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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1937-1938!" Story and art by Al Capp. The big news in the second volume of the complete Li'l Abner is Al Capp's creation of the first Sadie Hawkins Day, in which the womenfolk chase the menfolk, and whosoever gets caught is brought to the altar before Marryin' Sam himself. Presenting the daily strips and color Sundays from 1937 and 1938. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1939-1940!" Story and art by Al Capp. IDW's The Library of American Comics invites you to (g-gulp!), (chuckle), (sigh!!), and (*moan*) like a real Dogpatcher at all the fun and excitement in Volume 3 of The Complete Li'l Abner! Enjoy breakneck comedy in these daily and full-color comic strips from 1939 and 1940, as Al Capp spoofs the movies Topper and The Grapes of Wrath-sends Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe to New York, armed with a fresh batch of Kickapoo Joy Juice-gets Adam Lazonga, the world's greatest lover, to give lessons in how to woo a gal "Dogpatch-style"- and stages a battle for the ages as Mammy Yokum throws down against mean ol' Mother Ratfield! Eisner-winning editor and designer Dean Mullaney and writer Bruce Canwell continue to examine this slice of pure Americana. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. 1939-1940!" Story and art by Al Capp. IDW's The Library of American Comics invites you to (g-gulp!), (chuckle), (sigh!!), and (*moan*) like a real Dogpatcher at all the fun and excitement in Volume 3 of The Complete Li'l Abner! Enjoy breakneck comedy in these daily and full-color comic strips from 1939 and 1940, as Al Capp spoofs the movies Topper and The Grapes of Wrath-sends Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe to New York, armed with a fresh batch of Kickapoo Joy Juice-gets Adam Lazonga, the world's greatest lover, to give lessons in how to woo a gal "Dogpatch-style"- and stages a battle for the ages as Mammy Yokum throws down against mean ol' Mother Ratfield! Eisner-winning editor and designer Dean Mullaney and writer Bruce Canwell continue to examine this slice of pure Americana. 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.

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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "She is Staggering!" Collects Li'l Depressed Boy (2011 Image) #1-4. Written by S. STEVEN STRUBLE. Art and cover by SINA GRACE. Collecting the first four issues of the series that Multiversity Comics says is "Crafted so perfectly that it made me smile to no end." When the Li'l Depressed Boy meets a strange girl, she drags him from his self-seclusion into a world of style points bowling, zombie fighting, laser tag battles, punk rock concerts and house parties. What will he do to learn her name? What will be her perfect birthday gift? How do you eat fried rice without chopsticks? Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Return!" Collects Liberty Girl (2006) FCBD #0 , Liberty Girl (2006 Heroic Publishing) #1-3, and Anthem (2006) #3. By Dennis Mallonee, Billy Tucci, Henry Vogel, Mark Sparacio, Daerick Gross, Jeff Brennan, and Mark Propst Painted Cover by Mark Sparacio. Liberty Month kicks off with the Liberty Girl's first trade paperback! America's bronze goddess of freedom stars in a 100-page spectacular. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 100 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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. 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.

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. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

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. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. "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. Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

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. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "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. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Written by Carl Benn and Daniel Marston. Foreword by Fred Anderson. At the beginning of the 18th century, America was a colonized land with European countries squabbling over its many natural resources. In 1754, the French-Indian War broke out as a decisive battle between the French and British for control of North America. Britain's victory led to greater governmental involvement in the American colonies that developed into rebellion in 1775. Following the American Revolution, the USA and Britain shared an uneasy peace that erupted in war again in 1812; the ensuing conflict tore through the American frontier. This book examines the wars in North America from the French-Indian War until the end of the War of 1812, which brought lasting peace between Britain and the United States. Softcover, 288 pages, Text (with B&W Photos). Cover price $24.95.

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.

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 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.

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.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Lone Eagle!" Written by Jean-Michel Charlier. Art by Jean "Moebius" Giraud. Originally distributed in the United Kingdom (England). Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., full color.

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10 - 1st edition, 1st printing. "General Tete Jaune" Written by Jean-Michel Charlier. Art by Jean "Moebius" Giraud. Hardcover, 8 3/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 48 pages, FC.

