Editorial

• The B-Side
  Comics by Mary Fleener

Blood & Thunder

• Thousands of readers write in thousands of letters to thousands of magazines and we get stuck with these.

Newswatch

• Neal Gaiman Warns Todd MacFarlane Not to Publish Miracleman
  By Michael Dean
• Stan Lee Media Co-Founder Peter Paul Arrested on Charges of Stock Fraud
  By Michael Dean

  San Diego Comic-Con Round-Up Barefoot and in the Eros Tent: My First Comic-Con and Already I Hate Them By Ruthie Penmark The Action in Artists' Alley By Mary Fleener The Red Carpet Treatment By Tristan Farnon The Comics Journal's Earliest Years (The Dirt) By Anne Elizabeth Moore San Diego Bonfire Report, 2001 By James Kochalka

• Report from Conque 2001, 8th Mexico City Comic Book Convention
  By Ernesto Priego
• Barb Rausch, 1941-2001
  By Trina Robbins
• A Remembrance (Barb Rausch)
  By Batton Lash

Reviews

• The (Relatively) Current Crop
  By Mary Fleener

Essays

• Women in Comics: a Space for Recognizing Other Voices
  By Ana Merino (Translation by Derek Petrey)
• Women Drawing the Deed, or: Another Unturned Stone
  By T. M. Lowe
• Feminist Slapstick Pornographer:
  A Molly Kiely Interview
  By T. M. Lowe

Scattershots

• Magic and Indescribable:
  The Beguiling Work of Jennifer Daydreamer
  By Megan Kelso

Ellen Forney

• The fabulous and goofy Ms. Forney on nudist retreats, her latest work and stalkers.
  By Mary Fleener, Introduction by Anne Elizabeth Moore

Alison Bechdel

• The creator of Dykes to Watch Out For talks about Wonder Woman and Robert Crumb
  By Trina Robbins

Rev. Susie the Floozie

• Good, clean religious instruction: Because we care about your soul.
  By Mary Fleener

Marie Severin

• Smart! Talented! Funny! All this, plus she worked at Marvel!
  By Mary Fleener, Introduction by Anne Elizabeth Moore

Minou Zaribaf

• She's multilingual and a talented cartoonist, yet apparently dyslexic, or she could hold her book rightside-up.
  By Mary Fleener

On The Boards

• Joyce Farmer's upcoming project, So Far, So Good.
  

Sketchbook

• The "other women" of Comic-Con International: San Diego.
  By Mary Fleener

Hitlist

• Like a short nap in a field full of poppies.
  By Anne Elizabeth Moore

Hey, Kids! Comics!

• Story Minute: Wrong Move
  Comics by Carol Lay

Cover Girls

• A guide to our lovely cover girls. Plus, makeup tips.