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"Comics Joins Charity Band" p. 25 (Comics Journal #117
   September 1987) -- Data from Pete Coogan.
   1. Benefit events. 2. Cartoon Aid. Call no.: PN6700.C62
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The Comics Journal

 The Comics Journal. -- Bethel, CT [etc.] : Fantagraphics, 1977- . -- ill. ; 28 cm. -- Began with no. 32 (Jan. 1977) -- Continues: Nostalgia Journal. -- Periodical about comics. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 32-308 (1977-2022). -- Call no.: PN6700.C62

 Note: Information up to issue 139 is dispersed through this index, and is given courtesy of Pete Coogan. Brief contents for those issues of this periodical which were indexed by Library staff (issues 140 and up) are given here. In general author, title and subject entries for all issues, including the Nostalgia Journal, are dispersed throughout the Reading Room Index. For best access please return to the A to Z index screen and search for the name, title, or topic that is of interest.
 For certain more detailed entries see the features

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The Comics Journal, no. 140 (Feb. 1991)
   CONTENTS: "Dear Dave, a Reply to Dave Sim" (Opening Shots)
   p. 3-4 -- "So Far, So Bad" (Editorial) p. 5-10 --
   "Newswatch" p. 11-27 -- "Swipe File" p. 28 --
   "International" p. 29-30 -- "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p.
   31-35 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 37-49 -- "Walt Kelly
   Interview" p. 50-60 -- "Some Thoughts on Pogo" p. 63-66 --
   "A Walt Kelly Biography" p. 67-70 -- "A Walt Kelly
   Sketchbook" p. 70-71 -- "Alan Moore Interview" p. 72-85 --
   "Art for Artiness' Sake" p. 86-90 -- "Maurice Sendak" p.
   92-102 -- "This is Jim Engel's Sketch Book" p. 103-107 --
   "Serious Funnybooks" (American Slander) p. 109-110 --
   "Dorman's Doggie"* (Hey, Kids! Comics) p. 111. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.140
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The Comics Journal, no. 141 (Apr. 1991)
   CONTENTS: "Attack of the Salmon-Heads" (Opening Shots) p.
   3-5 -- "Can Alternatives Sell?" (editorial) p. 7-11 --
   "Newswatch" p. 13-29 -- "International" p. 31-36 -- "Blood
   & Thunder" (letters) p. 37-58 -- "Funnybook Roulette"
   (reviews) p. 59-64 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) 65-76 --
   "Hey Kids! Comics!" p. 77 -- "Matt Groening" (interview) p.
   78-95 -- "Julie Doucet's Secretions" (interview) p. 98-105
   -- "Gary Panter Sketchbook" p. 107-112 -- "Critics of the
   Higher Derangement" (Dramas of the Mind) p. 113-117 --
   "Swipe File" p. 117. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.141
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The Comics Journal, no. 142 (June 1991)
   CONTENTS: "Everybody's a Critic" (editorial) p. 5-6 -- "Hey
   Kids! Comics!" p. 7 -- "Newswatch" p. 9-26  -- "Blood and
   Thunder" (letters) p. 27-39 -- "Comics Library" (reviews)
   p. 41-59 -- "Take Five : Arnold Roth Interview" p. 60-81 --
   "The Politics of Super-Heroes" p. 83-88 -- "The Fine Art of
   Comics : Carol Tyler Interview" p. 90-102 -- "Gary Panter
   Sketchbook" p. 103-108 -- "Reruns & Revivals" (reviews) p.
   109-114 -- "Swipe File" p. 117. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.142
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The Comics Journal, no. 143 (July 1991)
   "Special Sex Issue" -- CONTENTS: "Opening Shots" p. 3-4 --
   "Confessions of a Smut Peddler" (Editorial) p. 5-7 --
   "Newswatch" p. 9-27 -- "International" p. 29-31 -- "Blood
   and Thunder" (letters) p. 33-41 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics!" p.
   42 -- "Porn Comics" (reviews) p. 43-47 -- "Comics Library"
   (reviews) p. 49-58 -- "Swipe File" p. 59 -- "Sex" p. 60-128
   -- "S. Clay Wilson Portfolio" p. 129-133. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.143
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The Comics Journal, no. 144 (Sept. 1991)
   CONTENTS: "To Serve and Protect?" (Opening Shots) p. 3-4 --
   "Newswatch" p. 5-23 -- "Lively Cartooning in the Land of
   Castro" p. 25-29 -- "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 31-38 --
   "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 39-48 -- "The Good, the Bad,
   and the Foreign" p. 50-62 -- "Down Home with Tim Truman" p.
