Bob Callahan (editor): The New Comics Anthology (K)

From the pulp ashes of old comic strips and the burning pyres of sixties idealism, a new school of comics has emerged on the landscape of contemporary culture. Tough, twisted and intellectual, the New Comics Anthology celebrates the best of avant-garde and post-modern graphic literature from around the world. Featuring the work of Art Spiegelman, Robert Crumb, Harvey Pekar, the Hernandez Brothers, Matt Groening and Lynda Barry - as well as 75 other contemporary artists (with twenty stories appearing in English for the first time) - the New Comics Anthology combines stark realism with outrageous fantasy, dark politics with wholesome irreverence, and biting satire with humane and poignant drama. What was once the domain of superheroes and all-American families has become the haunt of existential rabbits and midget detectives. And what was once an artist's diversion has become a genuine art form intended for a grown-up reading audience.