Bug comic books issue 1

Comics Elite and Comic Book Nation exclusive cover by Ryan G. Browne. Written by Joseph Schmalke. Art by Jason Lynch. Mature Readers. In the Lands of High Adventure, brave bands of heroes undertake dangerous quests in search of fame and fortune. The exploits of these fearless explorers, who dare delve into the deepest of dungeons, will be sung about by the bards for eons. This is not their story. No, this is a tale of what happens when well-intentioned groups of would-be adventurers recruit the wrong kind of 'hero'…the dreaded Murder Hobo. Selfish assassins who thrive on illicit acts and unprovoked bursts of violence, these agents of chaos can foil even the best-laid plans. Beaten, Broken and Buggered follows the exploits of Drunk-o and Nymph-o, a pair of Murder Hobos with different methods, but the same goal…to keep all the loot for themselves. 24 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

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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.

Three complete Funny Animal stories including Super Rabbit, Silly Sean and Ziggy the Pig, plus Krazy Crow. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing.

Story and art by Elise Gravel.

In The Bug Club, Elise Gravel shares all her favorite and most interesting facts about these marvelous creatures, some of which are so unique and strange, you could almost imagine them living in outer space! Elise's inquisitiveness and charm pop off the page as she takes us on a walk through her mind-and the awe-inspiring natural wonders that exist right outside our doorsteps.

Hardcover, 56 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $17.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Steve Lafler.

This hefty volume collects Steve Lafler's BugHouse, a tale of Bebop jazz with an all-insect cast.

He doesn't back away from the horrors of addiction in creating BugHouse, but Lafler's real game is depicting the joy of music in the language of comics with his signature fluid brushwork. The artist was inspired by Max Fleischer animations as a tot, literally falling into a lush world, peopled by buggy creatures rapping over swing jazz, dancing all the while.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 408 pages, B&W.

Cover price $34.00.

1st printing. Written and drawn by various. Cover by Walter Carzon and Ruben Torreiro. A trade-paperback tribute to Warner Bros.' 75th anniversary features highlights from more than 50 years of comics featuring the Looney Tunes! Reproduced in full color, some of the Tunes' looniest comic-book adventures from the past six decades include the misadventures of Daffy Duck, Tweety & Sylvester, Sniffles the Mouse, Road Runner and the Tasmanian Devil. Among the highlights: a Bugs Bunny story from 1941's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1941 Dell) #1, the first comic-book appearance of any WB character! SC, 7x10, 160 pg, FC. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Good $7.20

25c Giant with newsprint cover. #30025-509 Cover price $0.25.

1st printing. Join Bugs Bunny and all his Looney Tunes friends as they fund brand new ways to cause and get out of trouble! Starring Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Tweety and Sylvester, Porky Pig, Petunia, Henery Hawk, Little Pancho Vanilla, the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote, and Daffy Duck with an All-Star supporting cast! Softcover, 224 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

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.

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.

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.

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. An anthology of original short stories set in the Alien universe, featuring the talents of numerous bestselling authors including Jonathan Maberry, Heather Graham, Scott Sigler, Rachel Caine, David Farland, Larry Correia. Eighteen brand new stories - exclusive to this collection - featuring the Colonial Marines in bloody conflict with the deadly Aliens. Aliens: Bug Hunt will send the marines into deep space, to alien worlds, to derelict space settlements, and into the nests of the universe's most dangerous monsters. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 368 pages, Text Only. Cover price $16.95.

1st printing. Collects The Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) #304-306.

Written by David Michelinie. Art by Todd McFarlane, Hector Collazo, Chris Ivy, Ken Lopez, Mark McKenna, Rodney Ramos, Pat Redding, and Joe Rubinstein. Cover by Todd McFarlane.

The Daily Bugle publishes a book featuring Peter Parker's best photos of Spider-Man! Peter's first promotional event at the L.A. civic center hits a snag when an old acquaintance shows up: the Black Fox! But this time there's someone else besides the wall-crawler hunting the Fox! The Prowler!

Then, the pesky Humbug is back! And the insect-infatuated villain wants to resume his research on the ESU campus! But the crazy entomologist runs into his most-reviled insect first: the Spectacular Spider-Man!

Softcover, 80 pages, full color.

Canadian edition with .95 cents cover price. The character who puts the comic back in comic books! The first issue, "Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Wipe Out!", features: Ambush Bug's new partner, Cheeks, The Toy Wonder; a Cabbage Patch Doll; Republicans; Ambush Bug Data Sheet; and (Jane Fonda step aside) Ambush Bug's Physical Fitness Workout Book! Written by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming, with art and cover by Giffen and Bob Oksner. Cover price $0.95.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

Reprints. Featuring: 1 page story starring Bugs Bunny and Petunia Pig (on inside front cover); 15 page story "Dig That Demon" starring Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig (on telephone); 10 page story "The Champion Chump" starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Horton Hound; 1 page story "Bugs Bunny Odd Job Company" starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd; 1 page story "Slugsy Bugsy Boxing School" starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd; 36 page story The "Isle of Hercules" starring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Turk the Terrible, Petunia Pig, Cicero Pig and Elmer Fudd; 10 page Bugs Bunny story "The Smoke Smeller"; 7 page story "Lighthouse Keeper Capers" starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd; 1 page Elmer Fudd story (on inside back cover); 1 page pin-up of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Petunia Pig and Cicero Pig (back cover). Airbrushed cover features Bugs. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

Story, art and cover by Tony Basilicato. Another lighthearted funny-animal story from Basilicato, creator of Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils – only this time the animal is a microbe. Dr. Melvin Q. Meltdown, the man who created the Gerbils, gives sentience to the germ that causes the common cold, and the creature befriends a little boy named Dweezle. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