   66-86 -- "The Insult that made a Man out of Mac" p. 87-89
   -- "The 1991 Summer Reading List" p. 90-100 -- "Swipe File"
   p. 100 -- Dan Clowes sketchbook. p. 101-105 --
   "Extinguishing Ethics I" (Dramas of the Mind) p. 107-109.
   -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.144
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The Comics Journal, no. 145 (Oct. 1991)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (Letters) p. 3-9 -- "Hey, Kids!
   Comics!" p. 11 -- "Newswatch" p. 13-32 -- "International"
   p. 33-35 -- "Funnybook Roulette" p. 39-40 -- "Comics
   Library" (reviews) p. 41-55 -- "Eddie Campbell Interview"
   p. 58-87 -- "Chick Comics" p. 89-94 -- "Art Spiegelman
   Interview" p. 96-99 -- "Shary Flenniken Sketchbook" p.
   101-105 -- "Reruns & Revivals" p. 107-112 -- "Dramas of the
   Mind" p. 13-116 -- "Swipe File" p. 116 -- "The Comics
   Journal Hit List" p. 117. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.145
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The Comics Journal, no. 146 (Nov 1991)
   CONTENTS: "Lies We Cherish : The Canonization of Carol
   Kalish" (editorial) p. 3-4 -- "Note from the Managing
   Editor" p. 7 -- "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 9-18 --
   "Swipe File" p. 14 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics!" p. 20 --
   "Newswatch" p. 21-41 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 43-52
   -- "Shary Flenniken Interview" p. 54-85 -- "Future Schlock
   : Will Eisner on the State and Future of Comics" p. 86-89
   -- "Masterpieces as Cartoons" p. 90-96 -- "No Comment" p.
   97 -- "Kim Deitch Sketchbook" p. 99-103 -- "Modernism in
   Our Pants" p. 105-108 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List" p.
   109. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.146
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The Comics Journal, no. 147 (Dec. 1991)
   CONTENTS: "The Maus Fallacy" (editorial) p. 3-4 -- "Blood &
   Thunder" (letters) p. 7-11 -- "Swipe File" p. 9 --
   "Newswatch" p. 13-23 -- "Miscellanea" p. 25-27 -- "New
   Comics News" p. 28-30 -- "Brazilian Comics Creators Find
   Conditions Slowly Improving for Original Material"
   (International) p. 31-32 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p.
   33-42 -- "P. Craig Russell Interview" p. 44-73 -- "The
   Hidden World of Li'l Abner" p. 74-76 -- "Kim Deitch
   Sketchbook" p. 77-83 -- "A Pretty Girl is Like a Malady" p.
   85-90 -- "No Comment" p. 91 -- "The Comics Journal Hit
   List" (reviews) p. 93. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.147
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The Comics Journal, no. 148 (Feb. 1992)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 3-8 -- "Hey, Kids!
   Comics!" p. 9 -- "Newswatch" p. 11-31 -- "International" p.
   33-36 -- "Funnybook Roulette" p. 37-39 -- "Swipe File" p.
   39 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 41-50 -- "No Comment"
   p. 51 -- "Charles Burns Interview" p. 52-88 -- "Sheldon
   Mayer Interview" p. 90-96 -- "Doug Allen/Gary Leib
   Sketchbook" p. 97-101. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.148
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The Comics Journal, no. 149 (Mar. 1992)
   CONTENTS: "Tarnished Image" (editorial) p. 3-4 -- "Blood &
   Thunder" (letters) p. 5-8 -- "No Comment" p. 9 --
   "Newswatch" p. 11-30 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 31-43
   -- "Swipe File" p. 43 -- "Mini-Malism" (reviews) p. 45-47
   -- "Discussion Panel: Comic Art in the '90s" p. 48-64 --
   "Discussion Panel: Bande Dessinée" p. 66-80 -- "Burne
   Hogarth Sketchbook" p. 81-85 -- "The Life and Death of the
   Gag Cartoon" (Reruns & Revivals) p. 87-92 -- "Hit List"
   (reviews) p. 94-95. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.149
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The Comics Journal, no. 150 (May 1992)
   CONTENTS: "A Case of Complex Ignorance" (editorial) p. 3-4
   -- "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 5-11 -- "Newswatch" p.
   13-33 -- "International" p. 35-39 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics!"
   p. 40 -- "Funnybook Roulette" (reviews) p. 41-43 -- "Comics
   Library" (reviews) p. 45-53 -- "J.R. Williams Sketchbook"
   p. 55-59 -- "Jaime Hernandez" (Back to the Drawing Board)
   p. 60-65 -- "Swipe File" p. 67 -- "Peter Kuper Interview"
   p. 68-101 -- "My Life as an African-American Cartoonist :
   Samuel Joyner" p. 102-107 -- "Mark Schutlz Interview" p.
