Graphic Lit: Vintage, Independent, Marvel, and DC
In what may be an expression of nostalgia, we carry a lot of the genius of newspaper-published graphic literature, a Golden Age that lasted from the 1930s to the departure of Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes. The two comic book behemoths, Marvel and DC, are included here. We don’t cover the “universes” of each company. Occasionally, however, they publish some strikingly original or quirky work that suits our inventory. On this page we feature all our adult graphic literature (some of which, of course, is perfectly appropriate for children); our Young Adult graphic literature has its own page under that name.
Content note: I have moved all of Neil Gaiman’s work (Sandman and others) to his page here.
The Complete Peanuts 1999-2000
The Complete Peanuts 1999-2000
This penultimate volume of The Complete Peanuts series collects the last year of the most beloved comic strip ever created. Rerun embarks on a career as an "underground" comic book artist, and Snoopy's siblings Andy, Olaf, and Spike (who cameo in the Peanuts movie) appear. The volume is rounded out with the complete Li'l Folks. Prefiguring Peanuts and its major themes, this weekly single-panel comic Schulz produced for his hometown paper is available here for the first time outside the collector's market.
Includes and introduction by President Barack Obama