Comics Journal (1977) comic books 1990 or later

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Jack Kirby - an interview with comics' most prodigious imagination; Classics Illustrated examination; interview with Joe Simon; Harvey Pekar vs. Leon Hunt, R. Fiore et al; racism, misogyny and gore - the world of Aircel Comics. Cover price $3.95.

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Chester Brown cover and interview; Harvey Pekar essay; Charles Vess sketchbook; Batman; C.C. Beck essay Cover price $3.95.

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Steve Bissette and Scott McCloud discuss creators' rights; industry pros debate creator vs corporate ownership; Gary Groth on Robocop 2. Cover by Steve Bissette and Scott McCloud. Cover price $3.95.

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Big words from Alan Moore - an interview with the author of Watchmen, V for Vendetta and Big Numbers; Buddy Saunders asks (and answers) "Why is there so much sex and violence in kids' comics?"; 1990 reading list; American Slander - a new column by Harvey Pekar. Cover of Alan Moore by Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover price $4.95.

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Part II of the Alan Moore Big Words interview; Peter Bagge interviews Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Jim Woodring on the 10th anniversary of R. Crumbs Weirdo magazine; the Gary Groth-Todd Loren controversy continues. Cover by Kominsky-Crumb. Cover price $4.95. Cover price $4.95.

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Interviews with Matt Groening and Julie Doucet (Dirty Plotte). A Gary Panter sketchbook. Cartoonists respond to the first Gulf War. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Cover by Groening. Black and white. Cover price $4.95.

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Interviews with Arnold Roth and Carol Tyler. More from Gary Panters sketchbook. The politics of superheroes in the post-Watchmen era. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Cover by Roth. Black and white. Cover price $3.95.

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Special Sex Issue. Interviews with Alan Moore (Lost Girls), Reed Waller & Kate Worley (Omaha), Robert Crumb, and the infamous 'Anton Drek.' Cover by Crumb. Cover price $4.95.

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Interview with Shary Flenniken; Will Eisner on greed and art in the comics business; Kim Deitch sketchbook - part 1. Cover by Flenniken. Cover price $3.95.

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Interview with P. Craig Russell; Kim Deitch sketchbook - part 2; uncovering 'hidden smut' in Li'l Abner. Cover price $3.95.

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Two explosive panel discussions on the future of comics; Mini-Malism - mini-comics take center stage in new feature; 'Bande Dessinee' conference; 'Comic Art in the '90s' panel: feast or famine? Cover price $3.95.

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Bill Griffith talks to Gary Groth about the early days of the underground, the pitfalls of fame and the ever-delayed Zippy movie deal; Kyle Baker sketchbook; Harvey Kurtzman tribute; readers' poll results. Cover by Bill Griffith. Cover price $5.95.

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Interviews with Robert Crumb and editorial cartoonist Ed Sorel. A Jay Lynch sketchbook. Feminist views on Roberta Gregorys work. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Cover by Sorel. Black and white; 96 pages. Cover price $4.95.

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Interviews with Roberta Gregory (Naughty Bits) and Wendy & Richard Pini (ElfQuest); Guy Davis sketchbook. Covers by Gregory and Pini. Cover price $4.95.

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Interview with Neil Gaiman; interview with Sol Harrison. Gaiman cover portrait by Michael Zulli. Cover price $4.95.

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Mark Martin interview; Joe Coleman interview; Jack Kirby's legacy; seducing the innocent - teaching kids comics; DC editor Neal Pozner dies. Covers by Joe Coleman and Mark Martin. Cover price $4.95.

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Interviews with Gil Kane, on an oral history of comics, and post-punk cartoonist Kaz. A critical essay on Frank Frazetta. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Covers by Kaz and Marie Severin. Black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $6.95.

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Carmine Infantino interviewed; Image litigation; R.C. Harvey on 'Bad Girls'; Paul Pope interviewed - part 1; Cages reviewed. Batman and Flash cover by Infantino. Cover price $5.95.

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James Robinson interviewed; Paul Krassner (The Realist) interviewed; Justice Department investigates comics industry; Planet Comics case resolved; SPX/ICAF coverage; top industry figures debate 'The Comic Book Crisis.' Leave It to Chance cover by Paul Smith. Cover price $5.95.

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

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

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Carol Lay - the strip artist interviewed; Kitchen 'Sunk' - a tale of ambition, betrayal, bawdiness, crime and candy bars; 'Top 100' responses. Cover price $5.95.

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Interview with Kurt Busiek; interview with John Severin - part 2; interview with Megan Kelso (Girlhero). Cover by Alex Ross. Cover price $7.95.

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Interview with Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse); interview with Maxon Crumb; Alex Ross sketchbook. Cover by Johnston. Cover price $5.95.

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

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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.

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Alex Ross interview - part 1; interview with Trina Robbins; interview with Lloyd Dangle (Troubletown). Cover by Ross. Cover price $5.95.

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

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Interview with Gil Kane; John Buscema's 'Chalk Talk'; James Kochalka's cartoon diary; coverage of San Diego Comic Con 2000. Cover price $5.95.

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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.

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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.

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The Internet Issue - Gary Groth Unreinvents Comics. Featuring Pete Bagge, Walter Benjamin, Steve Conley, Tristan Farnon, Renee French, Stan Lee, Mark Martin, Scott McCloud, Spain & Rick Veitch. Cover price $5.95.

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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.

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The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: The Comics Journal kicks off the new year with a magnificent cover interview with EC comics great Jack Kamen conducted by the Journal's own Kenneth Smith. This extensive career-spanning conversation is sure to rock the free world and most of Red China. If that wasn't enough, this issue also includes the 2001 Year in Review and the books that mattered most. Also: Jules Feiffer, Art Spiegelman, Will Eisner, Neil Gaiman, Ben Katchor, Scott McCloud and Chris Ware on the state of comic art. And, as always, this issue is rounded out with in-depth news coverage. Magazine, 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

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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.

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The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: Spring's in full swing, and TCJ celebrates by bringing you a cover interview with Vertigo artist and Scary Godmother creator Jill Thompson! It is a fun, career-spanning chat with the Eisner Award winner that should not be missed. This issue also boasts an interview with the incomparable illustrator and cartoonist Michael Kupperman (a.k.a. P. Revess). The creator of the unsettlingly funny comic strip, "Up All Night," and author of the book Snake 'N' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret talks about his life and art in a lively conversation guaranteed to be minty fresh. Plus: Tom Spurgeon weighs in on Box Office Poison, and a look at legal battles over Marvel Comics, 2002 edition. And as always, this issue is rounded out with the award-winning news, indispensable criticism and informative columns you would expect from the only insightful magazine about comics art. Magazine, 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

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Interviews with comics old-timer Creig Flessel (Detective Comics, the original Sandman) and Young Turk Dave Cooper. The state of the comics industry 2002. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Typically restrained, subtle cover by Cooper. Black and white with some color pages; 128 pages. Cover price $6.95.

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A year after 9/11, the comics community's response to the tragedy is examined by Ruben Bolling (Tom the Dancing Bug), Ted Rall, R. Fiore, Rich Kreiner and others. Interview with British cartoonist and activist Donald Rooum. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $6.95.

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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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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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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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Cover 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.