by : Gary Groth

Comicdoms premier anthology of new lit comicsa 2006, 2007 and 2008 Eisner and Harvey Award nominee for Best Anthology.

The influence of Fantagraphics flagship anthology of new comic art and storytelling continues to grow with annual award nominations, a widely-acknowledged banner 2008 that found MOME on many year-end critics lists, increasing academic and library interest, several gallery exhibitions mounted nationwide, and an increasingly potent well of top-notch, known and unknown talent making every issue a surprising, dense and delightful read. With this season, the quarterly journal of comics will have brought over 2,000 pages of new comics to the world since its inception in 2005.

Upcoming contributors of short stories to MOME include: Lilli Carr, Laura Park, Olivier Schrauwen, Tom Kaczynski, Dash Shaw, Ray Fenwick, mile Bravo, Andrice Arp, Al Columbia, Eleanor Davis, Nathan Neal, Conor OKeefe, Jon Vermilyea, Jonathan Bennett, Robert Goodin, Sara Edward-Corbett, Derek Van Gieson, and many more.

2009 saw the end of three serials for MOMElegendary cartoonist Gilbert Sheltons serialized graphic novel, Last Gig in Shngrlig, Paul Hornschemeiers Life with Mr. Dangerous, and Tim Hensleys Wally Gropius and the launch of two more.