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Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume 1 (Complete Little Orphan Annie)
- Hardcover
- Author: Harold Gray
- Publisher: Idea & Design Works Llc
- Release Date: June 2008
- ISBN-10: 1600101402
- ISBN-13: 9781600101403
- List Price: $39.99
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryVolume One of The Complete Little Orphan Annie contains more than 1,000 daily comics in nine complete stories, from the very first strip in August 1924 through October 1927. In the pages of "Will Tomorrow Ever Come?" readers will discover how Annie escapes the orphanage and is ultimately adopted by "Daddy;" how she finds that loveable mutt Sandy and rescues him from being tortured; how she meets the Silos, who become recurring characters throughout the series; how she joins the circus and first encounters Pee Wee the elephant; and how, broke and alone, she hits the road on a succession of dangerous yet spiritually uplifting adventures. This volume also includes an index, and a biographical essay by Jeet Heer. |
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Quality Book; Lots of Fun
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This book is a real quality book--it even includes a bound-in ribbon bookmark, and the paper is heavy. Even the end papers are of interest. It's wonderful to read Little Orphan Annie comics in chronological order, including rarities. It's also interesting to learn about the very beginnings of Annie's life, before she met Daddy Warbucks.
However, I agree with other reviewers who lamented the absence of Sunday comics. The publisher claims the Sunday comics did not always contribute to the continuity, but I often felt I was missing something, or didn't like to flip back to the few included in the beginning of the book.
Other than the Sunday comics missing, this is a perfect book, and I look forward to reading the whole series. Little Orphan Annie fans can expect a real treat.
The Complete Little Orphan Annie Vol 1
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Every reprint of this strip I've seen before this one was virtually unreadable because of its size or only reprinted a random story-line. This is absolutely among the very best reprints of any strip. If you love old newspaper strips, you'll understand why it was so popular! Spend the money - you won't regret it.
Not just a social history but a time capsule
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I never got Little Orphan Annie when I was a kid; who could buy a girl with what looked like quarters for eyes? My appreciation for many of the recent comic strip collections persuaded me to give this one a try. I'm pleased that I did so. Taking the first three years of the strip, the book adds a fascinating essay which explains much of the backstory of said little girl. I learned there is a story behind Daddy Warbucks, for example, that makes him much deeper than he would seem. Annie herself represented a type of pluck and spunk admired in the Roaring '20s. Anyone who checks out this volume will be rooting for her too.
Annie collection
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Certainly this is a comprehensive collection of the early Annie comic strips. This book, printed on heavy stock paper, is of a considerable weight. The printing is very small. As a result, it is necessary to hold the book fairly close to read - especially if your vision is less than perfect. Considering the book's weight, this can be a bit of a task.
Overall, it's a worthwhile purchase at a reasonable price.
Finally this classic strip gets the reprints it deserves.
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Finally, LOA is being completly reprinted!!!
Up to now I have only had the 5 Fantagraphics reprints, and a few other scattered reprints here and there. The first two volumes from IDW will be pretty much virgin territory for me, as I only have a Dover reprint of strips from 1925.
Even when this series overlaps with the Fantagraphics volumes, I'll get them, as I want to ensure they do continue the series (plus I'll have a consistent set of reprints). I really look forward to the next volume and when they get into the post-1935 years.
I am a little disappointed by the overall lack of Sundays. I can understand that as they would want to reprint them in color, and most did not cross over to the story line in the dailies, they for cost reasons they left them out. I do hope this means that we will see, at some time, a reprint of the color sundays from the early years (I understand when they get into the 3rd volume, as the Sundays did merge with the dailies, that they will include them). I do have to say that I wasn't very impressed with the color sundays that were included in the volume. They are really the first COLOR LOA sundays I had ever seen. And they aren't that impressive. When you think of all the sunday strips that made use of color, and which would look so poorly from the lack of it, its sad how little color adds to them.
Can't wait for volume 2!!!
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