The popularity of the graphic genre continues to rage, and The Best American Comics is a diverse, exciting annual selection for fans and newcomers alike. The inaugural volume includes stories culled from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the Web.Contributors include Robert Crumb, Chris Ware, Kim Deitch, Jaime Hernandez, Alison Bechdel, Joe Sacco, and Lynda Barry—and unique discoveries such as Justin Hall, Esther Pearl Watson, and Lilli Carré.
Anne Elizabeth Moore Livres
Anne Elizabeth Moore est une critique culturelle et écrivaine dont le travail explore les thèmes du genre, des médias et du capitalisme mondial. À travers ses essais et ses analyses critiques, elle examine comment l'intégrité et l'identité sont sapées par les forces commerciales. Son écriture s'inspire souvent d'expériences de travail auprès de jeunes femmes au Cambodge et de communautés aux États-Unis, soulignant l'interconnexion des problèmes locaux et des structures mondiales. Moore est reconnue pour son approche analytique, qui révèle les mécanismes cachés d'influence et de consommation, et son travail est considéré comme une contribution significative aux études féministes et critiques.





Threadbare: Clothes, Sex, and Trafficking
- 160pages
- 6 heures de lecture
Exploring the intricate links between the garment and sex industries, this illustrated comics series delves into human trafficking and labor issues on a global scale. Through compelling narratives and artwork from the Ladydrawers Comics Collective, the author examines the experiences of women in various contexts, from sweatshops to high fashion. The book highlights the complexities of gender and cultural production, offering insights into a pressing human rights crisis while showcasing the diverse stories that shape these interconnected industries.
Gentrifier
- 272pages
- 10 heures de lecture
Taking on the thorny ethics of owning and selling property as a white woman in a majority Black city and a majority Bangladeshi neighborhood with both intelligence and humor, this memoir brings a new perspective to a Detroit that finds itself perpetually on the brink of revitalization. In 2016, a Detroit arts organization grants writer and artist Anne Elizabeth Moore a free house--a room of her own, à la Virginia Woolf--in Detroit's majority-Bangladeshi "Banglatown." Accompanied by her cats, Moore moves to the bungalow in her new city where she gardens, befriends the neighborhood youth, and grows to intimately understand civic collapse and community solidarity. When the troubled history of her prize house comes to light, Moore finds her life destabilized by the aftershocks of the housing crisis and governmental corruption.This is also a memoir of art, gender, work, and survival. Moore writes into the gaps of Woolf's declaration that "a woman must have money and a room of one's own if she is to write"; what if this woman were queer and living with chronic illness, as Moore is, or a South Asian immigrant, like Moore's neighbors? And what if her primary coping mechanism was jokes?Part investigation, part comedy of a vexing city, and part love letter to girlhood, Gentrifier examines capitalism, property ownership, and whiteness, asking if we can ever really win when violence and profit are inextricably linked with victory.
Unmarketable
Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity
- 272pages
- 10 heures de lecture
The book critically examines the strategies employed by advertising agencies and corporate marketing teams to target the youth market. It explores the sophisticated techniques and branding methods utilized to influence young consumers, shedding light on the manipulative aspects of modern advertising. Through this analysis, the author highlights the implications of these practices on youth culture and consumer behavior.
Cambodian Grrrl: Self-Publising in Phnom Penh
- 96pages
- 4 heures de lecture
Memoir of the author's experiences teaching self-publishing and writing to a group of young women in Cambodia