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Edward J Grug III
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| bem1 wrote: | | I only say this because D&Q do a great job on their books but at the current rate those books are getting published, I'll have to live to a hundred to get all of King's works. |
They haven't even announced the next book yet  |
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Gryphon
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| My copy of rip kirby vol 2 just shipped. |
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Cnwl
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:18 am Post subject: Quickly Noted -- |
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Gryph: Hope you enjoy RIP Vol 2 when it arrives!
Lucky: I know that "Holy Grail" feeling of going into some store you've never visited before and finding something you've been on the lookout for! That's a _great_ feeling (last time I think I felt it was when I went to a SF convention in Boston and found the last Bantam DOC SAVAGE paperback I needed to complete that run) ... *Sigh*
Marv & Bem: Your two votes for ESSENTIALS tackling GOOGLE/SNUFFY are duly noted!
Bem: Your two guesses are well-reasoned and intriguing. At least one of them is correct, too ... As to a D&Q/LOAC team-up on GASOLINE ALLEY. I'm not privy to D&Q's future publishing schedule/plans, but I have faith in them, they're a top-flight outfit. Meanwhile, I definitely enjoy jumping back in time to Skeezix's boyhood in their releases, and flash-forwarding to Skeezix as an adult in our own Dick Moores GA. It's an arrangement unique in all the existing strip reprints, isn't it?
Finally: a review of BARON BEAN you may enjoy is at: http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/review/library-american-comics-essentials-volume-1-baron-bean.
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violentmarv
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| On a side note Barney Google With The Goo Goo Googely Eyes was sung by a character in the season finale of Boardwalk Empire. |
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bem1
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| According to http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/2452/ Dick Tracy will be out on 1/ 2 / 2013 and Lil Abner out on 1/9/2013. I do not have any idea of how this strike will affect books coming into Amazon shipping centers. |
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JDviant
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| Rip Kirby 3 on amazon went from 2-4 weeks, to out of stock, to arriving 12.17. I've got my order in, either way! |
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violentmarv
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My latest round of pre ordered books:
Barnaby vol. 1. Honestly I haven't read very much of this strip, but I'm going to go ahead and give it a shot.
LOAC The Gumps. I've only read a handful of this strip as well, but I love what I've seen.
Flash Gordon/Jungle Jim vol.3
Prince Valiant vol. 7
Bringing Up Father vol. 2!!!!!!!!!!
I've also been considering picking up the Complete Calvin and Hobbes soft cover. I have all of the previous collections, but would like to have them in a better format. I really wish a publisher would a series of hardcover books instead of one big chunk. I found the Complete Far Side to be too big and heavy. Any opinions on this? |
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Cnwl
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:11 am Post subject: Last Pre-Holiday Note from Me ... |
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... Since Tuesday I'm off on a 1,500-mile junket to spend Christmas with my farthest-flung relatives for the first time in more than two decades ...
Very gratifying to see folks excited about the KIRBY second printings. Hope everyone who ordered one of those is pleased to have solved their own particular "Case of the Missing RIPs"!
Marv: Everything on your list is also on my list! If you're like me at all, you'll love BARNABY -- in my opinion (and that of many others) it's a wonderful, wodnerful strip. Speaking only for myself, part of me is envious that Fantagraphics landed it, but another part of me is content, knowing they'll do right by Crockett Johnson's work. I own the COMPLETE CALVIN & HOBBES three-hardcover/slipcased set and am very happy with it. I bought it on sale at under a hundred bucks and think I got great value-for-money. Glad you're excited to see BRINGING UP FATHER Volume 2 -- there's great stuff inside, and you'll see some of the results of my November research junket to UCLA. When I get back from my relatives', I'll be diving into writing the text for FLASH/JIM Vol 3. Some interesting ground to cover in _that_ baby, I can tell you!
We've ben up to our armpits in finishing off a batch of books, so our website has been a bit neglected. We're taking steps to remedy that, so don't hesitate to take a zip over to www.libraryofamericancomics.com in the days ahead!
No matter whether you're in line for a Happy Christmas, a Cheer-filled Chanukkah, a Kreative Kwanzaa, or a Frantic Festivus, may you enjoy the holiday of your choice! We'll be looking for you on the other side, as we get ready to bid farewell to a fine 2012 and get set to welcome an even brighter 2013!
