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Issue: The Best American Comics #2006
Publication Date: January 2006
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Issues: #2006 of 14 Issues
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Publisher: FlagHoughton Mifflin
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Indicia Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
On Sale Date: 10/11/2006
Volume: none
Pages: 328
ISBN: 9780618718740
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Price: $29.95 CAD
$22.00 USD
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Content Items: 43 (30 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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The Best American Series

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Synopsis: Two endpapers with a logo with CBA on them, followed by a blank page, followed by a title page, followed by a black page, followed by another title page (with editor credits), followed by the copyright page (with references to many of the sources for the reprints in this book)
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Contents

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Synopsis: Table of contents including the cartoonist's names and where the strips are from.
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Preface

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Synopsis: Moore explains the state of comics in 2006 and the basic guidelines for inclusion in this book.
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Introduction

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Synopsis: Pekar explains why he chose what he chose to include in the book.
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The Amazing Life of Onion Jack

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Onion Jack
Synopsis: Jack goes through his life as a superhero, though all he really wants to do is be a chef.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperior Showcase #0 published May 2005
was The Amazing Life of Onion Jack [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Ready to Die

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Ronald Fitzgerald
Synopsis: True story of a man on death row.
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From Content Item: FlagMcSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13 published January 2004
was Ready to Die [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Gift

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Genres: drama
Synopsis: After a helicopter crash at a pipeline there is a stand-off.
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From Content Item: FlagDogs and Water #[nn] published May 2007
was Dogs and Water [Story on Interior Page(s)]18 page excerpt
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Adventures of Paul Bunyan & His Ox, Babe

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Paul Bunyan; Babe
Synopsis: Paul discusses settling down while on a break with Babe.
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Diary of a Bread Delivery Guy

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Genres: biography
Character(s): David Lasky
Synopsis: David Lasky describes the van he delivers bread with.
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Reprint Notes: from Arthur (Lime Publishing Inc., 2002 series) #18
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Goner Pillow Company

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Synopsis: Aaron Goner invents the window pillow.
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Reprint Notes: from Metropolis Magazine (?, 1994 series) (February 2005) [non comics publication]
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Only Disconnect

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Dykes to Watch Out For
Character(s): Alison Bechdel
Synopsis: Alison and her girlfriend decide to get married.
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Reprint Notes: from Dykes to Watch Out For (2004.25.02) (#434)
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Complacency Kills

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Genres: biography, informational
Synopsis: Soldiers have to decide whether the people they meet in Iraq are friends or foes.
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La Rubia Loca

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Genres: biography
Character(s): Pelon; Helena
Synopsis: Pelon goes on a bus trip through Mexico and finds one of her fellow passengers is in trouble and it changes her life completely.
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From Issue: FlagTrue Travel Tales #3 published ?
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Pages: 48
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Comics a History

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Writer(s): Chris Ware
Penciller(s): Chris Ware
Inker(s): Chris Ware
Colorist(s): Chris Ware
Letterer(s): Chris Ware
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Synopsis: Short strips about the history of comics, told with round stick figures.
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Rabbithead

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Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: The adventures of a rabbit-headed man on horseback.
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From Issue: FlagRabbitHead #[nn] published January 2004
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Pages: 25
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Painting a Girl Mouse

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Synopsis: A mouse paints a picture of a girl mouse he is in love with.
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Reprint Notes: from The Stranger (?, 1991 series) (2005)
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Dance with the Ventures

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Synopsis: A man takes an early morning walk and finds a stash of records and garbage that makes him remember being a child.
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From Issue: FlagMome #[1] Summer 2005 published January 2005
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Pages: 12
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Tuesday Is Whose Day?

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Genres: drama
Feature(s): Day by Day with Hopey
Character(s): Hopey; Rosie
Synopsis: Rosie is jealous of Hopey going to see an optometrist.
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From Content Item: FlagLove and Rockets #12 published January 2004
was Day by Day with Hopey: “Tuesday is Whose Day?” [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Busted!

