Big Dirty Duck Book Forthcoming

February 27, 2017

Reader Rob informs me that a new large format book, comprising nearly all of Bobby London’s Dirty Duck strips, is coming out in June. I know Dirty Duck from the National Lampoon, but the strip also appeared earlier in Air Pirates Funnies and later in Playboy, and apparently in a few other places. (I wonder if it includes the flip book animation from National Lampoon Comics?) It’s a hardcover book with over 300 pages, and you can pre-order it now from Amazon.

January 2024 Update: As of now, the book is still not published, unfortunately.

October 2026 Update: Things seem to be moving ahead finally. See Michael’s comment below.

Comments

07/31/17 Amazon has just informed me that the release has been cancelled. I hope this is only a postponement and not permanent.

—John Dobbins

July 31, 2017 5:43 pm

Bummer. I hope you're right about it only being postponed.

—Mark

August 1, 2017 3:08 pm

The IDW site now says the book will be published in July 2018. https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/dirty-duck/ The "Coming Soon!" headline on that page seems a bit rich, all things considered, but it looks like there is still hope.

—Rob

October 10, 2017 10:59 pm

It's been more than a year since I first sent word about this still-unpublished book -- but apparently there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Bobby London posted a comment on Aug. 25 on his Facebook page that the project continues "apace." So it looks like something will be published at some point.

https://www.facebook.com/Bobby-Londons-DIRTY-DUCK-111313798897158/

—Rob

August 30, 2018 10:27 pm

Great! Thanks for the update.

—Mark

August 30, 2018 10:40 pm

There's been an update. Bobby London teased the complete Dirty Duck collection on his Instagram page. In the comment section, London said the strips will be published in black & white/color as they originally appeared. Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeajxiemLOe/?psln=MTR1d3I2dGludGszMQ==

—Michael Rookard

October 16, 2026 11:26 am

I saw that, too, but it had slipped my mind.

—Mark

October 16, 2026 11:31 am

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