Best of
Comics

1992

The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes


Bill Watterson - 1992
    A tiger whose idea of adventure is to lie on his back by the fire and have his stomach rubbed. In six short years this unlikely duo has captured the hearts, the minds, and, most of all, the funny bones of America. They are the most phenomenal success story in syndication - and publishing - history. In only six years, they appear in more than 2,100 newspapers worldwide, and Calvin and Hobbes wins as many readership polls as Calvin has excesses. All seven of Bill Watterson's collections have sold a million copies within a year of publication.This treasury collection contains a never-before-published full-color section, as well as the cartoons appearing in The Revenge of the Baby-Sat and Scientific Progress Goes "Boink." All Sunday cartoons are presented full-page and full-color.

Calvin and Hobbes 2: One Day the Wind Will Change


Bill Watterson - 1992
    

The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. 6: The Calculus Affair / The Red Sea Sharks / Tintin in Tibet


Hergé - 1992
    These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories, including: The Calculus Affair, The Red Sea Sharks, and Tintin in Tibet.

FoxTrot en masse


Bill Amend - 1992
    Readers young and old see themselves in this work, and readers young and old are fast becoming hooked.This treasury, FoxTrot En Masse, contains all the cartoons from Black Bart Says Draw and Eight Yards, Down and Out.

Calvin and Hobbes 1: Thereby Hangs a Tale


Bill Watterson - 1992
    The author won the 1986 Reuben Award as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year and has also illustrated Something Under the Bed is Drooling, Calvin and Hobbes' Yukon Ho! and Weirdos From Another Planet.

Tinkle Digest 1


Anant Pai - 1992
    Will he ever succeed? Find out in Tantri the Mantri. In a South Indian folk tale, a foolish king is determined to stop the flow of a river in The King who Stopped the River. Chamataka is again upto no good, this time at a farm! But Kalia the Crow has his sharp eyes on him and a clever trick up his sleeve.Suppandi receives a postcard with a super secret message in Family Matters.

The Crow Volume 1: Pain & Fear


James O'Barr - 1992
    He and his fiancée, Shelly, are assaulted by a gang of street thugs after their car breaks down. Eric is shot in the head and is paralyzed, and can only watch as Shelly is savagely beaten and raped. They are then left for dead on the side of the road.He is resurrected by a crow and seeks vengeance on the murderers, methodically stalking and killing them. When not on the hunt, Eric stays in the house he shared with Shelly, spending most of his time there lost in memories of her. Her absence is torture for him; he is in emotional pain, even engaging in self-mutilation by cutting himself.The Crow acts as both guide and goad for Eric, giving him information that helps him in his quest but also chastising him for dwelling on Shelly's death, seeing his pining as useless self-indulgence that distracts him from his purpose.

The Adventures of Tintin, Volume 8: The Castafiore Emerald / Flight 714 to Sydney / Tintin and the Picaros / Tintin and Alph-Art


Hergé - 1992
    These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories, including: The Castafiore Emerald, Flight 714 to Sydney, and Tintin and the Picaros.

The Batman Adventures


Kelley Puckett - 1992
    The Joker enlists the help of the Penguin and Catwoman to bring his dastardly plot to air a televised unmasking of the Batman about. Also includes two more complete storylines-one in which Batman foils the Scarecrow's nefarious doings, and another in which Bruce Wayne is embroiled in a murder plot.

Pixy


Max Andersson - 1992
    but then Angina gets a call from the Netherworld. It's her aborted fetus: he's drunk and he's pissed off. So begins Pixy, which Neil Gaiman calls "the best comic I've read this year" — a 65-page journey into a nightmare world unlike any you've ever seen before. The rest of the book follows Alka's attempts to infiltrate the Kingdom of the Dead (where time runs backwards and is sold by the pint to time-addicts), in order to track down the malevolent Pixy and kill him for good. Shedding bodies and identities with some regularity (Pixy himself blows one to smithereens), Alka finds his own sense of reality eroding further and further during his sojourn down under — and it doesn't help at all when Pixy, now his best friend, accompanies him back up to the Land of the Living, where the gun-happy undead sprite wreaks unspeakable havoc. Pixy is the first major work by Swedish cartoonist Max Andersson, and it combines the freewheeling-yet-obsessive graphic and narrative weirdness of such contemporary North American cartoonists as Chester Brown, Julie Doucet, Kaz and Charles Burns with a bizarre yet coherent story that mixes coal black humor, barbed satire, wild surrealism, and stark horror in a totally new way — a feast for the (preferably deranged) mind and the (preferably diseased) eye.

