Terror and Poetry

• A career overview, critical assessment, and appreciation of William Stout.
  By Kenneth Smith

William Stout: It's a Wonderful Life

• An interview with the artist who's done damned near everything, from underground comix to moviemaking to murals and painting the past and present Antarctica. Copiously illustrated from every stage of Stout's career. (Click here for an extensive series of trimmings from this interview.)
  By John Arcudi

The Great Escape

• An appreciation of the seminal alternative comics magazine that became a rallying point for alternative cartooning in mid-1980s England. Includes new strips drawn specially for the Journal by Warren and Gary Pleece, Glenn Dakin, Phil Elliott, Ed Pinsent, John Bagnall, Chris Reynolds, Savage Pencil, Woodrow Phoenix, and Carol Swain. (Note: Steve McQueen is not mentioned in this essay.)
  By Paul Gravett

Brave Nouveau Worlds

• Praise for fantasist Michael William Kaluta's oeuvre, as well as reviews of two recent books.
  By Kenneth Smith

Working Hard

• The comics of Tom Hart.
  By Tom Spurgeon

A Tribute to James Thurber

• An Homage
  By Ivan Brunetti and Ben Schwartz

• The Race of Life
  By James Thurber

• The Lady on the Bookcase
  By James Thurber

• How to Succeed in Cartooning Without Really Trying
  By Jesse Fuchs

The New Smarm

• Yes, they are. Proof.
  by R. Fiore

A Child's Garden of Detritus

• Lynda Barry considered.
  by Donald Phelps

Pass It On

• Elegance and Pain:The Art of Mark Kalesniko
  by Mark David Nevins

• The Circus of Fools Has No Egress: An Appreciation of Roger Langridge's Comics
  by Milo George

Cartoonists on Patriotism (Our comics section)
Kim Deitch Megan Kelso Rick Geary Bill Griffith Peter Bledvag Carol Tyler Ted Jouflas Diane Noomin Mark Martin Johnny Ryan Frank Stack Wilfred Santiago Sam Henderson Phoebe Gloeckner Ho Che Anderson Steven Weissman	Carol Swain Michael Kuperman Ted Rall Peter Kuper Penny Van Horn Gerald Jablonsky Mark Tessier Joe Sacco Roger Langridge Mark Kalesniko John Kirschbaum Tim Hensley David Paleo Gilbert Shelton & Pic Spain Rodriguez Mack White Jack Jackson

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