List of The Library of American Comics publications
The Library of American Comics is an American publisher of comic strip reprint collections, as an imprint of IDW Publishing.
Collections
| Release date | LoAC Title | Original title | Creator | Period | Number of vol. | Daily strips | Sunday strips | Reproduction color | Book size | Status |
| September 2007 – March 2009 | The Complete Terry and the Pirates | Terry and the Pirates | Milton Caniff | 1934–1946 | 6 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 11 × 8.5 inches | Finished |
| November 2006 – December 2020 | The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy | Dick Tracy | Chester Gould | 1931–1977 | 29 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 9.5 × 7 inches Vol. 1-6 11 × 8.5 inches Vol. 7-onwards | Finished |
| June 2008 – TBA | The Complete Little Orphan Annie | Little Orphan Annie | Harold Gray | 1924–TBA | 17 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 11 × 8.5 inches | Ongoing |
| September 2009 – November 2012 | ' | Bloom County | Berkeley Breathed | 1980–1989 | 5+2 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white Dailies & full color Sundays | 11 × 8.5 inches | Finished |
| October 2009 – July 2010 | The Family Circus | The Family Circus | Bil Keane | 1960–TBA | 2 | Yes | Yes | ? | 11 × 7.5 inches | Discontinued after two volumes |
| November 2009 – TBA | The Complete Rip Kirby | Rip Kirby | Alex Raymond | 1946–TBA | 11 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 11 × 10 inches | Ongoing |
| January 2010 – March 2013 | The Complete King Aroo | King Aroo | Jack Kent | 1950–TBA | 2 | Yes | Yes | ? | 9.5 × 7.5 inches | Discontinued after two volumes |
| January 2010 – April 2013 | Bringing Up Father | Bringing Up Father | George McManus | 1939–TBA | 2 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color ? | 11 × 10 inches | Discontinued after two volumes |
| April 2010 – TBA | ' | Li'l Abner | Al Capp | 1934–TBA | 9 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 9.25 × 12 | Ongoing |
| September 2010 – July 2014 | Archie - The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics | Archie | Bob Montana | 1946–TBA | 3 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 11 × 8.5 inches | Discontinued after three volumes |
| September 2010 – August 2015 | X-9: Secret Agent Corrigan | X-9 | Al Williamson, Archie Goodwin, George Evans | 1969–TBA | 6 | Yes | N/A | Black-and-white | 11 × 10 inches | Discontinued after six volumes |
| October 2010 – January 2012 | Blondie : The Complete Daily Comics | Blondie | Chic Young | 1930–1935 | 2 | Yes | No | Black-and-white | 11 × 8.5 inches | Discontinued after two volumes |
| December 2010 – TBA | Polly and Her Pals | Polly and Her Pals | Cliff Sterrett | 1913–TBA | 2 | No | Yes | Full color | 12 × 16 inches | Ongoing |
| July 2011 – October 2013 | Miss Fury: Sensational Sundays | Miss Fury | Tarpé Mills | 1944–TBA | 2 | No | Yes | Full color | 9.25 × 12 inches | Discontinued after two volumes |
| December 2011 – May 2014 | Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim | Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim | Alex Raymond | 1934–1944 | 4 | No | Yes | Full color | 12 × 16 inches | Finished |
| January 2012 – TBA | Steve Canyon | Steve Canyon | Milton Caniff | 1947–TBA | 11 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color ? | 11 × 8.5 inches | Ongoing |
| October 2012 | Gasoline Alley | Gasoline Alley | Frank King, Dick Moores | 1964–1966 | 1 | Yes | No | Black-and-white | 11 × 8.5 inches | Discontinued after a single volume |
| October 2012 – TBA | Skippy: Complete Dailies | Skippy | Percy Crosby | 1925–TBA | 4 | Yes | No | Black-and-white | 9.5 × 8.5 inches | Ongoing |
| December 2012 – October 2013 | Star Trek: The Newspaper Strip | Star Trek | Thomas Warkentin, Sherman DiVono, Ron Harris, Martin Pasko | 1979–1983 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 8.5 × 11 inches | Finished |
| June 2013 – April 2015 | ' | Tarzan | Russ Manning | 1967–1979 | 4 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white | 11 × 8.5 inches | Finished |
| August 2013 – December 2014 | ' | Superman | Jerry Siegel, Wayne Boring | 1959–1966 | 3 | Yes | No | Black-and-white | 11 × 8.5 inches | Finished |
| February 2014 – November 2014 | ' | Superman | Jack Burnley, Wayne Boring | 1943–1949 | 2 | No | Yes | Full color | 9.25 × 12 inches | Finished |