Politically, Fashionably, and Aerodynamically Incorrect: The First Outland Collection


Berkeley Breathed - 1992
    150,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Vol. 1


Bill Finger - 1992
    These stories feature early appearances of Catwoman, the Joker, and the Penguin.

Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko


Jim Steranko - 1992
    A deep dive into the masterful work of Steranko including a classic Captain America adventure, guest-starring the Incredible Hulk, and an all-time great X-Men story.

The Batman Adventures (1992-) #28


Kelley Puckett - 1992
    Heimlich attempts to treat the Joker’s mental illness.

Lout Rampage!


Daniel Clowes - 1992
    This 1991 paperback includes stories from Eightball #1-6, along with strips Clowes created for alternative comics anthologies Blab!, Young Lust, and Weirdo. It includes several of the cartoonist’s one-page collaborations with The Duplex Planet creator David Greenberger and two of his most well-known comic-strip rants: “I Hate You Deeply” and “I Love You Tenderly.”

Skin Deep


Charles Burns - 1992
    Skin Deep is the third (following El Borbah and Big Baby) of a hardcover series of four volumes reprinting his acclaimed oeuvre up to his current project, the ongoing Black Hole comic book series.Skin Deep includes Burns' popular character, Dog Boy, a red-blooded All-American boy with the transplanted heart of a dog, which was turned into a live action segment on MTV's Liquid Television series; new covers and endpapers; as well as several pages of new illustrations from his sketchbooks, as well as covers and other drawings from foreign editions of his work.

The Betrayed Confidence: Seven Series of Dogear Wryde Postcards


Edward Gorey - 1992
    Dogear Wryde is the anagram which Edward Gorey's used primarily for postcard sets. Published in 1992 by Parnassus Imprints, Orleans, MA, The Betrayed Confidence was issued as a square book in illustrated wrappers.

For Better or Worse


Lynn Johnston - 1992
    all in the same environment, whatever or wherever it may be." The family of more than 220 million readers who have shared n the lives and experiences of the Pattersons since the strip was first syndicated in 1979 have another daily calendar to enjoy. Through Elizabeth's first year of university, April's music lessons from her Grandpa, Michael and Deanna's engagement, and John and Elly's new toy store, readers can experience all the ups and downs of family life that the Pattersons embody. "For Better or For Worse" appears in more than 2,000 newspapers in twenty countries, and in 2001 Lynn Johnston won Editor & Publisher's award for Comic Creator of the Year, which only proves what millions of readers have known all along - that "For Better or For Worse" makes life a little better, every day of the year.

Pogo Files for Pogophiles: A Retrospective on 50 Years of Walt Kelly's Classic Comic Strip


Walt Kelly - 1992
    

Action Figure!: The Adventures of Doonesbury's Uncle Duke


G.B. Trudeau - 1992
    A chronicle of the adventures and misadventures of the Doonesbury character, Uncle Duke, in trouble spots throughout the world, is accompanied by a five-inch action figure complete with cigarette holder, Uzi, martini glass, and bourbon bottle.

Never Give Up


Jacky Fleming - 1992
    

Abandon Ship!


Chip Dunham - 1992
    Overboard stands out with a pointed wit that has dagger-sharp timing and effect.Louie, the ship's faithful dog, is the center of attention of the adventures on land and at sea. His human companions not only have to deal with Louie and his requests, but also the many problems they face living at sea, like dolphins eating their garden, and sea monsters taunting Louie. The entertaining exchanges between Louie and the humans on the ship will have readers coming back for more of this cast-away comedy. Man overboard!

