Dopo Il punto della situazione (ottobre 2009) e Il nuovo punto della situazione (settembre 2013), rieccoci a tratteggiare una panoramica dei progetti di ristampa di fumetti sindacati da parte di case editrici americane.
Come sempre, abbiamo cose già disponibili e cose ancora solo annunciate (e anche da tempo, come le Sundays di MANDRAKE).
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PEANUTS
(giornaliere e domenicali in B/N), PEANUTS (domenicali a colori), KRAZY KAT,
POPEYE, PRINCE VALIANT, DENNIS THE MENACE, SAM’S STRIP, CAPTAIN EASY, NANCY
(giornaliere), TARZAN (di Hogarth), BARNABY, BETSY AND ME, POGO, TERR’BLE
THOMPSON, MICKEY MOUSE, BARNABY, THE BRINKLEY GIRLS: THE BEST OF NELL
BRINKLEY'S CARTOONS 1913-1940, GAHAN WILSON SUNDAY COMICS, ZIPPY,
IDW
TERRY AND
THE PIRATES, SCORCHY SMITH, DICK TRACY, LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, RIP KIRBY,
BRINGING UP FATHER, THE FAMILY CIRCUS, BLOOM COUNTY, FLASH GORDON & JUNGLE
JIM (di Raymond), SECRET AGENT X-9 (di Raymond, Williamson e Evans), KING AROO,
BLONDIE, ARCHIE (Anni ’40 e ’60), LI’L ABNER, ESSENTIALS (THE GUMPS, BARON
BEAN, POLLY AND HER PALS, ALLEY OOP, BUNGLE FAMILY, TARZAN) STAR TREK, THE
LITTLE KING, GASOLINE ALLEY (di Moore), MISS FURY, SKIPPY, STEVE CANYON,
SUPERMAN (SILVER AGE), TARZAN (di Manning), JACKIE’S DIARY, BATMAN (SILVER
AGE), POPEYE (BOBBY LONDON), PEANUTS (ARTIST’S EDITION), RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR
NOT!, WONDER WOMAN (complete 43/44), POLLY AND HER PALS (Sundays 13-27 + 28-30),
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, DONALD DUCK (dailies) BEYOND MARS (complete).
Classic
Comics Press
ON STAGE,
DONDI, THE HEART OF JULIET JONES, CISCO KID, RUSTY RILEY, BIG BEN BOLT, BUCK
O’RUE, CLARE BRIGGS.
Checker
Books
FLASH
GORDON, STEVE CANYON, BEETLE BAILEY.
Dark
Horse
FLASH
GORDON (di Raboy) LI'L ABNER (domenicali di Frazetta), JET SCOTT, TARZAN (di
Foster, in formato enorme), GASOLINE ALLEY (domenicali cronologiche), ALLEY OOP
(domenicali in formato enorme).
Sunday
Press Books
(tutte domenicali e in formati enormi)
LITTLE
SAMMY SNEEZE (con HUNGRY HENRIETTA), GASOLINE ALLEY (di King), LITTLE NEMO IN
SLUMBERLAND, QUEER VISITORS FROM THE WONDERFUL LAND OF OZ (con SCARECROW AND
THE TINMAN), The UPSIDE-DOWNS OF LITTLE LADY LOVEKINS AND OLD MAN MUFFAROO (con
altri lavori di Verbeeck), SOCIETY IS NIX (antologia), KRAZY KAT,
THE-KIN-DER-KIDS (con WEE WILLIE WINKIE’S WORLD, THE EXPLORIGATOR, NIBSY THE
NEWSBOY,
NAUGHTY PETE).
Hermes
Press
STAR HAWKS,
BUCK ROGERS, THE PHANTOM, JOHNNY HAZARD, MIKE HAMMER, ROY ROGERS, BRENDA STARR
REPORTER, MALE CALL, DARK SHADOW.
NBM
HAPPY
HOOLIGAN, MUTT AND JEFF e BRINGING UP FATHER.
Abrams
Comicarts
INSIDE
WOODY ALLEN, THE ART OF RUBE GOLDBERG.
Titan
Publishing
HÄGAR THE
HORRIBLE, FLASH GORDON (di Raymond e Briggs), MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN (domenicali
di Davis), WIZARD OF ID, BURNE HOGARTH’S TARZAN, BETTY BOOP, PEANUTS.
Drawn
& Quarterly
GASOLINE
ALLEY (giornaliere di King), THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT.
Michigan
State University Libraries
TIM TYLER’S LUCK (giornaliere 1937-39)
Black
Squirrel Books
FUNKY WINKERBEAN (integrale)
Taschen
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND (complete e in formato enorme)