The Complete Cul de Sac Paperback – 6 May 2014

Splendida raccolta completa di tutte le strisce di Cul de Sac, un imperdibile acquisto per tutti i fan dello sfortunato cartoonist Richard Thompson ma non solo. Il mondo sgangherato, poetico ed esilarante di Alice e Petey in tutto il suo splendore. Bel cofanetto rigido con due volumi massicci, una spettacolare edizione definitiva per una delle strisce fondamentali dell'ultimo ventennio. Da avere assolutamente.

An essental for anyone who loves the [dying] medium of the comics page. Probably the last great artist to see print in this way and a worthy successor to Waterson, Schultz and the rest. My only complaint, and I mean OLNY, was that it was not a hard back edition in the box set, if ever there was a need for a boxed book set to have that extra level of love it deserves... this would be it.

Lindo trabalho de Richard Thompson. Uma grande influência para os quadrinhos.Bela coletânea. Tiras, cartuns e ilustrações reunidas nestes livros.

Richard Thompson's "Cul de Sac" is the comic you've been missing in your life. It is funny, true, and amazing. You want to read these. ALL of these. They are excellent.I purchased the physical slipcased two paperback set of The Complete Cul de Sac. I love physical books and this strip is worth every penny.The paperbacks are very readable and very clear reproductions. The color Sunday strips (and watercolor original strips) are beautiful!History: CUL dE SAC started in The Washington Post on February 8, 2004 and became syndicated on September 10, 2007. The strip ended in September 2012 because the creator/artist/writer suffers from Parkinson's disease and he wanted to focus on his health (a very valid reason).WHAT'S NEW IN THIS SET:1) Per the write-up on the slipcase "Annotations giving NEW insight into individual strips and story lines." I know some of these were in the previous Cul de Sac Golden Treasury, but there are a lot of new ones. This includes a very long multi-paragraph annotation on the "last" strip (which was a reprint).2) Some newly collected strips. Per the box, "All the cartoons that were ever published are in here" (I think some haven't been previously collected since the last collection was released in May of 2012 and the strip didn't fully end until September 2012). I think this might only be talking about the syndicated strips because it also says this set includes "SELECTIONS of pre-syndicated Cul de Sac water-colored Sundays that appeared in the Washington Post." With THAT kind of wording, I don't know if ALL of the ones that exist are actually in here or not. They MIGHT actually all be in here though.3) A lengthy introduction by Art Spiegelman (written in May of 2013) (I have mucho respect for Art Spiegelman, his Maus: A Survivor's Tale series is a must-have for every reader)4) An acknowledgements section by Richard Thompson (written in September 2013). A small write-up at the beginning of Volume 1.I do, however, have a problem with this set. Namely: At $75.00 SRP (suggested retail price), why aren't these longer-lasting hardcovers?This needs to be a hardcover set! If the Complete Calvin and Hobbes [BOX SET] can came out in hardcover (and paperback), why can't this?About Cul de Sac's $75 price: A box set of 2 paperbacks for $75.00 SRP is not my idea of "affordable" (to use Amazon's word from the description of this set). That is $37.50 per oversized paperback! Even if it's on sale for around $52.34, that is STILL $26.17 per oversized paperback (plus a slipcase). I don't like to spend $25.00 on a hardcover and I've never, until now, spent that much on a paperback. Why Andrews McMeel Publishing? Why? I thought the "paperback" thing was a typo at first, but I was wrong.At $75, this 645 page set is about 11.6¢ a page. At its current sale price of $52.34, that is 8.7¢ a page. Which isn't "bad," but I had to save up for a while to be able to afford it.This is available for Kindle for only $9.99 per volume (The Complete Cul de Sac Volume One and The Complete Cul de Sac Volume Two) That is $19.98 total for all 645 digital pages. A tremendously good deal at about 3¢ a page... as long as the images are clear and easily zoomable on your Kindle.

In the same league as Calvin and Hobbes for delightful insight into the wonderful world of children.A compendium that will enrich your life.Peter and Alice could be my own children.