NEW BOOK!! 👉 TOM THE DANCING BUG: EAT THE POOR!

Tom The Dancing Bug Blog 2022-06-01

Volume 5 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug is here, and is now available for purchase.  It's...

TOM THE DANCING BUG: EAT THE POOR

Full ordering info below.

Eat the poor COVER tilted

 

TOM THE DANCING BUG: EAT THE POOR covers the complete comic strip (and more) from 2007-2011.  It's the first and will be the only volume in the set to cover a full five years instead of four, breaking the scales at an impressive 248 pages. 

From the promotional material for the book:

Clover Press’s Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program marches on with the fifth chronological volume (and third volume published to date), covering every installment of the award-winning (and two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist) comic strip, from 2007-2011.  This volume covers the years of Obama’s election and The Great Recession, with a particular focus on Lucky Ducky, "the Poor Little Duck Who’s Rich in Luck.” But the topics also range far from the political and topical, into waffle irons, drunk shirtless guys, and particle accelerators. And of course, it also features Tom the Dancing Bug favorites like God-Man, Super-Fun-Pak Comix, Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer, and Charley the Australopithecine. It also includes other comics Ruben Bolling created during those years: a Recession-themed comic created for Harper’s Magazine; and the legendary, insane Toy Story/Cormac McCarthy mashup he did for The Village Voice.

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And why not show the back cover of the book -- it's my favorite part, because it's some of my favorite people saying nice things:

Eat the poor BACK COVER small

 

I know that by now you're fairly vibrating with anticipation, asking "How can I get my hands on this glorious, historic tome?"

Wow.  Settle down. Kind of embarrassing.  It will be available in fine bookstores and comics shops across the country this month.  It will also be available in less-than-fine stores.  We're not picky.

AND HERE ARE SOME WAYS YOU CAN ORDER TOM THE DANCING BUG BOOKS ONLINE:
 
1.  AMAZON
You can order the brand new Volume 5 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug, Tom the Dancing Bug: Eat the Poor from Amazon HERE.
You can also order the previously published volumes in the series from Amazon:
Volume 6: Tom the Dancing Bug Awakens (2012-2015) HERE.
Volume 7: Tom the Dancing Bug: Into the Trumpverse (2016-2019) HERE.
2.  CLOVER PRESS
You can order Tom the Dancing Bug: Eat the Poor and/or Volumes 6 and 7 directly from the publisher Clover Press, HERE.
 
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3.  SIGNED/SKETCHED OFFERS: You can order Tom the Dancing Bug: Eat the Poor, and/or other Tom the Dancing Bug books directly from me.
If you order directly from me at any of the forms below, you'll get:
 
-> your book(s) signed/sketched/dated by me, personalized if requested
-> Your copy of Eat the Poor will come with a special authenticated (i.e., signed) Eat the Poor bookmark. Other books will also come with their corresponding bookmarks, but only as supplies last, so they are not guaranteed.
 
EAT THE POOR STANDARD BOOKMARK final
 
 
For all of the SIGNED/SKETCHED OFFERS below: If you would like the books signed "to" a particular name (your name, the name of a gift recipient, etc.), type that name in the field below.  If not, you can leave that field blank.  The book(s) will still be signed and sketched in.
If you are a member of the Inner Hive, enter the email address you use for that membership in the indicated field.  If you are not, no problem, you can leave that field blank.
 
This offer is for U.S. deliveries only (includes Media Mail postage).
But I welcome international orders!  For deliveries outside the U.S., please contact teamdancingbug at gmail dot com
 
Timing, as of 6/1: Eat the Poor is printed and the books are in the U.S. on their way to the distributor and to me.  I should receive them in a couple of weeks, at which time I'll start signing/sketching/sending in the order in which the orders were received.
 
Three books eat the poor large
 
Volume 5 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug. Tom the Dancing Bug: Eat the Poor
$59.97
 
Name I'd like book signed toInner Hive address (if any)
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Volume 6 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug. Tom the Dancing Bug Awakens
$59.98
 
Name I'd like book signed toInner Hive address (if any)
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Volume 7 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug. Tom the Dancing Bug: Into the Trumpverse
$59.99
 
Name I'd like book signed toInner Hive address (if any)
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Volumes 5 and 6 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug.
Tom the Dancing Bug: Eat the Poor and
Tom the Dancing Bug Awakens
$109.97
 
Name I'd like books signed toInner Hive address (if any)
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Volumes 5 and 7 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug.
Tom the Dancing Bug: Eat the Poor and
Tom the Dancing Bug: Into the Trumpverse
$109.98
 
Name I'd like books signed toInner Hive address (if any)
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Volumes 6 and 7 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug.
Tom the Dancing Bug Awakens and
Tom the Dancing Bug: Into the Trumpverse
$109.99
 
Name I'd like books signed toInner Hive address (if any)
 
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Triple Play: Volumes 5, 6, and 7 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug
Tom the Dancing Bug: Eat the Poor,
Tom the Dancing Bug Awakens, and
Tom the Dancing Bug: Into the Trumpverse
$149.97
 
Name I'd like books signed toInner Hive address (if any)
 
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And I have limited supply of these two books:
 
 
SFPC READER COVER small
 
The Super-Fun-Pak Comix Reader (out of print)
$69.99
 
Name I'd like book signed toInner Hive address (if any)
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Without the bad ones cover FINAL small
 
Tom the Dancing Bug, Without the Bad Ones
$69.98
 
Name I'd like book signed toInner Hive address (if any)
 

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