As Series Editor of The Best American Comics, it is my job to attempt to see as many of each year's most interesting comics as I can. The majority of these arrive as submissions through our public postal address (below). Others I find by attending comics festivals, consulting with colleagues, reaching out individually to artists and publishers, visiting comic books stores, endlessly scanning the internet, and generally keeping my antenna up at all times. After nearly a year of looking and reading, I forward to each year's Guest Editor a selection of more than one hundred outstanding works. From this pool of material, the Guest Editor selects the pieces that will appear in each year's Best American Comics (while retaining, as well, the latitude to bring in some work they may have discovered independently).



On the subject of our process, I cannot urge any artist or publisher strongly enough to submit work to Best American Comics. We have a completely open submission process, and all work that is submitted will be considered. Please send work, labeled with contact information and date of publication, to:



Bill Kartalopoulos

Series Editor

The Best American Comics

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

3 Park Avenue, 19th floor

New York, NY 10016



We feel very strongly about the material selected to appear in Best American Comics and are excited to share these works with a broader audience. But we also acknowledge that this is but one carefully considered selection of the vast body of great work published in any given year.



In addition to reprinting a highly selective body of outstanding work, each volume of The Best American Comics also includes a lengthy list of Notable Comics selected by the Series Editor to more fully indicate the breadth and quality of the field.



In the column to the left you'll find the Table of Contents for The Best American Comics 2016, and below I have reproduced this year's list of Notable Comics. Clicking on the author's name will take you directly to that artist's website. Clicking on the book cover or title will, in most cases, take you to a site where you can find the indicated work. These comics are all well worth your time if you have enjoyed The Best American Comics 2016