The Best American Comics 2016

"The incomparable Roz Chast puts her unique, delightful stamp on this book right up front, writing about how she once tried to get into Highlights for Children by obsessively learning to draw horses (animals that terrified her). She’s rounded up a delicious diversity of talent, particularly women: Gabrielle Bell, Kate Beaton, Nina Bunjevac. The big guys are here too: Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, Joe Sacco, Gilbert Hernandez. Unlike in some of this series’ past volumes, the printing quality is excellent. The color is rich and the transitions are delicate in works by Richard McGuire, Ben Katchor and the late Geneviève Elverum, among many others."