Slave Labor Graphics is collecting the first six volumes of Rex Libris into a 176-page trade paperback this summer.
Rex is a “two-fisted, no-nonsense librarian pledged to defend Middleton Public Library against the forces of evil, perfidy, and overdue books. Armed with brains, brawn, an uncanny knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System, and a unbelievable array of weapons, Rex (with his gun-hungry bird assistant, Simon) travels the known and unknown universe on the behest of the library, tracking down books that have gone missing, and meting out rough justice on those who would withhold them.”
In the wall-to-wall black-and-white action, Rex contends with not only a book-pilfering demon samurai and the hoarding galactic overlord Vaglox, but also “his tippling head administrator, the Egyptian god Thoth, and the market-minded machinations of his own publisher, Hermeneutic Press maven B. Barry Horst (and his unusual fondness for Space Amazons).” Giant robots, sentient snowmen, ancient gods, forbidden knowledge, and a bird that really, really wants a gun all make their appearances in the pages of Rex Libris, created by James Turner.
Preview pages are available at SLG’s web site.