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Wikipedia / Rex Libris

Rex Libris is a science fiction / humor comic book series written and illustrated by James Turner. It was published quarterly from 2005 to 2008 by Slave Labor Graphics.

Publication history

Thirteen issues were published from August 2005 to October 2008.

  • (August 2005): "I, Librarian"

  • (November 2005): "Labyrinth of Literature"

  • (February 2006): "Leap of Faith"

  • (May 2006): "Battle on Benzine!"

  • (August 2006): "Tea with Vaglox"

  • (November 2006): "Book of Monsters"

  • (February 2007): "Monster Merry-go-Round!"

  • (May 2007): "Escape From the Book of Monsters"

  • (August 2007): "In the Grip of OGPU!"

  • (January 2008): "A Cock and Bull Story"

  • (April 2008): "R'lyeh Rising"

  • (August 2008): "Space Balls... of Evil!"

  • (October 2008): "Convergence of Chaos"

A trade paperback, Rex Libris: I, Librarian (), was published in 2007, collecting the first five issues of the series along with an unpublished short story, “Rex versus the Red Baron!”. A second trade paperback, Rex Libris: Book of Monsters (), was published in 2009 and collects the final eight issues of the series. In 2022, The Big Book of Rex Libris () was released as an omnibus edition collecting all stories from the original comic series. All three volumes were published by SLG Publishing.

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 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.

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