Comic books in 'Comic Strip Reprints'

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1st printing. Story and art by Stephan Pastis. Offering irreverent and even caustic commentary on hot-button topics as well as wry observations about social and interpersonal dynamics, King of the Comics expertly illuminates the flaws within human nature, including humanity's fervent quest for the unattainable. Along the way, readers will find themselves absorbed in Pearls' wacky world, laughing out loud at the menagerie of over-the-top characters placed in awkward and peculiar situations. King of the Comics is sure to keep readers entertained and engaged with extended puns, morbid re-writes of nursery rhymes, and repeated excursions to Lemmings Leap. Softcover, 8-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Keith Knight. Irreverent, topical, and always un-PC, The K-Chronicles has delighted, shocked, and just plain freaked out readers across the country. In The Knight Life, Keith Knight's collection of comic strips loosely based on his life, he skewers just about every political figure and social issue. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $17.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Keith Knight. Knight Takes Queen follows the trials and tribulations of the world's foremost gentleman cartoonist and Star Wars prequel denier, as he prepares for the arrival of the heir to his considerable comic strip empire! Self-published by Keith Knight and distributed by Top Shelf Productions. Softcover, 9-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1935-1936!" By George Herriman. Edited with introductin by Rick Marschall. Foreword by Bill Watterson. The veryf first collection of one of comic strips' supreme classics - the complete Krazy Kat in full color! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $34.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1936-1937!" By George Herriman. Edited with introductin by Rick Marschall. The second collection of one of comic strips' supreme classics - the complete Krazy Kat in full color! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $34.95.

1st printing. When Fantagraphics launched its collection of Krazy Kat Sunday strips back in 2002, we picked up with the 10th and 11th years of the legendary strip (1925-1926) because another publisher had already collected the first nine during the 1980s and 1990s. But now, with that publisher long gone and their Krazy Kat collections fetching record prices (some over $100!) among collectors, it's time to go back and get every one of these masterpieces back in print - re-scanned and re-retouched from original tearsheets, using 21st century digital resources. Fantagraphics will be collecting these first nine years of Sundays into three volumes comprising three years apiece, starting with the very first Sundays from 1916 through 1918, and incorporating all the added features from the first edition. Krazy Kat, with its eternally beguiling love triangle of kat/dog/mouse, its fantastically inventive language, and its haunting, minimalist desert décor, has consistently been rated the best comic strip ever created. Krazy and Ignatz 1916-1918, the 11th of a projected 13 volumes collecting the entirety of the Sundays, brings us within a brick's throw of finishing "The Komplete Kat Sundays" once and for all! Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. As Fantagraphics' ambitious plan to reprint every single Sunday Krazy Kat page created by George Herriman for close to three decades (this being the penultimate book) careens toward the finish line, this volume features another three years' worth of Sunday strips - over 150 little masterpieces by the greatest cartoonist of all time, featuring the greatest comic-strip love triangle of all time: "kat," "mice"and "pupp." Each page is a hilarious, poetic masterpiece crackling with verbal wit and graphic brilliance. Those were the days! In the introductory essay, editor Bill Blackbeard chronicles Krazy Kat's ascent from its earliest days as a tiny pendant for Herriman's earlier strips "The Dingbat Family" and "The Family upstairs" to its own full feature. A second major article in this volume is Bob Callahan's "Geo. Herriman's Los Angeles," a fascinating look at Herriman's pre-Krazy Kat days as journalist/illustrator, covering such things as a Mexican bullfight (Herriman was appalled), the opening of a new "bums' jail" (Herriman's sympathies were clearly with the vagrants), and UFO sightings - all accompanied by Herriman's virtuoso cartoons, of course. As usual, the cover is designed by Chris Ware, featuring a striking two-color look that will set this latest volume apart from the previous eleven. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. By George Herriman. With our 13th volume, the award-winning project of publishing every single Krazy Kat Sunday created by Herriman comes to a close. With its fantastically inventive language and haunting desert decor, Krazy Kat has been rated the best comic strip ever created. The book includes 10 rare full-color strips, a "DeBaffling" section explaining period references and in-jokes, a selection of recently-unearthed samples of Herriman's very first published comic strip, and the entire full run of the never-beforecollected 1920s full-color Us Husbands strip. And as with the previous 12 volumes, Chris Ware has provided the superb covers. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 216 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

