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January 6, 2018


FFF Results Post #491—Books Of 2017

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five Comics Or Comics-Related Books You've Enjoyed That Were Published In 2017. In The Fifth Slot, Put A Book You Feel Was Under-Appreciated." This is how they responded

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Mário Filipe

1. Deserto | Nuvem, Francisco Sousa Lobo (Chili Com Carne)
2. Showtime, Antoine Cossé (Breakdown Press)
3. Farmer Ned's Comic Barn, Gerald Jablonski (Fantagraphics)
4. Brume / Bruma, Amanda Baeza (kuš!/Chili Com Carne)
5. Education, John Hankiewicz (Fantagraphics)

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Patrick Watson

1) My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
2) Roughneck, Jeff Lemire (Gallery 13)
3) Fog Over Tolbiac Bridge Malet and Tardi (Fantagraphics)
4) Poppies of Iraq, Findakly and Trondheim (D+Q_
5) 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank, Rosenberg and Boss (Black Mask)

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Terry Eisele

* Tenements, Towers, and Trash, Julia Wertz (Black Dog & Leventhal)
* My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
* Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home, Nicole Georges (Mariner Books)
* Roughneck, Jeff Lemire (Gallery 13)
* The Chronicles of Fortune, Coco Picard (Radiator Comics)

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Tom Spurgeon

1. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
2. Monograph, Chris Ware (Rizzolli)
3. Boundless, Jillian Tamaki (D+Q)
4. Anti-Gone, Connor Willumsen (Koyama Press)
5. Pretending Is Lying, Dominique Goblet (NYRC)

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Will Pfeifer

1. How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels, Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden (Fantagraphics)
2. Monograph, Chris Ware (Rizzoli)
3. Behaving Madly: Zany, Loco, Cockeyed Rip-off Satire Magazines, Edited by Craig Yoe and Ger Apeldoorn (Yoe Books)
4. To Laugh That We May Not Weep: The Life and Art of Art Young, Frank Young and Glenn Bray (and Art Young) (Fantagraphics)
5. Mister Morgen, Igor Hofbauer (Conundrum Press)

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Caleb Orecchio

1. Anti-Gone, Connor Willumsen (Koyama Press)
2. Open Letter to Sleep, Alyssa Berg (self-published)
3. Crickets 6, Sammy Harkham (self-published)
4. Joan the Drone Pilot and Mary the Drone, Lale Westvind (Fume Room Press)
5. Suzy and Cecil, Sally Ingraham and Gabriella Tito (Comics Workbook)

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Jeffrey A. Goodman

1. R. Crumb's Bible Of Filth (revised and expanded) (David Zwirner Books)
2. Awaiting The Collapse, Paul Kirchner (Tanibis Editions)
3. Reed Crandall: Illustrator of Comics, Roger Hill (TwoMorrows)
4. Spain Rodriguez: Street Fighting Men, Patrick Rosenkranz (Fantagraphics)
5. Beurre Fondue, Stan Liquide (Le Dernier Cri)

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I apologize to the pair of responders that sent theirs not in requested format. I had a very limited time to do these this week, which means very little time to do extra coding, and I hope you understand.

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