The Best American Comics 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

The Best American Comics 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

“I love comics. Comics is (Comics ARE?) a perfect language, robustly evolving and expanding like any other living language,” writes Phoebe Gloeckner in her Introduction to The Best American Comics 2018. This year’s collection includes work selected from the pages of graphic novels, comic books, periodicals, zines, online, and more, highlighting the kaleidoscopic diversity of the comics language today.   Featuring GABRIELLE BELL • TARA BOOTH • GEOF DARROW • GUY DELISLE • EMIL FERRIS • JULIA GFRÖRER • SARAH GLIDDEN • SIMON HANSELMANN • JAIME HERNANDEZ • JULIA JACQUETTE • GARY PANTER • ARIEL SCHRAG, and others

  • ASIN: 1328464601
  • ISBN: 9781328464606
  • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Best American Comics 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

The Best American Comics 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

 Jillian Tamaki, co-author of This One Summer, picks the best graphic pieces of the year.Jillian Tamaki, coauthor of the New York Times bestseller This One Summer, selects the best graphic pieces of the year. The Best American Comics 2019 showcases the work of established and up-and-coming artists, collecting work found in the pages of graphic novels, comic books, periodicals, zines, online, in galleries, and more, highlighting the kaleidoscopic diversity of the comics form today. 

  • ASIN: 0358067286
  • ISBN: 0358067286
  • Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Best American Comics 2017 (The Best American Series ®)

The Best American Comics 2017 (The Best American Series ®)

“Every last page is worth a look.” —Bustle Ben Katchor, “the most poetic, deeply layered artist ever to draw a comic strip” (New York Times Book Review), selects the best graphic pieces of the year. The Best American Comics 2017 showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors and highlights both fiction and nonfiction from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, minicomics, and the Web to make sure "the Best American Comics brand is poised to enjoy a killer second decade" (Bookgasm).

  • ASIN: 0544750365
  • ISBN: 9780544750364
  • Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Best American Comics 2016 (The Best American Series ®)

The Best American Comics 2016 (The Best American Series ®)

“There’s something thrilling about seeing people invent new ways to tell their story. To me, it’s proof that the art form of comics is healthy: it lives and grows and reinvents itself. It’s alive!”–Roz Chast, from the Introduction FEATURING Lynda Barry, Kate Beaton, Cece Bell, Geneviève Elverum, Ben Katchor, John Porcellino, Joe Sacco, Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, Julia Wertz, and others Roz Chast, guest editor, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her cartoons began appearing in The New Yorker in 1978. Since then she has published hundreds of cartoons and written or illustrated more than a dozen books. Her memoir Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? was a #1 New York Times bestseller and a 2014 National Book Award Finalist. Bill Kartalopoulos, series editor, is a comics critic, educator, curator, and editor. He teaches courses about comics at Parsons and at the School of Visual Arts. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. For more information please visit: on-panel.com. 

  • ASIN: 0544750357
  • ISBN: 0544750357
  • Brand: Houghton Mifflin
  • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Best American Comics 2006 (Best American)

The Best American Comics 2006 (Best American)

Celebrating the best in graphic storytelling and literary comics, a diverse collection, guest edited by the award-winning author of The Quitter and American Splendor, features excerpts from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the Web, from Robert Crumb, Chris Ware, Kim Deitch, Jaime Hernandez, Alison Bechdel, Joe Sacco, and others.

  • UPC: 046442718745
  • ASIN: 0618718745
  • ISBN: 0618718745
  • Brand: Houghton Mifflin
  • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Best American Comics 2014 (The Best American Series ®)

The Best American Comics 2014 (The Best American Series ®)

“It’s the perfect book to pick up to restore your faith in comics or help show infinite diversity in infinite combinations on display on paper using the world’s greatest artform.” — Comics BulletinThe Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors and highlights both fiction and nonfiction — from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, minicomics, and the Web — to make a unique, stunning collection. Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) called guest editor Scott McCloud “just about the smartest guy in comics.”

  • ASIN: 0544106008
  • ISBN: 0544106008
  • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Best American Comics 2009

The Best American Comics 2009

Now in its fourth year, Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributers. Editor Charles Burnscartoonist, illustrator, and official cover artist of theBelieverhas culled the best stories from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the web to create this cutting-edge collection. Featuring the work of such luminaries as Chris Ware, KAZ, and Robert Crumb, this volume is "a genuine salute to comics" (Houston Chronicle).

  • ASIN: 061898965X
  • ISBN: 061898965X
  • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Best American Comics 2015 (The Best American Series ®)

The Best American Comics 2015 (The Best American Series ®)

“As I know well from my own field, true vitality consists of stuff that’s further off the radar of general acclaim. The influx of raw arrivals. The deep cuts.” —Jonathan Lethem, from the Introduction  Featuring Gabrielle Bell, Mat Brinkman, Roz Chast, Anya Davidson, Eleanor Davis, Jules Feiffer, Blaise Larmee, Raymond Pettibon, Ed Piskor, Joe Sacco, Esther Pearl Watson, and others. JONATHAN LETHEM is the author of nine novels, including Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude, Gun, with Occasional Music, and most recently Dissident Gardens. BILL KARTALOPOULOS is a Brooklyn-based comics critic, educator, curator, and editor. He teaches comics history at the School of Visual Arts. More information may be found at on-panel.com.

  • ASIN: 0544107705
  • ISBN: 0544107705
  • Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Best American Comics 2012 (The Best American Series ®)

The Best American Comics 2012 (The Best American Series ®)

“When I started RAW magazine in the ’80s, there were mostly superheroes, a few children’s comics, and the dirty, intentionally lowbrow, underground comix. And now, comics can tackle any topic.”—Françoise Mouly, from the IntroductionFEATURING Charles Burns, Chester Brown, Joyce Farmer, Chris Ware, Gary Panter, Sergio Aragonés, Christoph Niemann, Adrian Tomine, Sarah Varon, and others. This year with a sampler of comics for kids!

  • ASIN: 0547691122
  • ISBN: 0547691122
  • Brand: Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Best American Comics 2013 (The Best American Series ®)

The Best American Comics 2013 (The Best American Series ®)

The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors. Editor Jeff Smith—creater of the classic comic Bone, a comedy/adventure about three lost cousins from Boneville—has culled the best stories from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and web comics to create this cutting-edge collection.

  • ASIN: 0547995466
  • ISBN: 0547995466
  • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt