Nazis, Alcoholics and Potty-mouthed Rats: It's the Best Comics of 2008!

Nazis, Alcoholics and Potty-mouthed Rats: It's the Best Comics of 2008!
The timeless power of black ink on white paper to graphically present great stories, characters and humor has been compiled in a great new anthology "The Best Comics of 2008" edited by Lynda Barry. Recent work from Chris Ware, Jason Lutes, Seth and Kaz and 25 other talents is presented as they appeared in the NYT mag, The New Yorker and other mags and alternative weeklies. As comics continue their decades-long struggle for respect and exposure, this year's artists create a varied portfolio of visual styles from raunchy depression era pen-and-ink to impressionist sketchbook.


Inside its 325 pages you can feast your eyes on Chris Ware's meticulous, architectural marvels, serial killers, awkward silences, the Holocaust, sexy super babes, Michael Kupperman's woodcut wolfman, henpecked pigeons, political awakenings, rock drumming turtles, bestiality, Jason Lutes elegance, racist school kids, naked painters, large one-eyed creatures, Matt Groening's great debates, murder, embedded journalists in Iraq, tortured relationships, three dead guys, cupid's day off, John Mejia's bold textures, addicts and the people who love them, has-been television personalities and Seth's cinematic flair.
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