Comic books in 'Tom the Dancing Bug Collection'

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Add to cart Near Mint $15.00

1st printing. Story and art by Ruben Bolling. Clover Press's Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program strides confidently ahead with the third chronological volume, covering every installment of the comic strip, a two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist, from 1999-2002. This volume not only includes the comic strip's favorite formats and characters, such as Super-Fun-Pak Comix, God-Man, the Omnipotent Superhero, Charley the Australopithecine, and its cover character Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer, it also includes the strip's famed and award-winning urgent turn into political satire following 9/11. Also in the volume is Ruben Bolling's brief run of monthly full-page comics for The New Yorker, and a special comic for The Village Voice on the 2000 Subway World Series. Tom the Dancing Bug is the wildly popular, groundbreaking comic strip that Mark Hamill called "wondrous, whimsical, and witty," and that led Seth Meyers to recently write, "The fact that Tom the bug can keep dancing in this day and age is a testament to Ruben Bolling's skills as a cartoonist!" Softcover, 8-in.x 9-in., 248 pages, full color. Cover price $26.99.

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Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Ruben Bolling.

Clover Press's Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program streaks forward with the fourth chronological volume, covering every installment of the award-winning (and two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist) comic strip, from 2003-2006.

This volume includes favorite characters of Tom the Dancing Bug, such as: God-Man, the Omnipotent Superhero; Charley the Australopithecine; Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer; Dinkle, the Un-Lovable Loser; and even the origin of Lucky Ducky. It also includes a special comic Bolling created for Mad Magazine during the covered years: "Educa-Fun."

Tom the Dancing Bug is the wildly popular, groundbreaking comic strip that Mark Hamill called "wondrous, whimsical, and witty," and that led Seth Meyers to recently write, "The fact that Tom the bug can keep dancing in this day and age is a testament to Ruben Bolling's skills as a cartoonist!"

Softcover, 8-in.x 9-in., 248 pages, full color.

Cover price $25.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Ruben Bolling.

Clover Press's Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program marches on with the fifth chronological volume (and third volume published to date), covering every installment of the award-winning (and two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist) comic strip, from 2007-2011.

This volume covers the years of Obama's election and The Great Recession, with a particular focus on Lucky Ducky, "the Poor Little Duck Who's Rich in Luck." But the topics also range far from the political and topical, into waffle irons, drunk shirtless guys, and particle accelerators. And of course, it also features Tom the Dancing Bug favorites like God-Man, Super-Fun-Pak Comix, Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer, and Charley the Australopithecine.

It also includes other comics Ruben Bolling created during those years: a Recession-themed comic created for Harper's Magazine; and the legendary, insane Toy Story/Cormac McCarthy mashup he did for The Village Voice.

Softcover, 8-in.x 9-in., 248 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $14.25

1st printing.

Story and art by Ruben Bolling.

This new collection of Tom The Dancing Bug presents all of cartoonist Ruben Bolling's acclaimed weekly comic strips from 2012-2015.

This volume includes some of the comic's most lauded installments, including political cartoons about the latter Obama term and the beginnings of the Trump phenomenon, the introduction of the comic's popular Chagrin Falls feature, some of its most beloved Super-Fun-Pak Comix, the continuing adventures of God-Man, the Omnipotent Superhero, and much more.

Softcover, 8-in.x 9-in., 212 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Ruben Bolling. Foreword by Neil Gaiman.

Tom The Dancing Bug has been running in newspapers for almost 30 years and it remains as timely and poignant as ever. Political commentator and Tom The Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling has certainly had plenty of material to work with over the last four years. Into The Trumpverse features more than 200 cartoons covering the political landscape during that time.

With an introduction by the legendary Neil Gaiman.

The people singing Bolling's praises, include:

Mark Hamill: "Behold the wondrous, whimsical, witty world that is Tom the Dancing Bug! If you're someone who's not a fan of potent political humor with an incisive absurdist twist that's not only consistently funny, but downright therapeutic for an ailing world, I suggest you avoid this book like the plague. For everyone else, it's a MUST-READ!"