   108-143 -- "David Mazzucchelli Sketchbook" p. 145-149 --
   "The Comics Journal Hit List" (reviews) p. 150-151. -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.150
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The Comics Journal, no. 151 (July 1992)
   CONTENTS: "Flawed Diamond" (editorial) p. 3 -- "Blood &
   Thunder" (letters) p. 5-7 -- "NewsWatch" p. 9-25 -- "Comics
   Library, Mini-Malism" (reviews) p. 27-38 -- "The 1992
   Summer Reading List" p. 41-47 -- "Drew Friedman Interview"
   p. 48-86 -- "The Best Comic Shops in North America" p.
   88-96 -- "Retailers Speak Out" p. 97-101 -- "Carl Barks
   Sketchbook" p. 105-109 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List"
   (review/recommendations) p. 110-111. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.151
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The Comics Journal, no. 152 (Aug. 1992)
   CONTENTS: "Comics, the New Culture of Illiteracy, or Why
   the World is Turning to Shit, part 563" (editorial) p. 3-6
   -- "NewsWatch" p. 7-17 -- "Funnybook Roulette" (reviews) p.
   19-22 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 23-29 -- "Marvel
   Comics and the Kiddie Hustle" p. 30-37 -- "A Half-Filled
   Glass from a Tapped-Out Barrel : The Doom Patrol" p. 39-44
   -- "Todd McFarlane Interview" p. 45-70 -- "Chris Claremont
   Interview" p. 71-87 -- "Alan Moore Interview" p. 89-100 --
   "Evan Dorkin Interview" p. 101-113 -- "David Mazzucchelli
   Interview" p. 114-119 -- "Justin Green Sketchbook" p.
   121-125. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.152
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The Comics Journal, no. 153 (Oct. 1992)
   CONTENTS: "Class Wars" (editorial) p. 3-4 -- "Blood &
   Thunder" (letters) p. 5-12 -- "Swipe File" p. 13 --
   "Newswatch" p. 15-39 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 41-45
   -- "Harvey Kurtzman Interview: 1965" p. 47-55 -- "Harvey
   Kurtzman Today" p. 57-61 -- "Harvey Kurtzman Interview:
   1987" p. 62-69 -- "Harvey Kurtzman Tributes" p. 70-74 --
   "Little Annie Fanny" p. 76-80 -- "More Thrilling than
   Fiction: Kurtzman, Kirby, and History" p. 83-90 -- "Harvey
   Kurtzman Timeline" p. 92-95 -- "Rubble" p. 96-102 -- "Jack
   Davis Interview" p. 104-111 -- "Spain Sketchbook" p.
   113-117 -- "Reprint Revolution" (Reruns & Revivals) p.
   121-125 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List" p. 126-127. --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.153
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The Comics Journal, no. 154 (Nov. 1992)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 3-8 -- "NewsWatch"
   p. 9-29 -- "Takashi Nemoto" p. 31-34 -- "Comics Library,"
   "Minimalism" (reviews) p. 35-45 -- "Dan Clowes Interview"
   p. 46-92 -- "There's a Way" (Dori Seda) p. 94-104 -- "The
   Life and Art of Dori Seda" p. 105-109 -- "Estates of the
   Art : Two American Museums of Comics" p. 110-118 -- "Swipe
   File" p. 118 -- Hunt Emerson sketchbook. p. 121-125 -- "The
   Comics Journal Hit List" p. 126-127. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.154
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The Comics Journal, no. 155 (Jan. 1993)
   CONTENTS: "The Two Daves" (editorial) p. 3-8 -- "Swipe
   File" p. 8 -- "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 9-14 --
   "Newswatch" p. 17-37 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics" p. 39-41 -- "Up
   from Bubblegum" p. 42-48 -- "Previews" p. 50-51 -- "Dave
   McKean Interview" p. 52-63 -- "Neil Gaiman Interview" p.
   64-83 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 85-93 -- "The Comics
   Journal Hit List" p. 94-95 -- "Carel Moiseiwitsch
   Sketchbook" p. 98-103. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.155
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The Comics Journal, no. 156 (Feb. 1993)
   CONTENTS: "No Hopey for the Future" (Funnybook Roulette) p.
   3-8 -- "Newswatch" p. 9-29 -- "Cool Comics Shops" p. 31 --
   "International" p. 33-41 -- "Gahan Wilson Interview" p.
   42-71 -- "Missing: The Search for Zap #0" p. 73-76 -- "Doug
   Allen Interview" p. 78-88 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p.
   89-95. -- Mark Martin sketchbook. p. 97-101 -- "The Comics
   Journal Hit List" (reviews) p. 102-103 -- "Hey, Kids!
   Comics" (Angoulême reports) p. 104-110. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.156
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The Comics Journal, no. 157 (Mar. 1993)
   CONTENTS: "Goodbye, Harvey" (editorial) p. 3. -- "Harvey
   Kurtzman Tribute" p. 4-17 -- "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p.
   19-25 -- "Newswatch" p. 27-41 -- "Understanding Comics"
   (preview) p. 43 -- "Seduction of the Mexican Innocent" p.
   45-48 -- "Cool Comic Shops" p. 49 -- "Bill Griffith
   Interview" p. 50-98 -- "Readers' Poll" p. 99 -- "A Flourish
   of Trumpets : Roy Crane and the Adventure Strip" (Reruns &
   Revivals) p. 101-106 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p.
   109-115 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics" p. 117-119 -- "The Comics
   Journal Hit List" (recommendations) p. 120-121 -- "Kyle
   Baker Sketchbook" p. 122-126. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.157
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The Comics Journal, no. 158 (Apr. 1993)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-9 -- "Swipe
   File" p. 9 -- "Go Ahead and Bitch" p. 11-13 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 15-31 -- "International" p. 33-35 -- "Ed Sorel
   Interview" p. 37-58 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 61-66
   -- "Robert Crumb" (interview) p. 67-76 -- "Foster's Tarzan
   and How It Grew" (Reruns & Revivals) p. 77-80 -- "Hey,
   Kids! Comics!" p. 81-84 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List"
   (reviews) p. 86-88 -- "Jay Lynch Sketchbook" p. 89-93. --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.158
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The Comics Journal, no. 159 (May 1993)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2-5 -- "You
   Can't Judge a Book by its Cover" (Opening Shots) p. 7-8 --
   "Newswatch" p. 9-36 -- "Submerged in Grit" (Previews) p. 37
   -- "15 Years of Beamophilia" p. 40-45 -- "Cover Toons: Rock
   'n' Roll Meets the Comics!" p. 47-57 -- "Peter Bagge
   Interview" p. 58-94 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 97-109
   -- ""Hey Kids! Comics!" p. 110-111 -- "The Comics Journal
   Hit List" p. 112-113 -- "Skip Williamson Sketchbook" p.
   114-118. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.159
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The Comics Journal, no. 160 (June 1993)
   Black Comics Artists special issue. -- CONTENTS: "Blood &
   Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3 -- "Building the Issue"
   (editorial) p. 5 -- "Newswatch" p. 7-25 -- "Comics from the
   Old Country" p. 27-29 -- "Stan Shaw Interview" p. 33-38 --
   "Nabile Hage Interview" p. 39-46 -- "Hidden Treasure :
   Jackie Ormes Brought to Light" p. 47-50 -- "Seitu Hayden
   Interview" p. 53-60 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 61-66
   -- "Milestone Interview" p. 67-77 -- "The New Black Age of
   Comics" p. 79-83 -- "Ho Che Anderson Interview" p. 85-90 --
   "Cool Comic Shops" p. 91 -- "Sims Brothers Interview" p.
   93-102 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List" (recommendations)
   p. 104-105 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics!" p. 106-107 -- "Grass
   Green Sketchbook" p. 108-111. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.160
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The Comics Journal, no. 161 (Aug. 1993)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 4-6 -- "Swipe
   File" p. 6 -- "Things Change" (editorial) p. 7-8 --
   "Newswatch" p. 9-36 -- "International News" p. 37-40 --
   "Robert Williams Interview" p. 42-70 -- "Minimalism"
   (reviews) p. 71-73 -- "Mark Newgarden Interview" p. 74-91
   -- "Cool Comic Shops" p. 93 -- "Comics Library" (reviews)
   p. 95-102 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics!" p. 103 -- "The Comics
   Journal Hit List" (recommendations) p. 104-105 -- "Richard
   Sala Sketchbook" p. 107-111. -- Call no.: PN6700.C 62no.161
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The Comics Journal, no. 162 (Oct. 1993)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-5 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 7-35 -- "Harvey Pekar Interview" p. 37-44 -- "Good Ol'
   Chester Brown" p. 45-49 -- "Seth, Brown, Matt" p. 51-56 --
   "Autobio : The Autobiographical Cartoonist Survey" p. 58-66
   -- "Diane Noomin Interview" p. 67-77 -- "Rancid Plotte"
   (comic strip) p. 79-82 -- "Dennis Eichhorn Interview" p.
   83-89 -- "Ceci n'est pas Jack Kirby" p. 90-95 -- "Hey,
   Kids! Comics!" p. 97 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p.
