Rex Libris

<h2 id="publication-history">Publication history</h2>
<p>Thirteen issues were published from August 2005 to October 2008.
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<ul><li><i>Rex Libris</i> #1 (August 2005): "I, Librarian"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #2 (November 2005): "Labyrinth of Literature"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #3 (February 2006): "Leap of Faith"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #4 (May 2006): "Battle on Benzine!"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #5 (August 2006): "Tea with Vaglox"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #6 (November 2006): "Book of Monsters"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #7 (February 2007): "Monster Merry-go-Round!"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #8 (May 2007): "Escape From the Book of Monsters"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #9 (August 2007): "In the Grip of <a href="/facts/OGPU/8NYbH8CR">OGPU</a>!"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #10 (January 2008): "A Cock and Bull Story"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #11 (April 2008): "R'lyeh Rising"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #12 (August 2008): "Space Balls... of Evil!"</li>
<li><i>Rex Libris</i> #13 (October 2008): "Convergence of Chaos"</li></ul>
<p>A trade paperback, <i>Rex Libris: I, Librarian</i> (<a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 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 It collects the first five issues of the series, plus an unpublished short story, "Rex versus the Red Baron!"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, <i>Rex Libris: Book of Monsters</i>, was published in 2009. It collects the last eight issues.
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<h2 id="series-overview">Series overview</h2>
<p>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 <a href="/facts/Library_of_Alexandria/Y8xCxS1n">Library of Alexandria</a>. He is a member of the Ordo Biblioteca, a secret international society of librarians. With the aid of the ancient god <a href="/facts/Thoth/l59zHCYE">Thoth</a>, 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="film-adaptation">Film adaptation</h2>
<p>In April 2007, <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros./JRF3lhQ6">Warner Bros.</a> announced that they had hired <a href="/facts/Mark_Burton_(writer)/SLM66EVN">Mark Burton</a> to write the script for a film adaptation of <i>Rex Libris.</i> The producer of the film is Mosaic Media.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> In 2012, <a href="/facts/Walden_Media/KzEWvDrS">Walden Media</a> acquired the rights and hired Ben Zazove to write the script.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://archive.today/20060518065927/http://www.slgpublishing.com/prev_rex/prev_rex.html">Rex Libris preview at Slave Labor Graphics website</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.jtillustration.com/rex/">Rex Libris at James Turner official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Rex Libris cast notes". James Turner website. Archived from the original on 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2007-07-12. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070709133728/http://www.jtillustration.com/rex/cast.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070709133728/http://www.jtillustration.com/rex/cast.php</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>McClintock, Pamela (April 2, 2007). "WB booking a scribe for 'Rex Libris'". Variety. Retrieved 2007-07-12. <a href="https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117962384.html?categoryid=13&cs=1" target="_blank">https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117962384.html?categoryid=13&cs=1</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>McNary, Dave (February 23, 2012). "Walden Media makes book on 'Rex Libris'". Variety. Retrieved 2016-05-20. <a href="https://variety.com/2012/film/news/walden-media-makes-book-on-rex-libris-1118050673/" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2012/film/news/walden-media-makes-book-on-rex-libris-1118050673/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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