| Description |
xx, 324 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Contents |
Burden / Graham Annable -- War-fix (excerpt) / David Axe and Steve Olexa -- Trouble / T. Edward Bak -- Proxy War ; A terribly civil war ; Life 2.0 ; Scandal in the house ; Who's your daddy? ; and The uses of intelligence / Alison Bechdel -- The salon (excerpt) / Nick Bertozzi -- The thing about Madeline / Lilli Carré -- Hopscotch / Martin Cendreda -- The monkey and the crab / Shawn Cheng and Sara Edward-Corbett -- Seven sacks / Eleanor Davis -- The bunker ; Pressure ; Strange thoughts for strange times ; The man ; and Wal-Mart / Derf -- Part II. The Benders arrive / Rick Geary -- 'Fraid monkeys ; Daddy I got a haircut ; Important questions about monsters ; King of Monster Island ; Movies I'm going to make when I grow up ; Will and Abe's guide to Bali, Parts I, II, and III ; Will and Abe's guide to superheroes ; Abe and Will in The dinner conversation ; and My class went on a field trip / Matt Groening -- Mammalogy / Eric Haven -- Gold diggers of 1969 / Jaime Hernandez -- Underworld strips / Kaz -- Cousin Granpa / Michael Kupperman -- Turtle, keep it steady! / Joseph Lambert -- Cupid's day off / Evan Larson -- Berlin (excerpt) / Jason Lutes -- Percy Gloom (excerpt) / Cathy Malkasian -- The teachers edition (excerpt) / John Mejias -- Graveyard / Sarah Oleksyk -- The fordbidden zone / Kevin Pyle -- George Sprott (1894-1975) (excerpt) / Seth -- The Thanksgiving series / Chris Ware -- American born Chinese (excerpt) / Gene Luen Yang |
| Summary |
Features excerpts from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the Web, from Chris Ware, Seth, Alison Bechdel, and Matt Groening, among others. |
| Subject |
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States.
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Graphic novels -- United States.
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Graphic novels.
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| Added Author |
Barry, Lynda, 1956-
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Best American comics 2008. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008 (OCoLC)706019513 |
| ISBN |
9780618989768 |
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0618989765 |
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