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REVIEW COPY

For consideration as:

BEST HUMOR PUBLICATION

2011 EISNER AWARDS

I ask you to be respectful of this copyrighted work:

Distribution of this free PDF is intended for purposes of

review for the 2011 Eisner Award.

Feel free to pass it around, share it, show it to your mom, etc.

But I ask that you not sell or reproduce it for-prot. Be cool, basically.(...But thats probably good advice for life in general.)

Thanks, and I hope you enjoy it!

- Dave Kellett


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Literature!Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953

by Dave Kellett


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SHELDONCOMICS.COM

LITERATURE: UNSUCCESSFULLY COMPETING AGAINST TV SINCE 1953.

A Sheldon Comic Strip Collection. Copyright 2010 Dave Kellett. All Rights Reserved.

PRINTED IN CANADA.

First Printing, 2010. Published by Small Fish Studios, Inc., a California Arts Corporation.

For information, write to: Small Fish Studios, Inc., Box 881195, Los Angeles, CA, 90009.

No portion of this publication may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the

written permission of the author, except in the case of select quotations or reprints in the context

of reviews.

Sheldon is Dave Kellett. Sheldon is Small Fish Studios, Inc.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

ISBN: 978-0-9844190-0-5

Cover Colors by Katherine Quan

designqstudio.com | seraph7.com


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Dedicated to my extraordinary wife, Glo:

Who has made this life a joy-lled life

and this heart a happy one.

I love you.


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About This Book

I cannot live without books.

- Thomas Jefferson, a man who is now dead.

Lets get down to brass tacks: This book may be aboutliterature about great authors, great

works, great reading, and even great ops but it aint literature. No, my friend, you have entered

the fabulous world of comic strips...where the masters of world literature are treated with as

much loving sarcasm as can be mustered.

So if youre looking to read Moby Dick, this aint it. But if youre looking for some solid zingers on

gigantic albino whales, then hot diggety: Youre in the right place.

These are comic strips crafted for people who love to read: Everything from Seuss to

Shakespeare, Twain to Tolkien. Its all the best literary jabs from the daily comic strip Sheldon,

collected in one handy container.

Before we get into it, though, we need to meet all the characters that populate the strip, as theyll

be with us throughout our literary journeys. So cast your glance that-a-way, gentle reader, and lets

meet them now...

Read in order to live.

- Gustave Flaubert, another man who died shortly thereafter.


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The Cast

Sheldon: He's a ten-year-old kid who

earned billions with his own software

company: Sheldonsoft. Though his huge

riches occasionally tempt him into buying

something frivolous like, say, Panama,

Sheldon remains pretty much a normal kid.

(Although he does tend to go into little

nerd comas over anything sci-fi related.)

Gramp: Sheldon is raised by his

grandfather, a warm-hearted guy who's not

quite sure what to make of his grandson's

billions. Now retired, Gramp tries to keep

up with the modern world, only to find

that the main challenge of his golden years

is fitting into his slacks.

Flaco: Though a lizard, Flaco is Arthurs

adopted son, after a mistaken egg-hatching.

Though he doesnt talk in anything other

than his characteristic Squee, Flaco

exhibits a quiet sort of brilliance....and a

huge taste for adventure.

Arthur: Arthur learned to talk when

Sheldon downloaded some speech-

recognition software into his head. He's

been trouble ever since. Sarcastic and

cocky, Arthur's constantly getting into

trouble at home and at the Sheldonsoft

offices. Unlike Sheldon, he's captivated with

the Sheldonsoft billions, and constantly has

visions of shopping sprees at

The Sharper Image.

Dante: Sheldon's not-too-bright friend

Dante is up for most any adventure. He's a

bit of an artist, or at least tries to be.

Oso: Sheldon's wild 'n woolly

pug, Oso will sleep on most any surface

...when he's not actively destroying the

house. Like most pugs, Oso is two

enchiladas short of the combo plate.


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About the Author:

Dave Kellett is a Southern-California native who grew up laughing at Bloom County,

The Far Side, and Calvin and Hobbes. His early cartoons were hailed by the lunch-lady as

"bold, innovative creations from a boy with his nger up his nose." With a detour into

academia to earn two Masters degrees in the art and history of cartooning, he now happilycreates the daily comic strip Sheldon at SheldonComics.com. Dave lives with his


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wonderful wife and daughter in the sleepy little coastal hamlet of Los Angeles.

Other books by Dave Kellett, available at SheldonStore.com:

Pure Ducky Goodness: The 1st Sheldon Collection ISBN: 0-9655060-1-0

The Good, The Bad & The Pugly: The 2nd Sheldon Collection ISBN: 978-0-9655060-3-8

62% More Awesome: The 3rd Sheldon Collection ISBN: 978-0-9655060-4-5

A Blizzard of Lizards: The 4th Sheldon Collection ISBN: 978-0-9655060-5-2

Nerds on Parade: The 5th Sheldon Collection ISBN: 978-0-9655060-7-6

Living Dangerously With Saturated Fats: The 6th Sheldon Collection ISBN: 978-0-9655060-8-3

Pugs, Gods Little Weirdos: A Collection of Pug-Themed Strips ISBN: 978-0-9655060-6-9

How To Make Webcomics ISBN: 978-1-5824087-0-5

Still Got It: The 7th Sheldon Collection ISBN: 978-0-9655060-9-0

The author and the famed Price is Right wheel.

(The author is the one on the left.)

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