MADMAN 20th ANNIVERSARY MONSTER! HCstory / ART / COVER MICHAEL ALLRED & VARIOUS

DECEMBER 14
264 PAGES / FC / T
OVERSIZED
$100

FRAZETTA! KIRBY! TOTH! MOEBIUS! KUBERT! MILLER! STEVENS! The BIG one! Literally: This gigantic 11 x 17 hardcover is the coffee table book of the Millennium! Nearly every great artist to ever work in comics is in this book which includes new stories from PETER BAGGE, KYLE BAKER, PHILIP BOND & PETER MILLIGAN, DARWYN COOKE, DAVE COOPER, DEAN HASPIEL, LOS BROS HERNANDEZ, ERIK LARSEN, DAVID MACK, PAT McKEOWN, BERNIE MIREAULT, MICHAEL AVON OEMING, PAUL POPE, ERIC POWELL, FRANK QUITELY, STEVEN T. SEAGLE & TEDDY KRISTIANSEN, JEFF SMITH, JAY STEPHENS, CRAIG THOMPSON, MATT WAGNER, JOE QUINONES & MARIS WICKS. Also MICHAEL ALLRED’s latest – and most epic ever – MADMAN story! PLUS almost every Madman illustration collected over the past 20 years from all the greats. Surprises galore!

Only $100?! In all seriousness, I really thought it was going to cost a little bit more. But it doesn't matter, does it? It'll be worth every penny!

Agreed. It's gonna be epic!

My wife saw the solicitation left on an open browser tab and her only response was, "Oh, god."

I'm looking forward to it. I'd love to see this release partnered with a reprint of older Allred works. Speaking of which, anyone want to sell me copies of issues 1 and 3 of Grafik Musik?

Hip this!




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First off, BEAUTIFUL!
But, of course I started looking for personal favorites, and I didn't see Michael T. Gilbert's Mr. Monster... I'm presuming he's taking the group photo! Awesome to see Doc draw Zot, etc etc etc. HUGE KUDOS for having Harvey Pekar on the wall...
LOVE IT!

Mike posted on Facebook tonight:

An update from the printer tells us that the Madman 20th Anniversary Monster won't be in shops until at least 1/18. This is distressing for a variety of reasons and frustrating for so many others. Issues with printing and shipping a book of this size that ended up beyond our control, despite all the team's efforts to get the book turned in on time. Our apologies to everyone waiting on this book.

Any word on a shipping date yet?

Amazon.com is listing it as a February 7th release. However last week Mike posted a photo of him reading it with his grand kids so that could be a very good sign it might arrive sooner. I'm sure someone who's more knowledgable about this than me will chime in.

Still MIA.