Schedule Quarterly Publication date August 2005 - present | Format Standard Main character(s) Rex Libris Writer James Turner | |
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Similar Fillerbunny, Milk & Cheese, Cowboy Ninja Viking, Jack of Fables, Atomic Robo | ||
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Rex Libris is a science fiction / humor comic book series written and illustrated by James Turner. It is published quarterly by Slave Labor Graphics.
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Publication history
Thirteen issues were published from August 2005 to October 2008.
A trade paperback, Rex Libris: I, Librarian (ISBN 1593620624), was published in 2007. It collects the first five issues of the series, plus an unpublished short story, "Rex versus the Red Baron!" A second trade paperback, Rex Libris: Book of Monsters, was published in 2009. It collects the last eight issues.
Series overview
The series follows the adventures of Rex Libris, the Head Librarian at the Middleton Public Library. Unbeknownst to the general public, Rex is actually over a thousand years old, and was the original librarian at the Library of Alexandria. He is a member of the Ordo Biblioteca, a secret international society of librarians. With the aid of the ancient god Thoth, who lives beneath the Library, Rex travels to the farthest reaches of the universe to collect late book fees, and to fight the powers of ignorance and darkness.
Film adaptation
In April, 2007, Warner Bros. announced that they had hired Mark Burton (Madagascar) to write the script for a film adaptation of Rex Libris. The producer of the film is Mosaic Media. In 2012, Walden Media acquired the rights and hired Ben Zazove to write the script.
