(Part 2) Best graphic novel anthologies according to redditors
We found 53 Reddit comments discussing the best graphic novel anthologies. We ranked the 31 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
![Little Nemo In Slumberland 1906-1907 [Comic Anthology]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61N70VuwS-L.jpg)
C'monnnn, credit the man who works hard on these great comics everyday and doesn't make nearly as much as he should.
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Luke Surl is a great guy. I actually have met him on a few occasions. Some of his greatest work is in this awesome book. It gets me sad when I think about how much money these guys should be making when their shit gets stolen and posted all over the web.
Here are a few more:
DC Comics
Marvel
Fantagraphics
Dark Horse
The Best American Comics 2006 edited by Harvey Pekar. I really love this series. Each year Houghton Mifflin puts out a new volume with comics from the previous year. And every year they have a new guest editor who brings with them their own particular taste and spin on things. This year was Harvey Pekar's turn and the comics in this edition tend to be more literary with very long excerpts from various graphic novels. My favorite of these was "La RubiaLoca" from Justin Hall's "The Travel Tales" about a group of backpackers in Mexico had to work together to baby sit a woman who was having a mental breakdown. She had stopped sleeping and started to talk fluently in languages that she formally didn't know.
Another particular thing about this volume is that there are a number of political comics in it like Joe Sacco's "Complacency Kills" or "Nakedness and Power" about the abuses of Chevron in Nigeria.
I really love these anthologies because I get a wide view of diverse comics that are being made. I'd have to buy lots of books and spend lots of money to get the taste you get in these books.
The DC Showcase collections are a good source of cheap reprints of suitable silver age comics such as Batman and Superman, and also - as per the Goosebumps connections - some of their 60s/70s supernatural titles like House of Mystery, Ghosts and The Witching Hour. Here's the Ghosts volume, which is 512 pages for $12 - great value. I wouldn't imagine any of the Showcase volumes would be inappropriate (I'm in the UK, but I'm thinking grade 3 is around 9 years old?). Marvel have their cheap paperback equivalents, and I'm sure classic Spider-Man would be a hit.
I also think you can't go wrong with Carl Barks' Donald Duck strips, and Fantagraphics have just launched the first in a new series of reprints of those, starting with the excellent Lost in the Andes - if you don't have access to that your local library might have some Barks stuff in a Duck Tales collection or the like. These stories are wonderfully told and genuinely funny.
Returning to the supernatural angle, at around age 9 I was fascinated by a Little Archie digest I picked up. Little Archie stories usually revolve around spooky plots and - in the 70s, at least - they were imaginative and well done. Older Archie stories in general I think are a good bet, but Little Archie brings the mind-bending horror (I still reread a great story about a mad artist trapping people in his paintings for decades).
You might also consider the recent collection of Dick Briefer's Frankenstein or Bob Powell's Terror. These are all collected editions - I'm afraid I don't have much info on current releases that might be suitable - but may be worth checking your library for.
And finally here are my top (and lavish) selections for young readers - Golden Collection of Krazy Kool Klassic Kids' Komics and The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics - both are excellent collections of classic strips.
And really finally, as the last link just reminded me of it, check out Little Lit - Art Spiegelman's collection with modern creators doing new comics aimed at kids, with quality results. That's a link to a compilation of the best, but there are themed single editions.
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Tokyo Days, Bangkok Nights
http://www.amazon.com/Vertigo-Pop-Tokyo-Bangkok-Nights/dp/1401221890
> Visit two exotic locales in this new, globetrotting graphic novel from Vertigo
> First, in a tale set in Tokyo, a lone American armed on a quest for high-tech gadgets is swept into a different side of the city by a Japanese high-school girl. Along the way, traditional Japanese values of honor and harmony collide with a young girl's wild ride to the top of the pop charts, with the Yakuza in hot pursuit.
> Then, a vacationing couple heads to Bangkok hoping to heal their disintegrating relationship - but instead become embroiled in an international sex scandal that involves kickboxing tournaments, stray elephants and a misguided quest to save two young girls from a life of crime.
I need to sit down and go thru my comics there's a ton but this is a newer one that I read and it was enjoyable.
ahem Anyone interested in that perspective would be advised to check that out.
For what you're talking about specifically, you might try looking at the Best American Comics anthologies. Here is the 2017 edition, for example. I'm sure there are great periodicals dedicated only to that, but I don't know—some are probably mentioned in the anthologies. As for short fiction in general (not illustrated), a few literary magazines that are popular these days that are a little varied in flavor include:
Online:
Print:
A lot of different work appears in these sorts of mags, and they're not quite what you're talking about, but if you want to just see a bit more of what contemporary literary short fiction is out there, I suppose these are good places to start.
I wasn't able to find a single series that I liked. The one that comes up first on Amazon is the National Geographic "Treasuries" series, but those bring a strong western bias, talks down about the 'barbarians' who believed those things, and ultimately tried to reconcile the myths of other cultures with Christianity. Which totally defeats the purpose of teaching mythology in the first place. So I ended up curating my own collection of books that were a bit more objective and unbiased.
Here's a couple that I settled on:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0763663158
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0689868855
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385015836
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804838070
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1573060798
Saw this on Amazon; it's illustrated versions of classic Western stories by some great authors. I have the Edgar Allan Poe book by the same people and it's pretty cool.
Just went back to check. I was incorrect on a few things bookwise. Winsor McCay was American, not French, and it wasn't a graphic novel but actually a weekly full-page newspaper cartoon.
Looks like this is your best bet if you want to see it all, or else [this](
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Slumberland-1906-1907-Comic-Anthology/dp/1449576974/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1486416948&sr=8-4&keywords=little+nemo) is a considerably cheaper but less comprehensive collection.
Otherwise just search for comic collections by Winsor McCay and find one that suits.
Movie-wise, this is the drug-fueled plot-loose movie based on the newspaper cartoon.
Hope that helps!