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bem1
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Good news about King Aroo. You guys have quite a bit of stiff coming out in the next few months. I'm being nosy, but what's the deal with the Star Trek book of comic strips. That one seems to have come out with little or no fanfare. Does anyone know anything about it?
I'm mostly curious. I have been on a Roy Crane kick. After finishing the last semester of grades and grading, I wanted pure escapism and adventure. Still need to get Gasoline Alley, that's next on my list to get. |
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emb021
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Edward J Grug III wrote: | | bem1 wrote: | | I only say this because D&Q do a great job on their books but at the current rate those books are getting published, I'll have to live to a hundred to get all of King's works. |
They haven't even announced the next book yet |
The whole thing with D&Q Gasoline Alley books have been annoying, mainly due to the lack of info from them. (there is no forum or the like on their website).
When they started the series, they were doing them one a year, usually in the fall. Then they missed a year with no explanation. As best I could tell, it may have been a rights issue. (or more precisely, something thinking someone didn't have the rights, and was causing problems). As I understand it, the King estate owns the strips and D&Q works with them and has their permission. But the King syndicate owned the "Gasoline Alley" name, hence the books don't use that name. But I guess someone as KSP thought that D&Q had to work with them and rattled swords, and delayed that year's volume.
But no explanation of this delay now.
(on a related note, I've been disappointed in how they've been doing the John Stanley Library. No word on some of the planned Stanley volumes, the next "Nancy" volume is the last one, but that doesn't make sense as per my figuring, they need 2-3 more "Nancy & Sluggo" volumes. Doing a "Tubby" volume made no sense as they shouldn't have had the rights. Dark Horse had those rights, and they were doing Tubby anyway.)
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metabaron
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rip kirby volume 2 is still showing as not available on canadian amazon?
drawn and quarterly completely messed up john stanley library. no introductory text, random volumes, cover not giving clear indication of what volume it is. i like drawn and quarterly but that was just bad.
hope i find enough money for all these beautiful loac books. |
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Edward J Grug III
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| emb021 wrote: |
(on a related note, I've been disappointed in how they've been doing the John Stanley Library. No word on some of the planned Stanley volumes, the next "Nancy" volume is the last one, but that doesn't make sense as per my figuring, they need 2-3 more "Nancy & Sluggo" volumes. Doing a "Tubby" volume made no sense as they shouldn't have had the rights. Dark Horse had those rights, and they were doing Tubby anyway.) |
A lack of more Thirteen Going on Eighteen is very annoying to me. I did Tweet them to ask if there were plans and didn't even get a response. |
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Gryphon
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| Got my copy of rip kirby vol 2. |
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emb021
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| metabaron wrote: | | drawn and quarterly completely messed up john stanley library. no introductory text, random volumes, cover not giving clear indication of what volume it is. i like drawn and quarterly but that was just bad. |
Also not including the covers in some volumes (I think the first 2 Melvin volumes didn't include them, they put them all in the last Melvin volume).
They tried to justify this by giving the lame excuse that their audience were kids who wouldn't care about that stuff, and not collectors, when IMO, most kids wouldn't know enough about this stuff to get it, its going to be the collectors who will get it (and maybe pass them to their kids to read).
I felt they could have done Melvin in fewer volumes (they did a big volume of Thirteen).
They did 3 Nancy volumes, and then should have started on doing 2-3 Nancy & Sluggo volumes (from when that title was renamed, plus any remaining Dell Giants). Saying the next Nancy volume is the last is puzzling.
No word on more Thirteen volumes or volumes for Dunc & Loo or Kookie.
Doing a Tubby volume that did stuff from the middle of the run, and not the beginning made no sense, plus, as I said Dark Horse had the reprint rights to Tubby and their volume overlapped what DH was doing. (course am a little disappointed with DH, because by my figuring, we should still have some more Tubby volumes. Not certain about Little Lulu.)
Oh, well. I look forward to the next:
Dick Tracy volume.
Steve Canyon volume
Little Orphan Annie volume
Mickey Mouse strips volume (next one will be Sundays!!)
and others.
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violentmarv
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| Today I went to pick up the copy of Polly and Her Pals vol. 1 that I had ordered from my LCS, ordered a copy of Cartoon Monarch and received my copy of Pogo vol. 2 with a slipcase in the mail from Fantagraphics. Great day to be a classic comic collector! |
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