TCJ Archive

The Comics Journal No. 274, February 2006

Featuring interviews with Mike Ploog and Sophie Crumb; Greg Sadowski on early Kurtzman comics.

Letters

Blood and Thunder (p. 9)

News

Michael Dean, Newswatch: “Distributer Deathwatch” (p. 20)
Michael Dean, “Crumb vs. Amazon” (p. 28)
Michael Dean, “Judge Sends Alternative Comics Case to Trial,” (p. 30)
Michael Dean, “Speakeasy Hits Hard Times and Finds New Focus,” (p. 32)
Gary Walker, “The World’s Biggest Comic Strip” (p. 34)
Greg Stump and staff, Journal Datebook (p. 36)

Interviews

Michael Dean, The Mike Ploog Interview (p. 80)
B.N. Duncan, The Sophie Crumb Interview (p. 120)

Reviews

John Carnahan, “Why Are You Doing This?” (p. 50)
Gabriel Carras, “Eisner/Miller”
Charles Hatfield, “The Birth of a Nation” (p. 54)
Gregory Cwiklik, “The Life and Art of Murphy Anderson” (p. 56)
Ian Brill, “Wimbledon Green” (p. 59)
Adam Stephanides, “Finder: Mystery Date”
Tom Underhill, “Planetary Book 3” (p. 62)
R.C. Harvey, “Earthboy Jacobus” (p. 65)
Bullet Reviews, “Public Enemy #2”, “Or Else #2”, “The Murder of Abraham Lincoln”, “Super F*ckers” (p. 66)

Essays

Chris Lanier, “Charlotte Salomon’s ‘Life? or Theatre?’” (p. 69)
Greg Sadowski, “Early Harvey Kurtzman Comics” (p. 137)

Columns

Fighting Words (p. 177)
Rich Kreiner, Meet the Comics Press (p. 178)
R.C. Harvey, Comicopia: “Another History of Comics Book” (p. 186)
Kenneth Smith, Time Out of Joint (p. 193)