Today marks seventy-five years since the first Prince Valiant strip was published. Wow. Fantagraphics notes the anniversary on their blog and makes this first strip available. If you haven’t experienced the new reprints from Fantagraphics get out there and pick up Volume 1; also check...

The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing on top items for the remainder of the year to aid in reading and Christmas shopping.  This week: top comic strip reprint collections. 5. The Complete Johnny Comet The complete collection of Johnny Comet by Frank Frazetta.  It’s a...

Over the holidays Fantagraphics released their Spring 2011 catalog which covers new items until August; yes that’s well into summer but I didn’t name it.  Feel free to browse it at your leisure but I wanted to highlight a few items I’m excited about. The Arctic Marauder by...