edited by Gareth Cooke; introduction by David Byrne
A sure sign of the times, the existence of this new addition to the Best American series gives us a chance to focus on this not-too-distant cousin of comics.  Infographics – a classificatory label that much more accurately represents the function of the form than that of comics – are delivery system for intellectual concepts that combine information and graphics in such a way to enable rapid assimilation/digestion in a manner that is not entirely dissimilar to the way comics combine text and image to quickly and efficiently deliver narratives:  both are ever more in demand by today's time-starved populace.