The Best American Comics #2010
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis volume of the acclaimed annual series, guest-edited by Neil Gaiman, curates a diverse selection of the year's finest graphic narratives from North America. It includes work from a wide range of cartoonists, with a notable excerpt from Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim series, alongside other standout pieces from the independent and alternative comics scene of 2009-2010.
"Ceci N'est Pas une Comic" by Josh Neufeld is a powerful, on-the-ground narrative from the 2010 edition of The Best American Comics, capturing the raw immediacy of life in the aftermath of a disaster. Through intimate, real-time vignettes, it follows Abbas and Darnell as floodwaters rise, Leo and Michelle in Houston grappling with their flooded apartment, Denise and her family evacuated from a flooded hospital, and the Doctor moving through the French Quarter offering aid—each thread converging in the overwhelmed New Orleans Convention Center, where chaos begins to take hold. The story’s stark, hand-drawn visuals and tight, observational storytelling are all by Neufeld, whose singular voice brings urgency and humanity to the moment. The cover, by Michael Cho, reflects the issue’s grounded, poignant tone.
When Hiro's boss demands a fresh lobster for critic Jeffrey Steingarten, Johnny Hiro finds himself on a wild, kitchen-crawling mission to steal one from a rival eatery—only to face off against a furious crew of knife-wielding chefs in a chaotic, slapstick showdown. With Mayumi watching nervously and Mr. Masago’s reputation on the line, the stakes rise higher than a chef’s whisk in a panic.
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↩ Reprints Johnny Hiro #2 (2007), Drop-in #[nn] (2008), The Book of Boy Trouble #2 (2008), Omega: The Unknown #7 (2008), Sublife #1 (2008), Punk Rock and Trailer Parks #[nn] (2008), The Acme Novelty Library #19 (2008), The Lagoon #[nn] (2008), The Alcoholic #[nn] (2008), A. D. New Orleans After the Deluge #[nn] (2009), Sleeper Car #[nn] (2009), Virginia Quarterly Review #1 (2009), Scott Pilgrim #5 (2009), You'll Never Know #1 (2009), Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me and Other Astute Observations #[nn] (2009), Asterios Polyp #[nn] (2009), The Book of Genesis Illustrated #[nn] (2009), Citizen Rex #2, The Night of Your Life #[nn]
Reprinted in Beaux Arts hors-série #12 (2010)
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