Alec Various. All written and drawn by Eddie Campbell.

These books collect strips that have been published in several forms over the years; given are their original appearances. For a more detailed description of their publication history, see the Alec page at Guido Weisshahn's Eddie Campbell site.

Self-published series

1 The King Canute Crowd (Bacchus 15-32).

2 How To Be an Artist (DeeVee 1-13; Staros Report 1997).

3 Three Piece Suit (Graffiti Kitchen; Little Italy; The Dance of Lifey Death).

4 After the Snooter (Bacchus 34, 37-39, 41, 44-60).

Escape series

These three volumes contain the material later collected as The King Canute Crowd.

Episodes from the Life of Alec McGarry.

Love and Beerglasses.

Doggie in the Window.

Eclipse series

This volumes contains the material later collected as The King Canute Crowd.

The Complete Alec.

Bacchus Eddie Campbell Comics. Written and drawn by Eddie Campbell, except where noted.

1 Immortality Isn't Forever (Deadface 1-4). ArtBomb review

2 The Gods of Business (Deadface 5-8; a Eddie Campbell, Ed Hillyer). ArtBomb review

3 Doing the Islands with Bacchus (Bacchus 1-2; A1 1-3; Trident 1-2, 4-5; Dark Horse Presents 32, 37, 40, 44, 46, 52, 71). ArtBomb review

4 The Eyeball Kid: One-Man Show (Cheval Noir 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17-18; Dark Horse Insider v. 2 #3; a Eddie Campbell, Ed Hillyer). ArtBomb review

5 Earth, Water, Air, and Fire (4-issue miniseries). ArtBomb review

6 1001 Nights of Bacchus (Trident 6-8; Bacchus 15, 22-26, 32-43).

7-8 The Eyeball Kid: Double Bill (DHP 76-84, 95-99; a Eddie Campbell, Pete Mullins).

9 King Bacchus (Bacchus 2-15; a Eddie Campbell, Pete Mullins).

10 Banged Up (Bacchus 16-31; a Eddie Campbell, Pete Mullins, Marcus Moore).

These books collect strips that have been published in several forms over the years; given here are their original appearances. For a more detailed description of their publication history, see the Bacchus page at Guido Weisshahn's Eddie Campbell site.

Misc. Eddie Campbell

A Disease of Language (The Birth Caul, Snakes and Ladders; w Alan Moore; a Eddie Campbell).

The Black Diamond Detective Agency (:01 Books; OGN). [From Firstsecond: John Hardin is a desperate man. He is the sole suspect of the renowned Black Diamond Detective Agency, a private operation determined to solve the mystery and bring its perpetrators to justice—at any cost. Once a quiet Missouri corn farmer, Hardin now finds himself on the run in turn-of-the-century Chicago. Adapted from a Wonderland Films screenplay and graced with vivid and striking art by Eddie Campbell, this tale delves deep into the American era when small farmers were the backbone of the country, graft was rampant, and railroads unfurled through western towns.]

The Fate of the Artist (:01 Books; OGN). [From Firstsecond: In Eddie Campbell's latest graphic novel, the author will conduct an investigation into his own sudden disappearance. In wildly comical reenactments of incidents from his curious life, his part will be played by an actor. With audacious literary sleight of hand, he will put words into the mouths of those who knew him. Clues will be sought in artistic blow-outs from the history of all the arts. And all the major players, even down to Monty the dog, will get their own daily strip and Sunday page in yellowed newspaper sections from an imaginary long ago. In this creative mining of the rich resources of the comic strip language Campbell will give us a complex meditation on the lonely demands of art amid the realities of everyday life.] Book of the Week 5/2/06: Eddie Campbell has been drawing autobiographical comics for decades, mostly in the form of the adventures of Alec. This is the culmination of that line. The first to be conceived as a graphic novel rather than inter-related shorts, The Fate of the Artist is audacious in its ambition and scope. A multi-media work in the classic sense of the word, Campbell employs a wild range of techniques (I meant to say "wide," but if the typo fits...) including painted pages conventional to a greater or lesser degree, typed pages with occasional irruptions of art, faux-old time newspaper strips, and fumetti (comics told in photos) of his daughter, into whose mouth Campbell puts his most scathing self-criticism, to tell the story of his own disappearance. The narrator is a private detective hired (by Campbell?) to find him. Campbell himself, being missing, is played by an actor. Your reaction to the concept of a comic book character (also a real person) being played in a comic book by an actor because the character himself is missing will probably tell you whether this is a book for you. It is most certainly a book for me!

From Hell (10-issue mini + Dance of the Gull 1-shot; w Alan Moore; a Eddie Campbell). [From Eddie Campbell Comics: Ten years in the making, at last the collected From Hell, winner of many awards and soon to be a movie. This bedtime graphic novel features the story of Jack the Ripper, the most infamous serial murderer of all time. Alan Moore names Dr. Gull as the villain and creates the most compelling and terrifying psychological study ever undertaken in a comic book. All the conspiracies and cover-ups are considered and bound together in this vortex of terror. Reprints all 14 parts of the From Hell melodrama (the original 10 issues) and the "eleventh issue", the epilogue about the study of Jack the Ripper since the murders called "Dance of the Gullcatchers", as well as all of Alan Moore's footnotes and comments on the work.] ArtBomb review

In the Days of the Ace Rock'n'Roll Club (Fantagraphics; 10 pre-Alec stories from various sources).