2nd and late printings. By George Herriman. In 1999, the Comics Journal named Herriman's Krazy Kat the greatest comic strip of the 20th century. It's never been too well known (in the course of its 30-year run, it often survived only because of William Randolph Hearst's support), but cartoonists more or less agree it's a masterpiece. The premise couldn't be simpler: Krazy Kat loves Ignatz Mouse, who rejects the Kat's affections by throwing a brick at him? her? Krazy is both and neither whereupon Offisa Pupp arrests Ignatz. This was the plot of nearly every episode, but the beauty was in the variations Herriman could work on it and in his delirious sense of style. The primal comedy played out in thousands of ways, drawn with an incomparable design sense against a gorgeously stylized backdrop of the American Southwest and delivered with Herriman's hilarious dialogue half invented, half quasi-Joycean wordplay ("Ooy-yooy-yooy wot a goldish oak finish like a swell mihoginny piyenna l'il dusky dahlink!!!"). This first in a new series of reprints (designed by Chris Ware and edited by Bill Blackbeard) picks up where the series published by Eclipse Books left off 10 years ago; it'll cover two years in each volume. This 1925-1926 collection shows how Herriman began to stretch out, opening up his layouts and experimenting with storytelling technique and the basic conventions of the comic strip itself. Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2-in., 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

1st Printing - Written and illustrated by George Herriman. Collection of Krazy Kat Comics featured in daily newspapers between the years 1925 and 1934. Hardcover, 9" x 12", full color.

2nd or later Printing - Written and illustrated by George Herriman. Collection of Krazy Kat Comics featured in daily newspapers between the years 1925 and 1934. Hardcover, 9" x 12", full color.

1st printing. This debut volume reprints what many consider to be Herriman's prime: his Sunday strips from 1925 and 1926, two full years of strips printed full-page in their original black and white, plus material never collected before. Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2-in., 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. This volume is the third in a long-term plan to chronologically reprint strips from the prime of Herriman's career, most of which have not seen print since originally running in newspapers 75 years ago. Each volume is edited by the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum's Bill Blackbeard, the world's foremost authority on early 20th Century American comic strips, and designed by Jimmy Corrigan author Chris Ware, who may well go down as the best cartoonist of the 21st Century. In addition to the 104 full-page black-and-white Sunday strips from 1929 and 1930 (Herriman did not use color until 1935), the book includes an introduction by Blackbeard and reproductions of rare Herriman ephemera from Ware's own extensive collection, as well as annotations and other notes by Ware and Blackbeard. Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2-in., 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. "Necromancy by the Blue Bean Bush" is the fifth in a series reprinting George Herriman's early 20th Century comic strip masterpiece. Most of these strips have not seen print since originally running in Hearst newspapers over 70 years ago. Each volume is edited by the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum's Bill Blackbeard. Krazy & Ignatz 1933-1934 is a hot-baked brickbat of a volume, adance with nearly two full years of the Sunday Krazy Kat (Herriman did not use color until 1935), snug between multiple pages of Herriman extras, not the least of which include an introduction by Blackbeard, a new "DeBaffler" page, and a stunning layout front and back and throughout by the inimitable Chris Ware! Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

2nd and later printings. "Necromancy by the Blue Bean Bush" is the fifth in a series reprinting George Herriman's early 20th Century comic strip masterpiece. Most of these strips have not seen print since originally running in Hearst newspapers over 70 years ago. Each volume is edited by the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum's Bill Blackbeard. Krazy & Ignatz 1933-1934 is a hot-baked brickbat of a volume, adance with nearly two full years of the Sunday Krazy Kat (Herriman did not use color until 1935), snug between multiple pages of Herriman extras, not the least of which include an introduction by Blackbeard, a new "DeBaffler" page, and a stunning layout front and back and throughout by the inimitable Chris Ware! Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. By George Herman. Designed by Chris Ware. Eedited by Bill Blackbeard. The heretofore black-and-white Sunday Krazy Kat returned in full spectacular color in June 1935, collected here from then through 1936, with a flood of rare color extras and a revelatory essay by Jeet Heer. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 120 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st Printing - Written and illustrated by George Herriman. Collection of Krazy Kat Comics featured in daily newspapers between the years 1935 and 1944. Hardcover, 9" x 12", full color.

