Cecil and Jordan by Gabrielle Bell. $19.95, 159 pages. Full color. Published by Uncivilized.

Gabrielle Bell is one of the greatest cartoonists of the 21st century. If you have never read her work before, these volumes published by Uncivilized are wonderful places to start. These are perfectly drawn and written comics that have inspired numerous careers by other cartoonists, but nothing compares to the strength of feeling and observation and sheer cartooning perfection that these works offer.