This was a huge FCBD issue. Most are a little over twenty and this was almost six. It's also a huge amount of short stories, all originals, or unused material from larger volumes. Unused material counts as new to me since it was unpublished until now, though. Some were brilliant, some were w...
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2008/10/graphic-novel-monday-best-american.html
As much as I enjoy other "best of" anthologies for introducing me to short works I wouldn't otherwise read, I didn't enjoy this. I just couldn't find anything I loved and/or that was new and not to short.