A latest release in a hardcover series encompassing all of the Peanuts strips features one of its creator's peak periods of creativity and marks the introduction of Snoopy's first dogfight with the nefarious Red Baron, the launch of the irrepressible beagle's writing career, and the introduction of Peppermint Patty.

Containing numerous strips that have never been reprinted previously, a volume of all Peanuts comics published in 1963 and 1964 includes such storylines as the introduction of the numerically monikered 95472 siblings, Linus's near-successful run for class president, and Snoopy's involvement with a flock of politically fanatical birds.

A collection of sketchbook drawings by the famous MAD magazine co-creator features signature pieces that comprise the myriad background gags that populated his magazine stories, in a volume that includes depictions of his most popular characters, celebrity and politician caricatures, and movie posters. Original.

A visually stunning reinterpretation of the fairy tale classic. Originally written in 1845 by German physician Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894), 'Der Struwwelpeter' reads like a fairy tale breaking loose from a doomed rollercoaster, crashing through a rusty calliope, and finally splashing into the miasmic ooze of Hell-but somehow still managing to float. Mesmerized as a child by the nightmarish prose and haunting images contained in the book, noted author/illustrator Bob Staake ( MAD magazine, Cartoon Network, even Hallmark Cards) gives a 21st century spin to these 14 stories-each more politically incorrect than the next. The nastiest things happen to children who disobey the wishes of their parents: thumb suckers have their digits cut off, the pyro-fascinated are set ablaze and, of course, picky eaters rot away and die prematurely. In other words, precisely the type of bedtime stories you'll want to read to a six-year-old, provided it's not your six-year-old. Publishers Weekly calls Staake's illustrations "a stylistic collision of Russian constructivism and pop art that explode with energy and joyous intensity." Gorgeously designed and illustrated, Staake's Struwwelpeter is sure to spark as many "oooo's" and "ahhhh's" as it does nightmares. Staake is the author and/or illustrator of over 30 books, including Headlines (written by Jay Leno, illustrated by Staake), The Complete Book Of Caricature and The Complete Book Of Humorous Art (both authored by Staake). The recipient of numerous awards, Staake recently won the National Cartoonist Society's coveted 'Reuben Division Award' as Best Cartoonist in the category of Newspaper Illustration. He has appeared on Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight , The Family Channel, National Public Radio, CNN and has been interviewed by Time, People, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today and other national publications. This is a new BLAB! storybook, a series of graphic novels showcasing artists from Monte Beauchamp's annual BLAB! anthology, presented in a faux-children's book format, though aimed squarely at adults and young adults.

In a new work by the creator of Sock Monkey and the weekly comic strip Maakies, girl scientist Becky and her friend Billy Hazelnuts share misadventures based on older fairy tales and nursery rhymes, in a work that finds them searching for the moon while battling a steam-driven alligator.

The author of Palomar continues the travails of matriarch Luba, her cousin Ofelia, and their circle of family, friends, and enemies, in an illustrated volume that finds them working to acclimate to life in America, finding inspiration from Luba's young children, and reliving a painful memory about a baby from the past. Original.

MOME: (MOME) N. 1. (archaic) blockhead; fool. 2. the cutting-edge of literary comics for the 21st century. This accessible, reasonably priced, quarterly anthology will run approximately 136 pages per volume and spotlight a regular cast of a dozen of today's most exciting cartoonists. Designed by acclaimed designer and cartoonist Jordan Crane (The Clouds Above), MOME will feature an iconic design and consistent format that should quickly establish the anthology as the most distinctive and accessible anthology of literary comics available. MOME is the first all-comics literary anthology designed to sit alongside publications like Granta, The Baffler, McSweeney's, et. al., and is designed to appeal as much to fans of contemporary literary fiction as longtime comics fans. MOME will feature the same collective of artists every issue, allowing the artists and audience to grow together and build an ongoing identity that is highly unusual for the world of contemporary comics (where many authors publish sporadically by literary standards, given the labor intensive nature of comics). This third issue of MOME will include the following: John Pham's ''221 Sycamore Street,'' presented in a unique three-color process and design that recalls the classic strip Gasoline Alley; Paul Hornschemeier's ''Life with Mr. Dangerous,'' a full-color narrative about a young woman who struggles to define a life outside of the example her mother provides, spending far too much time watching a cartoon called ''Mr. Dangerous''; and David Heatley (Deadpan, McSweeney's) tells a story from the fictional town of Overpeck, a city he conceived in a dream. The issue also features new work by Anders Nilsen (in full-color), Jeffrey Brown (of Clumsy, Big Head!, and McSweeney's fame), Andrice Arp (Sheherezade), Kurt Wolfgang (Where Hats Go), Gabrielle Bell (Sheherezade), Jonathan Bennett (Esoteric Tales), Sophie Crumb (Belly Button Comix), and Marc Bell (Shrimpy & Paul).

A shrink-wrapped boxed set of the third and fourth volumes--1955-1956 and 1957-1958--of a twenty-five-volume set is packed in a sturdy custom box designed especially for this set and makes the perfect gift for any Peanuts fan.