Tom the Dancing Bug Store – Books & Merch

Signed and Sketched Books

Order individual Tom the Dancing Bug books directly from me and you’ll get:

–> your book(s) signed/sketched/dated by me, personalized if requested; a “sketch” is an illustration I will hand-draw right in your book

–> A special authenticated (i.e., signed) bookmark specially designed for the book you ordered (if the description of the book deal you order indicates that it is guaranteed at the time of order)

For all of the SIGNED OFFERS below: If you would like the books signed “to” a particular name (your name, the name of a gift recipient, etc.), type that name in the field below.  If not, you can leave that field blank.  The book(s) will still be signed.

If you are a member of the Inner Hive, enter the email address you use for that membership in the indicated field.  If you are not, no problem, you can leave that field blank.

These offers are for U.S. deliveries only (shipping is Media Mail postage).

But I welcome international orders for individual books!  For deliveries outside the U.S., please contact teamdancingbug at gmail dot com for instructions on international shipping charges.

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Clover Press’s Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program bursts forward with the eighth chronological volume, covering all of the most recent installments of the comic strip, a two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist, from 2020-2023.  

It’s the Great Storm, Tom the Dancing Bug! includes Bolling’s award-winning work covering the last year of the Trump presidency and the post-term MAGA insanity.  All the favorite Tom the Dancing Bug characters try to make sense of the dark times of the early 2020s, including:  the Smythe family of Chagrin Falls; Lucky Ducky, the poor little duck who’s rich in luck; and Billy Dare, boy adventurer. Also in the volume is Bolling’s comic contribution to “Weird Al” Yankovic’s hit graphic novel, The Illustrated Al.

Tom the Dancing Bug is the wildly popular, groundbreaking comic strip that has won multiple awards, including the Herblock Prize, the Berryman Award, and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.  Mark Hamill called it “wondrous, whimsical, and witty,” and Seth Meyers recently wrote, “The fact that Tom the bug can keep dancing in this day and age is a testament to Ruben Bolling’s skills as a cartoonist!”

Published July, 2024

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Clover Press’s Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program strides confidently ahead with the third chronological volume, covering every installment of the comic strip, a two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist, from 1999-2002.  

This volume not only includes the comic strip’s favorite formats and characters, such as Super-Fun-Pak Comix, God-Man, the Omnipotent Superhero, Charley the Australopithecine, and its cover character Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer, it also includes the strip’s famed and award-winning urgent turn into political satire following 9/11. Also in the volume is Ruben Bolling’s brief run of monthly full-page comics for The New Yorker, and a special comic for The Village Voice on the 2000 Subway World Series.

Tom the Dancing Bug is the wildly popular, groundbreaking comic strip that Mark Hamill called “wondrous, whimsical, and witty,” and that led Seth Meyers to recently write, “The fact that Tom the bug can keep dancing in this day and age is a testament to Ruben Bolling’s skills as a cartoonist!”

Published June, 2023

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Clover Press’s Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program streaks forward with the fourth chronological volume, covering every installment of the award-winning (and two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist) comic strip, from 2003-2006. 

This volume includes favorite characters of Tom the Dancing Bug, such as: God-Man, the Omnipotent Superhero; Charley the Australopithecine; Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer; Dinkle, the Un-Lovable Loser; and even the origin of Lucky Ducky. It also includes a special comic Bolling created for Mad Magazine during the covered years: “Educa-Fun.”

Tom the Dancing Bug is the wildly popular, groundbreaking comic strip that Mark Hamill called “wondrous, whimsical, and witty,” and that led Seth Meyers to recently write, “The fact that Tom the bug can keep dancing in this day and age is a testament to Ruben Bolling’s skills as a cartoonist!”

Published October, 2022

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Clover Press’s Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program marches on with the fifth chronological volume (and third volume published to date), covering every installment of the award-winning (and two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist) comic strip, from 2007-2011.  This volume covers the years of Obama’s election and The Great Recession, with a particular focus on Lucky Ducky, “the Poor Little Duck Who’s Rich in Luck.” 

But the topics also range far from the political and topical, into waffle irons, drunk shirtless guys, and particle accelerators. And of course, it also features Tom the Dancing Bug favorites like God-Man, Super-Fun-Pak Comix, Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer, and Charley the Australopithecine. It also includes other comics Ruben Bolling created during those years: a Recession-themed comic created for Harper’s Magazine; and the legendary, insane Toy Story/Cormac McCarthy mashup he did for The Village Voice.

Published June, 2022

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Clover Press continues its Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program by presenting the sixth chronological volume (and second volume published to date), covering every comic from 2012-2015.  This volume covers the Obama years and the rise of Trump, and it includes the introduction of the popular feature “Chagrin Falls” and installments of many other Tom the Dancing Bug favorites, such as God-Man, Lucky Ducky, and Super-Fun-Pak Comix.  It also includes other comics Ruben Bolling created during those years: a two-page New Yorker spread, and six daily installments of the comic strip Cul de Sac.

Published December, 2021

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Tom The Dancing Bug has been running in newspapers for over 30 years and it remains as timely and poignant as ever. Tom The Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling has certainly had plenty of material to work with over the years 2016-2019. Tom The Dancing Bug: Into The Trumpverse features more than 200 cartoons covering the political landscape during that time.
With an introduction by the legendary Neil Gaiman.

Published August, 2020

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After much demand, Clover Press is excited to bring you the Super-Fun-Pak Comix Reader, a complete collection of Super-Fun-Pak Comix by Herblock winning cartoonist and Tom The Dancing Bug creator, Ruben Bolling. Collecting Bolling’s often surreal parodies of comic strips, cartoon art, and life in general, this 148 page collection includes all your favorites: Dinkle the Unlovable Loser; Phil Collins and the ghost of James Caan; Darthfield; Science Facts for the Immature; Percival Dunwoody, Idiot Time-Traveler from 1909; and oh, so many more. Almost 1,000 more!

Published August, 2020

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The Very, Very, VERY* Best of Tom the Dancing Bug, 1990-2021
31 years in the making, this book collects the top, most popular, most talked-about, most important, most Tom-the-Dancing-Bug comics in Tom the Dancing Bug’s history.  Imagine the thrill of reading and owning the award-winning and award-losing comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug, distilled into one handsome tome containing only its scientifically determined very, very, VERY* best.

Published December, 2021

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*VERY!!!

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Great Storm Combo Deals

For Great Storm Combo deals, the second book (other than ITGS,TTDB) will be signed (personalized, if requested), but will not include a hand-drawn illustration in the book (Although I might draw a quick little something next to my signature. You never know; sometimes I just can’t help myself. <wink>)

Of course, all Great Storm Combo Deals also include all the ITGS,TTDB swag. And the ITGS,TTDB book will include the full, hand-drawn illustration.

Apologies, but prohibitive international shipping costs and logistics prevent me from accepting orders outside the United States for Signed Book Combo Deals. I can only send one-book packages internationally, so U.S. addresses only.

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Merch

SHOP ALL DESIGNS AND STYLES AT THE TOM THE DANCING BUG THREADLESS SHOP HERE.

Below are some of the designs available. All designs are available in hundreds of customizable styles, fits and colors. Garments shown here are examples.

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Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer

God-Man

Lucky Ducky

Percival Dunwoody’s Time Travel Pale Ale

Gibbon the Ocelot Show

Chagrin Falls

Charley the Australopithecine

Doug. It’s Doug. From Tom the Dancing Bug.