Editor Lynda Barry wished to include an excerpt from Batman: Year 100 in The Best American Comics 2008 but was denied permission by DC Comics for unstated reasons.
The letter collected the signatures of many notable comics artists such as Lynda Barry, Dan Clowes, and Julie Doucet.
; this approach is similar to that of several other female cartoonists, notably Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Lynda Barry.
Fulbeck cites photographer Jim Goldberg and comic artist Lynda Barry as specifically influential to the creation of the project.
Featured acts included an All-Star Roller Derby match featuring members of the LA Derby Dolls, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Exene Cervenka, Funny or Die, The Axis of Awesome, Joel Hodgson, Lynda Barry, JP Incorporated, Two-Headed Dog, and R.V.I.P. Karaoke.
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