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February 2, 2019


FFF Results Post #517: Paperback Writer

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five Books You Remember Fondly Featuring Comics, In The Common Mass Paperback Format." This is how they responded.

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Jeffrey A. Goodman

1. The Katzenjammer Kids
2. Swift Comics
3. The Best Of Creepy
4. Thunder Agents: The Terrific Trio
5. Bode's Cartoon Concert

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John Vest

1. Very Funny, Charlie Brown, Charles M. Schulz
2. The Fantastic Four Return, Lee and Kirby
3. What's New B.C.? Johnny Hart
4. The King Is A Fink! Hart and Parker
5. What's Next, Andy Capp? Reg Smythe

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Matthew Guest

1. Mad's Dave Berg Looks at Things, Dave Berg
2. Tall Tales, Al Jaffee
3. Man the Beast and the Wild, Wild Women, ViP
4. Go to Your Room, Bil Keane
5. Dennis the Menace... and His Girls, Hank Ketcham

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Des Devlin

1. Take a Bow, B.C., Johnny Hart
2. Al Jaffee’s MAD Book of Magic and Other Dirty Tricks, Al Jaffee
3. The Explainers, Jules Feiffer
4. Dennis the Menace vs. Everybody, Hank Ketcham
5. Herman: And You Wonder Why I Never Want To Go To Italian Restaurants? Jim Unger

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Oliver Ristau

1. Hallo, Snoopy! Charles M. Schulz
2. Dennis, der Schlingel, Hank Ketcham
3. Willy Wacker: Willy -- immer unschuldig! Reg Smythe
4. Hagar: Die Axt im Wald, Dik Browne
5. Asterix: Zoff in Gallien, Goscinny/Uderzo

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Tom Spurgeon

1. Hard At Work, Andy Capp? Reg Smythe
2. As The Kid Goes For Broke, Garry Trudeau
3. For The Love Of Peanuts, Charles Schulz
4. Three-Ring Mad, Various
5. The Wizard's Back, Hart And Parker

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Andrew Mansell

1. Meet Fred Bassett, Alex Graham
2. Madvertising, Dick DeBartolo and Bob Clarke
3. Slide, Charlie Brown, Slide, Charles Schulz
4. Amazing Spider-Man PB #1, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
5. Let's See if Anyone Salutes, Milton Caniff

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Dave Knott

* The Peasants are Revolting! -- Brant Parker and Johnny Hart
* The Mad Adventures of Captain Klutz -- Don Martin
* Just A French Major From The Bronx -- Garry Trudeau
* The Amazing Spider-Man -- Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
* The Happiest Hookers -- Various Cartoonists from Playboy Magazine

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Sean Kleefeld

1. The Return of Pogo by Walt Kelly
2. Heathcliff Does It Again by George Gately
3. The Mad Adventures of Captain Klutz by Don Martin
4. The All New Mad Secret File on Spy vs Spy by Prohias
5. Flash Gordon: The Ice Monster by Al Williamson

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thanks to all that participated; let me know if I missed yours, this one came together a bit weird

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