TCJ Archive

The Comics Journal No. 213, June 1999

Featuring interviews with Carol Lay and Jack Jackson; reviews of Sweet #4, Black Jack Volume 1, and Raw Deal;  an essay on Maus as magical realism.

Letters
Blood and Thunder: “Thus Spake the Idiots” (p.2)

News
Newswatch: “The Fat Lady Belts Out a Requiem” (p.13)

Interviews
Carol Lay (p.52)
Jack Jackson (p.83)

Reviews
Eric Moro, “Sweet #4” (p.41)
David Rust, “Black Jack, Volume One” (p.42)
Larry Rodman, “Raw Deal” (p.43)
R. C. Harvey, “The Big Picture: A Comic Strip Collection” (p.44)
Gregory Cwiklik, “For the Completist” (p.45)
Gregory Cwiklik, “Not Enough” (p.49)
Ron Evry, “Lots Cause” (p.89)

Essays
Edward A. Shannon, “‘It is not the mouse who is the thief but the mousehole’: Art Spiegelman’s Maus as Magical Realism” (p.91)
Kenneth Smith, “Fugitive Images Part One: Epochs and Regimes” (p.103)
Jeremy Pinkham, “28.8 Panels Per Second” (p.105)
Columns
Comicopia: “Reviving a Classic Character at Playboy” (p.97)
Fanboi Politik: “America’s Best Comics” (p.101)
Hit List (p.110)

Illustrations
Carol Lay (art), Mark Vick (design), Cover