   99-108 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List" p. 112-113 --
   "Frank Stack Sketchbook" p. 115-119. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.162
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The Comics Journal, no. 163 (Nov. 1993)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-5 -- "Comics'
   Place in Pop Culture" (editorial) p. 7-8 -- "Business News"
   p. 9-13 -- "Legal News" p. 14 -- "Public Spectacles" p. 15
   -- "Exit Art Gallery Sponsors Major Comics Show" p. 17-18
   -- "Self-Proclaimed Legends Form Imprint" p. 19-20 --
   "Kuper Draws Eye of the Beholder for the Changing Times" p.
   21-22 -- "Sala's Mysteries Collected" p. 22-23 -- "Graham
   Chaffee Makes Debut with The Big Wheels" p. 24-25 -- "Paul
   Pope to Release Dr. Richardson" p. 25 -- "Exhibits" p. 26
   -- "New Comics News" p. 28-29 -- "Miscellanea" p. 30 --
   "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 33-44 -- "Vertigo Roundtable"
   p. 46-58 -- "Ted McKeever Interview" p. 61-67 -- "Neil
   Gaiman Interview" p. 68-73 -- "Mistah Kurtz, He Dead" p.
   74-79 -- "Terry LaBan Interview" p. 80-95 -- "Comix Brut!"
   p. 97-100 -- "Minimalism" (reviews) p. 103-105 -- "Dave Sim
   Sketchbook" p. 107-109 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List" p.
   110-111. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.163
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The Comics Journal, no. 164 (Dec. 1993)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2-5 -- "The Big
   Question" (Opening Shots) p. 7-8 -- "Newswatch" p. 11-38 --
   "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 39-52 -- "Jim Woodring
   Interview" p. 54-87 -- "Michael Allred Interview" p. 88-103
   -- "Hey, Kids! Comics!" p. 104-107 -- "Cool Comic Shops" p.
   109 -- "Dave McKean Sketchbook" p. 111-115 -- "The Comics
   Journal Hit List" (reviews) p. 118-119. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.164
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The Comics Journal, no. 165 (Jan. 1994)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3 -- "Peter's
   (Lack of) Principle" (editorial) p. 5-6 -- "Newswatch" p.
   7-25 -- "Taiwanese Cartooning : From Bust to Boom" p. 27-30
   -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 31-40 -- "Seeing the
   Invisible" p. 41-45 -- "Matt Wagner Interview" p. 46-72 --
   "Jammin' the Toons" p. 74-80 -- "Tom Tomorrow : System
   Shock" p. 82-95 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics!" (strips) p. 96-97
   -- "Food of the Gods : The Million Year Picnic" (Cool Comic
   Shops) p. 99 -- "Dan Burr Sketchbook" p. 103-107 -- "The
   Comics Journal Hit List" (reviews) p. 108-109. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.165
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The Comics Journal, no. 166 (Feb. 1994)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 6 -- "Viva la
   Comix" p. 4-5 -- "Peter David Letter a Hoax" (editorial) p.
   7 -- "Newswatch" p. 9-49 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p.
   51-58 -- "Burne Hogarth Interview, Pt. 1" p. 60-104 --
   "Hey, Kids! Comics!" p. 105 -- "Mary Fleener Interview" p.
   106-117 -- "Jill Thompson Sketchbook" p. 119-123 -- "The
   Comics Journal Hit List" (recommendations) p. 126-127. --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.166
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The Comics Journal, no. 167 (Apr. 1994)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 6-10 --
   "Viva la Comix" p. 4-6 -- "Newswatch" p. 11-36 -- "Comics
   Library" (reviews) p. 37-44 -- "Paul Mavrides Interview" p.
   46-77 -- "The Museum Built on the Backs of Turtles" p.
   78-82 -- "Burne Hogarth Interview, part 2" p. 84-104 --
   "Cartoonin' in Serbia" (Hey, Kids! Comics!) p. 107 --
   "Minimalism" (reviews of minicomics) p. 109-111 -- "The
   Comics Journal Hit List" (reviews) p. 114-115 -- "Jack
   Kirby Tribute" p. 1-19 (inverted). -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.167
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The Comics Journal, no. 168 (May 1994)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 7-8 -- "Viva
   la Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "On the Boards" p. 6 -- "Major
   Headache" / Lance Jacobs. p. 11-12 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics"
   p. 13 -- "Newswatch" p. 15-44 -- "Comics Library" (reviews)
   p. 47-55 -- "Roberta Gregory Interview" p. 56-74 -- "Wendy
   and Richard Pini Interview" p. 77-97 -- "Joe Palooka and
   the Most Famous Food Fight of the Funnies" / R.C. Harvey.
