The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors from 2012. Guest Editor Françoise Mouly - long-time art editor at The New Yorker and founder of the graphic anthologies RAW - has culled the best pieces from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, minicomics, and the Web to create a stunning installment, complete this year with a selection of pieces devoted to kids and contributions from Charles Burns, Chester Brown, and Joyce Farmer.
Contains:
- Charles Burns' X'ed Out (Excerpt).
- Scott Chantler's The Battle of Buron from Two Generals.
- Adrian Tomine's Scenes from an Impending Marriage (Excerpt).
- Gary Panter's Jimbo.
- Michael Kupperman's Are Comics Moronic Dribble?, Skull Groin, Diner Food, and House of Shouts, from Up All Night.
- Nora Krug's Kamikaze from A Public Space.
- Jonathan Bennett's Skyline, Hot Stuff, Hibern-8, Prophets, Dead Soles, and Haggling, from The Believer.
- Anders Nilsen's The Pilot Learn to Fly from Big Questions.
- Sarah Glidden's The Golan Heights from How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less.
- Sammy Harkham's Blood of the Virgin (Excerpt) from Crickets.
- Leanne Shapton's A Month Of...from the New York Times.
- Joyce Farmer's Special Exits (Excerpt).
- Jim Woodring's Frank Among the Gut-Worshippers from Congress of the Animals.
- Chester Brown's Angelina from Paying for it.
- Renée French's Stage 6 from H Day.
- Jaime Hernandez's The Love Bunglers: Part Four (Excerpt) from Love and Rockets.
- Dakota McFadzean's Leave Luck to Heaven.
- Christoph Niemann's Redeye from NewYorkTimes.com.
- David Sandlin's House of Debt.
- David Collier's The Irish Table from Chimo.
- Jesse Jacob's Even the Giants Get the Blues (Excerpt) from Even the Giants.
- Jordan Crane's Elsewheres from Keeping Two.
- Chris Ware's Money from The New Yorker.
- Sergio Aragonés Vacation and Doctor Costume from Sergio Aragonés Funnies.
- Frank Cammuso's Rock, Scissors, Paper from Knights of the Lunch Table.
- Sara Varon's Baking Failure #1 from Bake Sale.
- Michael J. Buckley's Read a Book and Draw Your Sister a Picture from 60 Ways to Leave Your Mother (Alone).
- Geoffrey Hayes' Patrick and Big Bear from Patrick in a Teddy Bear's Picnic and Other Stories.
- Ben Hatke's A Button in the Woods from Zita the Spacegirl.
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