Letters
Blood & Thunder (p. 19)
News
Greg Stump and staff, Journal Datebook (p. 24)
Interviews
Lynn Emmert, The Alison Bechdel Interview (p. 28)
Dylan Williams, The Fred Guardineer Interview (p. 86)
Reviews
Tim O’Neil, “Chester Gould’s Complete Dick Tracy Vol. 1” (p. 56)
Greg Stump, “Curses” (p. 59)
Rich Kreiner, “Ode to Kirihito” (p. 62)
Bill Randall, “Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow” (p. 65)
Tom Underhill, “Dragon Head Vols. 1-5” (p. 67)
Bill Sherman, “Shadowland” (p. 69)
Noah Berlatsky, “Lucky” (p. 71)
Kent Worcester, “Great British Comics” (p. 73)
Rob Vollmar, “Tarzan: The Joe Kubert Years Vols. 1-2” (p. 75)
Adam Stephanides, “Acme Novelty Library #17” (p. 77)
Mini-reviews of Showcase Presents: The Phantom Stranger, Batman Confidential #1, Wally’s World, The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1, Tales Designed to Thrizzle #3, Polly and the Pirates, Hunter & Painter, Growing Up Cartoonist in the Baby Boom South, and Jokes and the Unconscious (p. 79)
Essay
Noah Berlatsky, “Ariel Schrag Gets a Little Respect” (p. 21)
Kristy Valenti, “Get Lost!” Comics (p. 126)
Columns
John A. Lent, Speaking in Tongues: “The Transformation of Asian Comic Books-1990s-2006” (p. 161)
Bill Randall, Lost in Translation: “Tip of the Iceberg” (p. 166)
Leonard Rifas, “Four Immigrants in School” (p. 171)
Donald Phelps, Deadpan Drifter: “The Nonchalant Mockery of Cecil Jensen’s Elmo” (p. 173)
R.C. Harvey, Comicopia: “Masters of American Comics” (p. 178)
Tom Crippen, The Post-Human Review: “True Believer” (p. 188)
Tim O’Neil, Ctrl-Alt-Delete: “A Rough Draft of History” (p. 191)
Daniel Holloway, Minimalism: “Spin the Wheel” (p. 193)
Coming Comics (p. 200)