   p. 101-110 -- "Guy Davis Sketchbook" p. 111-115 -- "The
   Comics Journal Hit List" (recommendations) p. 118-119. --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.168
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The Comics Journal, no. 169 (July 1994)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 7-12 -- "Viva
   la Comix" p. 4-6 -- "Newswatch" p. 13-34 -- "The Man from
   Venice" p. 36-41 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 43-52 --
   "Neil Gaiman Interview" p. 54-108 -- "Sol Harrison, the
   King of Color" p. 110-114 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List"
   (brief reviews) p. 118-119. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.169
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The Comics Journal, no. 170 (Aug. 1994)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 7 -- "Viva la
   Comix!" p. 4-6 -- "Opening Shots" p. 9 -- "Marder for the
   Cause" (editorial) p. 11-16 -- "Newswatch" p. 17-44 --
   "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 47-60 -- "Joe Coleman
   Interview" p. 62-84 -- "On Teaching Kids Comics" p. 87-91
   -- "Mark Martin Interview" p. 94-109 -- "Hey, Kids!
   Comics!" p. 112-116 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List"
   (reviews) p. 118-119. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.170
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The Comics Journal, no. 171 (Sept. 1994)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2, 6-14 -- "Viva
   la Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "Note from the Managing Editor" p. 15
   -- "Jim Shooter, Our Nixon" (editorial) p. 17-21 --
   "Newswatch" p. 23-47 -- "Cartooning in the Former
   Czechoslovakia" p. 49-52 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p.
   53-70 -- "Clive Barker Interview" p. 72-91 -- "Comics on
   CompuServe" p. 93-95 -- "Dame Darcy Interview" p. 98-109 --
   "Terry Gilliam Sketchbook" p. 111-115 -- "The Comics
   Journal Hit List" (recommendations) p. 118-119. -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.171
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The Comics Journal, no. 172 (Nov. 1994)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2, 7-10 -- "Viva
   la Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "On the Boards" p. 5 -- "Hey, Kids!
   Comics!" p. 11 -- "Newswatch" p. 13-41 -- "Funnybook
   Roulette" p. 43-45 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 47-57
   -- "Joe Kubert Interview" p. 58-105 -- "Murmur a
   Masterpiece?" p. 108-117 -- "Paul Rivoche Sketchbook" p.
   119-123 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List" p. 126-127. --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.172
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The Comics Journal, no. 173 (Dec. 1994)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2, 7-12 -- "Viva
   la Comix" p. 4-6 -- "1994, the Year Halley's Passed from
   View" p. 13-15 -- "The Michael Diana Interview" p. 17-25 --
   "Letter of Law Not to Mavrides' Advantage" p. 26-28 -- "The
   Rumors are True: Marvel Buys Malibu" p. 29-33 -- "Marvel
   Restructures Editorial Department" p. 34-35 -- "Retailer
   Bust Redux" p. 36 -- "Miscellaneous News" p. 37-39 -- "New
   Comics News" p. 40-41 -- "Canadian Censorship Update" p.
   42-44 -- "Fanny Lacks Funds" p. 44 -- "Minimalism" p. 47-49
   -- "Lines and Shadows : Paul Auster's City of Glass" p.
   51-54 -- "Saving Grace : Big Mouth #1-4" p. 54-55 --
   "Messages from Hell : From Hell, Book One, The Compleat
   Scripts" p. 56-59 -- "Slowly Through This Little Tale: The
   Complete Maus" p. 60-63 -- "Violence is Good, said the Crow
   : The Crow" p. 64-65 -- "Jeff Smith" p. 66-91 -- "Martin
   Wagner, a Discussion of All Things Hepcats" p. 94-116 --
   "Ho Che Anderson Sketchbook" p. 121-125 -- "Hit List"
   (reviews) p. 126-127. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.173
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The Comics Journal, no. 174 (Feb. 1995)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 7-14 -- "Viva
   la Comix!" p. 4-6 -- "Newswatch" p. 15-38 -- "Comics
   Library" (reviews) p. 41-51 -- "Frank Frazetta" (interview)
   p. 52-90 -- "Fantasy's Michelangelo" p. 91-95 -- "Pixy and
   the Post-Nuke Protagonist" p. 96-102 -- "Feast of Fools" p.
   103-104 -- "Comics in a New Way : Max Anderson Interview"
   p. 105-107 -- "That's Just Dave : an Exploration of the
   Recent Misogynistic Writings of Cerebus Author Dave Sim" :
   "The Story that Wasn't: 'Reads' and the Comics Industry" p.
   112-117 ; "The Former Mrs Viktor Davis" p. 116-118 ; "The
   Saddest Fate" p. 119-120 -- "Renee French Sketchbook" p.
   121-125 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List" (reviews) p.
