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  • 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 #206
    Comics Journal (1977) 206

    152 pages. Interviews with Peter Bagge, Ted Rall, Spain Rodriguez (part 2) and Peter Milligan. Cover by Bagge. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #213
    Comics Journal (1977) 213

    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.

  • Issue #216
    Comics Journal (1977) 216

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

  • Issue #217
    Comics Journal (1977) 217

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

  • 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.

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  • Issue #223
    Comics Journal (1977) 223

    Alex Ross interview - part 1; interview with Trina Robbins; interview with Lloyd Dangle (Troubletown). Cover by Ross. 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 #235
    Comics Journal (1977) 235

    Resisting Arrested Development Since the Ford Administration. In this Special 25th Anniversary 'Ego Issue': Testimonials and essays on how the Journal changed the world for the better, an adorable and scandalous picture album, a timeline of everything that has ever happened that matters, contributions from Dave Sim and Scott McCloud, and more. The comics industry comes to a grinding halt, the wheels of commerce stop turning, and creative work is abandoned as professionals and fans alike get in line to pay a month-long tribute to the 25th Anniversary of the magazine you love to hate and hate to love: The Comics Journal. Pictorial tributes in Wizard, letters of congratulations from the presidents of Marvel, DC, Image, Aardvark-Vanaheim, the Kilimanjaro Corporation, et al., conventions organized around a single theme, a special Gemmy Award created for this singular occasion and personally delivered by one S. Geppi -- yes, it's hard to imagine, but The Comics Journal has been around for 25 agonizing years and this issue will celebrate each and every glorious year. Featuring testimonials and denunciations from appreciative and vengeful professionals, interviews with some of the major players in The Journal's history, a year-by-year recapitulation of the high points of comics history as witnessed by The Journal, Gary Groth's list of Favorite Enemies (as well as Enemies I Wish I Made But Didn't), and all the news and criticism that's made The Journal what it is today. Trust us. This one you won't want to miss. Magazine, 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $7.95.

  • 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 #240
    Comics Journal (1977) 240

    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.

  • 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 #245
    Comics Journal (1977) 245

    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.

  • Issue #275
    Comics Journal (1977) 275

    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.

  • Issue #278
    Comics Journal (1977) 278
    Published 2006 (est.) by Fantagraphics.

    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.

  • Issue #293
    Comics Journal (1977) 293

    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.

  • Issue #295
    Comics Journal (1977) 295

    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.

  • Issue #302
    Comics Journal (1977) 302

    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.