Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Hardcover. Fine copy; boards are clean and free of bumps; pages are like new: crisp, clean, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of pages are clean; binding is tight and square; a like new copy.. Octavo in b&w pictorial boards (orange spine); 329 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. In English. || First edition; signed by Neil Gaiman on title page (not inscribed to anyone); Series: Best American series, 2010; Contents: Omega the unknown : chapter seven / Jonathan Lethem and Farel Dalrymple ; featuring Gary Panter -- Ceci n'est pas une comic / Peter Kuper -- Flytrap / Dave Lapp -- Mixed up files / Gabrielle Bell -- The lagoon : hiding in the water / Lille CarrÃ© -- The daily grand prix and forbidden rooms / Ben Katchor -- November 8-28, 2007 / James Kochalka -- The alcoholic : excerpt / Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel -- Deep space / John Pham -- Asterios Polyp : excerpt / David Mazzucchelli -- Water! Electricity! Meat! / Gilbert and Mario Hernandez -- Acme Novelty Library : excerpt / Chris Ware -- The bank / Derf -- Titanic urination, hooker cookies, duck mom, carrot romance, pumpkin drummer and sleep multiplication / Jesse Reklaw -- The book of Genesis / Robert Crumb -- The war on fornication / Peter Bagge -- Lobster run / Fred Chao -- Ex communication / Todd Brower and Steve MacIsaac -- Norman Eight's left arm / Theo Ellsworth -- Trinity / Michael Cho -- Scott Pilgrim vs. the universe : excerpt / Bryan Lee O'Malley -- The flood : excerpt / Josh Neufeld -- I heard some distant music / Lauren Weinstein -- You'll never know, book one : "A good and decent man" : excerpt / C. Tyler -- Fiction versus nonfiction / Chris Ware. || Abstract: Collects original comic strips from American authors and illustrators published in 2010 in graphic novels, newspapers, magazines, and on the Internet.

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Bookseller: Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 85287
Title: The Best American Comics 2010
Author: Gaiman, Neil; Abel, Jessica
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New Fine copy; boards are clean and free of bumps; pages are like new: crisp, clean, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 2010
Keywords: Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States, Graphic Novels

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