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Issue #258
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Contents
Posted February 18th, 2004
Blood and Thunder
- We exchange a few corrections and harsh words with our readers. Also, a 14,893-word letter from Dave Sim.
News Watch
- Michael Dean, Tom Spurgeon and Lee Kennedy report: An allegedly kinder, gentler Marvel offers settlement of retailer class-action suit; A.C.T.O.R. weaves a safety net but some creators slip through the holes (story now available online in its entirety); L.A.'s super*Market alternative con; Serbia's Grrr! festival; the death of playwright/strip-cartoonist Herb Gardner; and breaking news.
Firing Line
- Tom Spurgeon on T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives, In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe, The Ride Together and The World According to Sempé; Darcy Sullivan on Little Lit 3; Bill Randall on Reflections and Shadows; Ng Suat Tong on Paul Has a Summer Job; Craig Fischer on Visual Storytelling; Rich Kreiner on Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth and 500 Great Comic Book Action Heroes; Alan Jacobson on The Cat on a Hot Thin Groove; Tom Crippen on Queen and Country; and Tim O'Neil on The Filth.
Critical Focus: Chosen People Funnies
- Rich Kreiner and Gabriel Carras examine some of that old time funnybook religion: essays on The Story of the Jews, King David and Testament.
Bullets
- Tom Spurgeon, Christopher Allen, David Howard, Mariko Wood and Tim O'Neil fire off short reviews of Max Hamm Fairy Tale Detective, Sketchbook 2003, Why We'll Never Understand Each Other, One Plus One, The Iron Wagon, Futurama #14 and The Golden Age Spectre Archives.
Minimalism
- Tom Spurgeon has decided to side with the many: a review roundup.
Lost in Translation
- Bill Randall serves up an appetizing plate of Iou Kuroda's Nasu.
Speaking in Tongues
- Dr. John A. Lent visits Serbian political cartoonist Corax.
The Thompson/Hernandez Panel
- Craig and Gilbert discuss all sorts of things, and you are there. In fact, click here and you can read part of it online.
Steve Ditko
- A party of our finest writers examine aspects of the enigmatic artist's oeuvre: Bill Randall on Ditko's hands; Larry Rodman on his supernatural work; Craig Fischer on his Spider-Man plotting; Mariko Wood on Mysterious Suspense #1; Donald Phelps on his Mr. A period; Jonathan Hastings on his didactic work; Rich Kreiner on his essays; Gregory Cwiklik on his Warren stories; and R. Fiore on Shade the Changing Man.
Comicopia
- R.C. Harvey asks the question, "Who is Stan Lee?"
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