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The Complete Little Orphan Annie

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The Complete Little Orphan Annie is a hardcover book series collecting the complete output of the American comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, written and drawn by Harold Gray from the strip's debut in 1924 to Gray's death in 1968.[1] The newspaper comic strip title as a whole was published uninterrupted during 86 years straight (1924–2010) under the Tribune Media Services syndicate.[2] A strip ranked as the most popular comics strip in its heyday according to a Fortune poll.[3] The publisher of this book series is The Library of American Comics, the series' first volume was released in June, 2008.[4]

Background

The series was first announced in March 2007, by Dean Mullaney of The Library of American Comics, with a planned release in February 2008.[5][6] After some delays the release date was pushed forward to June, 2008.[7]

This The Complete Little Orphan Annie reprint series was after The Complete Terry and the Pirates and The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, the third comic strip reprint project in order that was initiated by The Library of American Comics.[8]

Format

The hardcover[9] volumes of this series presents themself in a landscape format of 11 inches × 8.5 inches, approximately (280 mm × 216 mm), allowing three daily comic strips or one full Sunday page to be reproduced per page.[10] The strips are all chronologicly reprinted, the dailies in black-and-white and the Sunday pages reproduced in full color.[11][12] The books have sewn binding and comes with a ribbon bookmark and a dust jacket.[13] The volumes have extensive indexes over their content, to cater towards scholars. The paper quality is a matte and heavy stock.[14] Editing and design for the books was done by Dean Mullaney.[7][15]

Biographical essays about the author, Harold Gray, written by the comics scholar, Jeet Heer,[16][17] which did his doctoral thesis on the very subject of The Little Orphan Annie comic strip.[18] Essays by other comic industry experts also appear.[19] The comic strips have been scanned from original artwork and syndicate proofs of the Harold Gray Archives at Boston University.[20] Extras such as photographs, old strips, reproductions of playbills and period memorabilia tied to the comic strip are included in all volumes.[13]

Volumes

Volumes
Volume Release date Title Period Page count ISBN
1 2008-06-24 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Daily Comics - Vol. 1 - Will Tomorrow Ever Come?” 1924–1927 384 Template:ISBNT
2 2009-01-20 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Daily Comics - Vol. 2 - The Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn" 1927–1929 320 Template:ISBNT
3 2009-05-26 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 3 - And a Blind Man Shall Lead Them” 1929–1931 348 Template:ISBNT
4 2009-12-29 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 4 - A House Divided (or Will Fate Trick Trixie?)” 1932–1933 276 Template:ISBNT
5 2010-06-08 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 5 - The One-Way Road to Justice” 1933–1935 280 Template:ISBNT
6 2011-01-18 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 6 - Punjab the Wizard” 1935–1936 276 Template:ISBNT
7 2011-08-30 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 7 - The Omnipotent Mr. Am!” 1936–1938 276 Template:ISBNT
8 2012-06-19 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 8 - The Last Port of Call” 1938–1940 296 Template:ISBNT
9 2013-06-25 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 9 - Saints and Cynics” 1940–1941 296 Template:ISBNT
10 2014-06-10 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 10 - The Junior Commandos” 1941–1943 296 Template:ISBNT
11 2015-05-05 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 11 - Death Be Thy Name” 1943–1945 288 Template:ISBNT
12 2016-01-12 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 12 - It's Only a Paper Moon” 1945–1947 296 Template:ISBNT
13 2016-11-15 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 13 - Spies and Counterspies” 1947–1948 296 Template:ISBNT
14 2017-10-31 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 14 - Sunshine and Shadow” 1948–1950 272 Template:ISBNT
15 2018-11-27 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 15 - Open Season for Trouble” 1950–1951 276 Template:ISBNT
16 2019-11-12 “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 16 - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” 1951–1953 280 Template:ISBNT
17 TBA “Little Orphan Annie: The Complete Dailies & Color Sundays - Vol. 17 - Fifty Miles from Nowhere” 1953–1955 264 TBA

References

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