The Best American Comics 2007 (The Best American Series (TM))
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Editor: Chris WareSeries Editor: Anne Elizabeth Moore
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-10
ISBN: 0618718761
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
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Book Review: Best American Comics That Nobody Reads
Summary: 3 Stars
The Best American Comics series strives show what the medium of comic books can do more than feature spandex clad future feature film franchises beating the snot out of one another for 24 pages.
It's true. It can. What Best American Comics 2007 shows is that comics can also be about self-indulgent whiners who think their every minor drama is worthy of lionization in pen and ink. The book drips with an overwrought teenage angst and Gen Next "Wonderful World of Me" sensibility.
The other ugly little secret is that with a few exceptions, the magnificent Adrian Tomine among them, the art is often no greater than very bad doodles and amateurish scribblings.
The book isn't a total waste. There are a few amusing tales and well-crafted pieces. It does prove that comics are more than superhero fair. If it were a movie, it would be an art house flick rather than a summer blockbuster.
Best American Comics 2007, and the entire series, is for people who believe something different is something better. People who listen to obscure bands and raise their middle fingers at the Beatles or the Stones will love Best American Comics.
People who like a fun read or to be told a good story, though, will have a tougher time of it.
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