| Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | The Library of American Comics |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Genre | Action Adventure Jungle |
| Publication date | June 18, 2013 – April 14, 2015 |
| No. of issues | 4 |
| Main character | Tarzan |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Written by | Russ Manning |
| Artist | Russ Manning |
| Editor | Dean Mullaney |
Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips is a series of books collecting the completeEdgar Rice Burroughs'Tarzancomic strip written and drawn byRuss Manning, anAmericandaily andSunday strip title originally published in newspapers between 1967 and 1979, viaUnited Feature Syndicate. The first volume of the series was awarded theEisner Award in the categoryBest Archival Collection/Project—Strips in 2014.[1][2] The series was published byThe Library of American Comics from 2013 to 2015.
Thehardcover volumes of the series measure 11 inches × 8.5 inches (280 mm × 216 mm), the daily strips are reproduced inblack-and-white three to a page, while the Sunday pages are reproduced in full color, at one per page. The books come with dustjacket and a sewn ribbon bookmark. The strips have been rearranged from thechronological original output in order to have each's storyline in intact, since the dailies and Sundays had different continuities, therefore all the dailies are presented first and the Sundays are the latter part of each volume.
The first three volumes contain both daily and Sunday strips, while the fourth and final volume only contain Sunday pages,[3] this since Manning decided to give up the daily part of the strip in order to focus his time to produce Tarzan graphic novels,[4] he did however keep on doing the Sunday page until his final year on it in 1979. The strips are reproduced fromEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.'s original file copies.
Foreword by Russ Mannings assistant on the strip,William Stout is included.[5]Henry G. Franke III, editor of theEdgar Rice Borrughs Amateur Press Association andThe Borroughs Bibliophiles, also very well known in the world aroundTarzan comics due to his historic articles on the subject, has contributed introductions for the series.[6] Extras such as scans of original art by Manning and memorabilia related to Tarzan and Mannings career are included.[7]
| Volume | Release date | Title | Period | Page count | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2013-06-18 | “Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips - Vol. 1” | 1967–1969 | 288 | 978-1-61377-694-0 |
| 2 | 2013-12-31 | “Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips - Vol. 2” | 1969–1971 | 296 | 978-1-61377-820-3 |
| 3 | 2014-07-29 | “Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips - Vol. 3” | 1971–1974 | 296 | 978-1-61377-982-8 |
| 4 | 2015-04-14 | “Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips - Vol. 4” | 1974–1979 | 296 | 978-1-63140-215-9 |
