The Best American Comics #2014

Edited by Scott McCloud with Bill Kartalopoulos as series editor, this 2014 installment of the annual Best American Comics anthology arrives with a Jaime Hernandez cover that perfectly captures the joy of the medium: a young girl in a pink dress leaps and dances across a pathway of comic panels, her delight infectious against a bold red background. Inside, Chris Ware is among the contributors, bringing his characteristically meticulous pen to "Crime Raiders International Mobsters and Executioners." At $25.00, it's a handsome showcase of where American comics stood in 2014.