Acme Novelty Library Series
Issues 1-15 were published by Fantagraphics Books. Ware started self-publishing the series starting with #16, which was distributed by Fantagraphics, with subsequent issues distributed by Drawn and Quarterly.
| # | Main Content | Publisher | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Corrigan | Fantagraphics Books | Winter 1993-1994 | |
| 2 | Quimby the Mouse | Summer 1994 | ||
| 3 | Potato Guy | Fall 1994 | ||
| 4 | Sparky | Winter 1994-1995 | ||
| 5 | Jimmy Corrigan, pt 1 | 1995 | ||
| 6 | Jimmy Corrigan, pt 2 | Winter 1995-1996 | ||
| 7 | Joke Book
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1996 | ||
| 8 | Jimmy Corrigan, pt 3 | 1997 | ||
| 9 | Jimmy Corrigan, pt 4 | 1998 | ||
| 10 | Jimmy Corrigan | 1998 | ||
| 11 | Jimmy Corrigan, pt 5 | 1999 | ||
| 12 | Jimmy Corrigan, pt 6 | 1999 | ||
| 13 | Jimmy Corrigan, pt 7 | 1999 | ||
| 14 | Jimmy Corrigan, pt 8 | 2000 | ||
| 15 | Joke Book II
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2001 | ||
| 16 |
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Self-published | 2005 |
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| 17 |
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2006 |
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| 18 | Building Stories, pt 2 | 2007 | ||
| 19 | Rusty Brown, pt 3 | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Lint (Jordon Lint, a character in Ware's Rusty Brown work-in-progress) | 2010 |
Issue 181⁄2 was published in 2007 containing Ware's "Thanksgiving" covers for the November 26, 2006 issue of The New Yorker, plus supplementary material, in portfolio format.
The title has been collected into volumes published by Pantheon Books (US), Fantagraphics Books (US) and Jonathan Cape (UK):
- Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth (2000), Pantheon / Cape (collects issue 5, 6, 8, 9 and 11-14).
- Quimby the Mouse (2003), Fantagraphics / Cape (collects issues 2 and 4 with additional material).
- The Acme Novelty Library Final Report to Shareholders and Rainy Day Saturday Afternoon Fun Book (2005), Pantheon / Cape (collects issues 7 and 15 with additional material).
- Building Stories (2012), Pantheon Books Pantheon / Cape (collects issue 18 with material from issue 16, other periodicals, and new material).
Apart from the continuing Rusty Brown saga, numbers 1, 3, and 10 are the only issues to remain uncollected at this time.
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