Anthologies are a great way to introduce new work, new creators, even new ideas to a readership. For part two of this survey anthology discussion, the lads go to America’s attic with The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics by Blackbeard & Williams and then out on the mean streets with Paul Gravett’s The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics. Come for the lowdown on these two wonderful comics primers; stay for tales of Blackbeard’s comics treasures! 

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