1st printing. By George Herriman. George Herriman integrated full spectacular color into Krazy Kat in June, 1935. The gorgeous evolution continues in this second color volume, which includes the Sunday strips from all of 1937 and 1938. The color format opens the floodgates for a massive amount of spectacular rare color art from series editor Bill Blackbeard and designer Chris Ware's files. Most of these strips in this volume have not seen print since originally running in Hearst newspapers over 70 years ago. Never-before-seen Herriman memorabilia is included as a bonus! Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 120 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. By George Herman. Designed by Chris Ware. Edited by Bill Blackbeard. George Herriman integrated full, spectacular color into Krazy Kat in June, 1935. The gorgeous evolution continues in this third color volume, which includes the Sunday strips from all of 1939 and 1940. Included is an unpublished Herriman painting from the 1920s. Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2-in., 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. By George Herriman. This, the third color volume in Fantagraphics' Krazy & Ignatz reprint series, includes all the Sunday strips from 1941 and 1942, with most of these strips not having seen print since originally running in Hearst newspapers over 70 years ago. Krazy Kat is a love story, focusing on the relationships of its three main characters: Krazy Kat, Ignatz Mouse, and Offisa Pup. Critic Jeet Heer contributes an essay about the friendship between Herriman and John and Louisa Wetherill, who ran a trading post in Monument Valley where Herriman often visited. It was through the Wetherills that Herriman absorbed much of his knowledge about Native American culture, specifically Navajo, which made its way into Krazy Kat. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 120 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. By George Herriman. KONCLUDING THE KOMPLETE KRAZY KAT KOLOR SUNDAYS! Krazy and Ignatz 1943-1944 covers the last two years of Herriman's master-piece. With this volume, Fantagraphics and its precursor Eclipse will have reprinted the entire 29-year run of the Krazy Kat Sundays! Like Charles Schulz, George Herriman was a cartoonist to the very end. Aside from collecting the last masterful year and a half of "Krazy Kat," this new volume will offer a retrospective look at Herriman's life at the drawing table, offering many never before seen samples of his original art (which the cartoonist often lovingly hand-colored for friends). Gathered from many scattered collections, these pages testify to Herriman's invererate passion for drawing. Rounding out the volume are scores of Krazy Kat daily strips also from Herriman's last years, further testament to the cartoonists vitality. Series editor and veteran comics historian, Bill Blackbeard, also provides a concluding, wide-ranging essay on the life and art of Herriman. More than a simple reprint collection, Krazy and Ignatz 1943-1944 portrays the full range of a cartoonist who remained an artist all his life. Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2-in. x 88 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "01/01/21 - 03/31/21!" Stories, art and cover by George Herriman. Collects Krazy Kat daily strips from January 1, 1921 to March 31, 1921. George Herriman's surreal and beloved comic strip from the early 20th century influenced many later generations of cartoonists. Krazy Kat adores Ignatz Mouse, taking his hurled bricks as signs of reciprocated love. Trying to restore order, Officer Pupp only manages to become the third corner in their eternal triangle. Softcover, 4-in. x 3 1/2-in., 80 pages, B&W.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. " 04/01/21 - 06/30/21!" Stories, art and cover by George Herriman. Collects Krazy Kat daily strips from April 1, 1921 to June 30, 1921. George Herriman's surreal and beloved comic strip from the early 20th century influenced many later generations of cartoonists. Krazy Kat adores Ignatz Mouse, taking his hurled bricks as signs of reciprocated love. Trying to restore order, Officer Pupp only manages to become the third corner in their eternal triangle. Softcover, 4-in. x 3 1/2-in., 80 pages, B&W.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "07/01/21 - 09/30/21!" Stories, art and cover by George Herriman. Collects Krazy Kat daily strips from July 1, 1921 to September 30, 1921. George Herriman's surreal and beloved comic strip from the early 20th century influenced many later generations of cartoonists. Krazy Kat adores Ignatz Mouse, taking his hurled bricks as signs of reciprocated love. Trying to restore order, Officer Pupp only manages to become the third corner in their eternal triangle. Softcover, 4-in. x 3 1/2-in., 80 pages, B&W.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. " 10/01/21 - 12/31/21!" Stories, art and cover by George Herriman. Collects Krazy Kat daily strips from October 1, 1921-December 31, 1921. George Herriman's surreal and beloved comic strip from the early 20th century influenced many later generations of cartoonists. Krazy Kat adores Ignatz Mouse, taking his hurled bricks as signs of reciprocated love. Trying to restore order, Officer Pupp only manages to become the third corner in their eternal triangle. Final issue of the series; followed by Krazy and Ignatz Daily Strips TPB (2003 Pacific Comics Club Edition) Limited Complete Edition #1-1ST. Softcover, 4-in. x 3 1/2-in., 80 pages, B&W.