Do What He Says! He's Crazy!


John Callahan - 1992
    Codependency, psychotherapy, road kills, and Dan Quayle will never look the same. Callahan's cartoons appear regularly in Harper's, The Utne Reader, and other publications. 100 cartoons.

B.B. and the Diva


Rupert Kinnard - 1992
    Welcome to the cathartic world of the Brown Bomber and Diva Touché Flambé and their colorful circle of friends.

Thirteen O'Clock: A Mr. Murmur Adventure


Richard Sala - 1992
    An unknown killer is prowling the night... An evil chuckle echoes down a shadowy corridor... In the tower, the bell is ringing. It's...Thirteen O'Clock, the latest deranged pulp nightmare from alternative-comics maestro Richard Sala! You've seen his fevered visions in the pages of Raw, Blab, and Buzz, and his animated serial, "Invisible Hands," mesmerized a nation of video slaves on MTV's Liquid Television! Thirteen O'Clock collects the exploits of Sala's mysterious figure of the night, Mr. Murmur, from Deadline U.S.A. along with new Murmur material seen nowhere else on this planet! Follow Sala's masked avenger as he descends into the city's stygian depths to unlock the unholy secrets behind the Corkscrew Murders! Join Mr. Murmur, Eve E. Vee, The Wheezer, Lt. Sedan, Dr. Verlorene, and the head of Zolok in this tableau of dread, death, and darkness!

Herman VIII: A Herman Treasury


Jim Unger - 1992
    Cartoons offer an ironic look at doctors, dentists, marriage, diners, bosses, tailors, waiters, barbers, car washes, crooks, and job interviews.

The Amazing Spider-Man #363


David Michelinie - 1992
    

The Batman Adventures #3


Kelley Puckett - 1992
    

Love and Rockets #39


Jaime Hernández - 1992
    "Wig Wam Bam" (Conclusion)by Jaime"Poison River, Chapter 11"by Beto"Love and Rockets" (Conclusion)by Beto

The Pilgrim's Progress


Martin Powell - 1992
    Retold in comic book format, this book tells of Christian's dangerous pilgrimage to the Heavenly City, a journey through the temptation, trials, and mysteries of life and death, driven on only by hope and promise of eternal joy in Heaven.

The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color #1


Carl Barks - 1992
    "The Victory Garden""Good Deeds" "Life Guard Daze""The Rabbits' Food""The Limber W Guest Ranch"

The Savage Mirror: The Art of Contemporary Caricature


Steven Heller - 1992
    Concentrating on the key artists of the 20th-century, this book also includes a history of caricature and explains why effective caricatures work.

Frank in the River


Jim Woodring - 1992
    

Killing Time: An Indigo Prime Story


John Smith - 1992
    They journey back to Victorian London at the time of the Ripper murders, but what starts out as an idyllic day in the country becomes a seance of terror.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD #4


John Russo - 1992
    

Rupert: The Daily Express Annual no. 57


Ian Robinson - 1992
    

Oboe Jones: A Collection of Cartoons from Cornerstone Magazine


Kevin Frank - 1992
    A hilarious yet thoughtful romp through the '80s and early '90s.-- "Kevin's some kind of cartoonist. He gets us to laughing about real life situations long before we realize he's touching our souls, challenging us to be better than before. Never condemning; always uplifting. He's a rare talent", -- Wayne Stayskal, Editorial Cartoonist, The Tampa Tribune-- 20 full-color strips-- Plus 150 B/W Strips

Collected Paul the Samurai


Beb Edlund - 1992
    Collects the entire first series of Paul the Samurai, Issues 1-3.

Smokehouse Five Book One


Sergio Aragonés - 1992
    

Mad Pantomimes


Sergio Aragonés - 1992
    All is quiet onthe warped front when the giggle meisters soundlessly render readers helplesswith laughter and speechless with snickers.

Louisiana Purchase: An American Story


John Chase - 1992
    Originally syndicated in strip form in daily newspapers throughout the United States, this book is depicted in an understandable and easily read format and backed up by competent research.

