The Best American
Comics
Book Details
The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors. Editor Neil Gaiman--one of the top writers in modern comics and the award-winning author of novels and children's books--has culled the best stories from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the Internet to create this cutting-edge collection. With entries from luminaries such as Tim Hensley, Michael Kupperman, and Dash Shaw, "it's hard to flip through this book without finding a lot worth reading (and rereading)" (The Onion, A.V. Club).
Jessica Abel and MattMadden Foreword
Neil Gaiman Introduction
Omega the Unknown
from Omega the Unknown
Ceci n'est pas une comic
from Virginia Quarterly Review
Dave Lapp
from Drop-In
Mixed Up Files
from Bookforum
The Lagoon (hiding in the water)
from The Lagoon
The Daily Grand Prix and Forbidden Rooms
from Metropolis
November 8-28, 2007
from American Elf
The Alcoholic (excerpt)
from The Alcoholic
Deep Space
from Sublife
Asterios Polyp (excerpt)
from Asterios Polyp
Water! Electricity! Meat!
from Citizen Rex #2
Acme Novelty Library #19(excerpt)
from Acme Novelty Library #19
The Bank
from Punk Rock and Trailer Parks
Titanic Urination, Hooker Cookies, Duck Mom, Carrot Romance, Pumpkin Drummer, and Sleep Multiplication
from The Night of Your Life
The Book of Genesis
from The New Yorker
The War on Fornication
from Everybody is Stupid Except for Me
Lobster Run
from Johnny Hiro.
Ex-Communication
from Book of Boy Trouble, Volume 2
Norman Eight's Left Arm
from Sleeper Car
Trinity
from Taddle Creek
Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe (excerpt)
from Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe
The Flood (excerpt)
from A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
Heard Some Distant Music
from Bookforum
You'll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man (excerpt)
from You'll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man
Fiction versus Non-fiction
from Bookforum
Other distinguished submissions from September 1, 2008, to August 31, 2009, selected by series editors Jessica Abel and Matt Madden.
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Adam Meuse
from Social Insect,2009.
Adam Suerte
from Aprendiz, no. 3, 2009.
Alex Holden
from Syncopated 2009.
Alexey Sokolin
from Abstract Comics, 2009.
Anders Nilsen
from Big Questions, no. 12, 2009.
Anders Nilsen
from Monologues for Calculating the Density of Black Holes, 2009..
Andrei Molotiu
from Nautilus, 2008.
Anuj Shrestha
from Rabid Rabbit, no. 10, 2009.
Aya Kakeda
from Horror of Rabid Rabbit, no. 9. 2008.
B
Becky Cloonan
from MySpace Darkhorse Presents, no. 3. 2009.
Becky Cloonan AND Steven T. Seagle
from American Virgin, 2008.
Brian Wood And Nathan Fox
from DMZ: The Hidden War, 2008.
C
C.F.
from Powr Mastrs, no. 2. 2009
Chris Onstad
from The Great Outdoor Fight, 2008.
Corinne Mucha
from Papercutter, no. 8, 2008.
D
Damien Jay
from Papercutter, no. 10. 2009.
Danica Novogorodoff
from Slow Storm, 2008.
Darwyn Cooke And Richard Stark
from Parker: The Hunter, 2009.
Dash Shaw
from MOME, no. 13, 2009.
David Lapham
from Young Liars, 2008.
Derik Badman
from Abstract Comics, 2009.
E
Ellen Lindner
from Hey! 4-Eyes, no. 3, 2009.
Ezra Claytan Daniels
from MySpace Darkhorse Presents, no. 1. 2008.
F
Faith Erin Hicks
from The War at Ellsmere, 2008.
G
Gary Sullivan
from Poetry, 2009.
H
Helen Jo
from Jin and Jan, no. 1. 2008.
Henrik Rehr
from Reykjavik, 2009.
Hilary Florido,
from Hey! 4-Eyes, no. 3. 2009.
I
J
J.T. Yost
from Losers Weepers, 2009.
Jason Overby
from Exploding Head Man, 2008.
Jason Viola
from Sunward, 2009.
Jeff Smith
from RASL #3, 2008.
Jeremy Tinder
from Papercutter, no. 8, 2008.
Jess Fink
from We Can Fix It: A Time Travel Memoir, 2009.
Jesse Moynihan
from Follow Me, 2009.
Jesse Reklaw
from Ten Thousand Things to Do, no. 1-4. 2008-9.
Joe Kelly And Jm Kin Miimura
from I Kill Giants, 2009.
Joeseph Lambert
from Food/Fall, 2008.
John Hankiewicz
from Ghost Comics, 2009.
John Porcellino
from King Cat, no. 69, 2008.
Jonathan Dalton
from Funday Sunnies, 2009.
Jonathan Vankin And Seth Fisher
from Vertigo Pop: Tokyo Days, Bangkok Nights, 2009.
Jordan Crane
from Uptight, no.3. 2009.
Josh Dysart And Ron Wimberly
from MySpace Darkhorse Presents, no. 3. 2009.
Josh Simmons
from MOME, no. 13, 2009.
JP Coovert, Stephen Floyd, James Hindle, Alexis Frederick-FRrost, Joseph Lambert
from Sword, 2008.
K
Keith Knight
from MySpace Darkhorse Presents, no. 3. 2009.
Kevin Cannon
from Far Arden, 2009.
L
Laura Park
from MOME, no. 14, 2009.
Laura Park
from MOME, no. 13, 2009.
M
Maggie McKnight
from The Iowa Review, 2009.
Mark Chiarello
from Wednesday Comics, nos. 1-6. 2009.
Mat Brinkman
from Multiforce, 2009.
Mike Dawson
from Awesome, no. 2. 2009.
Mike Mignola And Ben Stenbeck
from MySpace Darkhorse Presents, no. 3, 2009.
Miriam Limbicki
from Jobnik!, 2008.
N
Nathan Neal
from MOME, no. 15, 2009.
Nate Powell
from Swallow Me Whole, 2008.
Neil Kleid And Nicholas Cinquegrani
from The Big Kahn, 2009.
Nick Bertozzi
from Syncopated 2009 .
Nicholas Breutzman
from The Good Minnesotan, 2008.
Nicholas Breutzman
from Yearbooks, 2009.
O
P
Paul Hoppe
from Horror of Rabid Rabbit, no. 9. 2008.
Q
R
Ray Bradbury And Tim Hamilton
from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation, 2009.
Rick Veitch And Gary Erskine
from Army @ Love: Generation Pwned, 2008.
S
Sarah Oleksyk
from MySpace Darkhorse Presents, no. 3, 2009.
Simon Roy
from Jan's Atomic Heart, 2009.
Stan Sakai
from MySpace Darkhorse Presents, no. 3, 2009.
Stan Sakai
from Usagi Yojimbo, no. 117-9.
T
Theo Ellsworth
from Capactiy, 2008.
Travis Dandro
from Journal, 2009
Tom Motley, Editor
from Made out of "Mac", 2009.
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V
Victor Kerlow
from Falling Sky.
Victor Kerlow
from The Lumberjack. Gutter, 2009.
W
Warren Craghead III
from Ghost Comics, 2009.
Warren Craghead III
from Abstract Comics, 2009.
Will Dinski
from Errand Service, 2009.