Volume 1 - 1st printing, limited to 1000 numbered copies. Stories, art and cover by George Herriman. Collects Krazy and Ignatz Daily Strips TPB (2003 Pacific Comics Club Edition) Volumes 1-4. George Herriman's surreal and beloved comic strip from the early 20th century influenced many later generations of cartoonists. Krazy Kat adores Ignatz Mouse, taking his hurled bricks as signs of reciprocated love. Trying to restore order, Officer Pupp only manages to become the third corner in their eternal triangle. This volume includes all the strips from 1921. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 320 pages, B&W.

Volume 2 - 1st printing, limited to 1000 numbered copies. Stories, art and cover by George Herriman. Collects Krazy Kat daily strips from January 1, 1922 - December 31, 1922. George Herriman's surreal and beloved comic strip from the early 20th century influenced many later generations of cartoonists. Krazy Kat adores Ignatz Mouse, taking his hurled bricks as signs of reciprocated love. Trying to restore order, Officer Pupp only manages to become the third corner in their eternal triangle. This volume includes all the strips from 1922. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 316 pages, B&W. Cover price $25.00.

1st printing. By George Herriman. Krazy Kat's most surreal adventures were the famed "Tiger Tea" sequence where Krazy Kat imbibed a psychedelia-inducing substance. This is George Herriman at his best in the only full-length Krazy Kat adventure story of his career presented in the same era as Terry and the Pirates and Captain Easy. Krazy & Ignatz in Tiger Tea showcases a rare photo of Herriman sporting a Mexican sombrero and smoking a funny looking cigarette, a perfect addition to this fun, classic trip down memory lane. Hardcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 1, 1st Printing - The Complete Sunday Strips (1916-1924). Art and story by George Herriman. Massive collection of every Krazy and Ignatz Sunday paper comics spanning 1916-1924. Hardcover, 9" x 12", 256 pages, B&W.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1918-1919!" By George Herriman. Introduction by Bill Blackbeard. The first in a series of collections of George Herriman's classic strip and the first republication in more than 80 years! Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8-in. x 6-in., 140 pages, B&W.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1919!" These year-by-year volumes collect George Herriman's Krazy Kat Sunday comics. Each volume contains extra material. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "1920: Pilgrims on the Road to Nowhere!" These year-by-year volumes collect George Herriman's Krazy Kat Sunday comics. Each volume contains extra material. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "1921!" These year-by-year volumes collect George Herriman's Krazy Kat Sunday comics. Each volume contains extra material. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "1922!" These year-by-year volumes collect George Herriman's Krazy Kat Sunday comics. Each volume contains extra material. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "1923!" These year-by-year volumes collect George Herriman's Krazy Kat Sunday comics. Each volume contains extra material. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "1924!" These year-by-year volumes collect George Herriman's Krazy Kat Sunday comics. Each volume contains extra material. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1916!" Introduction by Bill Blackbeard. Collects the Krazy and Ignatz comic strips from 1916. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "1916!" Introduction by Bill Blackbeard. Collects the Krazy and Ignatz comic strips from 1916. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Other-Side tot he Shore of Here!" Introduction by Bill Blackbeard. Collects the Krazy and Ignatz comic strips from 1917. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "The Limbo of Useless Unconsciousness!" Collects the Krazy and Ignatz comic strips from 1918. Commentary by Bill Blackbeard. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Story, art and cover by George Herriman. Street Enterprises reprints George Herriman's surreal and beloved comic strip from the early 20th century, which influenced many later generations of cartoonists. Collects the Sunday strips from July 3 through October 28, 1935. Krazy Kat adores Ignatz Mouse, taking his hurled bricks as signs of reciprocated love. Trying to restore order, Officer Pupp only manages to become the third corner in their eternal triangle. 7.75" x 10.25", 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

