edited by Chris Duffy This 115 page, full-size, full color collection of 50 "timeless rhymes" includes all the favorites and then some.  What makes this one different?  What makes it stand out from the crowd?  What makes it mind-bogglingly amazing?  The list of artists who created the 50 works that fill this volumedoes, that's what.  It is practically a "who's who" of contemporary cartoonists that stretches around the block.  We're only going to give you a baker's dozen here, just to whet your appetite:  Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez (each contributing their own comics nursery rhyme), Theo Ellsworth, James Sturm, Jordan Crane, Eleanor Davis, Patrick McDonnell, Kate Beaton, Craig Thompson, Lilli Carré, Tony Millionaire, Roz Chast, Gahan Wilson... we think you get the idea. This is pretty much a guaranteed gift success story if a comics fan is involved in any capacity:  whether you're giving or getting, this one has it all.  And it is practically a Platonic ideal as a gift designed to sprout a love of comics in a new reader.

The Best American Comics series continues its Bill Kartalopoulos led streak of excellence with this volume.  Any concerns that the selection of Roz Chast would somehow lead to a New Yorker Magazine Aesthetic-centric edition are immediately laid to rest with Marc Bell's playful wraparound cover.  Yes, while New Yorker friendly marquee names like Chris Ware, Ben Katchor, Lynda Barry, Drew Friedman, Adrian Tomine are here, there is also a far ranging selection of work by many sorts of talents, ranging from Gilbert Hernandez to Liana Finck, Richard McGuire to Kate Beaton, Anne Emond to Alex Schubert, John Procellino to GG (whose volume closing piece was originally created for the Comics Workbook Composition Competition), Gabrielle Bell to Joe Sacco, Keiler Roberts to Lance Ward, Cece Bell to Casanova Frankenstein, and more -- along with a healthy dose of those Americans who, like cover artist Bell (who also is included within), hail north of the US border, like Dave Lapp, Genevieve Elverum, Joe Ollmann and Nina Bunjevac.  Another great assemblage of comics.  Recommended!

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