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Issue: The Best American Comics #2008
Publication Date: January 2008
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Issues: #2008 of 14 Issues
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Publisher: FlagHoughton Mifflin
Brand: Houghton Mifflin
Indicia Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
On Sale Date: 10/01/2008
Volume: none
Pages: 360
ISBN: 9780618989768
UPC/EAN: 978061898976852200
Price: $22.00 USD
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Content Items: 47 (38 stories, 1 cover)
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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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FlagLove and Rockets #20 published January 2007 was Gold Diggers of 1969 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Endpapers

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Title Page and Credits

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Contents

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Preface

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The Best American Comics 2008 Intro

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Burden

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War-Fix (Excerpt)

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Writer(s): David Axe
Penciller(s): Steven Olexa
Inker(s): Steven Olexa
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: war
Feature(s): War-Fix
Synopsis: A reporter leaves his job and his girlfriend to cover the upcoming elections in Iraq and discovers he quickly becomes addicted to the danger and the violence.
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Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): T. Edward Bak (credited)
Penciller(s): T. Edward Bak (credited)
Inker(s): T. Edward Bak (credited)
Colorist(s): T. Edward Bak (credited)
Letterer(s): T. Edward Bak (credited)
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Proxy War

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Feature(s): Dykes to Watch Out for
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A Terribly Civil War

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Feature(s): Dykes to Watch Out for
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Life 2.0

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Feature(s): Dykes to Watch Out for
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Scandal in the House

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Feature(s): Dykes to Watch Out for
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Who's Your Daddy?

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The Uses of Intelligence

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Feature(s): Dykes to Watch Out for
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The Salon (Excerpt)

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Pages: 8
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The Thing About Madeline

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Reprint Notes: from Glomp #9
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Pages: 22
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Hopscotch

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The Monkey & the Crab

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Writer(s): Shawn Cheng
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
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Pages: 11
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Seven Sacks

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The City

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Part II: The Benders Arrive

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Genres: biography, crime, historical
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Will and Abe
First Line: 'Fraid Monkeys.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Will and Abe
First Line: Daddy! I got a haircut!
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Important Questions About Monsters

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Will and Abe
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Movies I'm Going to Make When I Grow Up

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Will and Abe
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Will & Abe's Guide to Bali

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Will & Abe's Guide to Superheroes

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Will and Abe
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The Dinner Conversation

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Will and Abe
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Will and Abe
First Line: My class went on a field trip to the natural history museum...
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Mammalogy

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Gold Diggers of 1969

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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Perla / Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Maggie's Mom [Quina Chascarillo]; Esther Chascarillo; Bill Collector; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Chepa; Tia Vicki [Vicki Glori]; Ralph; Harry; Igor; Nacho Chascarillo; Calvin Chascarillo (new born)
Synopsis: Quina juggles pregnancy and taking care of her children while trying to avoid the bill collector in this tale featuring Maggie as a child.
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Underworld

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Genres: humorous
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Reprint Notes: from Underworld
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Pages: 10
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Cousin Granpa

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grampa
Synopsis: Counsin Granpa waters his flowers until they grow extremely large; then a werewolf attacks.
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Turtle, Keep It Steady!

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Pages: 8
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Cupid's Day Off

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Writer(s): Evan Larson (credited)
Penciller(s): Evan Larson (credited)
Inker(s): Evan Larson (credited)
Colorist(s): Evan Larson (credited)
Letterer(s): Evan Larson (credited)
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Genres: humorous
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Genres: historical
Feature(s): Berlin
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Genres: historical
Feature(s): Berlin
First Line: Thanks Mate
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Percy Gloom (Excerpt)

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Writer(s): Cathy Malkasian
Penciller(s): Cathy Malkasian
Inker(s): Cathy Malkasian
Colorist(s): Cathy Malkasian
Letterer(s): Cathy Malkasian
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Feature(s): Percy Gloom
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Pages: 14
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The Teachers Edition (Excerpt)

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Writer(s): Jason Mejias (credited)
Penciller(s): Jason Mejias (credited)
Inker(s): Jason Mejias (credited)
Letterer(s): Jason Mejias (credited)
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Pages: 7
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Graveyard

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The Forbidden Zone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Kevin C. Pyle
Penciller(s): Kevin C. Pyle
Inker(s): Kevin C. Pyle
Colorist(s): Kevin C. Pyle
Letterer(s): Kevin C. Pyle
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama
Feature(s): Blindspot
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Pages: 12
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George Sprott (1894-1975) (Excerpt)

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Feature(s): George Sprott
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Reprint Notes: from The New York Times Magazine
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Pages: 10
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Reprint Notes: from The New Yorker (November 27, 2006)
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Pages: 2
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Thanksgiving

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Pages: 8
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American Born Chinese (Excerpt)

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, humorous, teen
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Pages: 18
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Credits

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1

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