The Best American Comics 2007, edited by Chris Ware

“The comics collected in this book range fairly far and wide, but the strong center of gravity is plaintive tales of everyday life, set in the present, and usually about the social groups that comic artists themselves belong to. The appeal of such work is its emotional directness - in this age of highly branded, executive-produced cultural output, comics promise a more resonant and unadulterated link between creator and reader.’ Read the review at the New York Times.