NOW IN
STOCK!
The Best American Comics 2007
Chris
Ware, Editor
Anne
Elizabeth Moore, Series Editor
David Heatley,
Dust Jacket and Covers
2006 marked the
entry of Comics into the perennial Houghton Mifflin Best American
Series™. As much as
we enjoyed that initial, Harvey Pekar edited volume, we have to say
that it is surpassed by this year's jam-packed edition. From
Lynda Barry to Dan
Zettwoch and everything inbetween, this volume provides us with a a
fabulous selection of excellent comics in an attractive well produced
package at an affordable price.
While -- as Chris Ware makes
eminently clear in his excellent introduction -- it is certainly hard
to make any sort of definitive argument that these are "the best"
American comics of 2007, we are quite confident that no Copacetic
customer will be disappointed with the 340 pages of comics herein
assembled. It is true that Copacetic regulars may find that they
already own much of what appears here, but few if any will have
read it all and
most will discover exciting new work and be introduced to talented
comics creators. And, Chris Ware's introduction is, in and of
itself, a rare treat as he manages to incorporate into the standard
"introduction" of the creators he has chosen to fill this anthology his
own musings on what, exactly, defines comics and in the process
articulates much of the current debate in this area along with a rough
statement of where he stands and what the view is like from
there. Also, the preface by Anne Elizabeth Moore, the editor of
the entire Best American™ series for publisher Harper & Row, is
amazingly well informed and as such serves as one of the clearest signs
yet that comics has at last been wholly embraced by the American literary establishment as a
legitmate form; a member of the family, so to speak. Welcome
home, we say.
Check out the
amazing contributor
list, below:
Contributors
▪ Lynda Barry
▪ Alison Bechdel
▪ Gabrielle Bell
▪ Jonathan Bennett
▪ Jeffrey Brown
▪ Ivan Brunetti
▪ Charles Burns
▪ C.F.
▪ R. and Aline Crumb
▪ Sophie Crumb
▪ Vanessa Davis
▪ Kim Deitch
▪ Sammy Harkham
▪ David Heatley
▪ Tim Hensley
▪ Gilbert Hernandez
▪ Kevin Huizenga
▪ Ben Katchor
▪ Miriam Katin
▪ Jerry Moriarty
▪ Anders Nilsen
▪ Gary Panter
▪ Paper Rad
▪ John Porcellino
▪ Ron Regé Jr.
▪ Seth
▪ Art Spiegelman
▪ Adrian Tomine
▪ C. Tyler
▪ Lauren Weinstein
▪ Dan Zettwoch
All we have to
say to that is, "WOW!"
retail price - $22.00
copacetic
price
- $19.75
prices and
availability
current as of 5 October 2007