Monday, October 15, 2012

Wizard of Id Collected

Titan Books has begun reprinting Brant Parker and Johnny Hart's run on The Wizard of Id comic strip. Two volumes have appeared to date. Detail as follows.


The Wizard of Id: The Dailies & Sundays - 1971
Product Details
ISBN: 9781848566835
Dimensions: 8 1/2” x 6 1/8”
Hardback: 224pp
Publication date: September 27 2011
Illustration detail: Black and white newspaper strip


Synopsis
Oppressed, dank, shabby and miserable. No, not a night out in Sunderland, but the Kingdom of Id. A one-horse kingdom ruled by a wretched, pint-sized tyrannical despot. This is a collection of Brant Parker and Johnny Hart’s award-winning newspaper strip, featuring a cast of wise-cracking wizards and rotten rulers, drunken has-been jesters and cowardly knights. If this doesn’t make you laugh, you’re better off in Sunderland.
The Wizard of Id has been running continuously for over 45 years since its launch in 1964, making it one of the longest running newspaper strips in history. This collection includes strips from 1971, when the strip won the first of its five National Cartoonist Society Best Humour Strip awards.

 
The Wizard of Id: The Dailies & Sundays - 1972

 Product Details
ISBN: 9781848566842
Dimensions: 8 1/2” x 6 1/8”
Hardback: 224pp
Publication date: October 9 2012
Illustration detail: B/w newspaper strip

Synopsis
Welcome to the Kingdom of Id, a one-horse kingdom ruled by a wretched, pint-sized tyrannical despot known only as The King. This is a collection of Brant Parker and Johnny Hart’s award-winning newspaper strip, featuring a cast of wise-cracking wizards and rotten rulers, drunken has-been jesters and cowardly knights. This volume collects the daily and Sunday strips from 1972 for the very first time, as well as new background feature material and family photographs, never-before-seen!