Pulling this volume out of the box was a rare surprise: It is printed -- cover to cover -- entirely on heavy, glossy board; just like those board books for children, except much, much bigger.  This volume measures over 10" x 14", yes, but each page is twice as large -- 20" x 14"!  Spiegelman's hope is to evoke the glory days of the Sunday comics pages, but in a durable (nigh indestructible) edition; and to drive this point home, he includes some prime examples -- along with a brief, eloquent introduction -- from the earliest days of the newspaper era of comics in a very nicely done appendix.  This is a one of a kind piece, not only of comics, but of 9/11 catharsis.