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  <title><![CDATA[The Best American Comics 2007 (Best American TM)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Guest editor Chris Ware and series editor Anne Elizabeth Moore have sought out the best stories to create this cutting-edge collection. Contributors include Lynda Barry, R. and Aline Crumb, Kim Deitch, Gilbert Hernandez, Seth, and Art Spiegelman.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">10</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">10</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2007</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Anne Elizabeth Moore]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 06 08:28:03 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 06 08:50:52 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While The Best American Comics of 2006 had an admittedly liberal-bias (not so much a problem for me) the comics ran the gamut from conventional to wildly experimental narrative in a variety of artistic forms, so nebulous that it was difficult to categorize some of them as styles.  There was fiction ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11779696">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7418711">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dave-O]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Somerville, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Colorists, teenagers, bankers]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 08 07:22:28 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 12 12:18:14 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A solid collection that is organized very well. The anthology has works ranging from the autobiographical (which in his introduction, Chris Ware notes is a staple of these kinds of collections) to the fantastic to the esoteric. Each piece is graphically beautiful in its own way, sort of like differe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7418711">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38320192">
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    <name><![CDATA[Leah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, ME]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people who haven't read many comics and want to get started]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 21 11:18:36 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 22 09:22:41 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[All you haters need to calm down. I read this book with the expectation of it being sort of a comics/graphic novel sampler, and I was not in the least disappointed. <br/><br/>If you are so on top of the graphic novel scene that you've already read all the full length works sampled from in this boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38320192">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="73740542">
    <user id="666804">
    <name><![CDATA[Terry]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Oct 07 08:59:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 07 09:54:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I guess I need another format &quot;shelf&quot;, as I think I said with the 2008 Best American Comics. I didn't enjoy this edition as much as I enjoyed the one edited by Lynda Barry; this anthology in general probably reveals the most about the editor's personal aesthetic than any of the other &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73740542">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50714268">
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    <name><![CDATA[Todd]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Palo Alto, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 28 10:20:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 28 10:29:40 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Got this at the library because my family was out of town this week and I wanted something easy to read in my sudden extra hours. I got this mainly because it has a long-ish story by Gilbert Hernandez.<br/><br/>This is a wildly uneven collection. A few were good but most weren't. Aside from the He...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50714268">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31926615">
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    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Florissant, MO]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 03 13:01:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 03 13:03:53 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[When you buy a book with a title like The Best American Comics 2007, you're obviously going to go into it with a certain preconceived notion of the book's quality. In fact, you might even set your expectations for the stories contained within its pages so high that you set yourself up to be let down...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31926615">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="27860483">
    <user id="36813">
    <name><![CDATA[Summer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Somerville, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 21 10:18:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 21 10:31:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are at least two things wrong with this title. First, these comics are not all from 2007. Second, if this is the &quot;best&quot; 2007 has to offer, then America might as well pack it in when it comes to comics and only rely on artsy French imports and cheap generic manga.<br/><br/>This coll...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27860483">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="22860476">
    <user id="553055">
    <name><![CDATA[Trane]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Osaka, Japan]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[lovers of comics, artists, people who like graphics]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 24 03:31:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 24 03:48:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chris Ware's 2007 selections for <em>The Best American Comics</em> are as good as I could possibly imagine them to be, though there are few surprises if you're already tapped into the underground/alternative comics scene.  Work included in this volume includes comics by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Cru...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22860476">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22860476]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="19165202">
    <user id="933518">
    <name><![CDATA[Jason]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chandler, AZ]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 31 20:48:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 06 19:31:20 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[ok...<br/>i'm going to add my voice to the din of complaints that this book has received thus far in its brief shelf life...although i think my problem with it will not be the same as what other curmudgeonous types might think...<br/>as far as i know the issues that have been raised already revolv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19165202">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19165202]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="11151591">
    <user id="312795">
    <name><![CDATA[James]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Clifton, NJ]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 28 09:07:42 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 31 20:43:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[after two years, <em>the best american comics</em> series is definitely off to a good start, and i hope that they keep publishing these because it's about time that comics got the recognition that they deserve in the literary world, but let's call this edition the sophmore slump.<br/><br/>after the wide va...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11151591">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11151591]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="62070820">
    <user id="815139">
    <name><![CDATA[angrykitty]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 03 18:36:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 03 18:36:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[here's the problem i have with this collection...many of the pieces seem to end in the middle of their narrative....and i'm not even talking about the ones that are specifically marked as excerpts....instead of making me want to find and read the whole piece...if there actually is a whole piece........<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62070820">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="8925214">
    <user id="339871">
    <name><![CDATA[Sundry]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Acton, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Bluebard, anyone interested in exploring graphic narratives]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 10 09:49:17 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 29 08:29:04 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If it were more consistent, I would easily give this collection 4 or 5 stars.  Some of it is just wonderful.  But the stuff I don't like I don't like almost passionately!  <br/><br/>It shouldn't surprise me given that I recently read Chris Ware's book <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34072.Jimmy_Corrigan_The_Smartest_Kid_on_Earth" title="Jimmy Corrigan  The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware">Jimmy Corrigan</a>: Smartest Kid on Earth, and I w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8925214">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8925214]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="45669729">
    <user id="42982">
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lancaster, OH]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 07 14:07:20 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 18 17:30:18 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Maybe I have the wrong perspective on what this collection is about, but while some of the art in this collection is interesting and stunning, most of it is not that great and several of the stories are just incoherent.  Maybe I'm just too dumb to &quot;get&quot; it, but most of these stories are ju...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45669729">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45669729]]></url>
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    <review id="8578270">
    <user id="76881">
    <name><![CDATA[tara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[new comics readers, people looking for variety]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 02 13:49:11 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 24 12:05:47 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book did exactly what i wanted it to do for me: get me started on comics/graphic novels.  i had no idea where to begin, so i started here.  it contained work i liked, and work i didn't.  i followed up on the ones i liked, getting works by the same artists/authors (what is the proper term for so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8578270">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="21420797">
    <user id="914297">
    <name><![CDATA[Chad]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Boise, ID]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu May 01 15:59:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 01 16:32:37 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Almost gave this 3 stars, but there was some really great, near genius sequential art/storytelling in here.  But there was also some absolute crap that I can't understand how it got published, let alone got into the BEST American Comics anthology.  It doesn't have to have great art to be worthwhile,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21420797">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21420797]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="40291820">
    <user id="114833">
    <name><![CDATA[Ero]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 22 08:03:46 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 17 06:36:41 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 22 08:03:46 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh, this book is amazing. The whole 'best' thing is problematic of course (as is 'american'), but this volume does a great job at bypassing all that and just delivering page after page of mind-blowing wonderfulness. Occasionally a page or two will only seem so-so, but the whole is greater than the s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40291820">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39575342">
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    <name><![CDATA[Erin F. B.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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    <body><![CDATA[The thing about these great comics we have these days, showing real life instead of superhero and action stuff, is that reading them is like seeing other peoples' perspectives on very little things. It's kind of intimate. I feel like I'm in other people's heads.<br/><br/>I also loved this book bec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37813275">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The tricky thing about anthologies is that they contain such different texts. I think what really made me lose my focus on this anthology was that the comics presented were so unrelated that it felt jarring switching from one writer/artist's work to the next. Some of the works caught my attention co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19706372">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Check out the website for the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bestamericancomics.com/2009/home.php">Best Comics</a> series for reviews, contributors, and previews.<br/><br/>Not currently available at Teton County Library, but ask to borrow it from another library!]]></body>
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