Since its inception in 2005, Mome has overlapped the contemporarygraphic novel scene, the literary world, and the graphic arts community byserving as a McSweeney's of comics for those who want a vibrant, quarterlysampler of the best the medium has to offer. Whether exposing new talent likeEleanor Davis (author of the recent Stinky by Toon Books) or TomKaczynski; featuring short stories by contemporary graphic novelists like DashShaw (The Bottomless Belly Button) or Paul Hornschemeier (The ThreeParadoxes); bringing the work of international superstars like David B.(Epileptic) or Killoffer (676 Apparitions of Killoffer) toAmerican audiences; or introducing the work of legends like Gilbert Shelton(The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers) to a new generation of readers,Mome is the most acclaimed, accessible, frequent, and reasonably pricedanthology on the market despite its high production values and mostly colorformat. Read Less