never before reprinted, is more than the record of a great artist - it is an essential chronicle of America's citizen-soldiers from peace through war to victory. Mauldin's brilliant send-ups of officers were pure infantry, and the men loved it. Willie & Joe will be presented in a deluxe, beautifully designed two-volume slipcased edition of over 600 pages, with an introduction and running commentary by Mauldin scholar Todd DePastino; providing context for the drawings, pertinent biographical details of Mauldin's life, and occasional background on specific cartoons - such as the ones that made General Patton howl. Hardcover (2 Volumes in a Slipcase), 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., B&W. Cover price $65.00.

1st printing. Story and art by Bill Mauldin. Here, for the first time, Fantagraphics Books brings together Bill Mauldin's complete works from 1940 through the end of the World War II. This collection of over 600 cartoons, most never before reprinted in softcover, is more than the record of a great artist - it is an essential chronicle of America's citizen-soldiers from peace through war to victory. Mauldin's brilliant send-ups of officers were pure infantry, and the men loved it. Willie & Joe will be presented in a deluxe, beautifully designed complete edition of over 600 pages, with an introduction and running commentary by Mauldin scholar Todd DePastino; providing context for the drawings, pertinent biographical details of Mauldin's life, and occasional background on specific cartoons - such as the ones that made General Patton howl. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., B&W with some color. Cover price $39.99.

1st printing. By Charles M. Schulz. A collection of Peanuts comic strips collected by the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.60

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.60

1st printing. Written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. A collection of Peanuts comic strips. Trade paperback, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

2nd and later printings. Written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. A collection of Peanuts comic strips. Trade paperback, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $44.00 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.