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Non Sequitur's Sunday Color Treasury (Non Sequitur Books)

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Wiley is one of my favorite cartoonists. Not just my favorite - the National Cartoonists Society named "Non Sequitur" Best of the year, before it even a year old!

These strips cover a variety of Wiley's sub-categories: Danae and Lucy (think the dark side Calvin and Hobbes), Obviousman the balding superhero, Cap'n Eddie and his tall tales, and Ele's new idea of how the dinosaurs became extinct - much the way our species is driving itself into the ground right now. I'm torn. I want more of each, but if I get more of one, I get less of the others.

And I want Wiley's other kinds of creativity, too. Page 88, especially that second cartoon - well, cartoons don't have to be funny to be good. That one is very good.

That vertical format for his Sunday comics, that's no accident. Wiley realized that the ever-shrinking sunday funnies, trying to cram more into less paper, was leaving odd gaps on the page. Cartoonists, Wiley included, are always competing for space on the page. Like any successful scavenger, he discovered a resource he could use without competition, those weird spaces that his vertical strips filled perfectly. Any cartoonist that solve problems like that for the newspaper editors has a valuable advantage. Wiley also says he was the first to use "process color", real halftones, on the funny page, where everyone else used (and use) big, solid patches of color. I can't vouch for the claim, but it is a distinguishing feature of his comics, and adds a lot to his expressive style.

As with Wiley's other collections, I have only one complaint. There's never enough Wiley in the book - but I'd probably say that up to the day he publishes "The Complete Wiley." Even then I'd want more.

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The poor resolution makes this comic nearly unreadable on a kindle. This is a great comic, just do yourself a favor and get the physical book.

This book is not formatted properly to work on the Kindle. The comic is almost unreadable. If you want this book do not waste your time with the kindle edition, buy the book.

I had to enlarge most of the images to read them on an iPad (requiring 3 or 4 operations per panel). Very hard to read on the computer (I found no way to enlarge the panels on a Mac). I recommend a print edition for this one. That said, the content is enjoyable, hence the 3* (1 for usability; 5 for content).

This is a graphic book that can be enjoyed by a child, but is even better when the child becomes an adult. There is often more insight in a few cartoon panels than in an review on the editorial page of major newspapers. Wiley Miller is the greatest.

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I love the comics from Wiley Miller.

This is one of the many comic books he has published. As the title suggest, it's the Sunday panels, all coloured. Not mentioned is that he included the many different series he has come up with within the Non Sequitur. That includes Lucy and Danae, Offshore Flo, Raising Kane and many more.

Included right before every series is an introduction on the inspiration, and sometimes on why they were cut. All make for very interesting read.

The panels are timeless, and stories interesting. This book can be enjoyed by everyone.

(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

This book is a joy, only wish there were more available. If you like Calvin & Hobbes, this will really tickle your funny bone.

This picture book gives excellent insight into Miller's career. He is one of the best and most subtle political cartoonists active today. He is right on so much of the time especially with the set of morons making the news these days.

if you like your humour drier than a james bond martini and more biting than killer whales'then this one is for you.Warning: no sacred cows are safe from this artist's pen and pencils....LOL

This book came as described, new. Fast delivery. A great collection of the Non Sequitur's color strips from the Sunday paper. A great collection if you enjoy the comic strip. Includes comments by the author on how and why he created the various series of cartoons.