Mome Winter 2011

MOME #21

by Eric Reynolds (Editor), Various Artists

Mome (mom), n. Archaic, a fool; blockhead. The influence of Fantagraphics' flagship quarterly anthology of new comic art and storytelling continues to grow. Celebrating it's fifth anniversary in 2010, the series has published over 2,000 pages of comics in its half-decade of existence, becoming a staple for those eager to discover what's new in the world of literary comics. Mome showcases the best new talent of this decade's ascendant cartoon generation, alongside work from some of North America and Europe's most respected creators. Recent contributors of short stories to Mome include: Gilbert Hernandez, Dave Cooper, Ivan Brun, Josh Simmons, Lilli Carre, Nicolas Mahler, Laura Park, Olivier Schrauwen, Tom Kaczynski, Dash Shaw, Ray Fenwick, Andrice Arp, Eleanor Davis, Nathan Neal, Conor O'Keefe, Derek Van Gieson, Jon Vermilyea, Frank Santoro, Ben Jones, Rick Froberg, Kamagurka & Seele, Robert Goodin, Sara Edward-Corbett and many more.

Genres: Comics, Anthologies, Fiction

120 pages, Paperback

First published November 3, 2010

About the author

Eric Reynolds is a Seattle-based cartoonist, critic and comics editor who is the Vice-President and Associate Publisher for Fantagraphics Books. His work has appeared in The Stranger, The Comics Journal, The New York Times, The New York Press and other publications. He has edited or co-edited The Complete Crumb Comics, Angry Youth Comics, Dirty Stories and MOME and has inked some of Peter Bagge's comics.

Reviews

[Bob Comparda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great issue of MOME.

Sergio Ponchione - Sgnaz! ⭐⭐
Partridge in the Pear Tree & Josh Simmons - The White Rhinoceros, Part 3 ⭐⭐⭐
Dash Shaw - Making of Jurassic Park ⭐⭐
Steven Weissman - Barack Hussein Obama⭐⭐
Kurt Wolfgang - Nothing Eve, Part 9 ⭐⭐⭐
Sara Edward-Corbett - Afraid of the Dark ⭐⭐
Nicolas Mahler - Moving Pictures ⭐
Tom Kaczynski - The Cozy Apocalypse ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Josh Simmons - Mutant ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jon Adams - Almost Candied Chimera ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nate Neal - Cha-ul Nu Mon-Mon ⭐⭐⭐
T. Edward Bak - Wild Man, Chapter 3: Beasts of the Sea, Part 1 ⭐⭐
Michael Jada & Derek Van Gieson - Devil Doll, Part 4 ⭐⭐
Nick Thorburn - True Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Lilli Carré - Marching Band ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nick Thorburn - Gus 'Tude, the Moody Dude ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume did not have any stories that really stood out. On the other hand, there wasn't anything really terrible. Don't quite get the Barack Hussein Obama strips, but you can't win them all.