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Over 600 pages of seminal autobiographical comics by master cartoonist Eddie Campbell (From Hell) collected in a single volume!

• 2010 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist
• A SEQUENTIAL Essential

“This impressive collection – a high-water mark in the graphic novel’s short history – confirms that no one else in the medium combines emotional truth, literary intelligence, and formal daring with such adroitness and elegance.” – Booklist

Over many years, we witness Alec’s (and Eddie’s) progression “from beer to wine” – wild nights at the pub, existential despair, the hunt for love, the quest for art, becoming a responsible breadwinner, feeling lost at his own movie premiere, and much more! Eddie’s outlandish fantasies and metafictional tricks convert life into art, while staying fully grounded in his own absurdity. At every point, the author’s uncanny eye for irony and wry self-awareness make even the smallest occasion into an opportunity for wit and wisdom. Quite simply, Alec is a masterpiece of visual autobiography.

Alec: The Years Have Pants (A Life-Size Omnibus) collects the previous Alec books The King Canute Crowd, Graffiti Kitchen, How to be an Artist, Little Italy, The Dead Muse, The Dance of Lifey Death, After the Snooter, as well as a generous helping of rare and never-before-seen material, including an all-new 35-page book, The Years Have Pants.

“If autobiography is the lingua franca of the graphic novel form, Campbell is its undisputed Shakespeare.” – Richard Pachter, Miami Herald

“Campbell’s art develops into a heroism of the freed line: like the blade of a skater, his pen achieves a precarious and delicate grace that should be recognized as a landmark in the history of comics.” – Rain Taxi Review of Books

“Eddie Campbell’s Alec stories were among the first of the modern era of autobiographical comics, and they still rate among the best – witty, brilliantly illustrated, self-mocking without ever being mopey or pathetic, and most importantly, forever changing style to suit the needs of the story... Watching Campbell’s storytelling and approach to art progress and evolve as these stories unfold is as close as you can get to watching a real human life change on the page.” – The AV Club