Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace #1959-1960

Hank Ketcham's art is on full display here, with a crowd of neighborhood kids gathered around Dennis, who stands atop a box playing the accordion with his trademark mischievous expression — a girl to the right looks on skeptically while the rest of the gang watches with varying degrees of resignation. This 2009 Fantagraphics volume collects Ketcham's complete daily and Sunday strips from 1959–1960, offering a rich stretch of the comic strip at the height of its popularity. It's a genuinely delightful archive edition for anyone who loves mid-century American cartooning at its most charming and irreverent.