Books with author Marty Norman

Considered the first comic book with original material ever produced, 1933’s "Detective Dan, Secret Op. 48" was a landmark. It only lasted one issue before morphing into the Dan Dunn newspaper strip. A blatant copy of Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy (Norman Marsh had been an art assistant to Gould), Dan Dunn was a rough and tumble Secret Service agent who exacted violent retribution on any criminal who dared cross his path. This book reprints the entire first year of daily comics.LOAC Essentials reprints, one year at a time, the daily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, in a format that preserves, as closely as possible, the original reader experience. By reproducing the strips one per page in an oblong format, it allows us to have the experience of reading the comics one day at a time. Each volume contains seminal strips that are unique creations in their right and also contributed to the advancement of the medium, along with panel-by-panel annotations.

Transformation is never easy. But like the caterpillar and the butterfly, it often occurs in a tough, dark place, out of our own line of vision. Usually its form is not what we expect, and adjusting to this new way of life comes easier and more quickly for some than for others. But come it must, if we are open and willing. Learning how to fly when all we've known is crawling on the ground can be frightening and overwhelming. But each of us has a deepness inside. When we dig deep and draw long, we often surprise ourselves by discovering that just below the surface resides a character of courage. Tapping into its potential takes us to heights we never knew or dreamed possible.