| April 2014 – December 2014 | Popeye: The Classic Newspaper Comics by Bobby London | Popeye | Bobby London | 1986–1992 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 8.5 × 7.5 inches | Finished |
| April 2014 – November 2016 | Batman: Silver Age Newspaper Comics | Batman | Whitney Ellsworth, Sheldon Moldoff, Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella, Al Plastino | 1966–1972 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 11 × 8.5 inches | Finished |
| October 2014 | Ripley's Believe It or Not! - The Original Classic Cartoons | Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Robert Ripley | 1929–TBA | 1 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 11 × 8.5 inches | Discontinued after a single volume |
| June 2015 – TBA | ' | The Amazing Spider-Man | Stan Lee, John Romita Jr. | 1977–TBA | 5 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 11 × 8.5 inches | Ongoing |
| July 2015 – December 2017 | ' | Superman | Alvin Schwartz, Wayne Boring, Bill Finger | 1949–1959 | 3 | No | Yes | Full color | 9.25 × 12 inches | Finished |
| September 2015 – TBA | ' | Donald Duck | Al Taliaferro | 1924–TBA | 5 | Yes | No | Black-and-white | 11 × 8.5 inches | Ongoing |
| April 2016 – TBA | ' | Donald Duck | Al Taliaferro | 1924–TBA | 2 | No | Yes | Full color | 12 × 8.5 inches | Ongoing |
| April 2016 – September 2017 | Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics - The Complete Series | Star Trek | Harry Lindfield, Jim Balkie, Mike Noble and others | 1969–1979 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 8.5 × 11 inches | Finished |
| May 2016 – September 2019 | ' | Silly Symphony | Al Taliaferro, Earl Duvall, Hank Porter, Bob Grant | 1932–1945 | 4 | No | Yes | Full color | 12 × 8.5 inches | Finished |
| November 2016 | Red Barry | Red Barry | William Gould | 1934–TBA | 1 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 11 × 8.5 inches | Discontinued after a single volume |
| November 2016 – TBA | Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales | Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales | Frank A. Reilly | 19?–TBA | 3 | No | Yes | Full color | 12 × 8.5 inches | Ongoing |
| April 2017 – May 2019 | ' | Superman | Jerry Siegel, Whitney Ellisworth, Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring | 1942–1949 | 3 | Yes | No | Black-and-white | 11 × 8.5 inches | Finished |
| April 2017 – August 2018 | Star Hawks | Star Hawks | Writing:Ron Goulart Art:Gil Kane | 1977–1981 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 9.25 × 6.5 inches | Finished |
| May 2017 – September 2018 | ' | Star Wars | Don R. Christensen | 1979–1984 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 11 × 8.5 inches | Finished |
| October 2017 – TBA | For Better or For Worse - The Complete Library | For Better or For Worse | Lynn Johnston | 1979–TBA | 5 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 11 × 8.5 inches | Ongoing |
| October 2018 - TBA | Superman | Jerry Siegel, Wayne Boring | 1959–TBA | 2 | No | Yes | Full color | 9.25 × 12 inches | Ongoing |
Single releases
| Release date | LoAC Title | Original title | Creator | Period | Number of vol. | Daily strips | Sunday strips | Reproduction color | Book size | ISBN |
| October 2014 | Wonder Woman: The Complete Newspaper Strips | Wonder Woman | William Moulton Marston, H. G. Peter | 1944-1945 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Full color | 11 × 8.5 inches | |
| October 2015 | From Brooklyn Rock to Beyond Mars: The Complete Series | Beyond Mars | Jack Williamson, Lee Elias | 1952-1955 | 1 | No | Yes | Full color | 9.25 × 12 inches | |
| September 2017 | Disney's Christmas Classics | Disney Christmas Story | Frank A. Reilly | 1960-1997 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Black-and-white & Black-and-white | 11 × 8.5 inches |
LoAC Essentials
LoAC Essentials or The Library of American Comics - Essentials is a series of books collecting reprints of classic daily newspaper comic strips, which are considered as essentials of comic history in different aspects due to their impact on the medium itself, in volumes by strip title and original publication year. LoAC Essentials are published in hardcovers with the odd format of 11.5 inches × 4.25 inches, 292 mm × 108 mm. The comic strips are printed one strip per page in black-and-white together with the original publication date and weekday. Each volume contain one year of a comic strip's run. Extras such as introductions and essays are included in some of the volumes.| Release date | Title | Year | Comic strip | Author | Page count | ISBN |
