Comics Journal (1977) comic books 2001-2003

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.

King-Cat Comics - an interview with John Porcellino; John Ney Rieber on Vertigo, writing post-9/11 Captain America and why he hasn't sued J.K. Rowling; a John Buscema retrospective; special international comics coverage - Fabrice Neaud, Hisashi Sakaguchi and 2001 British comics in review. Cover price $5.95.

The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: TCJ unearths a long-lost interview of the legendary cartoonist and illustrator Noel Sickles. Sickles drew the adventure strip Scorchy Smith, which in turn inspired Milton Caniff (Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon) to further refine Sickles' chiaroscuro style, later championed by Alex Toth. The interview is conducted by another legendary cartoonist, the late Gil Kane, and comics historian Ron Goulart. This is a fascinating conversation among three articulate members of the profession, part history, part shoptalk. Plus: A look at the work of Jason Lutes and Daniel Clowes; some of the last Peanuts strips examined; and DC makes romantic overtures toward Diamond distributors. In addition to the Journal's award-winning news and analysis, this issue also marks the return of critic R. Fiore and his Funnybook Roulette column. Magazine, 128 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.

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.

Interviews with underground hero Victor Moscoso and comic-strip artist Mark Tonra. The work of anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy). Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Black and white with some color pages; 128 pages. Cover price $6.95.

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.

The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: TCJ spends October picking the brain of the staggeringly talented artist Steve Rude, talking about his life, his art, his experiences working for Marvel and DC and his life's work, Nexus. The cover by Rude alone is worth plunking down seven bucks for, but Fantagraphics likes their readers, so they're also interviewing the delightful Andi Watson of Skeleton Key and Slow News Day fame, as well as throwing in the award-winning news and criticism that everybody expects. Plus: Switzerland - the most exciting place for comics in the world; Neil Gaiman trounces Todd McFarlane in court over Miracleman; Whatever Happened to Joe Matt?; and is SPX selling out? Magazine, 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $6.95.

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.

The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. The Journal celebrates its 250th issue with a double-sized extravaganza featuring unforgettable interviews with a fistful of the finest cartoonists of all time, indispensable essays from more than a dozen of comics' finest critics, and the first English translation of one of the world's greatest comics short stories! The Journal presents a translated excerpt from Numa Sadoul's legendary interview with the great Herge, an interview with Raymond Briggs, an all-new "Back to the Drawing Board" interview with Dan Clowes, and a career-spanning interview with Gary Panter! The Journal also makes comics history by being the first to publish manga cartoonist Yoshiharu Tsuge's classic short story "Neji-shiki" in English. The issue's comprehensive criticism section features essays on topics like "What's Wrong with Comics Criticism," "Why Team Comics is Still a Bad Idea," "EC Comics and the Chimeras of Memory," as well as essays on the state of post-9/11 editorial cartooning, racial caricature in comics, young cartoonists of note, and the state of the medium around the world! This issue also includes TCJ's "2002: Year in Review" assessment of the comics and events that mattered most. Cover by Gary Panter. Magazine, 256 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $12.95.

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.

The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: An exhaustive conversation with John Romita, Sr.! Tom Spurgeon chats with the artist about his life, art and career! Plus: an interview with Ron Rege, Jr. (Skibber Bee-Bye, Boys) conducted by The Ganzfeld's Dan Nadel. Also: Doubleday abandons graphic novel line. Cover by Romita, Sr. features Spider-Man cast of characters. Magazine, 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $6.95.

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.

IInterviews with pioneering MAD artist Will Elder and Japanese cartoonist Kazuo Umezu. Tom Spurgeon on the link between comics and obesity. Rich Kreiner on comics aesthetics. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Cover by Elder. Black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $6.95.

R. Sikoryak - comics' postmodern chameleon interviewed; Bob Levin answers the question "Whatever happened to Arn Saba?"; Aaron McGruder interviewed; Harvey Pekar, movie star. Cover by R. Sikoryak. Cover price $6.95.

Fort Thunder forever - an appreciation of the Fort, its artists, history and legacy by Tom Spurgeon; exclusive interviews with Mat Brinkman, Brian Chippendale and Brian Ralph; profiles of Jim Drain, Leif Goldberg and Paul Lyons by Robert Boyd, Megan Kelso and Dan Nadel; interview with Barefoot Gen's Keiji Nakazawa by Alan Gleason with an appreciation by Bill Randall; screwed creators, identity theft and a vengeful femme fatale by Michael Dean. Cover price $6.95.

Conversations with the late great comix art visionary Rick Griffin; CrossGen for sale; Superman, X-Men and Automatic Kafka writer Joe Casey interviewed. Cover price $6.95.