1st printing. Story and art by George J. Herriman. The greatest Krazy Kat Sunday pages by George Herriman are reprinted here for the first time in their original size and colors, just in time for Krazy's 100th birthday! Included is a sampling of all Herriman's pre-Krazy comic creations, most never reprinted before. With contributions by Michael Tisserand and Art Spiegelman. Hardcover, 16 1/2-in. x 14-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $100.00.

1st printing. Edited by Craig Yoe. Krazy Kat & the Art of George Herriman pays tribute to one of the most influential and innovative comic strips and creators of all time. This unique collection of rare art, essays, memorabilia, and biography highlights the career of the first genius of comics, George Herriman, and his iconic creations, Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse. This book includes original essays by Jay Cantor, Douglas Wolk, Harry Katz, Richard Thompson, Dee Cox (Herriman's granddaughter), Craig McCracken, Bill Watterson, and authorized reprints of two seminal essays on Herriman by Gilbert Seldes and e. e. cummings. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. By George Herriman. Introduction by E.E. Cummings. Classic cartoons from the Goledn Age of Comics! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 168 pages, PC.

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Second and later reprints. By George Herriman. Introduction by E.E. Cummings. Classic cartoons from the Golden Age of Comics! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 168 pages, partial color/black and white.

1st printing.

Story and art by George Herriman.

A color facsimile of the complete Sunday color pages of George Herriman's Krazy Kat from 1935-44. One of the first comics to be considered a work of art, Krazy Kat delights with its detailed characterization and visual/verbal creativity alongside the slapstick shenanigans between Krazy and Ignatz the mouse.

This volume features a 100-page illustrated introduction by Alexander Braun.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 17-in., 632 pages, full color.

Cover price $200.00.

1st printing. By George Herriman. Introduction by E.E. Cummings. Classic cartoons from the Goledn Age of Comics! Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 168 pages, PC. Cover price $5.95.

1st printing. By Lalo Alcaraz. An anthropomorphic hipster cockroach is on the cutting-edge of American comic-strip humor. La Cucaracha (aka Cuco Rocha) and his pals voice the concerns and observations of the Latino-American community with an edgy, insightful wit. Through La Cucaracha, creator Lalo Alcaraz makes blunt social commentary both hard-hitting and hilarious. The result is not just a pleasure, but also a craving. The strong undercurrent of modern Latino themes and issues adds a sharp layer of meaning to the humor. In one strip, an immigrant bartender has listened to two customers rant, "I'm telling ya, there's too many immigrants pouring into this country." When one of the customers asks for another drink the bartender declares, "I'm an immigrant, and guess what? I'm not pouring!" This first of perceptive La Cucaracha humor will delight and gratify all audiences that appreciate intelligent, progressive, deeply amusing comics. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

Saalfield Publishing Company/Press Publishing Company, by Gene Carr, 13-1/8 x 10, 36 pages, color cardboard cover, B&W interior, 2 panels per page, 1917. Chuckles galore as Lady Bountiful interacts with members of a youth gang. Lady Bountiful was one of the first newspaper strips to feature a female main character.