An anthology of top-selected graphic pieces published in American periodicals in 2013 and 2014 showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors.

Mom and dad. --Can't we talk about something more pleasant? -- (exerpt) / Roz Chast ; -- Kill my mother -- (exerpt) / Jules Feiffer -- Superheroes detourned. -- Theth -- (exerpt) / Josh Bayer ; -- Sadistic comics / R. Sikoryak ; -- Mathilde's story / Diane Obomsawin ; -- Blane throttle -- (exerpt) / Ben Duncan -- Storytellers. -- The wrenchies -- (exerpt) / Farel Dalrymple ; -- Prometheus / Anders Nilsen ; -- Palm ash / Julia Gfrorer ; -- The good witch, 1947 / Megan Kelso -- Voices. -- No tears, no sorrow / Eleanor Davis ; -- Pretty smart / Andy Burkholder ; -- The Colombia diaries, Sept 14-16 -- (exerpt) / Gabrielle Bell -- You might even hang them on your wall. -- No title (I was fumbling), no title (the credits rolled), and no title (as we can) / Raymond Pettibon ; -- Lacher de chiens / Henriette Valium ; -- Pythagoras / Ron Rege, Jr. ; -- 76 manifestations of American Destiny -- (exerpt) / David Sandlin ; -- Cretin keep on creep'n creek / Mat Brinkman ; -- briefly, before dawn / Rosaire Appel -- Biopics and historical fictions. -- selections from Hip hop family tree / Ed Piskor ; -- Woman rebel : the Margaret Sanger story -- (exerpt) / Peter Bagge ; -- The Great War -- (exerpt) / Joe Sacco -- Working the cute nerve. -- Fran -- (exerpt) / Jim Woodring ; -- Little Tommy lost : book one -- (exerpt) / Cole Closser ; -- Mimi and the wolves -- (exerpt) / Alabaster ; -- Pockets of temporal disruptions -- (exerpt) from Safari honeymoon / Jesse Jacobs ; -- Misliving amended / Adam Buttrick -- Raging her-moans. -- My year of unreasonable grief (part four) -- (exerpt) from Lena Finkle's magic barrel / Anya Ulinich ; -- Someone please have sex with me / Gina Wynbrandt ; -- After school -- (exerpt) from Unloveable, vol.3 / Esther Pearl Watson -- The way we live now. -- Informanics -- (exerpt) / Matthew Thurber ; -- Cross delivery, Screw style, How did you get in the hole?, The pen, and We can't sleep -- from The hole / Noel Freibert ; -- Comets comets / Blaise Larmee ; -- Crime chime noir / A. Degen -- Brainworms. -- No class -- (exerpt) from School spirits / Anya Davidson ; -- Net gain, Swiping at branches, and The perfect match / Kevin Hooyman ; -- Behold the sexy man! -- from Well come / Erik Nebel.