# Is "Lint (Acme Novelty Library #20)" by Chris Ware a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Lint (Acme Novelty Library #20) by Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly, 2010) is identified by: Hardcover Acme Novelty Library number 20, titled Lint, published by Drawn & Quarterly, first printing 2010 (November 2010), ISBN 978-1-77046-020-1. First-thus standalone volume, part of the larger Rusty Brown project.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Hardcover Acme Novelty Library number 20, titled Lint, published by Drawn & Quarterly, first printing 2010 (November 2010), ISBN 978-1-77046-020-1
- A landscape-format clothbound object designed by Ware himself: gold debossing on the boards with a flock wallpaper-style patterned edging, issued as a self-contained hardback rather than a conventionally jacketed trade book
- Chronicles the entire life of Jordan Wellington Lint across single-page vignettes, the newborn seeing the world as benday dots through to his death
- Correct publisher/imprint: Drawn & Quarterly

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Chris Ware |
| Publisher | Drawn & Quarterly |
| Year | 2010 |
| True first | world edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | Hardcover Acme Novelty Library number 20, titled Lint, published by Drawn & Quarterly, first printing 2010 (November 2010), ISBN… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Hardcover Acme Novelty Library number 20, titled Lint, published by Drawn & Quarterly, first printing 2010 (November 2010), ISBN 978-1-77046-020-1. A landscape-format clothbound object designed by Ware himself: gold debossing on the boards with a flock wallpaper-style patterned edging, issued as a self-contained hardback rather than a conventionally jacketed trade book. Chronicles the entire life of Jordan Wellington Lint across single-page vignettes, the newborn seeing the world as benday dots through to his death.

## Is this the true first?
First-thus standalone volume, part of the larger Rusty Brown project. The true first is the 2010 Drawn & Quarterly hardcover bearing ISBN 978-1-77046-020-1; there is no separate competing first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings are reprints; the design and gold-debossed landscape boards are consistent across printings, so confirm the 2010 first-printing copyright statement rather than relying on cover appearance.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Lint (Acme Novelty Library #20)* by Chris Ware a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/lint-acme-novelty-library-20
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.