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Cover: Raymond Pettibon

The Best American Comics #2015

Oct 2015 · Houghton Mifflin · 25.00 USD
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This volume of the annual anthology series, guest-edited by cartoonist Roz Chast, gathers a diverse selection of the year's most notable comic stories and graphic narratives from both established and emerging artists. Featuring works by contributors such as Liana Finck, Ben Katchor, and Jillian Tamaki, the collection showcases the breadth of contemporary American comics across genres and styles.

In "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (Excerpt)," Peter Bagge delivers a sharp, unflinching look at the early life of Margaret Sanger, tracing her formative years in Corning, New York, where she witnesses the toll of relentless childbirth on her mother. Through Bagge’s incisive storytelling and distinctive art—rendered in collaboration with Joanne Bagge on color and lettering—this excerpt captures Sanger’s fierce, often alienating drive as she becomes a nurse and begins her controversial campaign for contraception and sexual freedom. The cover by Raymond Pettibon adds a stark, provocative edge to this powerful entry in The Best American Comics 2015.

Contains 42 stories
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (Excerpt)
13 pp
Kill My Mother (Excerpt)
8 pp · Drama
Theth (Excerpt)
14 pp
Sadistic Comics
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Mathilde's Story
8 pp
Blane Throttle (Excerpt)
6 pp
The Wrenchies (Excerpt)
10 pp
Prometheus
5 pp
Palm Ash
16 pp
The Good Witch, 1947
7 pp
No Tears, No Sorrow
12 pp
Pretty Smart
4 pp
The Columbia Diaries, Sept 14-16 (Excerpt)
9 pp
Untitled story
6 pp
Lâcher de Chiens
10 pp
Pythagoras
3 pp
76 Manifestations of American Destiny (Excerpt)
6 pp
Cretin Keep on Creep'n Creek
7 pp
Briefly, Before Dawn
2 pp
Selections from Hip Hop Family Tree
4 pp · Non-Fiction
Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story (Excerpt)
8 pp · Non-Fiction, Biography
Margaret Sanger [Margaret Higgins]

In Corning, New York, a young Margaret Sanger bears witness to her mother’s toll from 18 pregnancies, a burden that shapes her lifelong fight for reproductive rights. As a nurse, she channels that pain into a bold, unapologetic campaign for contraception and sexual freedom, challenging laws and norms with a fierce, often divisive determination. Her journey is one of conviction, controversy, and the relentless pursuit of a cause that would redefine women’s autonomy.

Fran (Excerpt)
14 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
FranFrankPushpawPupshaw
Little Tommy Lost: Book One (Excerpt)
9 pp
Mimi and the Wolves (Excerpt)
9 pp
Pockets of Temporal Disruptions (Excerpt)
8 pp
Misliving Amended
17 pp
My Year of Unreasonable Grief (Part Four) (Excerpt)
12 pp
Someone Please Have Sex with Me
8 pp
After School (Excerpt)
12 pp
Infomaniacs (Excerpt)
10 pp
Cross Delivery
1 pp
Screw Style
1 pp
How Did You Get in the Hole?
1 pp
The Pen
1 pp
We Can't Sleep
1 pp
Comets Comets
6 pp
Crime Chime Noir
6 pp
No Class (Excerpt)
22 pp
Net Gain
3 pp
Swiping at Branches
5 pp
The Perfect Match
4 pp
Behold the Sexy Man!
12 pp

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker, letterer Peter Bagge
colorist Joanne Bagge
cover pencils, inks Raymond Pettibon

Reprints

↩ Reprints Fran #[nn] (2013), Little Tommy Lost #1 (2013), Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story #[nn] (2013), Rage of Poseidon #[nn] (2013), Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir #[nn] (2014), The Wrenchies #[nn] (2014), Truth Is Fragmentary: Travelogues & Diaries #[nn] (2014), Unlovable #3 (2014), On Loving Women #[nn] (2014), Safari Honeymoon #[nn] (2014), How to Be Happy #[nn] (2014), Kill My Mother: A Graphic Novel #[nn] (2014), Someone Please Have Sex with Me #[nn] (2016), Runner Runner #3

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