About this title: This inaugural volume includes stories culled from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the Internet. Contributors include Robert Crumb, Chris Ware, and many others. "A worthy launch for what appears destined to become a valuable annual anthology."--"Kirkus Reviews," starred review
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Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780618718740ISBN:0618718745
Description: Acceptable. A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (the dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. read more
Edition: 2006 ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780618718740ISBN:0618718745
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. VG+ Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 293 p. Contains: Illustrations. Best American Comics. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780618718740ISBN:0618718745
Description: Fair. N. Ex-library paperback with identifiers. Front board separated from binding. Light bumping and rubbing. Text is clean, unmarked, bright. No jacket. All items are carefully and securely packed to insure they arrive in the advertised condition. read more
Description: New. No dust jacket. Beautiful condition, no marks, spine tight. Great copy! Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 293 p. Contains: Illustrations. Best American Comics. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006
ISBN-13:9780618718740ISBN:0618718745
Description: Gently used hardcover, no jacket as issued. Stated first edition. Complete numberline. Like New. Pages are bright and clean. Some of the featured artists include Robert Crumb, Chris Ware, Alison Bechdel, Lilli Carre and many more. ISBN 0618718745. read more
"So much impressive work in here, especially Rabbithead by Rebecca Dart. I'm a sucker for comics anthologies. It's like eating an entire bag of Starburst, only with all surprise flavors."
"Moore and Pekar have chosen a good assortment of comics for this inaugural volume in The Best American Series. Comics chosen represent a range of graphic styles and topics. Notably, manga and Heavy Metal are absent. All of the comics, whether factual reports from the battlefield or fantasies about life after death, have a linear narrative (though Dart's narrative is plural). Crumb, as is often the case, provides the most visual texture and richness (though Reklaw does a creditable job with background detail and Barry fills every space with baroque oddities and scrawls. The sequence generally worked, though I'd have placed Dart's "RabbitHead," with its multiple simultaneous narratives, immediately after Hall's "La Rubia Loca," a long story about a woman who has what looks to me like a manic episode on a Green Tortoise bus to Mexico. Interesting introductions and bios round out the collection My one complaint is the format. Some comics are reproduced so small that even with reading glasses and a bright light, I had a hard time reading some text. I'm sure I missed some visual detail as well."
"this is ok, but like any anthology, i find that there are some that i really like, and some that i'm forcing myself to get through.....
after having finished this, i feel like the editors of this collection were more interested in picking comics based on strangeness rather than for good storytelling or art. maybe i just went into this with a totally wrong idea......"
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