MOME Winter 2009 (Vol 13): Spring 2009: 14 - Softcover

Groth, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560979585 ISBN 13: 9781560979586

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2009

Synopsis

A literary anthology...with a twist. Since its inception in 2005, MOME has bridged the gap between the contemporary graphic novel scene and the current cutting-edge literary scene, serving as a perfect sampler of today's best young graphic novelists in a quarterly format that sits as handsomely on the newsstand alongside journals like McSweeney's and Paris Review as it does in the graphic novels section.

About this title

Review:

A dizzying and fascinating array of visual styles.... when everything comes together just so (especially in issues 12 and this issue), then MOME becomes a crucial component in understanding alt-comics as they stand today. --Rob Clough"

[Mome] Volume 14 is the best issue yet. About half of the contributors are new to the anthology, and their work especially 'The Carnival, ' Lilli Carre's bizarre, wistful story of damaged love at a state fair, and Spanish cartoonists Hernan Miyoga and Juaco Vizuete's noir about corruption and fame, 'The New Servant' is skillful, funny, and possessed of a confident literary quality that many cartoonists, try as they might, can never achieve. --Paul Constant"

The latest in this anthology series... is what you need to give your really smart adult friends who are starting to enjoy sequential art but don't want to begrime themselves with the whole superheroics rigmarole: Because this is an excellent collection of work (comprising the serious, the funny, the weird, the contemplative, the goofy, and other flavors sublime or ridiculous) by a variety of new artists and old... Give this MOME to someone you love; they'll be queuing up to buy the next iteration. --Wayne Alan Brenner"

The current multi-artist series that has critics in the comics world and outside of it regularly amped.... The last few issues of MOME have really hit a hot-run of quality, and though some stories are more straightforward and others are expressionistic, all the art is always sweet. --Chris Estey"

About the Author:

Gary Groth is the co-founder of The Comics Journal and Fantagraphics Books. He lives in Seattle.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1560979585
• ISBN 13: 9781560979586
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120