TCJ Archive

The Comics Journal No. 123, July 1988

Featuring an interview with Kim Deitch; Harvey Pekar on Comics; the Willliam Messner-Leobs sketchbook.

Letters
Blood and Thunder (p. 29)

News
Newswatch (p. 3)
Foreign News (p. 21)

Interview
Kim Deitch (p. 56)

Reviews
R. Fiore, “Funnybook Roulette” (p. 29)
Rob Rodi, “The Dead and the Living” (p. 41)
Dale Luciano, “A Haunt of Fears”, “The Cowboy Wally Show”, “Usagi Yojimbo” (p. 45)
Peter Cashwell, “Rock and Roll and Comics” (p. 49)

Essays
Harvey Pekar on Comics (p. 81)
Obscenity and Freedom II (p. 90)

Columns
Jimmy Margulies, “Editorial Cartoonist Diary” (p. 115)
Kenneth Smith, Dramas of the Mind: “Teaching That Transmitted Passion, Vision, and Command” (p. 119)
C.C. Beck, Crusty Curmudegeon: “Cost Effectiveness and Corner Cutting in the Comics Game”

Illustration
Kim Deitch, Cover
William Messner-Loebs Sketchbook (p. 109)