Patton Oswalt: "Delve into the dementia, the dread, and the delightfulness of this collection of Tom the Dancing Bug's strips -- it's history through the lens of a self-loathing insomniac. In a way, it's all of us."

Seth Meyers: "The fact that Tom the Bug can keep dancing in this day and age is a testament to his skills as a cartoonist!"

Matt Groening: "Each week Ruben Bolling takes an unassuming little blank white rectangle and fills it up with clever cartoonery, sneaky commentary, and more political laughs than you can shake a stick at. All hail Tom the Dancing Bug!"

Softcover, 8-in.x 9-in., 224 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Ruben Bolling. Foreword by Neil Gaiman.

Tom The Dancing Bug has been running in newspapers for almost 30 years and it remains as timely and poignant as ever. Political commentator and Tom The Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling has certainly had plenty of material to work with over the last four years. Into The Trumpverse features more than 200 cartoons covering the political landscape during that time.

With an introduction by the legendary Neil Gaiman.

The people singing Bolling's praises, include:

Mark Hamill: "Behold the wondrous, whimsical, witty world that is Tom the Dancing Bug! If you're someone who's not a fan of potent political humor with an incisive absurdist twist that's not only consistently funny, but downright therapeutic for an ailing world, I suggest you avoid this book like the plague. For everyone else, it's a MUST-READ!"

Patton Oswalt: "Delve into the dementia, the dread, and the delightfulness of this collection of Tom the Dancing Bug's strips -- it's history through the lens of a self-loathing insomniac. In a way, it's all of us."

Seth Meyers: "The fact that Tom the Bug can keep dancing in this day and age is a testament to his skills as a cartoonist!"

Matt Groening: "Each week Ruben Bolling takes an unassuming little blank white rectangle and fills it up with clever cartoonery, sneaky commentary, and more political laughs than you can shake a stick at. All hail Tom the Dancing Bug!"

Softcover, 8-in.x 9-in., 224 pages, full color.

Cover price $25.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Ruben Bolling. Clover Press's Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program bursts forward with the eighth chronological volume, covering all of the most recent installments of the comic strip, a two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist, from 2020-2023. It's the Great Storm, Tom the Dancing Bug! includes Bolling's award-winning work covering the last year of the Trump presidency and the post-term MAGA insanity. All the favorite Tom the Dancing Bug characters try to make sense of the dark times of the early 2020s, including: the Smythe family of Chagrin Falls; Lucky Ducky, the poor little duck who's rich in luck; and Billy Dare, boy adventurer. Also in the volume is Bolling's comic contribution to "Weird Al" Yankovic's hit graphic novel, The Illustrated Al. Tom the Dancing Bug is the wildly popular, groundbreaking comic strip that has won multiple awards, including the Herblock Prize, the Berryman Award, and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. Mark Hamill called it "wondrous, whimsical, and witty," and Seth Meyers recently wrote, "The fact that Tom the bug can keep dancing in this day and age is a testament to Ruben Bolling's skills as a cartoonist!" Softcover, 8-in.x 9-in., 208 pages, full color. Cover price $26.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Ruben Bolling.

The Very, Very, VERY* Best of Tom the Dancing Bug, 1990-2021

31 years in the making, this book collects the top, most popular, most talked-about, most important, most Tom-the-Dancing-Bug comics in Tom the Dancing Bug's history. Imagine the thrill of reading and owning the award-winning and award-losing comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug, distilled into one handsome tome containing only its scientifically determined very, very, VERY* best.

Softcover, 6-in.x 8-in., 144 pages, full color.

*VERY!!! Cover price $15.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Ruben Bolling.

Funny, hip, and refreshingly off-center, this volume features a collection of cartoonist Ruben Bolling's quirky weekly comic strip, Tom the Dancing Bug.

Softcover, 8-in.x 9-in., 212 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.95.