Hello all, welcome and thank you for joining us on this latest junket of the Comics Journal website. As you might already know, we are Chris Mautner and Sally Madden, the site’s new editors, taking the reins from Joe McCulloch who has left the world of comics to pursue an exciting career in absolutely none of your business.
Ever since we first agreed to come on board as the new editors, we’ve been fielding questions from colleagues about our grand visions for the site (to keep it running), what we might change (the masthead), what we might keep (again, the site running), who is in charge (neither of us). Honestly, our biggest goal is to not screw things up.
That’s not just us being glib. Joe, Tucker, Dan and Tim set a very high bar for quality, commissioning engaging, thoughtful, and intelligent pieces that stick with you long after scrolling to the bottom of the page. Within the limitless depths of the Internet sea, comics are often regarded as little more than a springboard for streaming content. TCJ.com is one of the very few sites that covers the actual medium with anything approaching critical insight. And we want to make sure that continues in the years to come.
Sure, there are things we’d like to try to get more of onto the site. More in-depth news stories. More coverage of small press and art comics. More of this, that and the other thing. Just more good stuff in general.
Mistakes will be made. They always are. But we hope you’ll join us for what we hope will be a fun voyage. (And yes, pitches and press releases are always welcome – you can reach us at [email protected] – but remember that we have high standards. Or at least we like to think we do.)
– Chris and Sally