Sergio Aragones' Next Book


Sergio Aragonés - 1992
    MAD's laughter master is front and center in this warped volume of guffaw-getting gags, chortle-churning chapters, and cackle-creating cartoons.

X-Men 9 - The Not So Big Easy


Jim Lee - 1992
    Meanwhile, the Brood Queen becomes more powerful than ever!(description taken from ComicVine.com)

X-Men 7 - Inside Out


Jim Lee - 1992
    Wolverine mind is torn apart and the X-Men are on the verge of destruction! Will the team ever recover?(description taken from: comicvine.com)

The Life and Times of Gummy Bears: An Illustrated History


Hans Traxler - 1992
    

Greetings From This Modern World


Tom Tomorrow - 1992
    A world where George Bush hosts the "Media Excellence in Shaping Public Opinion in Accordance with what George Bush Wants People to Think" Awards. A world where anyone can run for president--even a bitter and cynical cartoon penguin who dismisses his opponents as "wankers."

The Destroyer


Will MurrayWin Mortimer - 1992
    Originally published in magazine form as The destroyer #1, #2, #3 & #4

The Question, Vol. 1: Zen and Violence


Dennis O'Neil - 1992
    But with deadly martial artist assassins and political intrigue to contend with, will one man - even a master of unarmed combat - be able to make a difference?Legendary "Batman" writer Dennis O'Neill and penciller Denys Cowan (Deathlok) present one of the most acclaimed comics of the 1980s!Collects THE QUESTION #1-6.

Mad Takes The Cake, #90


MAD Magazine - 1992
    MADness at its most MAD! The jokes never let up and the quips keep coming in this zany collection of MAD's wildly insane humor, designed to keep readers rolling is the aisles from page one.

Luann: There's Nothing Worse Than First Period P.E.: There's Nothing Worse Than First Period P.E.


Greg Evans - 1992
    Luann appears in every issue of Teen Magazine and also in Junior Scholastic Magazine.

I'll Shovel the Cards


Bil Keane - 1992
    Another laugh-out-loud volume of heart-warming cartoon classics from the pen of Bil Keane, creator of America's favorite comic strip family, "The Family Circus."

Stinz : Wartime and Weddingbells


Donna Barr - 1992
    This collection includes Stinz 1 - 5, along with Critters #27, along with some orignal material.

The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect #1


Peter David - 1992
    The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect part 1 of 2.

The Crusaders #1


Mark Waid - 1992
    

Night of the Living Dead/One


Thomas Skulan - 1992
    

Grimmy: On the Move


Mike Peters - 1992
    This new collection of hilarious cartoons will be a winner with Grimmy's many fans.

Wolverine


Carl Potts - 1992
    Collects:- Tuomari: Tuntemattomien eläimien jäljillä! (Punisher: On the Track of Unknown Animals (The Punisher War Journal #6))- Tuomari: Uhanalaisia lajeja (Punisher: Endangered Species (The Punisher War Journal #7))- Wolverine: Viidakkoseikkailu (Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure)

15 Years of Heavy Metal: The World's Foremost Illustrated Fantasy Magazine


Julie Simmons-LynchJuan Giménez - 1992
    Adult illustrated fantasy magazine,Volume 6 Number 4 in series of special issues by Heavy Metal

Mad-Capades


MAD Magazine - 1992
    Funnier than a flying faux pas, more ridiculous than a rampaging riddle, and smarter than your average bear, this book contains--from cover to cover--all-new chortles, chuckles, and full-blown belly laughs.

J.N. Williamson's Masques #2


J.N. Williamson - 1992
    His story "Popsy" is beautifully rendered in full color by artist Matt Thompson. Other stories include those by Paul Dale Anderson and Mort Castle and artists include Daerick Gross, Jose Pimental, and Olivia De Berardinis provides the stunning cover. A full color graphic novel editied by J.N. Williamson.

