Debeck, Billy LOAC Essentials Volume 14: Barney Google, 1928 (1684055784)
This book reprints four classic stories that areemblematic of what made the strip great. Barney and his horse Spark Plug getinvolved in all sorts of hijinks and schemes when they enter the MillionDollarCrossCountry Marathon, decide to swim the English Channel, and when Barney joinsthe Secret and Mysterious Order of the Brotherhood of Billy Goats (in DeBeck'ssendup of secret societies and fraternal lodges), culminating in Barney Google'shistoric run for President of the United States in 1928! LOAC Essentials reprints, in yearly volumes,the daily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, strips that areunique creations in their right, while also contributing to the advancement ofthe medium.