Description |
xxiii, 293 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Best American series |
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Best American series.
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Contents |
Preface by Anne Elizabeth Moore -- Introduction by Harvey Pekar -- The amazing life of Onion Jack from Superior Showcase / Joel Priddy -- Ready to die from McSweeney's / Kim Deitch -- The gift from Dogs and water / Anders Nilsen -- Adventures of Paul Bunyan & his ox, babe from Tales of woodsman Pete / Lilli Carré -- Diary of a bread delivery guy from Arthur / David Lasky -- Goner pillow company from Metropolis / Ben Katchor -- Only disconnect from Dykes to watch out for / Alison Bechdel -- Complacency kills from The guardian online / Joe Sacco -- La Rubia Loca from The travel tales / Justin Hall -- Comics: a history from McSweeney's / Chris Ware -- RabbitHead from RabbitHead / Rebecca Dart -- Untitled from The stranger / Ivan Brunetti -- Dance with the ventures from Mome / Jonathan Bennett -- Day by day with Hopey: Tuesday is whose day? from Love and rockets / Jaime Hernandez -- Busted! from Unlovable / Esther Pearl Watson -- Chemical plant/another world from Diary of a mosquito abatement man / John Porcellino -- Portrait of my dad from Deadpan / David Heatley -- A street-level view of the republican national convention from The stranger / Lloyd Dangle -- The supervisor from Hi-horse omnibus / Hob -- Wonder wart-hog: the wart-hog that came in from the cold from Zap / Gilbert Shelton -- Solidarity forever from Hi-horse omnibus / Olivia Schanzer -- Thirty-three from Tricked / Alex Robinson -- Missing from La Perdida / Jessica Abel -- Nakedness and power from World War 3 illustrated / Seth Tobocman, Terisa Turner and Leigh Brownhill -- Recollection of seduction from The comics journal special edition / Rick Geary -- The executive hour from Unmarketable / Tom Hart -- Passing before life's very eyes from Mome / Kurt Wolfgang -- Thirteen cats of my childhood from Couch tag / Jesse Reklaw -- Two questions from McSweeney's / Lynda Barry -- Walkin' the streets from Zap / Robert Crumb. |
Summary |
Collects thirty comics from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the Web by such authors as Alison Bechdel, Jaime Hernandez, Robert Crumb, Justin Hall, and Esther Pearl Watson. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294). |
Subject |
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States.
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Comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst00869145
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Tecknade serier -- Förenta staterna -- antologier.
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Tecknade serier -- Förenta staterna.
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Genre/Form |
Comics (Graphic works) (OCoLC)fst01921613
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Added Author |
Pekar, Harvey.
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Moore, Anne Elizabeth.
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ISBN |
0618718745 |
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9780618718740 |
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