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The Year's Best Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: From Blankets to Demo Blacksad

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This is a badly mis-titled book, as it contains EXCERPTS from graphic novels, comics and manga, not complete works. As such, it does not make for a satisfying reading experience -- it's like getting a small taste of something at a grocery store or restaurant. Nothing wrong with that when the taste is free. But this book isn't free. The printing and reproduction however look good. Not recommended.

This collection came out in 2005 and apparently it didn't do well since there haven't been any more publications containing excerpts. I bought this collection originally back in 2005. At the time there were no such collections available. Now there is the Best American Comics series that began in 2006. The difference between this collection and the Best American Comics series is that this one covered the entire spectrum of comics. This included American comics and Manga printed in America. One gripe I have is that some of the major players in the industry refuse to be this year's best collections. Most of the minor publishers allow their work to be excerpted since this entails further sales. Image and DC participated but not Marvel and Dark Horse. The same can be said in the Best American Comics series. Most of their work is indie and the mainstream doesn't care much for comics that aren't from Marvel,DC,Image, and Dark Horse. This particular collection and its inclusion of one of the Demo comic excerpt by Brian Wood lead me to buy the entire trade paperback of the series.