TCJ Archive

The Comics Journal No. 271, October 2005

Interviews with Jerry Robinson and Renee French. Bill Blackbeard on Thimble Theater.

Letters

Blood & Thunder (p. 9)

News

Michael Dean, “Comics and Corporations, Part 1” (p. 18)
Michael Dean, “Online Comics Journalism: Does It Exist? Part 8” (p. 26)
Ian Brill, Michael Dean, Shaenon Garrity, and Kristy Valenti, “The 2005 Comic-Con International – San Diego” (p. 29)
R.C. Harvey, “The Last PROfiles” (p. 38)
Greg Stump and staff, Journal Datebook (p. 40)

Reviews

Firing Line, p. 48
Rich Kreiner, “5,137 pages of Brian Michael Bendis” (p. 48)
Donald Phelps, “Rising Generations” (p. 62)

Interviews

Gary Groth, The Jerry Robinson Interview (p. 72)
Tom Spurgeon, The Renée French Interview, (p. 112)

Essays

Bill Blackbeard, “Thimble Theatre” (p. 143)

Columns

R. Fiore, Funnybook Roulette: “Playboy vs. The New Yorker” (p. 194)
Bart Beaty, “Eurocomics For Beginners” (p. 199)
Rich Kreiner, Meet the Comics Press (p. 202)
R.C. Harvey, Comicopia: “More Comics Reference, the Good and the Strange” (p. 206)
Kenneth Smith, Time Out of Joint (p. 209)