The Best American Comics #2019

Edited by Jillian Tamaki with Bill Kartalopoulos as series editor, this 2019 installment of the long-running Best American Comics anthology arrives with a quietly charming cover by Sophia Foster-Dimino — a young girl reads an open comic book while, just above her, a woman works in a kitchen under a skylight framing an enormous, watchful eye peering down from outside. It's a wonderfully layered image about the act of reading and being observed, perfectly suited for a collection that celebrates the breadth and ambition of the form. Among the selections inside is an excerpt from Joe Sacco's Grip, Vol. 1, making this edition a compelling snapshot of where American comics stood in 2019.