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Issue: The Best American Comics #2014
Publication Date: October 2014
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Issues: #2014 of 14 Issues
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Publisher: FlagHoughton Mifflin
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On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 408
ISBN: 9780544106000
UPC/EAN: 978054410600052500
Price: $25.00 USD
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Content Items: 64 (39 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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Best American Comics 2014

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The Best American Comics 2014

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The Best American Comics 2014

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Foreword

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First Line: Please read do not browse
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The Best American Comics 2014

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Great Comics- -Are Not a Genre

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Crime Raiders International Mobsters and Executioners

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Character(s): “Frogmouth” Velvet [Vivian Solis]; Mel Spropp; Ish; Tonta; Borneo; Tito; Reno Banks; Frank Lopez; Mrs. Spropp
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Picnic Now!

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Character(s): Surly Waiter; Radical Picnicker; Bored Man
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Sickroom Reading

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Character(s): Yosef Surcease
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The Hand Laundry

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Character(s): Manil Kelly; Eliazar Vats; Underpaid High-School Student
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The Hive (excerpt)

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All the Marbles (excerpt)

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Feature(s): All the Marbles
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Translated, from the Japanese

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High Road to the Schmuck Seat

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Feature(s): Aline & Bob
Character(s): Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Slacky; Franz; Hannah
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A 21st Century Still Life

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Raising Readers

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Drama (excerpt)

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Feature(s): Drama
Character(s): Callie; Matt; Greg; Mr. Madera; Loren; Liz; Sanjay; Delfina; Mirko
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Jane, the Fox and Me (excerpt)

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Feature(s): Jane, The Fox and Me
Character(s): Hélène; Jane Eyre; Hélène's Mom; Geneviève; Ann-Julie; Sarah; Chloé
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Family Tree

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Letting it Go (excerpt)

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Feature(s): Letting it Go
Character(s): Chiune Sugihara; Yukiko
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RL (excerpt)

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Writer(s): Tom Hart
Penciller(s): Tom Hart
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Feature(s): RL
Character(s): Tom Hart; Realtor; Rosalie; Leela; Roger Moore (single-panel cameo); Idris Elba (single-panel cameo); Bike Dude
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Mom (excerpt)

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Character(s): Sammy; Jean
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August 1977

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Strange Adventures

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The Mermaid in the Hudson (excerpt)

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Feature(s): The Mermaid in the Hudson
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Saga Chapter 7 (excerpt)

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Character(s): Marko; Barr; Klara; Alana
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Multiple Warheads: Alphabet to Infinity #1 (excerpt)

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Feature(s): Multiple Warheads: Alphabet to Infinity
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Dimensions

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Character(s): Rob
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The Book of the Year is Not a Book

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Building Stories

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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Woman; Miss Kitty; Phil; Lucy
Synopsis: A series of wordless domestic vignettes, most featuring the woman interacting with her daughter.
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Testimonials

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March: Book One (excerpt)

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Character(s): John Lewis; Attorney Gray; Martin Luther King
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First Line: Oh! Almost forgot to mention this:
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The Program is Morally Good (excerpt)

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Feature(s): The Program is Morally Good
Character(s): The Carter Family [A. P. Carter; Sara Carter; Maybelle Carter; Janette Carter]
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Hip Hop Family Tree (excerpt)

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Character(s): Chuck D [Carlton D. Ridenhour]; Hank Shocklee; Wizard K-Jee; Melle Mel
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Oh, Crap- Webcomics!

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Depression Part Two (excerpt)

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Feature(s): Depression
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Even Stranger Adventures

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Canadian Royalty

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Character(s): Margrave Blunder; Queen Amelia; Archduke Redgrave Capsule; Dame Maggie Quiet; Prince Theodore; Viscountess Mary Pillow; Archduke Tariq Elgin; Samantha Elgin; Duke Berry Edmonton; Christan; Alyssa; Marcus; Daniel; Alicia; David Sipowicz; A. F. Moritz; Chloe Lum; Celebrity Ransom; Kyle Kelly; Lucien LaPierre; Walkable Turncoat; Anne "Curly" Waugh; Rocco Dudek; Raymond Burr; Duty Clementine; Hal Raglan; Patrick Kyle; Archduke Ovary Slolem; Joan Fraser; King Benjamin; Claude Movenpick
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The Understanding Monster- Book One

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Feature(s): The Understanding Monster
Character(s): Izadore; Alporg's Ghost; Cosmic Ninja; The-Kid-In-the-Crystal
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The Kuiper Belt

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Is There Silence?

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The Implications of Making Something from Nothing via the Spiritual Realm

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This is Magic, This is Alchemy

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Face It

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Bittersweet Romance (excerpt)

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Whistle While You Work… Or Think of Death

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Schweinhund

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Howdy, His Nephew Dee Dee and a Friend of Howdy's Nephew

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Hyperspeed to Nowhere, Return to Entropy (excerpt)

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Untitled Selections

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Blue Period

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Ambient Air (Part II)

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Memory Boxes

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Cul de Sac (September 17-23, 2012)

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Feature(s): Cul de Sac
Character(s): Peter; Ernesto; Alice; Dill; Miss Bliss; Mrs. Otterloop
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Reprint Notes: from Cul de Sac daily & Sunday (Universal Press Syndicate) 2012.09.17 - 2012.09.23
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Hawaii 1997

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Character(s): Sam
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Contributor's Notes

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Writer(s): Tom Hart
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Notable Comics from September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013

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Credits

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The Best American Series

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First Line: It's been fun watching the stories talk to each other at night….
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