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Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Recently there have been "Complete" collections of The Far Side and Calvin & Hobbes.

We're in the process of seeing complete high quality reprinted collections of Peanuts, Gasoline Alley, and (oddly, because the strip is still going) Dennis the Menace.

(Why Dennis? As far as I can see, the only thing more daring about the early Dennis cartoons was the abundance of implied adultery humor. Bleah.)

There's plenty of good strips that could be collected...especially ones that are currently out of print in any form.

I would -kill- to see a complete high quality reprinted collection of Walt Kelly's Pogo.

(The Fantagraphics attempts in the 90s were ended prematurely, are all out of print, and the binding was cheap and flimsy.)

Which ones would you like to see?

[ August 17, 2006, 02:15 PM: Message edited by: Puffy Treat ]

Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :

Honestly, I don't really find print comics funny. The only currently running comic I really like is Brewster Rockit. Since it started in 2004, it's probably a little early for a "complete" collection.

Overall, I just find web comics to be much more interesting. I would love to see Goats put out another volume. I have the first four, but several years of comics have been released since then and I'd love to have them all together.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

I would really like to see a complete collection of Order of the Stick.

Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :

I'd like a complete Zits, but it's still ongoing. Maybe a complete Bloom County.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

I'd snatch a complete collection of Foxtrot [Smile]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

I'd love to have a complete Krazy Kat and a complete Wormy collection. I'll second the Pogo and Bloom County nominations as well.

In terms of Webcomics (and webcomics that are still running, at that), I'd be willing to shell out for a complete Order of the Stick, as Porter said, and a complete Questionable Content. I would happily check a complete Sluggy Freelance from the library.

Posted by PUNJABEE (Member # 7359) on :

*shudder* I've always hated Foxtrot.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

quote:
I'd like a complete Zits, but it's still ongoing.

That's exactly why it would be so awesome to see a complete collection now.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Noemon:
I'd love to have a complete Krazy Kat and a complete Wormy collection. I'll second the Pogo and Bloom County nominations as well.

In terms of Webcomics (and webcomics that are still running, at that), I'd be willing to shell out for a complete Order of the Stick, as Porter said, and a complete Questionable Content. I would happily check a complete Sluggy Freelance from the library.

If there was a collection of Sluggy Freelance I would gladly check it out from the library and take it on an airplane trip.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Not anymore. [Frown]

Posted by Demonstrocity (Member # 9579) on :

Bloom County, seconded. Hard.

Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :

Questionable Content. Or Something Positive.

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

9 Chickweed Lane really needs a "to-date" collection. Badly. I love that strip, and I can only see one month's worth of strips at any given time. I can't even buy the books, because there ARE none, except for the one about that cat.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ricree101:
Honestly, I don't really find print comics funny.

See, this is another reason why more classic comics should be collected...the notion that a comic strip -has- to have a gag. [Frown]

Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :

Bloom County and Outland both need completes.

Red Meat.

Patrick Dean's comics (only known to those in Athens, GA as far as I know)

Posted by JLM (Member # 7800) on :

BLOOM COUNTY!!!!!!!!!!!

(But watch out for the hairy fishnuts.)

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Pear pimples for hairy fishnuts!

Posted by Gwen (Member # 9551) on :

My father got a two-volume full-color hard-bound collection of Far Side cartoons, complete with essays by Gary Larson (including letters from fans/nitpickers/haters) for Christmas last year. I was in heaven reading those...