Comics Anthologies Worth Keeping?

[skoden]

I've got a few collections of anthologies like Zero Zero, Island, America's Best Comics, Weirdo, Mome, Now, Kramers Ergot, Snarf, and BLAB! that I've held on to for years now. Apart from Kramers, I don't really go back and re-read them that often so I'm considering taking a few of these to a store for credit (though some of these are hardly worth selling like ABC, some are worth $$$, and some are keepers).

Are there any hidden gems in these that haven't been reprinted elsewhere other than the obvious ones like "The Trumpets They Play!" or pretty much all of Kramers #7? Are there other examples of anthologies like these that people have collected and contain treasures untold?

Pubs that are also rare and/or out-of-print like Zero Zero, Arcade, Weirdo, and RAW that have been scanned are nice to have access to, so if you have links post them here too!

[slugfizz]

CHAIN #8, summer 2001

Only because it reprints MacK White's "Cindy the Tattooed Sunday School Teacher"(1992). Saw pages from White's original in art show at Chicago's Cultural Center and loved it.

Back of issue from editors: "Please, NO email submissions (we tend to lose them). That 2001 charm!

Not the crispest printing.

[arecomicsevengood]

Jan 31, 2024 20:50:31 GMT slugfizz said:

CHAIN #8, summer 2001

Only because it reprints MacK White's "Cindy the Tattooed Sunday School Teacher"(1992). Saw pages from White's original in art show at Chicago's Cultural Center and loved it.

Back of issue from editors: "Please, NO email submissions (we tend to lose them). That 2001 charm!

Not the crispest printing.

This is in the aforementioned Snake Eyes (issye 3, which I bought for its unreprinted Mazzucchelli strip) as well as in Mack's solo anthology Villa Of The Mysteries. Probably printed at its largest size in Snake Eyes.

It is very hard for me to think of any anthologies I revisit other than old volumes of Kramers. One of these days I'm going to borrow the full run of Zero Zero though (home to a Mack White serial that hasn't been reprinted).

[mikesheawright]

i really like all the Cold Cube ones i have, Happiness 5 from Perfectly Acceptable, all the Colorama ones i've seen are awesome, Cram is great, i love that Freakbuck book, Clamp, Wipeout, Mirror Mirror 2, Lagon Revue, the list goes onnnnn

i love anthologies maybe i think all anthologies are worth keeping haha. actually the only peow exMag i kept was the first one with the willumsen story in it. the other ones are kinda wack imho.