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

Synopsis

Best American Comics 2016 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 Collection That Is Full Of Varied, Provocative Feats Of Cartooning . Killing And Dying / Adrian Tomine -- Wendy (excerpt) / Walter Scott -- The Last Saturday (excerpt) / Christ Ware -- The Swim And Today / Anne Emond -- R. Crumb And Me / Drew Friedman -- Stroppy (excerpt) / Marc Bell -- Powdered Milk, Vol. 14 / Keiler Roberts -- Milk From Bumf, Vol. 1 / Joe Sacco -- The Dishrack / Gabrielle Bell -- Syllabus (excerpt) / Lynda Barry -- The Hospital Suite (excerpt) / John Porcellino -- All The Paintings Here Agree / Liana Finck -- El Deafo (excerpt) / Cece Bell -- Broadside Ballads / Kate Beaton -- The Corpse, The Ghost And The Hollow-weenie (excerpt) From The Adventures Of Tad Martin #6 / Casanova Frankenstein -- Fashion Cat / Alex Schubert -- Bike Fast, Coney Island, And Home / Sophia Zdon -- Vintage Trash And Horse Bones / Julia Wertz -- Here (excerpt) / Richard Mcguire -- Dissident Years (excerpt) From Fatherland / Nina Bunjevac -- Mom / Dave Lapp -- Adult Only (excerpt) / Lance Ward -- The Danish Modern Borer, The Latest Laugh, The Needleless Garment Extruder, Illness In The Window, The Vontsel Institute, And The Brazen Bull Corporation / Ben Katchor -- Blanket Portraits / Geneviève Elverum -- Shut Your Pie Hole, Johnny Pinetop / Joe Ollmann -- Blinky-jinks Playhouse / Char Esmé -- Big Rudy's Cowgirls Club / Char Esmé And Lauren Poor -- Untitled / Taylor-ruth Baldwin -- Bumps In The Night (excerpt ) / Gilbert Hernandez -- Don't Leave Me Alone / Gg. Edited And Introduced By Roz Chast ; Bill Kartalopoulos, Series Editor. Best American Comics 2016 Represents A Selection Of Outstanding Work Published Between September 1, 2014, And August 31, 2015. -- P.xii