1. Cole Moore Odell says:

   02/04/2010 at 9:03 am

   This is fantastic–I didn’t know the 4th volume was on the way. Is there a date?

   I’m glad to see the whole family on the cover this time out; it’s a perfect encapsulation of the content of the strip over the years covered.

   I do wonder if the giant “Book Four” might be a roadblock to new readers, though. After a while, those numbers start to scream “Don’t pick me up until you’ve made a much bigger investment of time and money in previous work.” With the Complete Peanuts, by comparison, there’s no big “Volume 12″ to intimidate people who might want to casually pick up 1973-1974. Couldn’t this simply be American Elf 2008-2009?
2. James Kochalka says:

   02/05/2010 at 6:11 am

   That’s a good point. I will ask Top Shelf and see what they want to do.

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