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I had this book when I was a little girl and loved it!! (It was published a year after I was born so it's been in my heart for a while). A friend of mine asked if I could pick up some books for her at the library and it was in her pile of many. I recognized it right away and started reading it while I was waiting to be checked out. I could not resist finishing it so I did - in the parking lot! I got that warm, tingly feeling all over. As soon as I walked in the door, I knew that I had to find it online! I feel like I've found the golden ticket. It is truly timeless. I'm getting it for a few friends and for my children - okay it's for me but they'll love it too!

I would read this book when I was depressed from the time I was a little girl until now. At age 17, I still read this book when I am upset and it has yet to lose it's ability to make me feel better. Every page brings a smile to my face.

I don't know what Tony Millionaire is smoking or drinking, but he is some kind of sick, twisted genius. His cartoons are simultaneously revolting and gut-busting funny. Drinky Crow and Uncle Gabby are two totally messed up characters, and their pain is our pleasure. Perhaps the best part of Tony Millionaire's comics is his linework -- he has a detailed style that harkens back to the likes of Winsor McCay. Maakies is a mature work, not for the faint of heart; but for those willing to try something unique, you won't regret it.

Just like a good scotch, Maakies is an aquired taste. DOOK DOOK DOOK.

Drinky crow is my hero! And Unkle Gabby needs a shower.

I'm amazed that anyone would fund Tony Millionair, but I'm glad they do. As twisted and unpolitically correct as Maakies is, it's my favorite cartoon and this is a great collection. Well worth the duckets!

Hayduke is great. You can't go wrong with this stuff. Trust me, I've used some of it. He's great!

If you think you are being singled out by many of the people around you - try and remember what you might have done to them. They maybe out to make you pay for their discomfort. Well, if they have read one of Hayduke's books - you are in big trouble.

My copy of this book has many of the pages dog-eared, for quick re-reads. Only for entertanment purposes only. (But I am ready to act if I have to.)

Why is this book not in print!!!!

Just a note to let people know that this long out-of-print book was also published in the Philippines. That publisher, Popular Books, still has copies of their edition, which as far as I can tell, is exactly the same as the US edition.

Popular Book Store
MIT Building, Doroteo Jose St.
Sta. Cruz, Manila

telephone 711-5184
811-5189

popular@philonline.com

This book transformed my opinion of Mark Twain -- from the classic, if somewhat shopworn, American humorist we're all forced to read in junior high, into a passionate defender of American ideals. Today, as words like 'war,' 'treason,' and 'patriotism' are once again in the headlines, flags are flying, and nationalist feeling runs high, these essays by Twain, and commentary by Jim Zwick, are as important and timely as they were nearly a hundred years ago.

Back then, at the birth of the American Empire, Samuel Clemens ('Mark Twain') risked his reputation, his career, and his fortune taking an uncompromising public stand against the war in the Philippines. No pacifist, Twain nevertheless refused to allow jingoists, imperialists, and flag-wavers to define America's proper role in the world. 'I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land,' he wrote.

Twain's anti-war essays had never been collected in one place before this book, and many of the writings here were never published at all. Twain takes the reader's breath away with his bold and uncompromising resistance to empire. 'The War Prayer' (1905) should be required reading in Congress and on talk radio, while 'Roosevelt, the American Gentleman' (1906) should be engraved on TR's tombstone.

And then there's 'patriotism.' In 'Monarchical and Republican Patriotism' (1908), Twain defines the former as the government telling the people what is and is not 'respectable' patriotism. 'In the other, neither the government nor the entire nation is privileged to dictate to any individual what the form of his patriotism shall be.'

He continues: 'We have adopted [monarchical patriotism] with all its servility, with an unimportant change in wording: "Our country, right or wrong!" We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had: the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just *he*, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it, all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism.'

Powerful, bracing stuff -- especially today. Very highly recommended.

Yes, this is the best Definative Daredevil compilation out there. I bought this and I'm cherishing it. It fits well in ANY bookshelf and is a fantastic read every single time. Not only does Marvel overdo their respects to one of their main heros but also they made this into a visually striking masterpiece. The artwork has been redone to capture the fantastic classic-ness of The Man Without Fear!

Really! If you'd buy each of the comic books presented here, in a deluxe edition, in fine paper, with wonderful color definitions, and in an elegant hardcover, you'd have to pay more than $5,000.

Marvel comics' blind hero's story is told here by master STAN LEE and through its pages you meet The Owl, Electro, Purple Man, etc. A MUST HAVE for DD fans and comic book lovers, and a very entertaining book for starting fans.