Edited by Roger Broughton. Stories by Joe Gill and Pat Boyette. Art by Steve Ditko, Eccio, Pat Boyette and Wayne Howard. Science fiction tales from Charlton comics, focusing on that old standard of sci-fi tales, the bug-eyed monster from space. Also, General Hawker goes faster than the speed of light and manages to slow down time. Featuring reprints from Charltons Ghost Manor, Space War, Ghostly Tales and Space Adventures. The Exterminators; The Swarm; The Blue Men of Bantro; An Old Man. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Stories by Colin Allen and unknown. Art by Colin Allen and unknown. Featuring: "Salami and the Seven Nails"; What a Family! newspaper strip "Cheap Freeze" (by Colin Allen); "The Thing in the Window"; and "Strife With Father"! Plus: 2-page text story "Dropsy-Turvy"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $2.65

By Steve Lafler. 24 Pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.75.

Add to cart Very Fine $14.25

Add to cart Very Fine $14.25

1st Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art byy Steve Lafler.

Set in an "insect noir" Manhattan of the early fifties, BugHouse is the tumultuous story of Tenor saxophonist, Jimmy Watts, as he leads his talented jazz band of "bugs" from the swing era into the uncharted maelstrom of Bop. Never before has the art of music felt more alive and real on the printed page. And never before has a more "human" portrait of drug addiction been depicted in comics.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.70

2nd Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art byy Steve Lafler.

Tenor saxophone maestro Jimmy Watts leads his talented band of bugs from the swing era into the uncharted maelstrom of Bebop. As he and his bandmates claw their way to the top of the jazz world, they fight the temptation to be consumed by addiction to "Bug Juice" in this indigo-noir insect tale.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 194 pages, B&W.

Cover price $15.99.

1st printing. by Joe Adamson. Prefaces by Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones. "What's up, Doc?" Take a walk down Memory Lane and look back at the first five wonderful decades with that charming little troublemaker - Bugs Bunny. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, full color.

# 1C Bugs Bunny Lost in the Frozen North (1949) guest-starring Porky Pig. These pocket-sized comic books were originally offered for 15 cents by cutting and sending in the coupon that appeared on the back label of select boxes of Quaker Puffed Wheat cereal boxes. There were three sets (A, B, & C) designated on the envelope they arrived in. Each set contained five comics chronicling the hilarious adventures of one of the most beloved cartoon characters in history, Bugs Bunny. 32 pages, full color, newsprint, 6.75-in. x 3-in.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.99

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "What's Up, Doc?!" Collects stories from Looney Tunes (1994- DC) #37, 41, 43-45, 48, 52, 55, 57-59, and 63. Written by Craig Boldman and Bill Matheny. Art by David Alvarez and Horacio Ottolini. A collection of the world's favorite wisecracking rabbit! Filled to the brim with 112 pages of improbable gags, lighthearted fights and oddly convincing disguises, this first volume of stories selected from the treasured archives of LOONEY TUNES is sure to tickle the funny bones of both children and the childlike! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 112 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $6.99.

Variant Cover by Sugar Spit. Written by Allen Dunford. Illustrated by Kit Wallis. 32 pages, full color.

Topless Variant Cover by Sugar Spit. Written by Allen Dunford. Illustrated by Kit Wallis. 32 pages, full color.

Full Nude Variant Cover. Written by Allen Dunford. Illustrated by Kit Wallis. 32 pages, full color.

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. Written and Illustrated by Steve Lafler. Hardcover, 408 Pages, B&W.

First printing. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

Add to cart Fair $2.65

2nd and later printings. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages

Holt, Rinehart and Winston Edition - 1st printing. By G.B. Trudeau. Introduction by Art Buchwald. From its obscure and scruffy origins as b-weekly filler in a college newspaper, the new daily comics strip DOONESBURY currently delights readers in some 200 newspapers in the U.S. and in nine other countries! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. All Ages Cover price $1.50.

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White Cover (Doonesbury Book) - Holt, Rinehart and Winston Edition - 2nd and later printings. By G.B. Trudeau. Introduction by Art Buchwald. From its obscure and scruffy origins as b-weekly filler in a college newspaper, the new daily comics strip DOONESBURY currently delights readers in some 200 newspapers in the U.S. and in nine other countries! Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

Add to cart Very Good $3.49

Green Cover (Doonesbury Classic) - Holt, Rinehart and Winston Edition - 2nd and later printings. By G.B. Trudeau. Introduction by Art Buchwald. From its obscure and scruffy origins as b-weekly filler in a college newspaper, the new daily comics strip DOONESBURY currently delights readers in some 200 newspapers in the U.S. and in nine other countries! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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.

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.

Nice Edition 'B' Variant Cover by Dravacus. Story by Scott Wilke. Art by Cari Salviejo.

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Nice Foil Edition 'B' Virgin Cover by Dravacus - limited to 35 copies. Story by Scott Wilke. Art by Cari Salviejo.

Topless Edition 'B' Virgin Cover by Dravacus. Story by Scott Wilke. Art by Cari Salviejo.

Topless Foil Edition 'B' Virgin Cover by Dravacus - limited to 35 copies. Story by Scott Wilke. Art by Cari Salviejo.

Nice Edition 'C' Variant Cover by Dhaxina. Story by Scott Wilke. Art by Cari Salviejo.

Nice Foil Edition 'C' Variant Cover by Dhaxina - limited to 22 copies. Story by Scott Wilke. Art by Cari Salviejo.