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Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography

by David Michaelis

Charles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Now acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us the first full-length biography of the brilliant, unseen man behind Peanuts : at once a creation story, a portrait of a native genius, and a chronicle contrasting the private man with the central role he played in... (more)

The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes

by Bill Watterson

They're back: Calvin, the six-year-old dirty tricksmeister and master of indignation and his warm, cuddly philosopher sidekick, Hobbes, a tiger whose idea of adventure is to lie on his back by the fire and have his stomach rubbed. In six short years this unlikely due has captured the hearts, the minds, and, most of all, the funny bones of America. They are the msot phenomenal success story in syndication - and... (more)

Toons for Our Times : A Bloom County Book

Toons for Our Times : A Bloom County Book

by Berke Breathed

The Complete "Peanuts" 1950 -1952 (Peanuts)

The Complete "Peanuts" 1950 -1952 (Peanuts)

by Carol Swain

The most eagerly-awaited publishing project in comic strip history. 50 years of art. 25 books. Over 7500 pages of comics. Two books per year for 12 ¼ years. Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce the most exciting and ambitious publishing project in the history of the American comic strip: the complete reprinting of Charles M. Schulz's classic, Peanuts . The most popular comic strip in the history of the... (more)

The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes

by Bill Watterson

This is a collection of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons. It contains Yukon Ho! and Weirdos from Another Planet as an omnibus edition, but also a story that has not been in print before. Bill Watterson won the 1986 Reuben Award as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.

It Came from the Far Side

by Gary Larson

The Far Side® and the Larson® signature are registered trademarks of FarWorks, Inc.

Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons

Calvin and Hobbes: Book 7

Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons

by Bill Watterson

A collection of comic cartoons starring the Calvin and Hobbes pair.

Calvin and Hobbes

by Bill Watterson

New York Times best-seller! Watterson's imaginative approach to his material and his inventive graphics have made Calvin and Hobbes one of the few universally admired by other cartoonists." --Charles Solomon, Los Angeles Times Book Review Calvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in... (more)

Seven Years Of Highly Defective People: Scott Adams' Guided Tour of the Evolution of Dilbert

Seven Years Of Highly Defective People: Scott Adams' Guided Tour of the Evolution of Dilbert

by Scott Adams

A scrapbook traces the development of the internationally popular comic strip about life in corporate America, including the creator's thoughts about the formation of his characters' lives and a wealth of strips from the past seven years. Simultaneous."

The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972

by Charles M. Schulz

Peanuts surges into the 1970s with Schulz at the peak of his powers and influence. Sally Brown - school phobia, malapropisms, unrequited love for Linus and all - elbows her way to center stage, at least among the humans, and is thus the logical choice for cover girl... and in her honor, the introduction is provided by none other than television, Broadway and film star Kristin (Pushing Daisies, Wicked) Chenoweth,... (more)

Billy and the Boingers Bootleg/Includes Record (Bloom County Book)

Billy and the Boingers Bootleg/Includes Record (Bloom County Book)

by Berke Breathed

With the release of this new Bloom County book and the newly chosen Billy and the Boingers Theme Song, chosen from the most bone-shaking, kidney-curdling entries from rock bands nationwide, Springsteen and Van Halen will become as distant a memory as Michael Jackson. 300 black-and-white and 44 color comic strips.

Calvin and Hobbes: Book 4

Weirdos from Another Planet!

by Bill Watterson

A collection of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons. The author won the 1986 Reuben Award as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year and has also illustrated Something Under the Bed is Drooling , Calvin and Hobbes' Yukon Ho! and Scientific Progress Goes Boink .

Beyond The Far Side

by Gary Larson

The Far Side® and the Larson® signature are registered trademarks of FarWorks, Inc.

The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions

The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions

by Scott Adams

Destination Moon (The Adventures of Tintin)

The Adventures of Tintin

Destination Moon (The Adventures of Tintin)

by Herge

Tintin begins his greatest adventure when he and Captain Haddock are rather cryptically summoned to join Professor Calculus in Klow. It turns out that the professor has joined a consortium in order to build a rocket that will land a person on the moon (this was in 1953, well before Neil Armstrong). Unfortunately, the project has attracted some unwanted attention from those who will resort to sabotage and... (more)

The Black Island (The Adventures of Tintin)

The Adventures of Tintin

The Black Island (The Adventures of Tintin)

by Herge

The Black Island is an exciting and very funny tale of intrigue in which a gang of international forgers leads Tintin to the Scottish town of Kiltoch, where a dreaded beast is rumored to live. Along the way, Tintin is framed and has to dodge the pursuit of his old detective friends Thompson and Thomson. He also meets Dr. Müller, who would return in Land of Black Gold . The Black Island is one of the earlier... (more)

The Far Side Observer

by Gary Larson

Here, in this eighth all-new collection of The Far Side, are gathered all the denizens from that often strange but always funny world--creatures who first were seen in such newspapers as the New York Daily News and the Washington Post. Illustrated.

The Far Side Gallery 5

by Gary Larson

The Complete Peanuts 1961-1962

by Charles M. Schulz, Charles M. Schulz

The New York Times best-selling series continues! The Complete Peanuts will run 25 volumes, collecting two years chronologically at a rate of two a year for twelve years. Each volume is designed by the award-winning cartoonist Seth ( It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken ) and features impeccable production values; every single strip from Charles M. Schulz's 50-year American classic is reproduced better... (more)

Bunny Suicides: Book 1

The Book of Bunny Suicides

by Andy Riley

Rabbits. We'll never quite know why, but sometimes they decide they've just had enough of this world- and that's when they start getting inventive. The Book of Bunny Suicides follows over one hundred bunnies as they find ever more outlandish ways to do themselves in. From an encounter with the business end of Darth Vader's lightsaber, to supergluing themselves to a diving submarine, to hanging around... (more)

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by David Michaelis

by Bill Watterson

by Berke Breathed

by Carol Swain

by Bill Watterson

by Gary Larson

by Bill Watterson

by Bill Watterson

by Scott Adams

by Charles M. Schulz

by Berke Breathed

by Bill Watterson

by Gary Larson

by Scott Adams

by Herge

by Herge

by Gary Larson

by Gary Larson

by Charles M. Schulz, Charles M. Schulz

by Andy Riley