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Comics Worth ReadingFriends of Lulu is offering their newest anthology,
The Girls' Guide to Guys' Stuff (MAY07 3477, $14.95), featuring an amazing list of contributors, including Abby Denson (Tough Love), Lark Pien (Long Tail Kitty), Debbie Huey (Bumperboy), Rachel Nabors (Crow Princess), Tatiana Gill (A Strange Day), Yali Lin (With Love), and the very considerate MK Reed (who has been keeping me updated on the project). That's only what I consider the high points; visit the link for the full list. I had thought that the theme was a poor choice, but I enjoyed the stories a lot, covering such subjects as punk rock, sports, dating, fashion, and of course, porn. Unusually, the art is almost all of very high quality — out of over 50 stories, there were only two where I thought "why'd they let THAT in?" That's an incredibly high ratio for anthologies of this type. Particular favorites were the lovely Mulan retelling by Anita Cheng & Vicky Hsu, with its influences of Chinese painting; Liz Bailie's life of Billy Tipton; the set of convention attendance tips by EJ Barnes; and the funny Cathy Leamy riffing on neckties.