Il libro del fumetto #[nn]

This handsome Italian omnibus from Pavesio Editore collects Scott McCloud's complete trilogy into a single volume — La trilogia in un volume unico — making it an essential addition to any serious comics library. The cover itself is quietly charming: McCloud is photographed mid-sketch at a drawing desk, surrounded by pencils and brushes, with pages of comics art spread across the background. At €39,00 in 2013, this was a genuinely worthwhile way to have all three of his celebrated works on comics theory in one place.