TCJ Archive

The Comics Journal No. 201, January 1998

Featuring interviews with Al Hirschfeld and Larry Marder; Euro-Comics for beginners.

Letters
Blood and Thunder: “Notes from the Hepman” (p.2)

News
Newswatch: “Wal-Mart Suspends Comics Sales” (p.7)

Interviews
Al Hirschfeld (p.46)
Larry Marder (p.58)

Reviews
Tom Spurgeon, “Gare Du Nord” (p.39)
Charles Hatfield, “The End of the Century Club Vol. I: Countdown” (p.40)
David Rust, “Like Nothing Else Going...” (p.41)
Gene Kannenberg, Jr., “In Good Company” (p.43)

Essays
R. C. Harvey, “At Last, The Petty Stuff” (p.103)

Columns
¡Viva La Comix! (p.4)
Euro-Comics for Beginners (p.27)
Robert Boyd: Minimalism (p.35)
Marketplace (p.108)
Hit List (p.110)

Illustrations
Al Hirschfeld (art), Mark Vick (design)- Image taken from a 1950 drawing of two Broadway casts, from “The Devil’s Disciple” and “Caesar and Cleopatra,” at an imaginary cocktail party, Cover