I am very interested in will see again these class of publicacio

I am very interested in will see again these class of publicacio

Hank Ketcham's cartoons are exquisite, absolutely lyrical, yet formula driven. This is the best collection of his work, and it is very instructive for aspiring cartoonists, because it shows a lot of preliminary sktches and model sheets (similar to the developement of animated films by Disney, where Ketcham worked for a time). Yet Ketcham was an artistic mediocrity with great technical facility but nothing genuine to say, and he was a stranger to his own family, especially to his son, Dennis. It's positively weird that Ketcham shows pictures of his son at age 5, the obvious inspiration for the successful strip, but after that HE PRETENDS HIS SON DOESN'T EVEN EXIST! I went through the book several times trying to find out the fate of the real Dennis, but he is simply ignored. Apparently, Ketcham's wife had psychological problems, the cartoonist divorced her and moved to Switzerland, never speaking to the boy again. Ketcham remarried, his former wife committed suicide, little Dennis came back from Vietnam with problems that he never fully overcame, and the two had no relationship beyond the stipend his father sent to keep him quiet. None of this is hinted at in Ketcham's book, which is strictly about how wonderful suburbia is, and how cute that little rascal Dennis is, and how Ketcham's career just went up and up and up. He made himself a wealthy man by selling the character every which way, eventually training assistants who gradually took over the drawing and writing, leaving Ketcham a rich, leisurely copyright owner. The gags have an artificial, frozen-in-the-fifties quality, and in all the years I have read it, it has never once been funny, thought provoking or connected to any real feelings. But the drawing of the characters and backgrounds was (when Ketcham did it personally) unsurpassed in its flowing simplicity, in its bold, unerring design. He was a true master, and his strip is still being produced, but it is just a meaningless commodity. I wonder where his son Dennis is today?

I saw this book about 8 years ago at a college library. It features some of the best Dennis the Menace cartoons and tells of some of Hank Ketcham's real-life adventures (Hank is the author of the classic cartoon). Hank based the cartoon on himself and his real-life son, Dennis (He used to tell people "Our son Dennis is a real menace!"). If you look at some of the real-life family photos, you'll notice quite a resemblance between the Mitchell family and the Ketcham family! Hank Ketcham later took off to live in Europe in the 1960's (there's a hilarious cartoon that shows Mr. Wilson's delight that Dennis is going on a vacation but disappointed that his little nemesis will be returning!). Some of you may not understand a lot of what I'm talking about in this review and I guess you'd have to pick up a copy of The Merchant of Dennis the Menace to get a better idea of what I'm saying (which, unless this gets reprinted, many of you may never get the chance).

QUINO ES UNO DE LOS MEJORES AUTORES SUDAMERICANOS SIENDO CAPAZ DE EXPRESAR EN UN SOLO DIBUJO LAS DIVERSAS EXPRESIONES DE UNA PERSONA EN CUANTO A LA VIDA SE REFIERE, UNO DE ESOS AUTORES QUE CON UNA CARA DESCRIBIO TODA LA VIDA DE EL PERSONAJE.

In latin America, Quino is loved by millions for his unforgetable strip called Mafalda. Besides that, and of better quality, are his cartoon strips published in newspapers and magazines. With a simple line draw, and mostly without words, he tells stories with a puchline that makes you laugh, makes you sad, and makes you wonder at the same time. They are about politics, relationships, power play, sociology, and art in a surrealistic and sharp wit. You will enjoy these strips over and over, and they age like good wine, the more you know about society and life, the more you will ponder them.

John McPherson's material is great - be prepared to laugh! He has great creativity and quite an imagination!

I Could not stop laughing from start to finish! Great Book, Great Price and Quick delivery! Thanks

these books are very hard to get.

They are comics by the master of comics, Alan Moore.

Get them, read them, save them.

They are about a new look at the entire superhero genre,
don't let the plot through you, stick with it, it turns
and twists like no other superhero.

Miracleman, who is this you might ask. Well, he was Marvelamn, until Marvel Comics sued and put the fear of the copyright into a bunch of innocent British comic artists and publishers. So they figured, keep everything but the name, and then suddenly, no lawsuit. Then suddenly we had one of the greatest Comic Book series ever. Full of scintilating action, an emotional depth uncommon in comics, and absolutely amazing art. But there is a caveat, it is that these are not comics for kids. There is an incredible amount of violence in several of the issues, and the images presented are disturbing enough to even impact adult sensabilities. There is a certain simple quality to the books that belies the depth of the storytelling. We don't meet super villain after super villain. Instead we meet human and superhuman both trying to co-exist in the same world. In fact, it is the human side of the tales that provides some of the most riveting moments in the comics. If you are an avid reader of the comic book , then this is one series you must know in order to understand so many of the trends that are finally sweeping the industry today. The question of Superhero or God? The tension of man and superman living alongside one another. And the deconstruction of the archetypical superhero myth. All elements of today's most succesful comic book endeavors. This is one series, whether you find them in the original comics, or the TPB reprints, or hold on, the early summer arrival of all new reissues of the first series, that you must read. Alan Moore is irrefutably the finest writer in the business today. Read these books and you will find out why.