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Issue: The Best American Comics #2013
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Publisher: FlagHoughton Mifflin
Brand: HMH
Indicia Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
On Sale Date: 10/08/2013
Volume: none
Pages: 408
ISBN: 9780547995465
UPC/EAN: 978054799546552500
Price: $25.00 USD
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Content Items: 37 (31 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jeff Smith; Jessica Abel (series editor); Matt Madden (series editor)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color Cover; Mostly Black & White interior
Dimensions: 7 1/4 inches wide by 9 1/4 inches tall (18.41 cm x 23.49 cm)
Paper Stock: book paper
Binding: Hardcover; some issues with no dust jacket
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton ?
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Laura Park
Laura Park
Laura Park
Laura Park
Subject Matter
A cartoonist in a lighthouse watches the world through the years and creates cartoons based on what he sees.
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Miscellaneous
4
Endpapers at both beginning and end of the book.
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jessica Abel; Matt Madden
typeset
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Miscellaneous
5
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jeff Smith
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2.25
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6 Mirror [Excerpt from Are You My Mother?]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel
Subject Matter
biography
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Miscellaneous
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The Speaker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Brandon Graham
Brandon Graham
Brandon Graham
Brandon Graham
Brandon Graham
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Miscellaneous
8
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The Divine Manifestation of a Singular Impulse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jesse Jacobs
Jesse Jacobs
Jesse Jacobs
Jesse Jacobs
Jesse Jacobs
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Miscellaneous
18
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Turn Back / Excerpt from Haunter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sam Alden
Sam Alden
Sam Alden
Sam Alden
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from studygroupcomics.com
Miscellaneous
33
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Manananggal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael DeForge
Michael DeForge
Michael DeForge
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from whatthingsdo.com
Miscellaneous
5
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The Good Wife

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sophie Goldstein
Sophie Goldstein
Sophie Goldstein
Sophie Goldstein
Sophie Goldstein
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from http://www.redinkradio.com/p/blog-page_10.html
Miscellaneous
10
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70 Nights of Pleasure / Excerpt from Habibi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
Subject Matter
adventure, romantic
Habibi
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Miscellaneous
21
Unknown which chapter this is excerpted from. Starts with "Zam? Is that you?" and ends with trying to open giant doors after being chased.
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The Story of Grainne Ni Mhaille / Excerpt from Gone to Amerikay

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Derek McCulloch
Colleen Doran
Colleen Doran
José Villarrubia
Jared K. Fletcher
Subject Matter
drama, historical, horror
Gone to Amerikay
Short excerpt about telling the story of the queen of pirates.
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Miscellaneous
4
Letterer is not credited in the book. Colorist is credited in the table of contents but not on the story itself.
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Excerpts from American Elf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
James Kolchalka
James Kolchalka
James Kolchalka
James Kolchalka
James Kolchalka
Subject Matter
biography
American Elf
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Miscellaneous
6
24 daily strips from 2008 to 2011.
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You Lied to Us! / Excerpt from Giants, Beware!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jorge Aguirre
Rafael Rosado
Rafael Rosado
?
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Subject Matter
childrens, fantasy, humorous
The Chronicles of Claudette
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Miscellaneous
14
Partial reprint. Starts with "I can't wait to tell Poppa how I crushed the apple hag." and ends with "Be safe, children. Please."
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Story Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Evan Dorkin
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
Jason Arthur
Subject Matter
nature
Beasts of Burden
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Miscellaneous
8
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Raiders / Excerpt from Friends with Boys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Faith Erin Hicks
Faith Erin Hicks
Faith Erin Hicks
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Subject Matter
drama, fantasy, teen
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20
Partial excerpt. Starts with approaching the billiards hall and ends with "Get to school, you lot."
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1912 / Excerpt from Unterzakhn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Leela Corman
Leela Corman
Leela Corman
Leela Corman
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Miscellaneous
12
Partial excerpt. Starts with "That's it Golda. Just stay where you're comfortable" and ends with "G'night, Essie."
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A Husband and Wife