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Genres: biography
Character(s): Wayne
Synopsis: A man has a dialogue with a trophy cabinet.
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Chemical Plant / Another World

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Genres: biography
Character(s): John Porcellino
Synopsis: John drives into a factory and wonders if it is a dream or not.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Reprint credit in book is that it is from Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man. Most of the contents of that book were reprinted from King-Cat Comics and Stories, but this was drawn in 2004 and first published in Diary.
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Portrait of My Dad

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Genres: biography
Character(s): David Heatley; Michael Heatley
Synopsis: Various short vignette strips about David's father.
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From Issue: FlagDeadpan #1 published January 1995
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Pages: 5
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A Street-Level View of the Republican National Convention

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Lloyd Dangle
Synopsis: Lloyd Dangle attends the convention and reports on what he sees.
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Reprint Notes: from Stranger, The (?, 1991 series) (September 9, 2004)
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The Supervisor

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Genres: biography
Character(s): Margaret Lucile Pitzer Bishop Sagan Leuck
Synopsis: Margaret recounts her troubles with her supervisor.
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From Issue: FlagHi-Horse Omnibus #1 published March 2004
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The Wart-Hog That Came in from the Cold

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Wonder Warthog; Philbert Desanex; Psuper Psychiatrist [Dr. Fischkoder]
Synopsis: Philbert Desanex hasn't turned into Wonder Warthog in so long, he's lost the ability... until he runs into Wonder Warthog himself, who has turned into just a normal warthog.
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From Content Item: FlagZap Comix #15 published January 2005
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Pages: 8
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Solidarity Forever

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From Issue: FlagHi-Horse Omnibus #1 published March 2004
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Thirty-Three

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Genres: drama
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From Content Item: FlagTricked #[nn] published July 2005
was Tricked [Story on Interior Page(s)]10 page excerpt
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Missing

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Genres: drama
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Reprint Notes: from La Perdida (Fantagraphics, 2001 Series) #?
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Pages: 14
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Nakedness and Power

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Writer(s): Terisa Turner; Leigh Brownhill
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From Issue: FlagWorld War 3 Illustrated #35 published January 2004
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Pages: 9
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Recollection of a Seduction

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From Issue: FlagThe Comics Journal Special Edition #5 published January 2005
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Pages: 1
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The Executive Hour

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Writer(s): Tom Hart
Penciller(s): Tom Hart
Inker(s): Tom Hart
Letterer(s): Tom Hart
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Pages: 6
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Passing Before Life's Very Eyes

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From Issue: FlagMome #[1] Summer 2005 published January 2005
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Pages: 13
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Thirteen Cats of My Childhood

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Genres: autobiography, biography
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Pages: 20
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Two Questions

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Genres: autobiography, biography
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From Content Item: FlagMcSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13 published January 2004
was Two Questions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Walkin' the Streets

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Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Robert Crumb; Charles Crumb Sr. (father); Charles Crumb Jr.; Martha Wheatley; Reverend Freeman; Tom Freeman; Viola Jackson; Beatrice Crumb (mother); Marty Pahls
Synopsis: Crumb talks about his youthful alienation and insecurities, the huge pull his brother Charles had on him and the various dysfunctions of other family members.
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From Content Item: FlagZap Comix #15 published January 2005
was Walkin' the Streets [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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blank and title pages

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Contributors' Notes

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Writer(s): various
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Disclose Notes: Short biographies of each of the contributors, plus a note by each about the story that is included in this book.
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100 Distinguished Comics

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Synopsis: A list of 100 good comics from January 2004 to August 2005.
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Pages: 3
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The Best American Series

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Synopsis: Descriptions of each of the books in the Best American Series for 2006.
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Synopsis: Blank page followed by end papers.
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First Line: The newest addition to the best-selling series...
Synopsis: Short bios of the editors and hype about the stories included.
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Disclose Notes: On back cover of book.

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