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BLOOM
COUNTY: PENGUIN DREAMS & STRANGER THINGS by
Berke Breathed
BLOOM COUNTY is a comic strip
masterpiece, and the defining comic strip of the
1980s, in my opinion. Long live Opus the penguin,
Steve Dallas, and the whole gang!
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Also: Toons
For Our Times | Tales
Too Ticklish Too Tell | Happy
Trails | Billy
and the Boingers Bootleg | Loose
Tails | Bloom
County Babylon | The
Romantic Opus N' Bill |
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BLOOM COUNTY: NIGHT OF
THE MARY KAY COMMANDOS featuring Smell-O-Toons
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Also: Toons
For Our Times | Tales
Too Ticklish Too Tell | Happy
Trails | Billy
and the Boingers Bootleg | Loose
Tails | Bloom
County Babylon | The
Romantic Opus N' Bill
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BLOOM
COUNTY: ONE LAST LITTLE PEEK, 1980-1995 by Berke
Breathed
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Also: Toons
For Our Times | Tales
Too Ticklish Too Tell | Happy
Trails | Billy
and the Boingers Bootleg | Loose
Tails | Bloom
County Babylon | The
Romantic Opus N' Bill |
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CALVIN & HOBBES by
Bill Watterson
CALVIN & HOBBES is the second
defining comic strip of the 1980s, after BLOOM
COUNTY. Bill Watterson's mysterious aura and the
retirement of the strip in 1995 have only
furthered to make the strip even more cool and
defining in it's definine-ness.
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THE
AUTHORITATIVE CALVIN & HOBBES by Bill
Watterson
Collects strips from "Yukon
Ho!" and "Weirdos From Another
Planet."
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THE ESSENTIAL CALVIN
& HOBBES by Bill Watterson
Collects some of the best strips
from CALVIN & HOBBES.
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FOX
TROT by Bill Amend
FOX TROT's one of the most
enjoyable strips currently in syndication.
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Fox Trot | Pass The
Loot | Black
Bart Says Draw | Eight
Yards Down and Out | Bury My
Heart at Fun-Fun Mountain | May The
Force Be With Us, Please | Take Us
To Your Mall | At Least
This Place Sells T-Shirts | Come
Close, Roger | The
Return of the Lone Iguana | Cactus
Flats | Jasorassic
Park |
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THE GARFIELD TREASURIES
by Jim Davis
Garfield's is most magical when
he's in full color, and these Garfield Treasury
books collecting only Sunday strips are wall to
wall orange fat cat.
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The
First Garfield Treasury | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth
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GOOD
GRIEF: THE STORY OF CHARLES M. SCHULZ by Rheta
Grimsley Johnson
Ever wanted to know the
background story behind Charles Schulz, the
cartooning genius who gave the world PEANUTS?
Here's your chance. I found this book a
facinating and entertaining read.
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AMERICA'S GREATEST COMIC
STRIP ARTISTS: FROM THE YELLOW KID TO PEANUTS by
Richard Marschall
This is a slick coffee table book
that no self-respecting comic strip fan should do
without.
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THE
SIMPSONS: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO OUR FAVORITE FAMILY
Everything you ever wanted to
know about The Simpsons but were afraid to ask
Matt Groening because you were scared he might
not know the answer and you would't want to
embarass him.
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LIFE
IN HELL by Matt Groening
Before Matt Groening created The
Simpsons to pay off his gambling debts, there was
his weekly comic strip called LIFE IS HELL. It
chronicles the adventures of a few bunnies, and
two little gay guys named Abkar and Jeff. It's
funny.
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The Big
Book of Hell | The Huge
Book of Hell |
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ARGON
ZARK! by Charley Parker
This is a colorful, far-out web
comic translated into a
colorful, far-out print collection. As an added
bonus, the cartoonist explains in the book how
the cool effects were done.
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YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN:
A NINE-STEP PLAN FOR SUCCESS by Stedman Graham
I haven't actually read this
book, but I have held it in my hands. It just
seems like a funny book. I dare you to buy this
book.
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