The Best American Comics 2010

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Octavo in b&w pictorial boards (orange spine); 329 pages: illustrations (some color); 24 cm. Fine copy; boards are clean and free of bumps; pages are like new: crisp, clean, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of pages are clean; binding is tight and square; a like new copy. . Hardcover. ISBN: 9780547241777;

In English. First edition; signed by Neil Gaiman on title page (not inscribed to anyone); Series: Best American series, 2010; Contents: Omega the unknown: chapter seven / Jonathan Lethem and Farel Dalrymple; featuring Gary Panter -- Ceci n'est pas une comic / Peter Kuper -- Flytrap / Dave Lapp -- Mixed up files / Gabrielle Bell -- The lagoon: hiding in the water / Lille Carré -- The daily grand prix and forbidden rooms / Ben Katchor -- November 8-28, 2007 / James Kochalka -- The alcoholic: excerpt / Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel -- Deep space / John Pham -- Asterios Polyp: excerpt / David Mazzucchelli -- Water! Electricity! Meat! / Gilbert and Mario Hernandez -- Acme Novelty Library: excerpt / Chris Ware -- The bank / Derf -- Titanic urination, hooker cookies, duck mom, carrot romance, pumpkin drummer and sleep multiplication / Jesse Reklaw -- The book of Genesis / Robert Crumb -- The war on fornication / Peter Bagge -- Lobster run / Fred Chao -- Ex communication / Todd Brower and Steve MacIsaac -- Norman Eight's left arm / Theo Ellsworth -- Trinity / Michael Cho -- Scott Pilgrim vs. the universe: excerpt / Bryan Lee O'Malley -- The flood: excerpt / Josh Neufeld -- I heard some distant music / Lauren Weinstein -- You'll never know, book one: "A good and decent man": excerpt / C. Tyler -- Fiction versus nonfiction / Chris Ware. Abstract: Collects original comic strips from American authors and illustrators published in 2010 in graphic novels, newspapers, magazines, and on the Internet.