   126-127. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.174
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The Comics Journal, no. 175 (Mar. 1995)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 6-8 -- "Viva
   la Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "Newswatch" p. 9-35 -- "A Bad Case of
   Miller" (Funnybook Roulette) p. 37-39 -- "Comics Library"
   (reviews) p. 41-51 -- "Rick Veitch Interview" p. 52-87 --
   "On the Shoulders of Giants: Marvels and the Realistic
   Superhero" p. 89-97 -- "Enlighten 'Em or Sicken 'Em: S.
   Clay Wilson, Work and Play" p. 98-109 -- "JIS Sketchbook"
   p. 111-115 -- "Hit List" p. 118-119. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.175
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The Comics Journal, no. 176 (Apr. 1995)
   CONTENTS: "Zippy? Beck? What Gives?" (Opening Shots) p. 1
   -- "Marking the Decline" (Opening Shots) p. 2 -- "Blood &
   Thunder" (letters) p. 4-5, 9-10 -- "Viva la Comix!" p. 6-8
   -- "Newswatch" p. 11-37 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p.
   39-47 -- "Genuine LaBan" (Scattershots) p. 48-51 -- "Grant
   Morrison Interview" p. 52-82 -- "Childish Things: Nostalgia
   and Guilt in Grant Morrison's Comics" p. 83-87 -- "Joe
   Sacco Interview" p. 88-109 -- "Ollie Harrington's Dark
   Laughter" p. 111-114 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List" p.
   118-119. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.176
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The Comics Journal, no. 177 (May 1995)
   CONTENTS: "Witness at the Marvelution" (editorial) p. 1-2
   -- "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 4-5 -- "Viva la Comix!"
   p. 6-8 -- "Newswatch" p. 9-35 -- "I Can't Get No, No, No,
   No : Our Cancer Year" (review) p. 37-41 -- "Comics Library"
   (reviews) p. 43-53 -- "EC Section" p. 54-123 -- "The Comics
   Journal Hit List" p. 126-127. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.177
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The Comics Journal, no. 178 (July 1995)
   CONTENTS: "Pro/Con Politics" (editorial) p. 1-2 -- "Opening
   Shots" p. 3-4 -- "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 6-7,
   11-12 -- "Viva la Comix" p. 8-10 -- "Newswatch" p. 13-32 --
   "Cartooning in Myanmar and Bangladesh" (International) p.
   35-38 -- "Objective Opinions" (reviews) p. 39-63 -- "David
   Levine Interview" p. 64-90 -- "The Hernandez Brothers"
   (interview) p. 91-123 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List"
   (reviews) p. 124-125 -- "The Butt-Eye Address" (parody) p.
   128-127. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.178
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The Comics Journal, no. 179 (Aug. 1995)
   CONTENTS: "It Burns Him Up" / Matt Wagner. p. 1-2 -- "Blood
   & Thunder" (letters) p. 4-5 -- "Viva la Comix!" p. 6-7 --
   "On the Boards" p. 8 -- "Newswatch" p. 9-29 -- "Objective
   Opinions" (reviews) p. 31-50 -- "Scott McCloud Interview"
   p. 52-81 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics!" p. 83-84 -- "Terry Zwigoff
   Interview" p. 85-111 -- "Alison Bechdel Interview" p.
   112-121 -- "The Comics Journal Shit List" (comics to avoid)
   p. 126-127. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.179
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The Comics Journal, no. 180 (Sept. 1995)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-4 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 5-30 -- "Objective Opinions" p. 31-51 -- "The Art
   Spiegelman Interview" p. 52-106 -- "Art Spiegelman
   Sketchbook" p. 107-114 -- "Robert Crumb Interview" p.
   115-138 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List" p. 142-143. --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.180
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The Comics Journal, no. 181 (Oct. 1995)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 6 -- "Viva la
   Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "Newswatch" p. 7-31 -- "Beyond Doubt : An
   Interview with Joost Swarte" p. 33-38 -- "Objective
   Opinions" p. 39-55 -- "Stan the Man" p. 57-96 -- "Art
   Spiegelman, Part II" p. 97-139 -- "The Comics Journal Hit
   List" p. 142-143. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.181
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The Comics Journal, no. 182 (Nov. 1995)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3 -- "Viva la
   Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "Newswatch" p. 7-25 -- "Manara" p. 26-30
   -- "The Wonderful, Ironic Career of Art Spiegelman" p.
   33-40 -- "They Cover the Comicfront" p. 41-45 -- "Firing
   Line" (reviews) p. 47-51 -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p.
   53-62 -- "Terry Gilliam Interview" p. 64-92 -- "Critical
   Focus : Stuck Rubber Baby" p. 94-118 -- "Comics Indulgence
   : Treasure Chest" p. 120-122 -- "Comicopia" p. 123-124 --
   "The Comics Journal Hit List" p. 126-127. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.182
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The Comics Journal, no. 183 (Jan. 1996)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 6-8 -- "Viva
   la Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "Newswatch" p. 9-28 -- "Objective
   Opinions" (reviews) p. 29-45 -- "Joe Matt Interview" p.
