Presenting the first volume of Alex Raymond's modernist classic Rip
Kirby from its start in 1946. Created by Alex Raymond when he was
deactivated from the Marines after World War II, Rip Kirby was a fresh
approach to the genre, a departure from the prevailing hard-boiled style of
detective fiction. Rip Kirby was urbane and cerebral, and used scientific
methods as often as he used his fists when solving crimes and mysteries.
Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, the strips are
reproduced from pristine syndicate proofs that will allow readers to see, for
the first time, the full luxurious detail of Raymond's brushwork.
Includes a biographical and historic essay by Brian Walker, and an
introduction by Raymond biographer and authority Tom
Roberts.

-The Library of American Comics
is the world's #1 publisher of classic newspaper comic strips, with 14 Eisner
Award nominations and three wins for best book. LOAC has become "the gold
standard for archival comic strip reprints...The research and articles provide
insight and context, and most importantly the glorious reproduction of the
material has preserved these strips for those who knew them and offers a new
gateway to adventure for those discovering them for the first time." -
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