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Kitty on Top!
We’ve been so busy working on the first volumes of Tarzan and Superman that we let a book dear to our hearts slip through the cracks. Now that Tarzan is at the printer, we can turn our attention to the...
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For fans of Cliff Sterrett
While all our books are special to me in one way or another, certain releases carry with them an extra-special frisson. I like to think our two King Aroos and the Cartoon Monarch volume, for example,...
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Those Were the Days
If I posed the question, “What classic newspaper strip is both the largest AND smallest book in the LOAC catalogue?” and you answered, “Polly and Her Pals,” you’d win the proverbial Kewpie Doll. The...
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Back to the Shelves
Several years ago we took some time in this space to show you what my LOAC bookshelf looked like. I shelve my books in alphabetical order by author, or by publisher where that makes more sense — for...
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Barry One, Pearl Two
A few months ago in this space I showed you some photos of our LOAC books, arrayed on my bookshelves — you can see it here, if you’d like a refresher. More recently, we received some impressive...
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Still ESSENTIALly The Baron — and His Friends
This week I received an advance copy of the twelfth LOAC Essentials volume, which also completes our reprinting of Baron Bean. As a stone George Herriman fan, that made my entire week special! Fronted...
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The August LOAC Wheel of Fortune: Just for Laughs
We continue journeying toward our two hundredth Library of American Comics release with the August spin of the LOAC Wheel of Fortune – but before we give it a whirl, these few (semi-) serious...
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Septembers LOAC Wheel of Fortune: Just For Laughs! Redux
I know, I know — I said I had something planned for September, so we’d do our second humor-based spin of the LOAC Wheel of Fortune later in the autumn. I weighed the options and decided the idea I had...
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The Grand Finale of the LOAC Wheel of Fortune!
Just a few weeks ahead of almost everyone else, my copies of LOAC Essentials Volume 14: Barney Google arrived on Saturday. Much as I enjoy seeing Billy DeBeck’s work, unpacking these copies also jazzed...
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Mile Markers on the Road to 200: #s 51-100
Continuing our review of the first two hundred LOAC books, which began here, take a look at our fifty-first to one hundredth releases … … And here’s what jumps out at me as I scan this list. As noted...
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