The Best American Comics 2007

by Anne Elizabeth Moore

Other authorsChris Ware (Editor)
Paper Book, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

741.56973

Publication

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2007), Hardcover, 368 pages

Description

Collects original comic strips from American authors and illustrators published in 2007 in graphic novels, newspapers, magazines, and on the Internet.

User reviews

LibraryThing member MariaKhristina
Really good collection of comics, some stand out writers were Vanessa Davis, Gabrielle Bell, Jeffrey Brown, Ron Rege Jr., Miriam Katin, Gilbert Hernandez, Kim Deith, Anders Nilsen, and Charles burns. Everyone else included in the anthology we also very talented: Jonathan Bennett, David Heatley,
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Kevin Huizenga, Sammy Harkman, Ben Katchor, C.F, Tim Hensley, Seth, John Porcellino, Alaine Crumb, Sophie Crumb, C. Tyler, Linda Barry, Lauren Weinstein, Gary Panter, Ivan Brunetti, Paper Rad, Dan Zettwoch, and Anders Nielson
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LibraryThing member adzebill
A good overview, with some of the usual suspects. I was most impressed with Alison Bechdel (reminding me just how amazing Fun Home really is), Lynda Barry, Gabrielle Bell, Kevin Huizenga, Ben Katchor, and Dan Zettwoch. Robert Crumb (please, nothing by his daughter), Vanessa Davis, and Sammy Harkham
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were also OK. I still cannot get the attraction on Gil Hernandez, and Kim Dietch and the wanky "experimental" strips of C.F. and Paper Rad (sigh) were just odd.
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LibraryThing member JillianJ
Anthologies and collections are always a gamble, and this one was pretty hit-and-miss for me. I borrowed it from the library because it came up in a search for Alison Bechdel books. Some of the comics in it were cute, some were thought-provoking, some were weird, some were very disturbing, some
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gave me a literal headache.

I had an issue with the end notes; they were oddly disorganized, and they all ran together. I'm sure the editor was worried about space, but I think they could have put one empty line in between each end note to make it a bit easier on the reader; they could have put them in order, too.

It was a quick read, and parts of it were great, but I'll never reread it.
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Language

Original publication date

2007

Physical description

368 p.; 9.5 inches

ISBN

9780618718764
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