A review by tasharobinson
The Best American Comics 2008 by Lynda Barry, Jessica Abel, Matt Madden

4.0

Reading this in 2020, it feels more like a flashback session than necessarily a collection of indelible comics that will pass the test of time. Some of the selections seem fairly random — like, it was great to see Alison Bechdel in here, but the selection of "Dykes to Watch Out For" strips feel pretty arbitrary and unrelated. And I'd forgotten all about Kaz — it seems like forever since I've read a Kaz strip — but ditto, I have no idea why this particular strips were chosen. Mostly it was a pleasant surprise to be reminded of so many artists who used to be in the Chicago Reader back when it could afford to be a clearinghouse for indie cartoonists.