TCJ Archive

The Comics Journal No. 98, May 1985

Featuring interviews with Alex Toth and Clay Geerdes; essays by Jan Strnad and Dale Luciano; columns by C.C. Beck, R. Fiore, and Bill Sherman.

Editorial
Gary Groth, “Intellectual Shenanigans” (p. 9)

Letters
Blood and Thunder (p. 22)

News
Newswatch (p. 12)

Interviews
Vincent Davis, Richard Kyle, and Bill Spicer, “Still the Artist’s Artist: An Interview with Alex Toth” (p. 59)
Dale Luciano, “Keeping the Comix Grapevine: An Interview with Clay Geerdes” (p. 85)

Reviews
Russell Freund, “Make the Heroes Turtles” (p. 37)
Carter Scholz, “Post-Modernist Spacemen” (p. 41)
Dale Luciano, “Suckers and Survivors” (p. 46)

Essays
Jan Strnad, “The Alternative Comics Cadaver Derby” (p. 49)
Dale Luciano, “Newave Comics Survey” (p. 80)

Columns
C.C. Beck, “Opening Shots: Comic Heroes in Ancient Times” (p. 7)
R. Fiore, “Funnybook Roulette” (p. 34)
Bill Sherman, “Erosions and Exceptions: Fedds and Hedds” (p. 95)