Synopses & Reviews
The Best American Comicsshowcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors. Editor Alison Bechdel creater of the cult comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For" and author of
Fun Home has culled the best stories from graphic novels, pamplet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics and webcomics to create this cutting-edge collection. With entries from Joe Sacco, Jeff Smith, and Dash Shaw, this edtion delivers "a thrilling and varied journey from start to finish" (
Publishers Weekly).
Synopsis
This newest addition to the Best American Series returns with a set of both
established and up-and-coming contributors. Editor Lynda Barry and
brand-new series editors Jessica Abel and Matt Madden, acclaimed cartoonists in their own right, culled the best stories from graphic novels,
pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the web to
create this cutting-edge collection, perfect for newbies as well as fans
(San Diego Union-Tribune). This volume features such luminaries as
Chris Ware, Seth, and Alison Bechdel alongside beloved daily cartoonists
like Matt Groening.
Synopsis
Editor Lynda Barry and brand-new series editors Jessica Abel and Matt Madden culled the best stories from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the Web to create this cutting-edge collection.
Synopsis
There may be no better indicator of the growing legitimacy of comics in the literary world . . . A dazzling array of talent.--"Kirkus Reviews."
Synopsis
This newest edition to the Best American Series--"A genuine salute to comics" (Houston Chronicle)--returns with a set of both established and up-and-coming contributors. Editor Lynda Barry and and brand new series editors Jessica Abel and Matt Madden--acclaimed cartoonists in their own right-- have sought out the best stories culled from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the Web to create this cutting-edge collection "perfect for newbies as well as fans"--The San Diego Union Tribune. This newest volume features luminaries like Chris Ware, Seth, and Alison Bechdel alongside Paul Pope's "Batman" and beloved daily cartoonists like Matt Groening.
Lynda Barry is a writer and cartoonist whose comic strip, Ernie Pooks Comeek” celebrates its 30th year in print in 2007. She is a recipient of the Washington State Governor's Award for her novel, The Good Times are Killing Me, which she adapted into a long-running off-broadway play. The New York Times called her second novel, Cruddy, A work of terrible beauty”. She received the 2003 William Eisner award for Best Graphic Album and an American Library Association Alex award for her book, One! Hundred! Demons!. She lives and works in southern Wisconsin.
Jessica Abel is the author of the graphic novel La Perdida, as well as two collections of stories and drawings from her comic zine Artbabe. Matt Madden is a cartoonist and author of 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style. Their textbook about making comics, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, is forthcoming.
About the Author
ALISON BECHDEL has been a careful archivist of her own life and kept a journal since she was ten. Since 1983 she has been chronicling the lives of various characters in the fictionalized “Dykes to Watch Out For” strip, “one of the preeminent oeuvres in the comics genre, period” (Ms.). The strip is syndicated in fifty alternative newspapers, translated into multiple languages, and collected into a book series with a quarter of a million copies in print. Utne magazine has listed DTWOF as “one of the greatest hits of the twentieth century.”JESSICA ABEL is the author of the graphic novelLa Perdidaas well as two collections of stories and drawings from her seriesArtbabe. MATT MADDEN is a cartoonist and the author of99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style. Together they are the authors ofDrawing Words and Writing Pictures.MATT MADDEN is a cartoonist and the author of 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style. Together, they are the authors of Drawing Words & Writing Pictures.