IntoTheWild itibaren ロシア タタールスタン共和国 ヴィシェンカ
Fast read and entertaining, but a little slow at the end.
It is probably considered cheating to just read through graphic anthologies and think you really understand something about comics, so to avoid that, I will go ahead and say that although the format intrigues me greatly I am still something of a novice. I did, however, think that this was a pretty nice collection of a good range of work and artists. I had seen some of these in other anthologies, and I'd read Black Hole in its long form, so I don't know if I'd recommend this to those who really, really know their comics. But it's well worth reading if, like me, you've only scratched the surface of graphic fiction and are looking for a great jumping off point. One thing I absolutely loved that I felt was sort of different from other anthologies was the way this book was put together. Like A Mr. Show sketch or a really great mix-tape, the comics are connected to one another either stylistically or loosely by subject and the whole of the contents just flows without ever seeming monotonous. Even where the connection is a stretch I found this absolutely brilliant. Also, the anthology includes some really interesting vintage experimental stuff that I never really knew existed, and that blew my mind in a lot of ways. I really could not list my favorites because they'd be pretty numerous, but in almost 400 pages of work by well over fifty contributors, there's no reason that shouldn't be the case for any reader.