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The Comics Journal #245 - Contents
Updated August 16th, 2002

  • Blood and Thunder
    We hate Ted Rall, Charles Vess says reviewers should think more carefully, and Greg Cwiklik responds to Brian Kane's response to his review of Brian's Hal Foster book. ¡Also, results from our first annual ¡Viva! caption contest!

Newswatch

  • State of the Comics Industry 2002: Recovery or Decline? (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Michael Dean
  • Kraft vs. King VelVeeda
    by Michael Dean
  • Book Distributor LPC Takes a Dive with Publishers' Money
    by Michael Dean
  • John Romita Jr. Draws Against Niece's Cancer Deadline
    by Jack Baney
  • Jerry Scott Wins Reuben from National Cartoonists Society
    by Ron Evry
  • True or False: Phoebe Gloeckner at Bluestockings
    by Jack Baney
  • Dave Berg Dies at 81
    by Sam Henderson

Reviews

  • XXX Live Nude Girls #1
    by Tom Spurgeon
  • Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, with Illustrations
    by Gregory Cwiklik
  • The Birthday Riots
    by Paul Gravett
  • Web-Slinging and Wall-Crawling: The Art of Spider-Man
    by Darcy Sullivan
  • Rosebud Graphic Classics #1: Edgar Allan Poe
    by Rich Kreiner
  • Jack Cole and Plastic Man
    by Tony Gleeson
  • Asterix and the Actress
    by David Groenewegen
  • Bullets
    by Tom Spurgeon, Jae Leitch, Tim O'Neil and Eric Reynolds

The Creig Flessel Interview

  • A chat with the artist with the broadest resume in comics history.
    (Click here to read trimmings from this interview.)

    by Gary Groth

The Dave Cooper Interview

  • A talk with Canada's greatest underground cartoonist.
    (Click here for an excerpt.)

    by Patrick McEown

Lost in Translation

  • "Hey Kids! Gekiga!" Part Two
    by Bill Randall

Funnybook Roulette

  • Sacred Harps and Singing Frogs
    by R. Fiore

Comicopia

  • The Blackhawk Mysteries
    by R.C. Harvey

Meet the Comics Press

  • Niche Magazines: Too Much Coffee Man Magazine and The Journal of Madness
    by Rich Kreiner

Minimalism

  • Diversions and Distractions: A Round-Up
    by Tom Spurgeon


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