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Issue: The Best American Comics #2012
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Publisher: FlagHoughton Mifflin
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On Sale Date: 10/2012
Volume: none
Pages: 392
ISBN: 9780547691121
UPC/EAN: 978054769112152500
Price: $25.00 USD
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Content Items: 53 (41 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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Title Page and Credits

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Contents

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Foreword

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Introduction: Découpage

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drama
Doug; Colleen; Ted; Sarah; Nicky
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The Battle of Buron

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war
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Hundred Dollar Necktie

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Registering

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Florist

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Poor Us (Part Two)

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Eyebrow Tweezing

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Favors

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[untitled]

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Jimbo
Dandy is just jealous because my set-up is a lot cooler than his.
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Are Comics Moronic Dribble?

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A comic book character wonders if comic books are just moronic dribble.
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Skull Groin

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A barbarian hero must endure his cursed skull groin while bying a coffee.
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Kamikaze

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Skyline

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from The Believer
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Hot Stuff

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The Pilot Learns to Fly

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drama
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The Golan Heights

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Blood of the Virgin

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A Month of...

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Leanne Shapton (credited)
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Frank Among the Gut-Worshipers

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anthropomorphic, humorous
Frank
Frank
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Chapter 3 Angelina

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biography
Paying for It
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Hibern-8

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Stage 6

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Diner Food

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A singing idol compares his lover to diner food.
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The Love Bunglers Part Four

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Ray Dominguez; Angel Rose Rivera; Louie; Reno Banks; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Mike Varan; Frogmouth [Vivian Solis]; Joe; Mikey Varan
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Prophets

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Leave Luck to Heaven

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frm Leave Luck to Heaven
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Red Eye

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Christoph Niemann (credited)
Christoph Niemann (credited)
Christoph Niemann (credited)
Christoph Niemann (credited)
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drama
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from The New York Times
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Dead Soles

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House of Debt

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The Irish Table

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House of Shouts

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A house is seen from the outside as the couple within shout at each other.
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from Washington City Paper
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Even the Giants Get the Blues (Excerpt)

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Elsewheres

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from Keeping Two
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Haggling

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humorous
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from The Believer
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Money

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drama
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from The New Yorker
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Vacation

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Man finds way to not take his family on an expensive vacation.
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Doctor Costume

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Guy on his way to a costume ball is mistaken for a doctor at the scene of an accident.
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Rock, Scissors, Paper

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Knights of the Lunch Table
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Baking Failure #1

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from Bake Sale
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Read a Book

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Michael J. Buckley (credited)
Michael J. Buckley (credited)
Michael J. Buckley (credited)
Michael J. Buckley (credited)
Michael J. Buckley (credited)
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humorous
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from 60 Ways to Leave Your Mother (Alone)
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Draw Your Sister a Picture!

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Michael J. Buckley (credited)
Michael J. Buckley (credited)
Michael J. Buckley (credited)
Michael J. Buckley (credited)
Michael J. Buckley (credited)
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humorous
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from 60 Ways to Leave Your Mother (Alone)
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Patrick and Big Bear

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Patrick
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A Button in the Woods

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humorous, science fiction
Zita the Spacegirl
Zita; Joseph
Zita and Joseph find a strange device at a meteor impact. When Zita presses the button, Joseph disappears into a strange void. Zita is terrified, but plunges in after him.
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Notable Comics

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Credits

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