About Comics is a publisher of a unique and eclectic assortment of comic books, books about comics, and other things that are just plain interesting.
Comic book collections
- Dalgoda by Jan Strnad & Dennis Fujitake
- The Liberty Project by Kurt Busiek & James W. Fry III
- The Jam by Bernie Mireault
Comic strip collections
- Drift Marlo: The Space Race Comic Strip
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Comic Strip
- Bootsie’s War Years and Bootsie’s Big ’50s by Ollie Harrington
- Cherry Sundae: The Complete Collection
The Negro Motorist Green Book
The Negro Motorist Green Book was the travel guide that allowed Black families to take trips during the days of Jim Crow segregation, listing hotels, restaurants, and other services that would take their business.
About Comics has reprinted eight different annual editions of this guide, plus an omnibus volume and related works.
Underground comics
- BrainStorm! and Metronome by Brian Talbot
- Scott Shaw!’s Comix & Stories
- To Be Announced by Derek McCulloch & Mike Bannon
Books for aspiring comics creators
- Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers
- Panel Two
- Panel Three
- Comics Creator Prep by Lee Nordling
- How to Draw Cartoons by Clare Briggs
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Games and puzzles
- Cross Word Craze: Classic Crosswords of the 1920s
- The Most Adjective Romance Comics Ever
- Cold War Coloring
- Adult Coloring Books of the 1960s
History via cartoons
- Teddy Roosevelt: His Career in Cartoons
- Wasn’t the Depression Terrible? by David Plotkin and Otto Soglow
- Revolting Rebels: A History in Comics of the American Revolution by Stan Mack
- The Pickpocket, the Spy, and the Lobsterbacks: A Graphic Novel of the American Revolution by Susan Champlin & Stan Mack
- Our Fight, Our Time : A Graphic Novel of the Civil War by Susan Champlin & Stan Mack
- Wife Gets Smart, Makes Husband Happy: Supermarket Comic Strips of World War II
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Religious cartoons
- The work of Charles Schulz – beyond Peanuts
- The novels of Robert Mayer
- Nun cartoons! – 1950s cartoons from Roman Catholic publications
- Bridge cartoons! – humor for bridge players
- Adult coloring books of the 1960s
We also provide custom comics services, creating original comics material or rounding up artists for special projects.
We’ve got a special catalog for museum gift shops! (PDF)