Comics Journal (1977) comic books 2003
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Issue #250
Published Feb 2003 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
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Issue #251
Published Mar 2003 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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 #252
Published May 2003 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
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Issue #253
Published Jun 2003 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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 #254
Published Jul 2003 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
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Issue #255
Published 2003 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
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Issue #256
Published Oct 2003 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
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Issue #257
Published Dec 2003 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
