Publisher delays will affect new comic releases — read our full update.

Auction in progress, bid now! Weekly Auction ends Monday February 3!

Comics Journal (1977) comic books

  • Issue #201
    Comics Journal (1977) 201

    Interview with celebrity portrait artist Al Hirschfeld; interview with Larry Marder. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #203
    Comics Journal (1977) 203

    Interviews with Russ Manning, Noel Sickles, Roy Crane, Roy Tompkins (Trailer Trash) and Mack White (Villa of the Mysteries). Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #204
    Comics Journal (1977) 204

    Interview with underground cartoonist Spain - down the back alleys and side streets; interview with Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man). Cover price $5.95.

    The listings below are from eBay, and MyComicShop is not responsible for these items in any way. Some listings shown here may no longer be available if they sold or were ended by the seller after we last retrieved the listing details.

    $17 The Comics Journal #204 May 1998 The Magazine Of Comic News And Criticism

    Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.

  • Issue #207
    Comics Journal (1977) 207

    Tossing back a few with Garth Ennis - the interview; Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage) interviewed; Gary Groth vs. Bart Beaty on 'The Cerebus Effect; convention madness. Cover by John McCrea. Cover price $5.95.

    The listing below is from eBay, and MyComicShop is not responsible for this item in any way. Some listings shown here may no longer be available if they sold or were ended by the seller after we last retrieved the listing details.

    $20 The Comics Journal #207 Sept 1998 Garth Ennis Interview Comic News & Criticism

    Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.

  • Issue #219
    Comics Journal (1977) 219

    Interview with Kyle Baker; remembering the Golden Age with Pierce Rice; Ted White on Heavy Metal Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #220
    Comics Journal (1977) 220

    25 Years of Eddie Campbell; Gary Groth editorial on 'The Time of the Toad'; analyzing Jessica Abel's work; decade in review; R. Fiore looks back; 90s timeline. Covers by Eddie Campbell and Jessica Abel. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #224
    Comics Journal (1977) 224

    Alex Ross interview - part 2; interview with Larry Gonick. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #228
    Comics Journal (1977) 228

    Jason Lutes interview - Jar of Fools, Germany and gym shorts; 100 Bullets creative team interviewed - Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso, Dave Johnson & Axel Alonso; small press trying to deal with Diamond. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #230B
    Comics Journal (1977) 230B

    Everything you always wanted to know about Tom Sutton but were afraid to ask; catching up with Mike Allred; Marvel fires Al Milgrom; Marv Wolfman appeals Blade ruling. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #236
    Comics Journal (1977) 236

    The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: From time to time, comics creators feel that they have rights. In the first of a special 2-issue focus (part 2 is in #239), the Journal looks at past and present struggles between creators and corporations. Featuring, word-for-word, the horrifying, hilarious, depressing, educational trial of Marv Wolfman vs. Marvel Comics as Wolfman takes a bullet for creators' rights. Who owns Blade? Transcripts from the courtroom drama. Also: The intellectual properties that launched a thousand legal briefs. The new wave of copyright wars and how they could affect the comics industry. To organize or not to organize? Plus: TCJ continues to provide you with all the hard-hitting news, insightful criticisms and generally witty commentary that have made them one of the best in the business for over 25 years! Magazine, 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #239
    Comics Journal (1977) 239

    The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: Apparently, comics creators feel that they have certain rights to their own artwork or writing, control over working conditions and freedom of speech. Are conditions for creators improving, deteriorating or the same as they've ever been? In the second of our special 2-issue focus (part 1 is in #236), the Journal looks at present and emerging struggles between creators and corporations, including the recent legal setback of Marv Wolfman. Also featuring an investigation of the ongoing wave of copyright wars and how they could affect the comics industry: Can comics creators get it together? Individual courtroom disputes versus organized struggle. Plus, TCJ continues to provide you with all the groundbreaking news, incisive criticisms and pithy remarks that have made them the best in the business for over 25 years! Magazine, 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #243
    Comics Journal (1977) 243

    The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: Tom Spurgeon asks the hard questions of down-under wunderkind Dylan Horrocks: What, exactly, does it take to be the leading voice of an entire generation of cartoonists? With the groundbreaking Hicksville under his belt, and the brand-new Atlas, plus his current work with DC, Horrocks barely had time to make us this glorious all-new cover! Also: A new distributor crisis - independents, friendly LPC files Chapter 11; panel discussions - Burns, Kaz, Deitch, Kidd, McGuire, Spiegelman and Ware; R. Fiore on Ghost World; and a new manga column. Plus: News, criticism, various genius columnists, and everything else you've ever wanted in a comics magazine. Magazine, 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #249
    Comics Journal (1977) 249

    Recalling childhood with Debbie Drechsler; Will Eisner - a new interview on the 30s shop system; R. Fiore on Dark Knight 2 and Krazy Kat; color essays on manga, minicomix, Trondheim and Punch magazine. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #253
    Comics Journal (1977) 253

    The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: The Comics Journal is proud to present a cover-length interview with Eric Drooker, examining his fascinating life and art, his marvelous wordless comics work, particularly his recent novel Blood Song and the seminal Flood! A Novel in Pictures, as well as his illustrations for clients like The New Yorker and Rage Against the Machine, and his collaboration with Allen Ginsberg! Also, esteemed Hal Foster biographer Brian Kane has a brief but utterly absorbing chat with veteran comics legend and inheritor of the Prince Valiant series, John Cullen Murphy! Plus, Eurocomics sensation Jason is interviewed! As always, the issue is packed with the kind of arts/literature coverage on the entire world of comics that earned it a 2002 Utne Independent Press Award. Magazine, 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #276
    Comics Journal (1977) 276

    The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. This issue, Dirk Deppey sits down with Terry Moore, the cartoonist behind Strangers in Paradise! Learn the story behind the story of Francine and Katchoo, and find out how Moore survived the self-publishing battleground of the 1990's. Also: Mike Catron interviews Bob Haney (Teen Titans, Metamorpho, DC war comics). Plus: the World War 3 Illustrated Roundtable; early Bernie Krigstein comics; and CBLDF sex scandal leads to Women's Empowerment Fund. To wrap things up, you get all the news, commentary and criticism you've come to expect from America's most respected magazine about the cartooning arts! Cover by Terry Moore. 200 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $9.95.