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Locas: The Maggie and Hopey Stories (Love & Rockets)
Jaime Hernandez
Fantagraphics Books, 2004
So Alive . . . .
+ Beautiful content and presentation
+ A Truly Wonderful Piece of Art
+ An excellent collection of comics with a real story
+ Our Wives Look Best To Us
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McSweeney's Issue 13 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern)
McSweeney's, 2004
Extensive overview of comic history. Just beautiful.
+ Comics, comics, comics
+ Best McSweeney's issue
+ This book radiates
+ The Best American Book
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An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories (Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, & True ...
Yale University Press, 2006
A change from the usual comic fare
+ An interesting introduction to "comix"
+ A Great Resource For the Newer Materials
+ Amazing Introduction for the Non-believer
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Maus : A Survivor's Tale : My Father Bleeds History/Here My Troubles Began/Boxed
Art Spiegelman
Pantheon, 1993
Yes.
+ MAUS is no mouse
+ Graphic literature at its best
+ For any who doubt what graphic fiction can do, this is the revelation.
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Batman: Year One
Frank Miller
DC Comics, 2007
Spectasmagorical
+ Wonderful Seller! In perfect condition!
+ GREAT
+ Masterpiece
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The Frank Book
Jim Woodring
Fantagraphics Books, 2003
In a class by itself
+ Another world
+ Wow
+ Deceptively simplistic, devilishly exquisite...
+ Spellbinding...
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Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Chris Ware
Pantheon, 2000
Very, very good indeed
+ Read slowly, appreciate the art and exquisite transitions
+ Jimmy Corrigan: Lamest Man on Earth
Almost perfect. Almost. In my opinion, it gets a bit too clean and ordinary towards the end and loses the denseness that makes three quarters of the book an absolute masterpiece.
But, to be fair, it's one of those books that should be placed near the very top in your bookcase. The sheer guts, ...
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Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (Love and Rockets)
Gilbert Hernandez
Fantagraphics Books, 2003
A Visit to Palomar
+ A Truly Wonderful Piece of Art
+ Man I'm glad I bought this anthology
+ Luba: A Family Member of Mine
+ comic book work of highest magnitude
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American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
Harvey Pekar
Ballantine Books, 2003
"Who IS Harvey Pekar?"
+ A Slice of Life
+ A Humdrum Life Writ Large
+ the best pekar collection
+ Splendid glimpse into the male mind in a comic book format
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I Never Liked You: The New Definitive Edition
Chester Brown
Drawn and Quarterly, 2002
highly recommended.
+ more than i was expecting
this novel is excellent. i brought it after reading the similarly accomplished 'louis riel.' of course the number of books detailing youthful angst are incalcuable, but this novel posses a quality that is so special and differnt it simply isn't fair to lump it in such a category. brown's ability to ...
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The Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories
Nicholas Gurewitch
Dark Horse Comics, 2007
So great
+ Disturbingly Funny
+ I hadn't laughed out loud at a comic strip in YEARS!
+ The Humorless Need Not Apply
+ Amazingly funny
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Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret
Michael Kupperman
Harper Paperbacks, 2000
Incomparable weirdness
+ I love love love love love it!
+ You May Remove Excess Grease with Paper Towel
+ Funny and bizarre
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American Elf Volume 1: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries Of James Kochalka
James Kochalka
Top Shelf Productions, 2004
His Best Work Yet!
+ An Artist's Life - As An Elf
+ more kochalka
+ Sha-zammm!
+ rhythms of life....
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Der Struwwelmaakies
Tony Millionaire
Fantagraphics Books, 2005
Makes me laugh when nothing else will.
You know that point in feeling despair when you've had enough of crying and you want to laugh again but everything seems cheesy to you? This book is not the cure, but part of the prescription for angst. It is so awful, so sick, so beautifully drawn, so unexplainable to your friends...just like ...
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Maggie the Mechanic (Love & Rockets)
Fantagraphics Books, 2007
I need more!!!
While I have always admired Jaime Hernandez' art and was familiar with the characters from his stories in Love and Rockets, I had never actually read any of the stories featuring his creations Maggie, Hopey, Rand Race, Rena Titanon, and Penny Century. Reading MAGGIE THE MECHANIC, the first volume ...
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