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Martih Olson
AbramsWhat's better than Adventure Time right now? Nothing. It's like Beatlemania. Everybody loves this show. This book is a pretty great little encyclopedia of all the people and places in the show, and it's written by the voice actor who plays Marcelline's dad in character AS MARCELLINE'S DAD.



Dark HorseThis is a giant hardcover book split into thirds. The first third tells the story of the Zelda games in chronological order, the next third is all concept art, and the final third is an excerpt from the Japanese Zelda manga.
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AbramsI spent a lot of time in high school staring at this book. My school had this in their library, and I spent a lot of time hiding there and reading every book that was even mildly visually interesting. I stole their copy of the Doonesbury comics that Garry Trudeau did while he was still at Yale. Someone had drawn dicks and obscene words onto the pages.This book was first published in the 70s. It's a big friendly textbook about everything Disney. Every few years it's expanded and reprinted. It's pretty much a must if you like cartoons and own books. Lots of pretty pictures of Disney stuff. You just open it up and and sink into the sheer happiness of Disneyness. I love this thing.

Gilbert Hernandez
FantagraphicsThis hardcover comic tells the story of Julio's life in a short graphic novel that was originally serialized in the second Love and Rockets series. I found it very dull then. Eric Reynolds, who is a smart, nice man, told me that I should check out the collected edition to truly appreciate it. I still think it's dull. Leslie Stein, reputable cartoonist, also likes this book a lot. I tried to get her to discuss it in this column but she got stage fright or something.
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Topps
AbramsThese Topps books are great, but each one seems to have less of a hook. The first two were about contraband trading cards, the second was sort of a history of Topps in a way. This is a book relevant to Star Trek fans but not to anyone else. I assumed that the book would be collecting the original Star Trek cards, the black and white "Leaf Series."


