While I was taking my class in Digital Photography, our final project was for us to create a themed book featuring our most innovative and powerful photographs. I used my stepdaughter as the model and theme for my book (she loves posing in front of a camera, so there were no difficulties involved with getting her to participate).

I was so impressed with the final results of the book that I decided to see if I can use the same company to create an ADDANAC CITY treasury. I searched through AC’s burgeoning amount of material trying to figure out which comics I wanted to use.

Some of my favorite AC material involves the stories I had been writing recently. I picked a few and settled on the title of “ADDANAC CITY: Eight Million Stories” because, as you know, there are eight million stories in the naked city, so I know there had to be just as many in Addanac City. Below is the cover I designed for the collection:

I selected the Uncle Jack saga, which features Jack’s introduction, his time on the lam from the law, his re-capture, his time back in jail, his trial, his meeting of Calethia, his second escape from prison, and his traveling whereabouts as Jack stays a half-step ahead of the authorities.

Also included in the collection is Hank’s Zombie City storyline and the full-length Christmas In Addanac City tale. I also threw in AC #200, #300, #400, #500, and all of the holiday super-sized comics. I included the introduction of Ren Murphy and his brief romantic relationship with Christie Anderson. There are also quite a few of the mini-stories added in for good measure. Oh, and lest I forget, the 1 year Anniversary mega-sized comic is in there too, not to mention a few decent stand-alone gag strips.

This baby is 80 pages of full-color on the shiniest, thickest paper known to man. Just think of it as being printed like Dark Knight Returns bookshelf format.

I only had one book printed up so far, sorta as a test copy to see how it would look. Personally, I was blown away. The colors are just as bright and vivid as they are on the website, and the art looks even crisper at a slightly reduced size. It touched me to my inner core to actually have what I consider to be The Best of Addanac City in the palm of my hands.

The thing I like is that now, even without computer or internet access, I have a portable ADDANAC CITY device. Whenever I’m out and I’m telling someone what I do, I can just show them the book as well as give them a business card. They get to see immediately what AC looks like and whether they may be interested in reading it. I recommend that any cartoonists out there get at least one book printed of their work so they can just have it on hand.

Once I figure out how to fiscally manage printing up a large volume of these epics, I’ll let you know how you can purchase one if you want. Or if you would just like to know how you can get your comic printed up, just let me know. Until then, have a mega-fantastic day, my friend!