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Adorable Melancholy
by Dan
May 18, 2007
On the Tyee Books website, Sam Macklin has taken a look at some of the new, lovingly packaged collections of classic comic strips from Fantagraphics and Drawn and Quarterly. Sam reviews PEANUTS VOLUME 6, KRAZY & IGNATZ 1937-1938, POPEYE VOLUME 1, WALT AND SKEEZIX: 1921 & 1922 and MOOMIN BOOK ONE:
All of these works share a vague mood that could be described as "adorable melancholy," something that seems like a fading echo from a gentler and (in some ways) more tolerant age.
The New York Times took its own unique look at classic comic strip reprints with D & Q cartoonist Joe Matt back in January and, needless to say, all these books are all great. They're beautiful editions for collectors that respect the craft of creators, but they're also wonderful introductions to these classics for a new generation of readers. I know everyone at Raincoast is looking forward to the POGO collection that Fantagraphics are publishing in September.
Click here for The Tyee Books article on 'Adorable Melancholy'
Click here for the New York Times on Comic Reprints
