The Best American Comics 2008
10 best books like The Best American Comics 2008 (Lynda Barry): Libra, Gender Queer, Blankets, Akira, Vol. 1, The Third Hotel, Black Hole, Asterios Polyp, Scott Pilgrim, Volume 2: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, O Alienista, Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, (3 in 1)うずまき
| Author | Don DeLillo |
| ISBN | 0140156046 |
From the author of White Noise (winner of the National Book Award) and Zero K
In this powerful, eerily convincing fictional speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald's odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who...
| Author | Maia Kobabe |
| ISBN | 1549304003 |
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography...
| Author | Craig Thompson |
| ISBN | 1891830430 |
Craig Thompson, for all the lack of works in his bibliography, is one of the best creators working in comics today. Apart from Blankets, he has only released one other major work of fiction. (His third,
Habibi
, will be released this Fall.)
[The cutest of meet-cutes.]
There are...
| Author | Katsuhiro Otomo |
| ISBN | 1569714983 |
Akira: And A Boy Shall Rule Them All... Badly. A Boy Whose Head Contains A Supernova
'Akira' and 'Lone Wolf and Cub' were among the first complete manga masterpieces to be published in English, and despite the mirror-imaging, were very similar to their original tankobon incarnations....
| Author | Laura van den Berg |
| ISBN | 0374168350 |
In Havana, Cuba, a widow tries to come to terms with her husband’s death―and the truth about their marriage―in Laura van den Berg’s surreal, mystifying story of psychological reflection and metaphysical mystery.
Shortly after Clare arrives in Havana, Cuba, to attend the annual...
Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways — from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) — but once you’ve got it,...
| Author | David Mazzucchelli |
| ISBN | 0307377326 |
The triumphant return of one of comics’ greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man’s search for love, meaning, sanity, and perfect architectural proportions. An epic story long awaited, and well worth the wait.
Meet Asterios Polyp: middle-aged, meagerly successful architect...
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 2: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
| Author | Bryan Lee O'Malley |
| ISBN | 1932664122 |
Does Scott and Ramona's burgeoning relationship have a future? Isn't Scott still supposedly dating Knives Chau? Who is Ramona's second evil ex-boyfriend, and why is he in Toronto? Who are The Clash At Demonhead, and what kind of bizarre art-punky music do they play? Who's their hot girl keyboardist,...
| Author | Machado de Assis |
| ISBN | 0850515068 |
Clássico da literatura brasileira, este texto de Machado de Assis continua sendo, cento e trinta anos depois de sua publicação original, uma das mais devastadoras observações sobre a insanidade a que pode chegar a ciência. Tão palpitante quanto de leitura prazerosa, O alienista é uma dessas...
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, (3 in 1)うずまき
| Author | Junji Ito |
| ISBN | 4091858163 |
Wow, what a macabre masterpiece. This was gory and grotesque and very disturbing and at the same time the story is amazing and I could hardly put it down. It was amazing and it had boundless imagination. The story kept getting more and more hopeless until the bitter end. I mean this really is a horror story,...
| Author | Osamu Tezuka |
| ISBN | 1932234640 |
It may or may not be contagious. There seems to be no cure for it. Yet, Monmow Disease, a life-threatening condition that transforms a person into a dog-like beast, is not the only villain in this shocking triumph of a medical thriller by manga-god Osamu Tezuka. Said to have been the personal favorite...
Comics for Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories, History and Politics
Comics for Choice is anthology of comics about abortion. As this fundamental reproductive right continues to be stigmatized and jeopardized, over sixty artists and writers have created comics that boldly share their own experiences, and educate readers on the history of abortion, current political...
| Author | Julia Wertz |
| ISBN | 0307591832 |
In her first full-length graphic memoir, Julia Wertz (creator of the cult-hit comic The Fart Party) documents the year she left San Francisco for the unfamiliar streets of New York. Don’t worry—this isn’t the typical redemptive coming-of-age tale of a young woman and her glorious triumph over...
Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life
Back in 1984, a rebellious,17-year-old, punked-out Ulli Lust set out for a wild hitchhiking trip across Italy, from Naples through Verona and Rome and ending up in Sicily. Twenty-five years later, this talented Austrian cartoonist has looked back at that tumultuous summer and delivered a long, dense,...
| Author | Chris Ware |
| ISBN | 1770460209 |
Jordan Wellington Lint, fifty-one, is chief executive officer of Lint Financial Products, a company he began serving in 1985 as assistant and adviser before working his way up its corporate ladder to record-setting innovation in the fields of finance and high-yield investment. In his seven years...
| Author | Taiyo Matsumoto |
| ISBN | 1421555255 |
The latest manga masterpiece from the Eisner Award-winning creator of Tekkonkinkreet.What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams.
