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    <body><![CDATA[As are all of the Best American series, this book is a mixed bag. There are some comics that are amazing and others that I can't help thinking, &quot;This? This is the BEST?&quot; Thus my three star rating. However, there are individual selections that I easily would give five stars to, starting wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1121509">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Moore and Pekar have chosen a good assortment of comics for this inaugural volume in The Best American Series. Comics chosen represent a range of graphic styles and topics. Notably, manga and Heavy Metal are absent. All of the comics, whether factual reports from the battlefield or fantasies about l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63689456">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An ode to the art of writing *and* drawing and the creators who are able to make these two mediums flow into a story. It made me long for a good full length graphic novel– a story I can stick with that will last longer than a page or two. Except for the one about the 13 cats the author had as a ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79007180">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Is a lot of things by a lot of different people. So, some I say Is very good! (I say this about David Heatley, Portrait of my Dad, and Jesse Reklaw, Thirteen Cats of my Childhood, and I will say good about anything of the Chris Ware and the Ivan Brunetti). A lot of else is Boring or I don't get (The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46412817">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading this collection was like watching a high school talent recital showcase.  Some pieces were like performance art, which is to say they were totally unaccessible to me.  Some were like spoken word, a bit too political for my taste but still enjoyable.  Some were like folksy singer/songwriters,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50172784">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Although the whole &quot;Best&quot; designation comes across as quite arbitrary (perhaps inevitably so), I enjoyed most of the stories collected here by guest editor, Harvey Pekar. Some artists are ill-served with presentations of excerpts from longer works - the Jessica Abel and Alex Robinson piece...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38679934">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Best American Comics 2006 is a great combination of 30 well drawn comics, sharp writing, and political awareness.The book manages to have a good balance of color an d black and white comics and well as traditional versus more modern styles. <br/><br/>My favorite comic in the collection was &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8920550">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[With at least two other comics anthologies out this past year, this one is good but certainly not the 'best' as its title claims. Pekar's choices seem very unstructured. Some of his selections have already appeared in (the legendary) &quot;McSweeney's 13&quot; two years ago which was edited by Chris...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3022770">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Graphic Novel. I saw this at the library and picked it up because it's got some people I've heard of and never read, some people I've never heard of <em>or</em> read, and Lynda Barry.<br/><br/>If you don't know much about modern indie comics, this book is a good sampler. It's a mix of satire, political com...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2136817">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Over all, a good read. There are some truly terrific comics in this collection, and most of them are well chosen. R. Crumb's and Jesse Reklaw's autobiographical works stand out, but there's also plenty of room for humor with comics like &quot;The Amazing Life of Onion Jack.&quot;<br/><br/>There ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34125113">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had read something about graphic novels and was poking around Barnes &amp; Noble looking for something other than most of what they had, when I stumbled across this.<br/><br/>The very thing I’m looking for! The first in the new Best American series. I’d recommend it to anyone who is interested i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6057996">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this book in one day sitting on the fire escape of my NYC apartment on a beautiful day in spring. I found it to be a quick, challenging, and joyful read. I could hear the unique voice of Harvey Pekar in the selections(he is the guest edior). This book definitly sparked my interest in the series...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50657491">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this is ok, but like any anthology, i find that there are some that i really like, and some that i'm forcing myself to get through.....<br/><br/>after having finished this, i feel like the editors of this collection were more interested in picking comics based on strangeness rather than for good s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51245618">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ok, first I have to admit that I am totally biased in recommending this one as a former student of mine, Lilli Carre' has one of the better comics included in this anthology, plus she did the fabulous cover (None of which I can honestly take credit for teaching her, I might add.) <br/><br/>Compile...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5479336">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So much impressive work in here, especially Rabbithead by Rebecca Dart.  I'm a sucker for comics anthologies.  It's like eating an entire bag of Starburst, only with all surprise flavors.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[even if no one will love *all* of the comics in this selection, the selections are consistently strong and bring a wide range of styles into play.<br/><br/>lots of fun]]></body>
    
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