TCJ Archive

The Comics Journal No. 218, December 1999

Featuring interviews with Charles Vess, Linda Medley, Jeff Smith, and Grand Morrison.

Letters
Blood and Thunder: “Heads Full of Cotton and Pockets Full of Bile!” (p.2)

News
Newswatch: “Young Whipper Snappers Cause Controversies” (p.7)

Interviews
Charles Vess (p.54)
Linda Medley (p.93)
Jeff Smith (p.107)
Grant Morrison (p.121)

Reviews
David Groenewegen, “Royals Amok” (p.31)
Craig McKenney, “It’s a Dud” (p.32)
Milo George, “Re-Breathed” (p.33)
Larry Rodman, “Comics Herstory” (p.35)
Julien Lapointe, “Chester Brown’s Popular Aesthetic” (p.39)
Ng Suat Tong, “Train Keep a-Rollin’” (p.41)
Rich Kreiner, “Oasis Hunting” (p.43)
Matthew Surridge, “This Strange Eventful History” (p.45)
Nick Hasted, “Everything You Know is Wrong: The Invisibles, Vol. 2” (p.126)

Essays
Clay Geerdes, “The Dating of Zap Comix #1” (p.117)
Kenneth Smith, “Medieval Civilization Part 2: Jesus, Christos, Immanuel” (p.143)

Columns
Euro-Comics for Beginners: “La Comédie Illustrée” (p.25)
Comicopia: “Straw Men on the Editorial Page” (p.131)
Fanboi Politik: “X-Aspiration” (p.137)
Hit List (p.150)

Illustrations
Charles Vess, Cover