TCJ Archive

The Comics Journal No. 219, January 2000

Featuring interviews with Kyle Baker and Pierce Rice; Ted White on Heavy Metal magazine; Bruce Chrislip on Steve Willis.

Letters
Blood and Thunder: “Pardon Me, Sir, But Have You Seen My Li’l Abner?” (p.2)

News
Newswatch: “Goodbye, Peanuts; Hello, Joe Simon!” (p.7)

Interviews
Kyle Baker (p.38)
Pierce Rice (p.83)

Reviews
Rich Kreiner, “Holy Panegyric, Batman!” (p.21)
Bill Randall, “Dog Day Life” (p.22)
Jonathan Hastings, “Ashes to Ashes” (p.23)
David A. Beronä, “Discratches” (p.24)
R. C. Harvey, “Caricaturissimo” (p.25)
Greg Cwiklik, “Like a Broken Record” (p.26)
Gregory Zura, “Batmanthropology” (p.27)
R. C. Harvey, “Drawn and Hung” (p.29)
Darren Hick, “Suits Me Fine” (p.31)
Kenneth Smith, “U(ncertain) S(anity)” (p.33)

Essays
Anne Edwards, “The Bruce Wayne/Gotham City/Batman Dynamic” (p.95)
Mark Harris, “‘Life of Boswell’” (p.102)
Ted White, “My Year at Heavy Metal” (p.107)
Bruce Chrislip, “Steve Willis and Morty the Dog: Sometimes You Feel Like a Mutt” (p.119)
Kenneth Smith, “Medieval Civilization Part 2: Divine Teleology, Heaven and Hell” (p.133)
Columns
Rich Kreiner, Meet the Comics Press: “Wizard” (p.19)
Comicopia: “Reviving Gag (You Should Pardon the Expression) Cartoons” (p.125)
Fanboi Politik: “That Yellow Bastard” (p.129)
Hit List (p.142)

Illustrations
Kyle Baker, Cover