Editorial
Michael Dean, “Opening Shot” (p. 7)
Letters
Blood & Thunder (p. 21)
News
Greg Stump and staff, Journal Datebook (p. 23)
Interviews
David Peniston, The Joost Swarte Interview (p. 36)
Noah Berlatsky, The Johnny Ryan Interview (p. 64)
Reviews
Gary Groth, “Eisner/Miller” (p. 88)
Kent Worcester, “Comics As Philosophy”
Bill Randall, “Kramers Ergot 6” (p. 95)
Tom Crippen, “Sloth” (p. 98)
Kent Worcester, “The 9/11 Report” (p. 101)
Rob Vollmar, “Can’t Get No” (p. 103)
Tom Crippen, “Attitude” (p. 105)
Adam Stephanides, “American Born Chinese” (p. 107)
Rob Vollmar, “Journey Into Mohawk Country” (p. 109)
Rich Kreiner, “Dungeon Twilight” (p. 110)
Noah Berlatsky, “Every Girl is the End of the World For Me” (p. 113)
Mini-reviews of Drawn & Quarterly Showcase 3, The Bakers, Concrete, The Illustrated Jane Eyre, The Illustrated Dracula, Kampung Boy, Nog a Dod, Like Rabbits, The Backwards Folding Mirror #2, Brownsville, The Great Catsby, Lady Snowblood, Spiral-Bound, I Love Led Zeppelin, A Scanner Darkly, City of Tomorrow, Moomin, Midnight Sun, Passionella and Other Stories, Crickets and Blood, Debt and Fears (p. 115)
Essays
Donald Phelps, “Fool’s Paradise: The Zany Splendor of Cliff Sterrett’s Polly and Her Pals (p. 127)
Trina Robbins, “Lily Renée Comics” (p. 134)
Columns
Daniel Holloway, “Minimalism” (p. 175)
R.C. Harvey, Comicopia: “Poetry and Graphic Novels: Can Adaptation Succeed?” (p. 181)
Bill Randall, Lost In Translation; “Somebody Somewhere: The Comics and Films of Wisut Ponnimit” (p. 185)
John A. Lent, Speaking in Tongues: “Nigar Nazar” (p. 191)