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sammy Harkham
Sammy Harkham
Sammy Harkham
Sammy Harkham
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Miscellaneous
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Four Comics from Incidentalcomics.com

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Grant Snider
Grant Snider
Grant Snider
Grant Snider
Grant Snider
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from incidentalcomics.com.
Miscellaneous
4
The four comics are titled "I Wanted a Superpower.", "The Creative Process", "Required Summer Reading" and "Summer Night".
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Nita Goes Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Eleanor Davis
Eleanor Davis
Eleanor Davis
Eleanor Davis
Eleanor Davis
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Miscellaneous
14
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Book 1: "You Send Me" Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Tony Puryear
Tony Puryear
Tony Puryear
Tony Puryear
Tony Puryear
Subject Matter
crime
Concrete Park
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Miscellaneous
8
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Top Five

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Malachi Ward
Malachi Ward
Malachi Ward
Malachi Ward
Malachi Ward
Subject Matter
science and technology
Reprinting
from studygroupcomics.com.
Miscellaneous
8
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The Strange Boy / Excerpt from My Friend Dahmer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Derf Backderf
Derf Backderf
Derf Backderf
Derf Backderf
Subject Matter
My Friend Dahmer
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Miscellaneous
14
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A Killer's Surprise / Excerpt from Rachel Rising

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Terry Moore
Terry Moore
Terry Moore
Terry Moore
Subject Matter
horror
Rachel Rising
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First page is "From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. - Edward Munch". The title "A Killer's Surprise" appears on a title page here but apparently not in the original comic.
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George

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Laura Park
Laura Park
Laura Park
Laura Park
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Miscellaneous
5
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Velocipede from Hark! A Vagrant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton
Subject Matter
historical, humorous
Reprinting
from http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=331
Miscellaneous
6
The book appears to say this strip is reprinted from a book titled Hark! A Vagrant, but it is not in the Drawn & Quarterly version from 2011. It was printed later (in a slightly different page configuration) in Step Aside, Pops (A Hark! A Vagrant Collection) (Drawn & Quarterly, 2015 series).
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Fun Strips

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Evan Dorkin
Evan Dorkin
Evan Dorkin
Sarah Dyer ?
Evan Dorkin
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
from Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #?
Miscellaneous
6
Each page is a collection of 5 strips designed to look like daily strips. Each page has a title with "Fun" at the top, "Fun Ahoy!", "Monstrous Fun", "Funzapoppin'!", "Some Fun, eh?", "Fun Is Fun" and "Traipse Into Fun".
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Saints in the Store

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jennifer Hayden
Jennifer Hayden
Jennifer Hayden
Jennifer Hayden
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Miscellaneous
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Scary Bathtub Stories

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael Kupperman
Michael Kupperman
Michael Kupperman
Michael Kupperman
Michael Kupperman
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Miscellaneous
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Cody

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gabrielle Bell
Gabrielle Bell
Gabrielle Bell
Gabrielle Bell
Gabrielle Bell
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In the Rough

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vanessa Davis
Vanessa Davis
Vanessa Davis
Vanessa Davis
Vanessa Davis
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from http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/86191/in-the-rough
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Love Me Forever! Oh! Oh! Oh!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jeremy Sorese
Jeremy Sorese
Jeremy Sorese
Jeremy Sorese
Jeremy Sorese
Subject Matter
biography
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Miscellaneous
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Discipline / Excerpt from Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joseph Lambert
Joseph Lambert
Joseph Lambert
Joseph Lambert
Joseph Lambert
Subject Matter
biography
Helen Keller; Annie Sullivan
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Miscellaneous
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1969

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Pope
Paul Pope
Paul Pope
Paul Pope
Subject Matter
historical
Pete Conrad; Alan Bean; Richard Gordon
The second Moon landing.
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Miscellaneous
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Contributors' Notes

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
various
typeset
Subject Matter
Brief biographies of each of the contributors plus a note from each of them about their story.
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Miscellaneous
9.5
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Notable Comics

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Notable comics from September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012 as selected by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden.
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"In front of you awaits wit, style..."

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton
typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover. Includes very short biographies of Jeff Smith, Jessica Abel and Matt Madden.

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