Blood and Thunder

• A letter from a Journal-reading wacko and a list of wacko people associated with the Journal. And a Joe Matt correction.

Newswatch

• New York Press Puts Kaz Out to Pasture, Alternative Weeklies Overcome by New Blood Lust (Click for excerpts)
  By Michael Dean
• In the Company of Sim
  By Michael Dean and Staff
• The Case of the Disappearing Gorilla:
  The Banana Trust Explains How Not to Start a Comics Line (Click for excerpts)
  By Michael Dean
• Crumb Art Stolen
  By Matt Silvie
• Wizard Ripped as Pittsburgh Comicon Gains Prominence
  By Matt Silvie
• Henry Boltinoff Dies at 87
  By Greg Stump
• Marvel Drops Comics Code, Changes Book Distributor
  By Michael Dean
• Accusations Against Peter Paul Retracted, Stan Lee Media Secures Interim Financing
  By Michael Dean

¡Viva la Comix!

• TCJ's Ghost World With Anne and Carrie
  By Anne Elizabeth Moore and Carrie Whitney
• Swipe File
  Submitted Anonymously
• Superman
  By -- Oh, Does It Matter?
• Spot On
  By Rhea Patton

Reviews

• A Letter to Chris Ware on Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth
  By Christopher Brayshaw
• Renée French's Awkward Adolescence: The Soap Lady
  By Sarah Kavage
• Peter Kuper's Deafening Silence: Speechless
  By Kent Worcester
• Inventing Comics: Scott McCloud Defines the Form in Understanding Comics
  By Dylan Horrocks
• Economy and Value in The House on the Borderland
  By Ng Suat Tong
• Michael Chabon Redraws History: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
  By Gregory Cwiklik
• Marcel Guldemond, Underrated Gem: Resonating Transparent, Bill and Under a Slowly Spinning Sun
  By Ng Suat Tong
• McCloud Cuckoo-Land: Un-Reinventing Comics, Part 2 (click for introductory paragraph)
  By Gary Groth

Essays

• Thoughts on Carl Barks' 100th Birthday
  By Michael Barrier

Scattershots

• Bob Fingerman's Chutzpah
  By Robert Edison Sandiford

Interviews

• Just Six Guys in a Hotel Room:
  The Industry's Most Influential Creators Talk Art and Craft with Gary Groth (click for introduction)
  By Gary Groth
• Living with Chris, Dan, Gilbert, and Adrian:
  Marnie Ware, Erika Clowes, Carol Kovinick-Hernandez and Wendy Jung Tell All (click for introduction)
  By Charles Brownstein

Columns

• Comicopia: The Graphic Novel, Will Eisner, and Other Pioneers, Part 2
  By R.C. Harvey
• Meet the Comics Press: Charlton Spotlight and the Charlton Issues of Comic Book Artist
  By Rich Kreiner
• Minimalism: When It Rains, It Pours
  By Tom Spurgeon
• Euro Comics for Beginners: Danijel Zezelj's Concealed Identity
  By Bart Beaty
• The History of Comics Fandom, Part Five
  By Ted White
• End Times - Slavish New World: Ego's Olympian Games
  By Kenneth Smith

Hit List

• Hit List
  By Various
• MINI-Reviews
  By Various