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The mainstay of the magazine is, and has always been to this day, the in-depth, often career-spanning interviews that the Journal conducts with both leading and upcoming lights in the comics field. These interviews can run to in excess of 50 heavily illustrated pages, often revealing an artist in more depth than anywhere else – this is the advantage of a publication on comics written by folks who love comics and want to share that passion, as do we.
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The Comics Journal #275 (due May 2006)
This issue sit in on a candid conversation with one of 2005's breakout cartoonists, Epileptic author David B. (who provides the cover), in a wide-ranging discussion on life, art and cartooning. David's autobiographical debut has received praise in national magazines and newspapers, and his accessible art style and complex storytelling have garnered him a respectable American audience that will want to learn more about the artist behind the work!
Plus: The Journal's roster of critics analyze the best comics and graphic novels of 2005, in a wide-ranging section that looks into the work of cartoonists from Winsor McCay to Hank Ketcham to Chris Ware; celebrate the 25th anniversary with the leftist firebrands behind incendiary agit-prop comics anthology World War 3 Illustrated; and all the news, criticism and commentary that you've come to expect from the finest, most provocative magazine about comics available today, The Comics Journal!
The Comics Journal #276 (due July 2006)
This issue Dirk Deppey sits down with Terry Moore, the cartoonist behind Strangers in Paradise. Learnt he story behind Francine and Katchoo and find out how Moore survived the self-publishing battleground of the 1990s. Also Mike Catron interviews Teen Titans' creator Bob Harvey.
A comics section reorunts rare works from the medium;s rich history. To wrap things up you get all the news, commentary and criticism you've come to expect from one of the most respected magazines about the cartooning arts.
The Comics Journal #277 (due August 2006)
30th Anniversary issue! "Where we came from, where we're going": The Comics Journal celebrates its 30th year as the nation's premier trade journal and comic-arts review by examining the last three decades of comics arts and industry history, and offers a look at where the medium may be headed in the next decade, in an oversized special issue guaranteed to give you a new perspective from which to view the artform.
News Editor Michael Dean and Managing Editor Dirk Deppey offer a concise history of the comic-book marketplace, from the early days of the Direct Market to the turbulent 1990s and their consequences for today. Executive Editor Gary Groth talks about the aesthetics of the medium with renowned cultural critic Donald Phelps. French cartoonist and controversial L'Association co-founder Jean-Christophe Menu offers a European perspective, and a host of cartoonists (including veteran comic-book creator Kyle Baker, breakout web-cartoonist Chris Onstad and others) and publishers discuss the future of the medium as seen from their vantage points.
Plus: Donald Phelps offers an extended look at revered classic comic strip "Barney Google," complete with an extensive collection of daily strips from the series! It is 250 pages (with 48 in colour) of serious comics goodness, reviews, criticism, history and wisdom created by – and made for - people who love our medium.
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Writer: Gary Groth | Artist: Various | Publisher: Fantagraphics
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