Anthologies and Compilations

Alphabetical by title

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2W Box Set, Set Q, Geneva: Bulb Comix, 2006

            Part of the Swiss imprint’s minature commix box sets, includes Pentti Otsamo, Pascal Lemaitre, Miguel B. Nunez, Santiago Sequeiros, and Christian Northeast

All Hawaiian Entrees/Lunar Reggae, Milan: Charta, 2006

            Catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same name at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 2006.  The catalogue was printed deliberately blurred, including a blurred re-print of the issue number 10, ‘Season of Ghouls’ of Grant Morrison and Chris Weston’s The Invisibles.

Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries 1900-1969, ed. Dan Nadel, New York: Abrams, 2006

            Reprints of old comics by over 25 artists including Milt Gross

The Best American Comics 2007, Chris Ware (ed.), New York: Houghton Mifflin 2007

            Collection includes over 20 artists incl. Ivan Brunetti, Art Speigelman, Sophie Crumb, Lynda Barry, Lauren Weinstein.  Note: contains several reprints from Kramers Ergot No. 6, 2006

Choice, Issue 1, Wellington: Lincoln Print, December 2007

            New Zealand zine/anthology

The Comic Eye, ed. Mark Innes, Hamilton: Blind Bat Press, 2007

            Anthology of comics about comics, note: more often biographical or whimsical than reflexive or critical, over 30 contributors including Tim Corrigan, Rick Geary, and Earl Geier

Engine, issues 3 and 4, Northampton (MA, USA), Little Engine Studios, 1998 and 1999

            Stories by Toby Craig and Todd Gail

Free Comics, issue 1, Copenhagen: Forlaget Forlaens, 2003

            Danish language anthology

Fun Stuff, issue 1, 2004

            Galway zine with James Newell and Sophie Coyle

Future Robot Magazine, issue 1, 2004

The Ganzfeld, issue 5, ed. Dan Nadel, New York: Picturebox, 2007

            ‘Japanada’ issue, with Shigeru Sugiura, King Terry, Julie Doucet, Mark Connery

Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce, Wisconsin: Eureka Productions, 2003

            Illustrations of American author Bierce’s short stories and ironic fables, and his ‘Devil’s Dictionary’; contributors include Johnny Ryan, Milton Knight and others

The Illustrated Ape, London, issue 9 (2000), 21 and 22 (2006)

Kramers Ergot 6, ed. Sammy Harkham, Oakland: Buenaventura Press, 2006

            6th edition of the large-format comic anthology, including CF, Dan Zettwoch, Marc Smeets, Jason T. Miles, Bald Eagles, Paper Rad, Andrew J Wright, Jerry Moriarty, Chris Cilla, Martin Cendreda, Matthew Thurber, James McShane, Marc Bell, Vaneaa Davis, Suiho Tagawa, Souther Salazar, Jeff Ladouceur, Fabio Viscogliosi, Sharry Boyle, Ron Rege Jr, Elvis Studio, Tom Gauld, John Procellino

McSweeny’s Quarterly Concern, issue 13, edited by Chris Ware, Brooklyn: McSweeny’s, 2004

            Comic edition of this literary publication includes contributions from Chester Brown, Jeffry Brown, Ivan Brunetti, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, R. Crumb, Kim Deitch, Julie Doucet, David Heatley, Guilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Ben Katchor, Richard McGuire, Gary Panter, Archer Prewitt, Art Spiegelman, Adrian Tomine, Joe Sacco, Seth, Jim Woodring; also includes features on and rare works by Milt Gross, Philip Guston, George Herriman, Charles Schultz, and Rodolphe Topffer

Mineshaft, number 17, Grass Roots Press, 2006

            Zine-style magazine featuring contributions from the Crumb family (father, mother and daughter), Kim Deitch, Spain, and Frank Stack

Mome, Fall 2006, Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2006

            Includes Andrice Arp, Jeffrey Brown, martin Cendreda, Sophie Crumb, Robert Goodin, Tim Hensley, Anders Nilsen, Zak Sally

Mome, Vol. 12 Fall 2008, Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2008

            Includes David B., Sophie Crumb, Ray Fenwick, Paul Hornschemeier, Killoffer, Nate Neal, Oliver Schrauwen, Dash Shaw, Tom Kaczynski, Jon Vermilyea

Our Comic Book, ed. Mel Brimfield, Frankfurt: Revolver, 2007

            Book accompanying exhibition, includes contributions from David Godbold with Sally O’Reilly, Klega, Olivia Plender, Bedwyr Williams

Pictures and Words: New Comic Art and Narrative Illustration, eds. Roanne Bell and Mark Sinclair, London: Lawrence King Publishing, 2005

            Coffee table large format book with brief introductions to artists like Jason, David Shrigley and Tom Gould

Renate, issues 6 and 14

            Berlin comix zine

Toenail Clippings, issues 1 and 3, Dublin: Big If Publications, 2000 and 2001

            Dublin’s original comic anthology, includes contributions from Des McElroy, Brendan Byrne, Barry Hughes Steven Weekes and possibly the first ‘Kick the cat’

True Porn 2, ed. Robyn Chapman and Kelli Nelson, Gainesville: Alternative Comics, 2005

            Collection of sexual-themed biographical stories

Warrior, issue 8, London: Quality Communications, 1982

            Classic b&w UK comics, includes an episode of Moore’s Marvelman and V for Vendetta

World War 3 Illustrated, London: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995

            Collection of political, anarchist, anti-war and egalitarian comics, including contributions from Eric Drooker, Scott Cunningham, Seth Tobocman and Mumia Abu Jamal

 

 

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