RevolutionSF has struck again. A third selection (following Flex Mentallo and Chase) from Uncanny Un-Collectibles, our late September/early October ’10 six day extravaganza of comics that have never been collected (or were currently not available) but really should be is being collected this summer. In the very first entry of the first day, Paul O. Miles lamented the lack of a Sugar and Spike book.
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| Even more than Scribbly, Mayer was known for Sugar and Spike, his long running kids series for DC Comics. Sugar and Spike are next door neighbor babies, who understand each other’s gibberish and get into mischief. Mayer simplified his style for a younger audience, cutting down the ideas per panel in a way that immediately reminds you of Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace. The thing about Sugar and Spike or other long running kid’s comics such as Little Lulu is there are rarely individual stories that tower over the rest and demand reprinting. Instead, you hope to have as much reprinted as possible so you can experience the cartoonist’s art over a wide range of work.
There are a few Sugar and Spikes reprinted in the Toon Treasury [of Classic Children’s Comics], but it really cries out for a Showcase Presents edition. DC over the years has done a good job of digging in its crates. Hopefully, at some point, they’ll make Mayer widely available again. They owe him. |
Apparently the folks from DC heard his cries, because hidden among the solicitations for March was this gem.
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| SUGAR AND SPIKE ARCHIVES VOL. 1 HC Written by SHELDON MAYER Art and cover by SHELDON MAYER DC’s cult favorite comic about a pair of precocious babies is collected at last in this volume. Hot-tempered Sugar Plumm and shy Cecil “Spike” Wilson may be toddlers, but they know more about getting into trouble than most grown-ups. And while they can understand each other perfectly, all their parents seem to hear when they speak is “Glx sptzl glaah!” Now, DC Comics collects their classic series for the first time, starting with issues #1-10, in this hardcover showcasing stories and art by the talented Sheldon Mayer, inspired by the hijinks of his own children. ADVANCE SOLICITED • On sale AUGUST 31 240 pg, FC, $59.99 US |
Three down, 49 titles left to go…