| 2012-12-04 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 1: Baron Bean Vol. 1 | 1916 | Baron Bean | George Herriman | 336 | |
| 2013-04-09 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 2: The Gumps - The Saga of Mary Gold | 1929 | The Gumps | Sidney Smith | 344 | |
| 2013-09-10 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 3: Polly and Her Pals | 1933 | Polly and Her Pals | Cliff Sterrett | 336 | |
| 2014-02-11 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 4: Alley Oop | 1939 | Alley Oop | V.T. Hamlin | 344 | |
| 2014-07-15 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 5: The Bungle Family | 1930 | The Bungle Family | Harry J. Tuthill | 344 | |
| 2015-02-24 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 6: Baron Bean Vol. 2 | 1917 | Baron Bean | George Herriman | 328 | |
| 2015-06-30 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 7: Tarzan of the Apes | 1929 | Tarzan | Writer: Edgar Rice Burroughs Artist: Hal Foster, Rex Maxon | 336 | |
| 2016-08-30 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 8 King Features Essentials 1: Krazy Kat | 1934 | Krazy Kat | George Herriman | 336 | |
| 2016-10-18 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 9 King Features Essentials 2: Tim Tyler's Luck | 1933 | Tim Tyler's Luck | Lyman Young, Alex Raymond | 396 | |
| 2017-04-18 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 10: Dan Dunn - Secret Operative 48 | 1933 | Dan Dunn | Norman Marsh | 344 | |
| 2018-03-13 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 11: "Cap" Stubbs and Tippie | 1945 | Cap Stubbs and Tippie | Edwina Dumm | 384 | |
| 2018-12-11 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 12: Baron Bean Vol. 3 | 1918 | Baron Bean | George Herriman | 344 | |
| 2019-08-13 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 13: Charlie Chan | 1938 | Charlie Chan | Alfred Andriola | 328 | |
| 2019-12-17 | LOAC Essentials Vol. 14: Barney Google | 1928 | Barney Google | Billy DeBeck | 352 |
Factual, historical and biographical titles
| Release date | Title | Author | Subject | Period | Creator | Page count | Binding | Book size | ISBN |
| 2008-08-12 | Scorchy Smith and the Art of Noel Sickles | Bruce Canwell | The complete Scorchy Smith comic strip, Biography & Art | 1933-1936 | Noel Sickles | 392 | Hardcover | 11 × 11 inches | |
| 2011-05-10 | Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth | Dean Mullaney, Bruce Canwell | Biography, Art | ? | Alex Toth | 328 | Hardcover | 9.5 × 13 inches | |
| 2011-08-16 | Caniff: A Visual Biography | Dean Mullaney | Biography | ? | Milton Caniff | 328 | Hardcover | 11 × 11 inches | |
| 2011-12-27 | Chuck Jones: The Dream That Never Was | Dean Mullaney, Kurtis Findlay | Biography | ? | Chuck Jones | 280 | Hardcover | 11 × 8.5 inches | |
| 2013-02-26 | Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth | Dean Mullaney, Bruce Canwell | Biography, Art | 1960s–2006 | Alex Toth | 288 | Hardcover | 9.5 × 13 inches | |
| 2014-06-03 | Genius, Animated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth | Dean Mullaney, Bruce Canwell | Biography, Art | ? | Alex Toth | 328 | Hardcover | 9.5 × 13 inches | |
| 2014-10-14 | Puck - What Fools These Mortals Be!: The Story of Puck | Michael Alexander Kahn, Richard Samuel West | Political caricature, political cartoon satire | 1877–1918 | various | 328 | Hardcover | 12 × 11 inches | |
| 2015-10-13 | King of the Comics: One Hundred Years of King Features Syndicate | Bruce Canwell and others | Comic strip history | 1914–2015 | various | 288 | Hardcover | 9.25 × 12 inches | |
| 2018-04-17 | The Goat Getters: Jack Johnson, the FIGHT of the CENTURY and How a Bunch of Raucous Cartoonists Reinvented Comics | Eddie Campbell | Comic strip history | Early 20th century? | various | 320 | Hardcover | 11.4 × 9 inches | |
| 2019-07-16 | Treasures Retold: The Lost Art of Alex Toth | Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell | Comic strips, Art | ? | Alex Toth | 280 | Hardcover | 9.5 inches × 13 inches | |
| 2019-10-08 | SCREWBALL! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny | Paul C. Tumey | Comic strip history | 20th century | various | 272 | Hardcover | 11 inches × 10.5 inches |