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...will be recorded in comix history as the year of great anthologies. While graphic novels may get the attention, anthologies remain the premier way to discover new talent. This year saw a surfeit of excellently edited collections. Drawn and Quarterly and Fantagraphics both began publishing a series dedicated to showcasing new talent with "Drawn and Quarterly Showcase" and "Blood Orange," respectively. In August Alternative Comics published a follow up to its outstanding 2003 anthology, "Rosetta." Best of all, "McSweeny's #13," arguably the finest comix anthology ever published, set a new standard for the form (see TIME.comix review...
...Press; 320 pages), edited by Sammy Harkham, also has a jewel-like quality. It's so aesthetically pure that it doesn't even print a price on the book. (It's $30). Appearing only annually, last year's giant issue established the series as the premier showcase for emerging/edgy talent by insisting on the seriousness of their endeavors with its sumptuous production values. (See TIME.comix review.) Printed in full color on thick paper stock at a large size, "Kramer's Ergot" allows artists who would otherwise only know inexpensive reproduction to see their work monumentalized. This latest issue goes...
...Though it has no stated theme, a number of the contributions to "Kramer's Ergot" #5 share a curious interest in the nature of religion and faith. Kevin Huizenga, a major emerging talent whose first solo book, "Or Else," has just been published by Drawn and Quarterly, contributes the best of the more traditional narrative offerings. "Jeepers Jacobs," beautifully rendered in the pastels of dappled summer sunlight, effortlessly mixes the comedy of human foibles with the debate over the existence of hell. Among other things, its thoughtful portrait of a religious conservative ingeniously rebuts the divisive and absurd language...
...think it was well deserved,” Fitzpatrick said. “When a team has success it happens for a reason. We have lots of talent, lots of talented kids...
...While some of us might wish it were otherwise, the reality is that there are a small number of professions in which the demand for top talent far outstrips the supply,” Rapier wrote. “Intense competition for the very best people in those fields has driven their compensation levels to breathtaking heights: network news anchors, Fortune 500 CEOs, professional athletes, and entertainers with box-office appeal. Managers who can successfully invest billion-dollar funds are in that same league...