Sam's Strip: The Comic About Comics

A single-issue collection from Fantagraphics, Sam's Strip: The Comic About Comics (2009–present) gathers the entire run of a short-lived but influential newspaper strip from the late 1960s. Created by Jerry Dumas and Mort Walker (of Beetle Bailey fame), with Dumas handling the art, the series was a meta-commentary on the comics medium itself, predating similar self-referential works by decades. It matters as a fascinating artifact of comic-strip history, showcasing an early, playful deconstruction of the form by two masters of the craft.