Comics Journal (1977) comic books 1999-2001

TCJ presents its list of the "100 best comics of the century," culling from both comic strips and comic books. Also: Gary Groth interviews Kenneth Smith. Cover price $5.95.

The impact of Understanding Comics - comix scholars dissect its legacy; a last look at 1998 - top news stories of the year, the state of alternative comics, and the 5 best comics of the year. Cover price $5.95.

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Interviews with V.T. Hamlin (Alley Oop creator) and kids cartoonist Jay Stephens. Comics as serious literature. Northamptons Words and Pictures Museum closes its doors. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Cover by Stephens. Black and white; 120 pages. Cover price $5.95. Cover price $5.95.

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.

Interview with Evan Dorkin; interview with Sheldon Moldoff. Cover by Dorkin. Cover price $5.95.

Interview with John Severin - part 1; interview with Tony Millionaire. Cover by Severin. 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.

Interviews with Charles Vess, Linda Medley and Jeff Smith. Cover by Vess. Cover price $6.95.

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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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Interview with Paul Chadwick; Pat Boyette's last interview. Cover by Chadwick. Cover price $5.95.

Erik Larsen on 'what's wrong with the mainstream'; James Kochalka on 'what's wrong with craft'; Image Comics history. Savage Dragon cover by Larsen. Cover price $5.95.

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.

- Interviews with Al Jaffee, Jack Davis and Al Feldstein. MAD cover. Cover price $5.95.

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.

A tribute to Carl Barks. Appreciations by Mike Allred, R. Crumb, Kim Deitch, Dennis P. Eichhorn, Dimitri Dimakopoulos, Steve Geppi, Michael T. Gilbert, Roberta Gregory, Bill Griffith, Carol Lay, John Lustig, Terry Moore, Pat Moriarity, Mart Nodell, Tom Neely, Trina Robbins, Jeff Smith, Tom Spurgeon, Gary Wolf, and Don Rosa, among others. An archived interview with Barks, plus articles on his work and legacy. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Beautiful painted wraparound cover by Barks. Black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $5.95. 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.

Interviews with Dan DeCarlo (Archie, Josie and the Pussycats) Ted Jouflas, and comic-strip artist Gus Arriola (Gordo). Slightly saucy selections from the DeCarlo sketchbooks. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Cover by DeCarlo. Back cover by Dave Cooper (no relation to Betty). Black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $5.95.

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.

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.

Interviews with Gene Colan, Seth Tobocman (World War 3 Illustrated) and Alan Moore (ABC); reviews of the ABC books; best comics of 2000. Daredevil cover by Colan. Cover price $5.95.

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.

Interviews with Daniel Clowes (Ghost World) and Seth Tobocman, founding editor of World War 3 Illustrated. A special look at comics around the world, specifically, Germany, Cuba, China, Iran and the South African republics. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Cover by Clowes. Black and white; 120 pages. Cover price $5.95. Cover price $5.95.

The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: What do Charles Burns, Kim Deitch, Bill Griffith, Joe Sacco and Seth all have in common -- aside from the fact that they're all among the elite alternative cartoonists working today? Well, yes, this month's jam cover -- but also to the group interview featured in this issue, conducted by TCJ founder and editor Gary Groth behind the scenes at SPX 2000! Also in this issue: If you draw breath, you've wondered what it's like to be married to Acme Novelty Library's Chris Ware, or Love & Rockets' Gilbert Hernandez, or Eightball's Dan Clowes. Find out in this issue's feature-length interview with cartoonists' wives as Carol Kovinick-Hernandez, Marnie Ware, Erika Clowes and Wendy Jung kiss and tell. Add in all the reviews, news and criticism you've come to expect, and TCJ #234 is a no-lose proposition in April! Magazine, 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

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.

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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.

The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: 'Comics Gal'-ore, featuring Mary Fleener, Jennifer Daydreamer, Marie Severin, Alison Bechdel, Ellen Forney, Molly Kiely, Joyce Farmer and Carol Lay. For TCJ #237, the staff turns over the tight editorial reins to respected comics professional Mary Fleener, who has put together not only a retrospective look at women comic creators, but a look at new and developing talent and updates on established cartoonists. The 60 self-portraits that make up the wraparound cover display the diversity of the issue and will put to rest the notion that comics are strictly a "boy's club." Women artists, and those who support them, are redefining comics and attracting interests from all areas, including the marginalized, the mainstream, and the media. As you will soon see, the future of the industry may very well rest upon the current Renaissance of Women comic artists. The Comics Journal once again redefines the industry! Plus: Todd McFarlane vs. Neil Gaiman. Also: Comic-Con International: San Diego. 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: Highwater Books' alternative publishing magnate, Tom Devlin, says goodbye to summer with short interviews of Spanish cartoonist/designer Mariscal, English cartoonist/philosopher Glenn Dakin, and Japanese cartoonist/scatologist Enomoto. Also in this issue: An overview of the comics of Tove Jansson (Moomin creator), and Seth will take a look at the comics of John Stanley. And: Tom Devlin explains how the deification of EC comics has stunted the growth of comics for over 40 years. With a cover and interior design by Jordan Crane, this issue will be a must-have for anyone who's ever read alternative comics! 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: 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.

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.