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Title:

The best American comics 2006 / edited and with an introduction by Harvey Pekar ; Anne Elizabeth Moore, series editor.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xxiii, 293 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Comic books, strips, etc.--United States.
Comic books, strips, etc.

Other Authors:

Pekar, Harvey.
Moore, Anne Elizabeth.

Contents:

Preface by Anne Elizabeth Moore -- Introduction by Harvey Pekar -- The amazing life of Onion Jack from Superior Showcase / Joel Priddy -- Ready to die from McSweeney's / Kim Deitch -- The gift from Dogs and water / Anders Nilsen -- Adventures of Paul Bunyan & his ox, babe from Tales of woodsman Pete / Lilli Carré -- Diary of a bread delivery guy from Arthur / David Lasky -- Goner pillow company from Metropolis / Ben Katchor -- Only disconnect from Dykes to watch out for / Alison Bechdel -- Complacency kills from The guardian online / Joe Sacco -- La Rubia Loca from The travel tales / Justin Hall -- Comics: a history from McSweeney's / Chris Ware -- RabbitHead from RabbitHead / Rebecca Dart -- Untitled from The stranger / Ivan Brunetti -- Dance with the ventures from Mome / Jonathan Bennett -- Day by day with Hopey: Tuesday is whose day? from Love and rockets / Jaime Hernandez -- Busted! from Unlovable / Esther Pearl Watson -- Chemical plant/another world from Diary of a mosquito abatement man / John Porcellino -- Portrait of my dad from Deadpan / David Heatley -- A street-level view of the republican national convention from The stranger / Lloyd Dangle -- The supervisor from Hi-horse omnibus / Hob -- Wonder wart-hog: the wart-hog that came in from the cold from Zap / Gilbert Shelton -- Solidarity forever from Hi-horse omnibus / Olivia Schanzer -- Thirty-three from Tricked / Alex Robinson -- Missing from La Perdida / Jessica Abel -- Nakedness and power from World War 3 illustrated / Seth Tobocman, Terisa Turner and Leigh Brownhill -- Recollection of seduction from The comics journal special edition / Rick Geary -- The executive hour from Unmarketable / Tom Hart -- Passing before life's very eyes from Mome / Kurt Wolfgang -- Thirteen cats of my childhood from Couch tag / Jesse Reklaw -- Two questions from McSweeney's / Lynda Barry -- Walkin' the streets from Zap / Robert Crumb.

Series:

Best American series

ISBN:

9780618718740
0618718745

Locations:

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XUPC157 -- Griswold Public Library (Griswold)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YFPC572 -- Springville Memorial Library (Springville)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)