1st printing. Collects Captain Marvel (1968-1979 1st Series Marvel) #25-34, Iron Man (1968-1996 1st Series) #55, Marvel Feature (1971-1973 1st Series) #12, and Death of Captain Marvel (1982 Marvel GN). Story and art by Jim Starlin. Experience Mar-Vell's triumphs and tragedies! This volume combines two older books, the long out-of-print LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL, which reprints some of his greatest adventures throughout the galaxy, and the critically-acclaimed DEATH OF CAPTAIN MARVEL, in which we watch the dying hero tragically succumb to the cancer that ravages his body. Some of the greatest stories ever told, by one of the medium's master storytellers: Jim Starlin! Like the DAREDEVIL VISIONARIES: FRANK MILLER trilogy, this book is being newly recolored. Softcover, 304 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing. I can express something [with animals] that is different from what I put into my work about humans... I can put more nonsense, more satire and fantasy into the animals... — R. Crumb Created by an adolescent R. Crumb in the late 1950s, Fritz the Cat rose to fame — along with his creator — during the underground comix revolution of the 1960s, and remains Crumbs most well-known character and an internationally recognized icon of 1960s culture. Fritz is a feline, freewheeling chiseler who allowed Crumb to express some of his most acidic commentary on American culture. Tragicomedy, farce and satire all rolled into one, The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat chronicles the very best of Fritz's adventures from his early days as an idealistic college student to his ultimate fate as a jaded, burned-out superstar, including Crumbs infamous send-off of the character in the wake of Ralph Bakshis animated feature film, an experience and project that completely dissatisfied Crumb. Finally collected in a single volume, these Fritz stories are a funny, insightful, authentic record of a tumultuous period in American life, with humor and compassion by the most well-respected cartoonist of all time. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

1st Edition - 1st printing. Written by Frank Miller. Art by Dave Gibbons. A masterpiece nearly twenty years in the making, this archival, oversized, and slipcased hardcover volume contains the complete life story of Martha Washington, the twenty-first century freedom fighter created by comic-book megastars Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen). Our story begins in the squalid corridors of a maximum-security housing project, where a young girl will rise from the war-torn streets of Chicago to battle injustice in a world insane with corruption. She will be called a hero, a traitor, and nearly everything in between, but all along the way, her courage, her integrity, and her unwavering commitment to that most valuable of rights-liberty-will inspire a movement that will never surrender. Collecting meticulously remastered versions of every Martha Washington story, and features a comprehensive behind-the-scenes section, a new introduction by Frank Miller and extensive commentary by Dave Gibbons. Softcover, 8-in. x 12-in., 600 pages, full color. MATURE READERS. Cover price $29.99.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. Written by Frank Miller. Art by Dave Gibbons. A masterpiece nearly twenty years in the making, this archival, oversized, and slipcased hardcover volume contains the complete life story of Martha Washington, the twenty-first century freedom fighter created by comic-book megastars Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen). Our story begins in the squalid corridors of a maximum-security housing project, where a young girl will rise from the war-torn streets of Chicago to battle injustice in a world insane with corruption. She will be called a hero, a traitor, and nearly everything in between, but all along the way, her courage, her integrity, and her unwavering commitment to that most valuable of rights-liberty-will inspire a movement that will never surrender. Collecting meticulously remastered versions of every Martha Washington story, and features a comprehensive behind-the-scenes section, a new introduction by Frank Miller and extensive commentary by Dave Gibbons. Softcover, 8-in. x 12-in., 600 pages, full color. MATURE READERS. Cover price $29.99.

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1st printing. You asked for them, and here they are...the pre-chapters and in-between-chapters of Don Rosa's Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck! Along with classic Rosa adventures like "Hearts of the Yukon" and "Vigilante of Pizen Bluff," this volume includes the all-new, long-awaited Klondike epic "Prisoner of White Agony Creek!" Vintage prequel "Of Ducks and Dimes and Destinies" is here, too! Softcover, 208 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

1st printing. Collects Uncle Scrooge #285, 291-296. By Don Rosa - All twelve chapters of Don Rosa's celebrated, Eisner Award-Winning series, detailing the history of the World's Richest Duck, are presented here in this affordable trade paperback edition! Softcover, 256 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

2nd and later printings. Collects Uncle Scrooge #285-296. By Don Rosa - All twelve chapters of Don Rosa's celebrated, Eisner Award-Winning series, detailing the history of the World's Richest Duck, are presented here in this affordable trade paperback edition! Softcover, 256 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

1st printing. LIFE IN PRISON is a collection of true stories of prison life as told by convicts and ex-convicts and as illustrated by artist Simon Grennan and Christopher Sperandio. This book features the true stories of Sean Keating, Berris Simpson, and Mark Sperandio. Softcover, 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.

Kitchen Sink Edition - 1st printing. By Will Eisner. In this graphic novel, Will Eisner's pen cuts an expansive swath through all aspects of the human condition. Life on Another Planet places American life within a broader perspective, chronicling the lives of scientists, politicians, spies, and nobodies as they come to terms with the discovery of extraterrestrial life. In reaching out to other galaxies, Eisner's characters ultimately find themselves focusing within. Softcover, 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.