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The Best American Comics 2007
by Chris Ware
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780618718764 |
Powells.com Staff Pick
Chris Ware's choices in this collection are eclectic and inclusive of different generations of art-comics. From the Kramers Ergot selections that push the edge of cartooning to Crumb, Gilbert Hernandez, the ever-popular Ivan Brunetti, Lynda Barry, and more, this is a full plate with some eye-candy for dessert. A couple of the contributors' works don't suit my taste, but who cares? Check this out for its depth and its breadth.
Recommended by Doug C., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
'Guest editor Chris Ware and series editor Anne Elizabeth Moore have sought out the best stories to create this cutting-edge collection. Contributors include Lynda Barry, R. and Aline Crumb, Kim Deitch, Gilbert Hernandez, Seth, and Art Spiegelman.'
Review:
"Comics make a second outing in the venerable Best American series, with nary a fluttering cape in sight. This collection isn't about such heroes or villains, it's about humor, fear, the finely observed details of life, and things of a generally more personal and less world-threatening nature. That (as well as a predilection toward Midwestern artists) is what you get when Ware (Acme Novelty Library) is guest editor. The book includes work from 39 different artists, but it's hard to find a weak entry, even if the editors are cheating a bit by including sections from already thunderously (and rightly) acclaimed book-length works like Charles Burns's Black Hole, Miriam Katin's We Are on Our Own and Alison Bechdel's Fun Home. Gilbert Hernandez contributes a particularly funny bit of his patented soap opera-comedy, while Adrian Tomine's selection from Optic Nerve, an epic of self-loathing and confusion, shows why he's one of the comics artists best worth watching. There are plenty of familiar names, and though the roster of usual suspects is starting to make comics anthologies look like annual class reunions, Ware has done a particularly good job here of celebrating the greatest, saddest and bravest in American comics." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Review:
"While many of the strips reflect the respect the form has earned from mainstream media, there's still plenty of work here that pushes the boundaries of format and taste." Kirkus Reviews
Review:
"The collections variety demonstrates the vast potential of the medium, and thats without a single representative of the superhero and other mainstream genres." Booklist
About the Author
'Anne Elizabeth Moore is an author and coeditor of Punk Planet.She has earned Harvey and Eisner Award nominations for her work on theComics Journal and the first two Comics Journal Special Editions. She\'s written for The Onion, the Journal of Popular Culture, and Bitch, and provided commentary on CNN and NPR. She has an M.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Chris Ware is the author of Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth,which won the American Book Award and the Guardian First Book Award.'
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780618718764
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Author:
- Location:
- Boston
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Subject:
- United states
- Subject:
- History & Criticism *
- Subject:
- Graphic Novels
- Edition Description:
- Trade paper
- Series:
- Best American Comics
- Publication Date:
- October 2007
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 341
- Dimensions:
- 9.50x7.40x1.37 in. 2.39 lbs.
