Research Catalog

Title

The best American comics 2008 / edited and with an introduction by Lynda Barry.

Publication

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Barry, Lynda, 1956-

Description

xx, 324 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color); 24 cm

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.

Series Statement

The best American series

Uniform Title

Best American series.

Subject

• Comic books, strips, etc. > United States
• Graphic novels > United States
• Graphic novels
• Tecknade serier > antologier
• Cartoons and comics
• Comic books, strips, etc
• United States

Genre/Form

• Comics (Graphic works)
• Graphic novels.
• Comics (Graphic works).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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

Call Number

JFE 18-7131

ISBN

• 9780618989768
• 0618989765

LCCN

99950720222

OCLC

225870901

Title

The best American comics 2008 / edited and with an introduction by Lynda Barry.

Imprint

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The best American series

Best American series.

Processing Action

committed to retain 20160630 20310630 EAST This title retained by Wesleyan University Library on behalf of the Eastern Academic Scholars Trust (EAST) print archive

Added Author

Barry, Lynda, 1956-

Other Form:

Online version: Best American comics 2008. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008 (OCoLC)706019513

Other Standard Identifier

99950720222

Research Call Number

JFE 18-7131