Synopses & Reviews
(mom), n. Archaic, a fool; blockhead. The influence of Fantagraphics' flagship quarterly anthology of new comic art and storytelling continues to grow. Celebrating it's fifth anniversary in 2010, the series has published over 2,000 pages of comics in its half-decade of existence, becoming a staple for those eager to discover what's new in the world of literary comics. Mome showcases the best new talent of this decade's ascendant cartoon generation, alongside work from some of North America and Europe's most respected creators. Recent contributors of short stories to include: Gilbert Hernandez, Dave Cooper, Ivan Brun, Josh Simmons, Lilli Carré, Nicolas Mahler, Laura Park, Olivier Schrauwen, Tom Kaczynski, Dash Shaw, Ray Fenwick, Andrice Arp, Eleanor Davis, Nathan Neal, Conor O'Keefe, Derek Van Gieson, Jon Vermilyea, Frank Santoro, Ben Jones, Rick Froberg, Kamagurka & Seele, Robert Goodin, Sara Edward-Corbett and many more.
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" helps me stay on top of the coolest cartoonists in the industry." Whitney Matheson
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"For fresh talent in comics, you have to go to the anthologies and there's none better at the moment than ." USA Today - & - quot;Pop Candy - & - quot;
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"Mome may be the best contemporary survey of the current graphic scene... If you have peepers, you should take 'em out and use 'em." Charles Hatfield The Panelists
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"The premier journal of innovative comic art currently being published." Thurston Moore and Byron Coley ARTHUR Magazine
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"Mome 22 concludes the run of one of alt-comics' longest-running and most essential anthologies. Like Weirdo before it, Mome bridged the gap between veteran cartoonists and the new breed." David Berry National Post
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"The final edition of leaves a vacuum that thus far has always managed to get filled -- ...it will always be a shame to file something this sharply curated in the shelf. ...[T]here's a terrific streak of humour throughout... all adding up to an end that's perfectly fitting, but no less unfortunate." Sean T. Collins The Comics Journal
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"Over the course of six years and (just now) twenty-two issues, Mome has been a consistently ambitious and important anthology..." Noel Murray The A.V. Club
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"...[I]ndependent of any scene or wave or vibe or goal beyond publishing a lot of interesting short new comics, soldiered on. That's the hill it died on, and this is a fine flag to plant on its grave." Librarything.com
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" may be the best contemporary survey of the current graphic scene... If you have peepers, you should take 'em out and use 'em." Roger Sabin The Observer
Synopsis
Comicdom's premier anthology of comics lit.
About the Author
Eric Reynoldsis the Associate Publisher of Fantagraphics Books and lives in Seattle, WA.