The Hacker Files - Operation Moonwitch


Lewis Shiner - 1992
    It was written by Lewis Shiner and illustrated by Tom Sutton.The Operation Moonwitch storyline was based on real world Operation Sundevil, a United States Secret Service crackdown on "illegal computer hacking activities that took place in 1990. The operation is named after a decoy message board used by the Federal Government called Moon Witch. Someone got hold of the E911 document which details how the national emergency response system works, and then they put the document online in a real world zine named Phrack. The government uses the theft and publication of the document as an excuse to dismantle the Hacker subculture. They arrest Sue Denim of the Speed Metal Kids after copies of the document are planted on their personal computers, and Oracle (Barbara Gordon) who downloaded a copy from Phrack as part of an investigation. Barbara accidentally shoots a Federal agent who had burst into her bedroom, but his vest saves him, in federal prison she uses the alias Amy Beddoes from her days with the Suicide Squad. Jack Marshall finds a copy on his own machine and deletes it, he's able to trace that copy back to Digitronix World Industries. Catherine Cobert of Justice League International calls in the assistance of Green Lantern Hal Jordan on behalf of Sue Denim and Oracle, but Jack Marshall gets there first. Oracle is able to prove that the file originated at Digitronix and all the detainees are set free.

Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Supernatural Law


Batton Lash - 1992
    The stories feature attorneys Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd, who specialize in a unique clientele: vampires, werewolves, and things that go bump in the night. This mix of humor and horror has created quite a national following for the strip. Among stories included in this collection are parodies of the 'Beauty and the Beast' TV series and 'Prairie Home Companion'; an excursion to visit a client in hell; and a case involving a cartoon cat accidentally brought to life.

The Hacker Files - Soft War


Lewis Shiner - 1992
    It was written by Lewis Shiner and illustrated by Tom Sutton."SoftWar" is the first story in the series in which Jack Marshall (Hacker) deals with a virus infecting the Digitronix computers used by the Pentagon, it had somehow spread over the internet and infected Arpanet (Advanced Research Projects Agency), Securenet (connects to bombers and missiles) and Milnet. Jack compiles an anti-virus and recounts his history with Digitronix after a confrontation with Sutcliffe. He's able to cure the virus everywhere except Cheyenne Mountain which isolated itself the moment a virus was detected. The virus takes over the Cheyenne Mountain system and uses it to begin deploying ICBMs. Jack uncovers a traitor in Cheyenne Mountain who dies while trying to escape, he later stops General Wade Eiling from accidentally launching a nuclear strike on Russia and prevents World War III.

Beatifica Blues


Jean Dufaux - 1992
    

Shado: Song of the Dragon #2


Mike Grell - 1992
    

Noddy Loses Sixpence (Noddy's Toyland Adventures)


Enid Blyton - 1992
    

All Waldo Comics


Kim Deitch - 1992
    Crumb and Justin Green, et. al., and today he is the most prolific and creatively fertile artist of his generation. His newest book is a hardcover collection from Pantheon and marks the company's big graphic novel follow-up to Jimmy Corrigan; these books collect the best of his classic, underground work from the 1960s to 1980s. Deitch shares with Crumb a fascination with the "lost America" of the 1920s and '30s, particularly the history of animation (his father was the legendary Gene Deitch of Terrytoons and jazz LP covers fame). Beyond the Pale collects Deitch's best from the '70s and '80s, while All Waldo Comics features the best of his most enduring character, Waldo the Cat. A Shroud for Waldo is a sacrilegious graphic novel about Jesus, Waldo, and Hollywood.

Lobo's Back's Back!


Keith Giffen - 1992
    In the darkly humorous LOBO'S BACK BACK, Lobo is killed over and over again by one of his quarries but is refused entrance to both Heaven and Hell. As a result, the Main Man finds himself reincarnated in various forms, among them a woman and a squirrel. Furious but unfazed by his less than appealing new identities, the bounty hunter continues his mission.

Guardians of the Galaxy 2


Jim Valentino - 1992
    Contiene i seguenti comics:Guardians of the Galaxy (vol.1 ) #7-12

Guardians of the Galaxy 3: E qualcuno... morira'!


Jim Valentino - 1992
    Contiene i seguenti comics:Guardians of the Galaxy (vol.1 ) #13-16