The Search for Smilin' Ed

Available from Fantagraphics when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A long-gone children's show host propels Kim Deitch into another pop-culture investigation! Originally created in 1997 and 1998 for the underground anthology Zero Zero, The Search for Smilin' Ed! is the latest of Kim Deitch's graphic novels to showcase his obsessive burrowing into the nooks and crannies of vintage American popular culture. Where Boulevard of Broken Dreams focused on the earliest days of the animation industry, Alias the Cat delved into the history of comic strips, and "Molly O'D