The New Comics Anthology

by Bob Callahan (Editor), Eddie Campbell (Contributor), Jaime Hernández (Contributor)

Gathers selections from avant-garde graphic literature by more than seventy-five artists.

Genres: Comics, Art, Graphic Novels

288 pages, Paperback

First published September 11, 1991

Reviews

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

This 1991 collection is dated, but it is a good indicator of the ways in which comics were evolving. Like other comics “samplers”—there are good and bad things about this format: the good being that readers can sample many different artists and styles; the bad being that we only get snippets of stories.

This edition has a glossy color insert that showcases prints of non-comics artwork.

[Michael Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

High point: R. Crumb's amazing comic bio of Charley Patton.
Low point: Aline Crumb's scrawlings.

[Morgan]

Published in 1991 and collecting a lot of material that first saw print in the 1980s, this anthology is no longer so "new." But I'm surprised at how well a lot of the stories have held up... (more soon)

[Current · Rating 4 out of 5]

I dug it. I took a break from reading books without pictures. Awesome.

[Brett]

Anthology,Comics