TCJ Archive

The Comics Journal No. 121, April 1988

Featuring Gary Groth on Bud Plant; an interview with Robert Crumb; Alan Moore on writing.

Editorial
Gary Groth, “In Defense of Bud Plant” (p. 3)

Letters
Blood and Thunder (p. 23)

News
Newswatch (p. 5)
Foreign News (p. 17)

Interview
Gary Groth, “The Straight Dope from R. Crumb” (p. 48)

Essays
Richard McEnroe, “Copyrights & Consequences” (p. 41)
R. Fiore, “Funnybook Roulette” (p. 45)
Alan Moore on Writing Part Three (p. 132)

Columns
Kenneth Smith: Dramas of the Mind: “The Cult of Fact” (p. 139)
C.C. Beck, Crusty Curmudgeon: “Are Comics Art or Craftwork?” (p. 144)

Illustration
R. Crumb, Cover