Cameron Chesney
Quality was so very high this year. Here's my Five:
5.) E.C. Segar's Popeye Volume 2 "Well Blow Me Down"
There will never be a comic reading experience for me that comes close to reading all of Segar's Popeye.
It is a beautifully designed book too. I just couldn't not put it in my five.
4.) Need More Love by Aline Kominsky Crumb
Aline gets an undeserved bad rap a lot of the time (as does Sophie) This book excited me about comics and living a life in comics,
like hardly any other I have ever read. Lots of great strips, photos and general inspirations.
Jennifer LOVES it too!
3.) I Shall Destroy All Civilized Planets by Fletcher Hanks (edited by Paul Karasik)
I remember posting about this book on the ISR Forum listing it as part of my "haul" from a weekend trip to Seattle. It had just come out.
I think I'm most amazed that these stories even exist. I had No idea.... I still flip through this book all the time. Anybody who has interest in comics
should look at these strips.
2.) Sundays With Walt and Skeezix by Frank King
The closest I have ever come to crying from just opening a book. I get misty thinking about it...
1.) The Acme Novelty Library #18 by Chris Ware
Bruce Stewart
1.Robot Dreams - Sara Varon / 1st Second – my daughter’s first “read.”
Postcards: True Stories that never Happened Anthology -
A little thing called The Awesome Anthology – what an achievement and what great contributions.
SuperSpy by Matt Kindt – transports you in time.
The Babysitter's club - Mary Anne Saves The Day - Raina Telgemeier – I *LOVE* her brush/line work and her “cartooning” truly an art – delineating a character’s personality and emotion at *every* given moment in the panels.
Alex Robinson
THE SALON by Nick Bertozzi. A clever story set in 1907 Paris, where a collection of real life artists and writers (Picasso, Stein, Mattisse, etc) try to solve a string of supernatural murders. Fun and educational!
THE SAGA OF THE BLOODY BENDERS by Rick Geary. Speaking of fun and educational, Geary's latest "Treasury of Victorian Murder" tells a true story of murder on the plains.
SHORTCOMINGS by Adrian Tomine. Frustrating depiction of the bitter end of a relationship.
MISERY LOVES COMEDY by Ivan Brunetti collects his early classic issues of SCHIZO which are the funniest, most bitter comics produced by human kind. It's like getting punched in the face fifty-six times in a row!
STOP FORGETTING TO REMEMBER by Peter Kuper. An anthology of his autobio strips, remastered into a longer, cohesive narrative in which he deals with the idea of growing up and becoming a father.
Renee French
there is one book from 07 that i carry around with me everywhere. it's in my bag since i picked it up in san diego from the picturebox table. it's called UTILITY SKETCHBOOK, and it's genius.
http://www.pictureboxinc.com/product/id/20/
Spring 07
Softcover
64 pages, b&w
3" x 4"
$6.57
+ CART
This anonymous book is the product of a lone late 1990's genius from Providence RI, and it channels all that scene's energy into comedy gold. 64 pages of hilarious cartoons about dogs, people, money, and fashion. This is like Bloom County for peace punks. Not to be underestimated.
dogs, providence, paper rodeo
2. I'm way queer for Warren Craghead and he's got a book out called HOW TO BE EVERYWHERE and i know it's limited edition and i think you've gotta go to his site to get it or his gallery but it's worth it. at least check out his website wcraghead.com and look at his blog and his other stuff.
3. dylan williams's REPORTER #6 from Sparkplug!!! i looove the whole series and there's nothing else like it.
4. HOUSE by little Joshy Simmons.
5. INCREDIBLE CHANGE-BOTS by jeffy brown. yeah, i know it's on other people's lists too but so?
there were so many good things out in 07 though so this sucks.
Jon Adams
Okay, here are my top books of 2007. This may seem a little incestuous (ooh la la!), but these are the only new books I read last year. (At least as far as I can remember – if I were at home I could take a look and see if I'm forgetting something.)
1. Truth Serum: The Lonely Parade
If you make it your #1 I'll hire a drifter to give you a reach-around.
2. Awesome: The Indie Spinner Rack Anthology
And not just because I was involved in it, either. It was seriously a great anthology – something that many anthologies fail at. You guys should submit it to the Eisners. Or Ryan should, or whoever.
3. Robert Goodin's Mini Comics - Cuz he has nice facial hair and draws better than anyone else, ever. (ok Charlitohttp://www.thecomicforums.com/forum2//index.php?showtopic=123571&pid=720264&st=30&#
Complete Edit wrote that last part cuz I'm in China and can't get on the forums, so I asked him to add Robert Goodin. )
I also read a Chris ware book (but it was nothing exceptional, by his standards), and I read Previews every month, but that probably doesn't count.
This post has been edited by ghost-lito: 08 January 2008 - 01:51 AM

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