TCJ Archive

The Comics Journal No. 143, July 1991

Featuring interviews with Robert Crumb, Reed Walker and Kate Worley, Donald Simpson, and Alan Moore; an essay on porn comics; the portfolio of S. Clay Wilson.

Editorial
Gary Groth, “Confessions of a Smut-Peddler” (p.5)

Letters
Blood and Thunder (p.33)

News
Newswatch (p.9)
International (p.29)

Interview
R. Crumb (p.77)
Reed Walker and Kate Worley (p.93)
Donald Simpson (p.100)
Alan Moore (p.116)

Reviews
Darcy Sullivan, “The Most Honest Sex in Comics” (p.49)
Richard von Busack, “Britain’s ‘Mad’ About Viz” (p.52)
Ray Mescallado, “The Importance of Being Ernest” (p.54)
Mark Barnette, “You Just Can’t Get Good Alien Monster Pornography” (p.56)

Essays
Jack Mahogoff and Hugh G. Rection, “Porn Comics: What’s Hot, What’s Not” (p.43)
Bob Levin, “‘Yes, Yes,’ She Panted” (p.62)
Maggie Bloodstone, “All I Needed To Know I Learned in the Comics” (p.71)
Toren Smith, “Miso Horny” (p.111)
David Moskowitz, “From the Other Side of the Fence” (p.125)

Columns
Angela Bocage: Opening Shots, “Define the Terms, Dismiss the Dregs, and Enjoy the Results: A Feminist’s Case for Pornography” (p.3)
Roberta Gregory: Hey Kids! Comics! (p.42)
Robert Boyd: Swipe File (p.59)

Illustration
R. Crumb, Cover
S. Clay Wilson Portfolio (p.129)