ICv2 reports that IDW plans to reprint Harold Grey’s Little Orphan Annie.
Dean Mullaney, who is editing the new reprint edition of Milton Caniff’s classic Terry & the Pirates comic strip for IDW, has informed ICv2 that his next project with IDW will be a similar reprinting of Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie. [...]
With Dick Tracy, the recently announced Terry & the Pirates and now Little Orphan Annie, the rights to all of which were acquired from Tribune Media Services, IDW will have the “crown jewels” of the world famous Chicago Tribune comics section, making the California-based company a major player in what has become a new golden age of comic strip reprints.
Mullaney told ICv2 that he intends to publish Little Orphan Annie in a similar hardcover format to the one he is using for Terry & the Pirates with the Sunday pages reprinted in full color, though in the case of Little Orphan Annie each volume will contain an entire complete storyline rather than the 2-years-per volume format he is employing for Terry & the Pirates.
All of these comic strip reprints are going to put the pinch on my budget, that’s for sure. I’ve already decided to reduce (and nearly eliminate) my comic book purchases. Comic strips are just more interesting, and with such a rich selection coming, I want to be able to afford my collection.
[ICv2 News: IDW to publish Little Orphan Annie]