The Complete Chester Gould's "Dick Tracy" : Dailies and Sundays 1931-1933 v. 1 Hardback

Presenting a deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comicstrip, Dick Tracy.

The first volume of this multi-year project willinclude the five sample strips that Gould used to sell his groundbreaking strip,as well as nearly 500 comic strips encompassing the series' beginning, fromOctober 1931-May 1933.

Among these strips are the first appearance of manylong-time Dick Tracy characters, such as Tess Truehart, Junior and ChiefBrandon.

This special first volume features an overview and introduction fromConsulting Editor and writer Max Allan Collins, as well as anever-before-published interview between Collins and creator Chester Gould.

Eachvolume will feature book design from award-winning designer/artist AshleyWood. -The Library of American Comics isthe world's #1 publisher of classic newspaper comic strips, with 14 Eisner Awardnominations and three wins for best book.

LOAC has become "the gold standard forarchival comic strip reprints...The research and articles provide insight andcontext, and most importantly the glorious reproduction of the material haspreserved these strips for those who knew them and offers a new gateway toadventure for those discovering them for the first time." -Scoop