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The Best Comics of the Decade TPB (1990) · The Collector

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Fantagraphics
The Best Comics of the Decade TPB (1990)

The Best Comics of the Decade TPB

Fantagraphics · 1990

Format: Trade paperback
Status: Ended
Volumes: 2
Cover price: $12.95

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Fantagraphics#1

The Best Comics of the Decade TPB

Volumes
Creators
Characters
What it collects
Details

Issues

2 volumes

Fantagraphics#1

The Best Comics of the Decade TPB

#1

Jun 1990

Fantagraphics#2

The Best Comics of the Decade TPB

#2

Jul 1990

Creators

Sources

Grand Comics Database series 32130

Catalog data from the Grand Comics Database is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and was normalized by The Collector. Cover images belong to their publishers.

Who made the most volumes of this run, with the volumes they span.

73 people credited

Writers

Art Spiegelman1 volume
Howard Cruse1 volume
Ty Templeton1 volume
Mark Newgarden1 volume
Alan Moore1 volume
Carel Moiseiwitsch1 volume
Peter Bagge1 volume
William Messner-Loebs1 volume

Artists

Robert Crumb2 volumes · #1–#2
Art Spiegelman1 volume
Mike Kazaleh1 volume
Howard Cruse1 volume
Ty Templeton1 volume
Gerhard1 volume
Mark Newgarden1 volume
Carel Moiseiwitsch1 volume

Cover artists

Daniel Clowes2 volumes · #1–#2
Bill Griffith1 volume
Spain Rodriguez1 volume
Robert Armstrong1 volume
Chester Brown1 volume
J. R. Williams1 volume
Richard Sala1 volume
Dave Sim1 volume

Inkers: Robert Crumb (2), Art Spiegelman (1), Mike Kazaleh (1)
Colorists: Eric Vincent (1)
Letterers: Robert Crumb (2), Art Spiegelman (1), Howard Cruse (1)
Editors: Kim Thompson (2), Gary Groth (2), Robert Boyd (2)

Characters and teams

Who appears most often in this run, by issues they appear in.

199 characters

wife2
A.C.L.U. Attorney1
Alec MacGarry1
Alexander the Great1
Alfonse1
Allen Ginsburg1
Allison1
Amy Tilsdale1
Antisthenes1
Anton1
Aristotle1
Arline1
Aunt Sylvia1
Barber1
bartender1
Bernice1
Bill Griffith1
Binky1
Bob1
Bob Forehead1
Bobby1
Bongo1
Bonnie1
Brother Riley1

What it collects

The run this book collects isn’t matched in the catalog yet.

Other collected editions

Other bindings and lines of The Best Comics of the Decade.

The Best Comics of the Decade HC (1990)1990 · Hardcover · 2 volumes

Publication details

Publication notes

Published in both hard and softcover editions. The hardcover volumes are listed separately.

From the Grand Comics Database.

Publishing format: Collected Edition
Binding: Softcover
Color: color covers, Black & White interiors