Sunny is the story of beating the odds, in the ways that count. It’s the brand-new masterwork...
| Author | Anders Nilsen |
| ISBN | 1897299087 |
Dogs and Water chronicles a piece of a lonely journey, without origin or destination. A young man wandering a nameless path has only a stuffed bear as a companion, which inertly endures his desperation, anger, and musings along the way. The landscape is cold and bleak with few landmarks, and offers only...
| Author | Jeffrey Brown |
| ISBN | 1416549471 |
Funny Misshapen Body is the story of Jeffrey Brown's evolution as a cartoonist, from his youthful obsession with superhero comics to his disillusionment with fine art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Drawn with Brown's scratchy, spare, trademark style, Funny Misshapen Body resonates...
| Author | Ivan Brunetti |
| ISBN | 0300111703 |
Comic artist Ivan Brunetti, the creator of Schizo, offers a best-of anthology of contemporary art comics, along with some classic comic strips and other historical materials that have retained a “modern” sensibility. As with Chris Ware’s selections for his best-selling McSweeney’s anthology,...
| Author | Ivan Brunetti |
| ISBN | 0300126719 |
Ivan Brunetti returns with a new selection of 20th and 21st-century comic creations by some of the most original artists in the medium
Comic art is a vital, highly personal art form in which change—rapid and unpredictable—is the norm. In this exciting new anthology, comic artist Ivan...
| Author | Ed Luce |
| ISBN | 1606998161 |
Wuvable Oaf is the first-ever collection of the acclaimed self-published comic book series by cartoonist Ed Luce. Oaf is a large, hirsute, scary-looking ex-wrestler who lives in San Francisco with his adorable kitties and listens to a lot of Morrissey. The book follows Oaf s search for love in the big...
A wry daily comics journal of urban ennui
Gabrielle Bell fascinatingly documents the mundane details of her below-minimum-wage, twentysomething existence in Brooklyn, New York, with a subtle humor. Her simple, unadorned drawing style, heavy narration, and biting wit chronicle...
| Author | Winsor McCay |
| ISBN | 3822863009 |
Little Nemo: 1905-1914 contains every Little Nemo newspaper strip from its prime era.
I first encountered Little Nemo in a NES game about a thousand years ago. Since then, everyone from Bill Watterson to Moebius cites him as an influence. I found this on the cheap and decided to dive in.
First...
Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York
| Author | Roz Chast |
| ISBN | 1620403218 |
From the #1 NYT bestselling author of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Roz Chast's new graphic memoir--a hilarious illustrated ode/guide/ thank-you note to Manhattan.
A native Brooklynite-turned-suburban commuter deemed the quintessential New Yorker, Roz Chast has always...
| Author | Kevin Huizenga |
| ISBN | 1770460616 |
Formally innovative explorations bring poetry to the quotidian
In Gloriana, Kevin Huizenga exposes the mechanics that underpin everyday life. His protagonist, Glenn Ganges, has conversations about dish soap and library visits that are both faithful depictions of the mundane interactions...
| Author | Jillian Tamaki |
| ISBN | 1770462872 |
Jenny, post-breakup, becomes obsessed with the mirror Facebook of herself seeing a life that could be hers. An anonymous music file surfaces on the internet and a cult springs up in its wake. A group of city animals briefly open their minds to us. Helen finds her clothes growing baggy, her shoes looser,...
| Author | Katsuhiro Otomo |
| ISBN | 1569714991 |
You just cannot put this book down. Akira's second volume is pure, non-stop action from start to end. I love how Katsuhiro Otomo brings in all the characters and play their part without making the reading experience overcrowded. Even without the film as a reference, this book is oozing with cinematic...
| Author | Dash Shaw |
| ISBN | 1560979151 |
Bottomless Belly Button is a graphic novel comedy-drama that follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. When the parents announce their divorce, the family comes together at their beach house for a week. Dennis, the eldest son, is having marriage troubles of his own, and searches for...
| Author | Benji Nate |
| ISBN | 1945509155 |
This comic is so cute and perfect for cat people! .
Punk Rock and Trailer Parks
| Author | Derf Backderf |
| ISBN | 1593621353 |
Punk Rock & Trailer Parks conjures up the oppressive insanity of growing up in a small town, the day-to-day weirdness of the trailer parks tucked away therein, the magic allure of sex and the necessary comforts of friendship, the mystical power of the counter-culture to turn outcasts into heroes...
