Mome (2005) – complete

Every „period“ in modern comics history has had its anthology that tapped into the zeitgeist and foreshadowed a new „generation“ of cartoonists (Zap in the ’60s; Arcade in the ’70s; RAW and Weirdo in the ’80s, etc.). For the new millennium, there is Mome. Designed by acclaimed designer and cartoonist Jordan Crane, this quarterly book spotlights a regular cast of a dozen of today’s most exciting cartoonists. Though virtually every cutting-edge literary journal these days has flirted with comics, Mome is the first all-comics literary anthology designed to sit alongside publications like Granta, The Baffler, McSweeney’s, et al., and is designed to appeal as much to fans of contemporary literary fiction as longtime comics fans.