There doesn’t seem to be any big all-in-one comic strip compendium coming out this year the way there was recently with The Complete Calvin and Hobbes and The Complete Far Side. We do have, however, The Completely Mad Don Martin, a mammoth collection of the floppy-footed artist’s work from 1957 to 1987, coming out this Friday.
Craig Yoe talked with Running Press publisher Jon Anderson about the two-volume coffee-table book:
How is it selling in?
We’re sold out. Every last copy we printed has been spoken for. They’re all on their way to stores now, and the printing process is too time-consuming for us to have any more for this holiday season. Any place that sells books should have them, but when they sell what they ordered, that will be it for this year. I would encourage anyone who wants a copy this year, one of the first editions, to get it right after it goes on sale at the end of October or better yet pre-order it to, as they way, avoid disappointment.
You heard the man, get going!
October 19th, 2007 at 7:21 am
I ordered mine from Amazon last week and it showed yesterday. HUGE discount, free shipping (17 pounds of free shipping via UPS) and it’s a BEAUTIFUL book! Next up Al Jaffee?