Edited by: Steffen Maarup In all the excitement over manga from Japan and bandes dessin es from France, it's easy to forget that most other countries have a thriving comics culture all their own. This eye-popping anthology, assembled by Danish publisher/editor/translator Steffen Maarup, introduces adventurous readers to 18 exciting talents, most of whom are taking their first bow on the English-speaking stage. One centerpiece of the book is Nikoline Werdelin's stunning 'Because I Love You So Much,' a Doonesbury-style slice-of-life Danish daily strip about a suburban Danish couple who discover their daughter is being molested - is it happening at her daycare center - horrifyingly, closer to home? Other major revelations include Julie Nord's elegantly drawn 'From Wonderland With Love' (which gives the collection its title), a modernistic riff on Alice in Wonderland, and Ib Kjeldsmark's 'Sloth,' a riotously punk-inflected day-glo duo-toned road trip. The book also spotlights the snarky and surreal single-panel work and gags by HuskMitNavn, Christoffer Zieler, and Johan F. Krarup; the visually explosive silent comics of M rd n Smet and Peter Kielland; cover artist T. Thorhauge's spectacular philosophical piece 'M'; and many other stories in a wide variety of styles from the sinister black and white Lynchian surrealism of Simon Bukhaven's wooden robot story 'All I Have in My Hand' to the watercolored animal-fable extravaganza 'Tomb of the Rabbit King' by Allan Haverholm, from S ren Mosdal and Jacob rsted's meticulously delineated and colored nightmare yarn 'Dog God' to Zven Baslev's slashing, black and white, Panter-esque 'Cadarul Zombie.' And more!