this is what concerns me

This review is of the “Best American Comics 2008″ edition, which actually took chances on “up & coming” creators (that Eleanor Davis cover! my god!) as opposed to this year’s volume, which is about as recession-proof safe as one could imagine. My guess is they’ll sell as many(/few) of the boring as of the good ones, but try to convince some Houghton-Mifflin editor of such economic realities? Good fucking luck, he’s banking on modest Crumb-driven sales. (No, I cannot bring myself to blame guest editor Charles Burns.)

And I’m starting the year-end awards early, because really, there’s no way anything could top this.