The best American comics 2012
(Graphic Novel)

X'ed out (excerpt) / Charles Burns --

The battle of Buron (from Two generals) / Scott Chantler --

Scenes from an impending marriage (excerpt) / Adrian Tomine --

Jimbo / Gary Panter --

Are comics moronic dribble? and Skull groin (from Up all night) / Michael Kupperman --

Kamikaze (from A public space) / Nora Krug --

Skyline and Hot stuff (from The believer) / Jonathan Bennett --

The pilot learns to fly (from Big questions) / Anders Nilsen --

The Golan Heights (from How to understand Israel in 60 days or less) / Sarah Glidden --

Blood of the virgin (excerpt) (from Crickets) / Sammy Harkham --

A month of ... (from the New York Times) / Leanne Shapton --

Special exits (excerpt) / Joyce Farmer --

Frank among the gut-worshippers (from Congress of the animals) / Jim Woodring.

Angelina (from Paying for it) / Chester Brown --

Hibern-8 (from The believer) / Jonathan Bennett --

Stage 6 (from H day) / Renée French --

Diner food (from Up all night) / Michael Kupperman --

The love bunglers: part four (excerpt) (from Love and rockets) / Jaime Hernandez --

Prophets (from The believer) / Jonathan Bennett --

Leave luck to Heaven / Dakota McFadzean --

Red eye (from NewYorkTimes.com) / Christoph Niemann --

Dead soles (from The believer) / Jonathan Bennett --

House of debt / David Sandlin --

The Irish table (from Chimo) / David Collier --

House of shouts (from Up all night) / Michael Kupperman --

Even the giants get the blues (excerpt) (from Even the Giants) / Jesse Jacobs --

Elsewheres (from Keeping two) / Jordan Crane --

Haggling (from The believer) / Jonathan Bennett --

Money (from the New Yorker) / Chris Ware.

Comics for kids: Vacation and Doctor costume (from Sergio Aragonés Funnies) / Sergio Aragonés --

Rock, scissors, paper (from Knights of the lunch table) / Frank Cammuso --

Baking failure #1 (from Bake Sale) / Sara Varon --

Read a book and Draw your sister a picture (from 60 ways to leave your mother (alone)) / Michael J. Buckley --

Patrick and Big Bear (from Patrick in a teddy bear's picnic and other stories) / Geoffrey Hayes --

A button in the woods (from Zita the Spacegirl) / Ben Hatke.