DRAWN & QUARTERLY VOLUME 3 & 4 Set

Drawn & Quarterly's significance as a comic book publisher is evident in these oversize, full-color, beautifully produced paperbacks featuring the work of cartoonists and illustrators from Europe and North America. Volume 3 includes the 1998 Monsieur Jean album, Vivons heureux sans en avoir l'air, in its 55-page entirety! The album's only publication in English and the only Monsieur Jean album in English at its full French album size. Other contents: Blutch; Seth; 31 early Gasoline Alley Sunday pages by Frank King; el al. The volume provides both a sense of comics over the last 75 years and an idea of where the medium is heading. The star of this issue is the seminal cartoonist Frank King, creator of the long-running newspaper strip, Gasoline Alley. Included here is a piece written by King about Gasoline Alley, and 30 full-color Sunday strips from the '20s and '30s. A series of strips and covers drawn in King's style by celebrated comics' artist Chris Ware completes the homage. Volume 4 continues with an international roundup, kicking off with the 54-page "The Adventures of Herge", by French cartoonist Stanislas (written by Bocquet and Fromental), a compelling, meticulously-researched biography of Tintin's famed creator. New cartoonist Miriam Katin explores terrifying childhood memories in Hungary during the time of the Soviet invasion in 1956 and French cartoonist Blutch provides another brutal look at the unsavory history of boxing. Other highlights include "The Bleeding Tree", a haunting story by new Swiss cartoonist Nicolas Robel, a new full color strip by Ron Rege Jr, and the return of R. Sikoryak, with his retelling of "The Scarlet Letter" as seen through the eyes of Little Lulu! Covers and endpapers by noted illustrator Steven Guarnaccia. Out Of Print. Condition: Very Fine.