NEW RELEASES
Steve Canyon Vol 3: 1951-1952
by Milton
Caniff
Edited & Designed by Dean Mullaney, Essay by Bruce
Canwell.
In the third volume—reprinting every
strip from 1951 and 1952—new and old characters are paired
off. Breck Nazaire and Dr. Deen Wilderness return. Steve meets the
lovely Duchess of Denver and the sadistic Fungo; gets assigned to
Eel Island, where he encounters crusty Colonel Index and his
not-so-blushing bride; is sent to protect a government secret at
Maumee University, only to reconnect with Summer Olson and meet her
mysterious friend, Kate Subjekt; and eventually gets caught in the
deep woods with Miss Mizzou and Roy Himmerskorn before coming face
to face yet again with not only Summer, but the Copperhead
herself-Copper Calhoon!
Oversized 11” x
8.5” full-color hardcover-with-dustjacket, 336 pp,
$49.99.
Bringing Up Father Vol. 2
Of Cabbages and
Kings
by George McManus
Edited by Bruce Canwell, Designed by Dean Mullaney
Maggie and Jiggs are back in "Of Cabbages and
Kings," an extravanga that contains dailies and Sundays from 1937
and 1938. The combustible-yet-inseparable couple go to London for
the King's coronation. Upon their return, Jiggs decides the only
way he'll convince Maggie to move back to the old neighborhood is
to lose his fortune. He makes the one outlandish investment after
another but each time he only becomes richer. Until he hits on the
right formula. For Maggie, the unthinkable happens: it's back to
eating boiled cabbage when the wealthy Jiggs goes
broke!
Oversized 11"
x 10" hardcover-with-dustjacket, 304 pp., $49.99. ISBN
978-1-61377-532-5
LOAC Essentials Vol. 2: The Gumps 1929
by Sidney
Smith
Edited and with an Introduction by Jared Gardner. Designed by Dean
Mullaney.
In the second decade of the 20th Century Sidney Smith created a formula of melodrama, adventure, mystery, and comedy that made The Gumps one of the country's most popular comics and himself perhaps its richest cartoonist. So devoted were his readers that they regularly wrote in to offer advice for his characters' love lives and business decisions and 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.
"What holds The Saga of Mary Gold together more than anything is the inevitable march toward the end. As the reader begins to realize where Mr. Smith is taking us the anticipation builds to the point where you almost want to cry “NO!” out loud….A volume of touching sincerity that reinforces the best of what it meant to be an American in times of turmoil. The reproduction of the art is flawless.…" —New York Journal of Books
Oblong 11.5” x
4.25” hardcover, 344 pp, $19.99. ISBN:
978-1-61377-573-8
King Aroo Vol. 2: 1952-1954
by Jack
Kent
Edited & Designed by Dean Mullaney, Essay by Bruce
Canwell
"An amazing comic strip, as awesomely clever a
piece of idiosyncratic genius as comics has ever produced. The
world of the title character is filled with puns, silly creatures,
surrealistic plotlines, funny characters, and meandering stories
that almost seem to bob and weave around the whole idea of having a
coherent narrative. It's also funny as can be."
—Jason Sacks, Comics Bulletin
Volume Two reproduces more than 700 sequential strips that have never been reprinted. It's a rare chance to see why King Aroo is considered one of the medium's hidden gems. Plus the continuation of Bruce Canwell's groundbreaking biography of Kent's life and career.
9.5" x 7.5", Hardcover-with-dustjacket, 340 pp., $39.99. ISBN 978-1-91077-782-7