Comics Journal (1977) comic books
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Issue #251
Published Mar 2003 by Fantagraphics.$6.00
Interview with James Sturm (The Golems Mighty Swing) and panel discussion with the pioneers of underground comics. Ana Merino on the link between comics and design. Trina Robbins on creating classics. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Revealing cover by Sturm. Black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $6.95.
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Issue #253
Published Jun 2003 by Fantagraphics.$6.00
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.
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Issue #275
Published Mar 2006 by Fantagraphics.$9.00
The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. This issue, sit in on a candid conversation with one of 2005's breakout cartoonists, Epileptic author David B., in a wide-ranging discussion on life, art and cartooning. Plus: The Journal's roster of critics analyze the best comics and graphic novels of 2005, in a wide-ranging section that looks into the work of cartoonists from Winsor McCay to Hank Ketcham to Chris Ware. Also: Danish cartoons of mass destruction. Plus: The comics of Boody Rogers. And, as usual, all the news, criticism and commentary that you've come to expect from the finest, most provocative magazine about comics available today! Cover by David B. 200 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #278
Published 2006 (est.) by Fantagraphics.$9.00
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The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. TCJ interviews two prominent DC writers: first, Dirk Deppey sounds out the Eisner award-winning indie writer/artist Bill Willingham, whose Fables series has been embraced by both critics and fans worldwide! Then, in the second part of an interview too enormous to fit in one issue, Mike Catron gets the inside gossip on Silver Age DC from the prolific Bob Haney, creator of the Teen Titans and Metamorpho! (See #276 for the first part.) Plus: rare 1940's comics by Little Brown Jug animator Orestes Calpini; tribute to underground comix pioneer Jaxon; and a Chris Ware exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Also: reviews, letters and news. Cover by Bill Willingham. 200 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $9.95.
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Issue #292
Published Oct 2008 by Fantagraphics.$3.00
NOTE: Manufacturer's non-permanent "peel-off" retail sticker on front cover may or may not still be present. The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. This issue, Gary Groth interviews father and son cartoonists Gene and Kim Deitch. Academy Award-winning Gene Deitch, whose wide-ranging career has spanned over 60 years, talks about doing illustrations for The Record Changer, directing cartoons such as Munro and Krazy Kat, and creating his comic strip Terr'ble Thompson. Underground comics pioneer Kim Deitch touches on his father's influence, reminisces about the New York-based scene and outlines the evolution of Waldo the Cat. Plus: interviews with even more Deitches: artist Simon and writer Seth! Also: the comics gallery presents an historical essay and highlights from the turn-of-the-19th-century work of Puck cartoonist, F.M. Howarth. Cover by Kim Deitch. 240 pages, B&W. Cover price $11.99.
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Issue #293
Published Nov 2008 by Fantagraphics.$9.00
NOTE: Manufacturer's non-permanent "peel-off" retail sticker on front cover may or may not still be present. The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. This issue, TCJ interviews Zap artist S. Clay Wilson, best known for his panoramas of sex and violence involving lesbian bikers, zombie pirates and a Checkered Demon. Plus: Alex Robinson, the Harvey and Eisner-winning cartoonist, discusses his graphic novels Box Office Poison, Tricked, and Too Cool to Be Forgotten. Also: a special back-to-school section features a gallery of undiscovered potential comics masterpieces by students from the Center for Cartoon Studies. And: a cartoon chat with Joe Matt of Peep Show. Plus: a review of Yuichi Yokoyama's Travel. Cover by S. Clay Wilson. 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $11.99.
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Issue #294
Published Dec 2008 by Fantagraphics.$6.00
NOTE: Manufacturer's non-permanent "peel-off" retail sticker on front cover may or may not still be present. The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. Art speaks louder than words when the Journal interviews two cartoonists who have had success with "silence." Norwegian Jason, who populates comics such as Hey, Wait..., The Left Bank Gang and I Killed Adolf Hitler with deadpan anthropomorphic animals, muses on the thin line between tragedy and laughter and why B-movie creations continue to resonate with the 21st century public. Lio comic-strip cartoonist Mark Tatulli talks to the Journal about bringing kids and ghouls together on the Funny Pages in Lio, one of the most innovative and entertaining comics strips in recent decades. Plus: Christmas cards from Chris Ware, Dan Clowes, the Hernandez Brothers, Seth, Bill Griffith, Peter Bagge and others. And: a color comics gallery goes back to the early days of one of the world's longest-running comic strips: Billy DeBeck's Snuffy Smith precursor, Take Barney Google, F'rinstance, spanning 1919 to 1921. Cover by Jason. 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $11.99.
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Issue #295
Published Jan 2009 by Fantagraphics.$6.00
NOTE: Manufacturer's non-permanent "peel-off" retail sticker on front cover may or may not still be present. The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. This issue, Brian K. Vaughan, writer of Y: The Last Man, takes readers behind the scenes of the upcoming Y film, TV's Lost, his award-winning comic Pride of Baghdad and the politics that infuse his WildStorm series Ex Machina, as well as his upcoming comics projects. Plus: Paul Karasik chats with Italian cartoonist Gipi about his Santa Maria video and animation studio, They Found the Car, Garage Band and Notes for a War Story. Also: John Kerschbaum of The Wiggly Reader talks brutality; Noah Van Sciver conducts a cartoon interview with Liz Prince; and should superheroes come out of the closet? Plus: Reviews of Zot!, Kirby: King of Comics, Chester Gould's biography, Terry Moore's Echo, The Herbie Archives, and the Independents documentary. Cover by Niko Henrichon. 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $11.99.
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Issue #296
Published Feb 2009 by Fantagraphics.$6.00
NOTE: Manufacturer's non-permanent "peel-off" retail sticker on front cover may or may not still be present. Interviews with Lynda Barry, Frank Quietly, Dash Shaw, David Hajdu and Mike Luckovich. Also includes a first look at Carol Tyler's new project You'll Never Know Book 1: "A Good and Decent Man". Cover price $11.99.
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Issue #302
Published Mar 2013 by Fantagraphics.$41.00
View scansCover by Maurice Sendak. Maurice Sendak discusses his career, influences, and politics in an interview conducted just before his death in 2012. Interview with French cartoonist Jacques Tardi. Art Spiegelman on kids comics of yesteryear. A history of the "Keep on Truckin" court case. A new look at the 1954 Senate hearings on comics books. Comics by Lewis Trondheim, Joe Sacco and others. A tribute to Dylan Williams. 7-in. x 8 1/2-in., 672 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $30.00.