   47-75 -- "Seth on Matt" p. 77-80 -- "Don Rosa Interview,
   pt. 1" p. 82-106 -- "Whatever Happened to Alan Moore?" p.
   107-112 -- "Hey Kids, Comics!" p. 114 -- "Comicopia" p.
   115-116 -- "Dave Cooper Sketchbook" p. 117-121 -- "The 1995
   Snobbies!" (survey form) p. 123 -- "The Comics Journal Hit
   List" p. 126-127. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.183
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The Comics Journal, no. 184 (Feb. 1996)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3 -- "Viva la
   Comics" p. 4-5 -- "On the Boards" p. 6 -- "Newswatch" p.
   7-48 -- "Objective Opinions" (reviews) p. 51-67 -- "Dave
   Sim Interview" p. 68-106 -- "Don Rosa Interview, pt. 2" p.
   107-113 -- "The Inherent Limitations of the Comics Form as
   a Narrative Medium" p. 116-120 -- "Centennial Year of the
   American Comic Strip"* (Comicopia). p. 121-123 -- "The
   Comics Journal Hit List" p. 126-127 -- "Remembering Burne
   Hogarth" (3 essays and an interview) inverted p. 1-15. --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.184
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Comics Journal, no. 185 (Mar. 1996)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3 -- "Viva la
   Comix" p. 4-5 -- "On the Boards" p. 6 -- "Newswatch" p.
   7-29 -- "Objective Opinions" (reviews) p. 31-41 -- "Steve
   Bissette Interview" p. 42-99 -- "Don Rosa Interview, part
   3" p. 101-111 -- " Outta Sight" (Comicopia) p. 114-116 --
   "Outsider Cartoons: B.N. Duncan Goes to the Museum" p.
   117-124 -- "The Comics Journal Hit List" (recommendations)
   p. 126-127. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.185
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The Comics Journal, no. 186 (Apr. 1996)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-9 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 11-23 -- "The Invisible Art : Comics and Cartooning in
   Vietnam and Cambodia" p. 25-26 -- "The Unnoticed Genius"
   (Scattershots) p. 28-30 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 31-33
   -- "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 35-44 -- "Gil Kane"
   (interview) p. 46-109 -- "Kaz Interview" p. 110-125 -- "Pat
   Bagley"* (Comicopia) p. 129-131 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics!" p.
   132 -- "The Art of Frank Frazetta" p. 133-139 -- "The
   Comics Journal Hit List" p. 142-143 (recommendations). --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.186
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The Comics Journal, no. 187 (May 1996)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 6-8 -- "Viva
   la Comix" p. 4-5 -- "Newswatch" p. 9-29 -- "Lat: Drawings
   from Memory" (Scattershots) p. 33-35 -- "Firing Line"
   (reviews) p. 37-42 -- "Comics Library" (book reviews) p.
   43-54 -- "Gilbert Shelton" (interview) p. 56-75 -- "Gil
   Kane" (interview, pt. 2) p. 77-103 -- "Helen Hokinson"*
   (Comicopia) p. 107-110 -- "Beyond the Grid" p. 111-114 --
   "The Comics Journal Hit List" p. 118-119. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.187
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The Comics Journal, no. 188 (July 1996)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3 -- "Viva la
   Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "On the Boards" p. 6 -- "Newswatch" p.
   7-16 -- "Scattershots" p. 19-22 -- "Firing Line" p. 23-24
   -- "Comics Library" (book reviews) p. 25-29 -- "The State
   of the Industry 1996" p. 31-36 -- "John Davis" p. 37-44 --
   "The State of Self-Publishing" p. 45-52 -- "Reed and
   Oliveros" p. 53-59 -- "Nadine Strossen" p. 61-69 -- "The
   State of Mini-Comics Part One : An Interview with Fabio
   Zimbres" p. 71-73 -- "Scott McCloud on the Digital Future
   of Comics" p. 75-83 -- "Kurt Busiek and Mainstream Comics,
   1996" p. 85-94 -- "Dan Clowes and Comics" p. 95-101 --
   "These are the Good Old Days : A Critical Roundtable on the
   State of the Medium" p. 103-118 -- "Neil Gaiman and Comics,
   1996" p. 119-123 -- "Young Cartoonists Roundtable, Seattle"
   p. 125-134 -- "The Reuben at Fifty" (Comicopia) p. 137-140
   -- "Bob Fingerman Sketchbook" p. 141-145 -- "The Comics
   Journal Hit List" p. 146-151. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.188
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The Comics Journal, no. 189 (Aug. 1996)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 6-14 -- "Viva
   la Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "News Watch" p. 15-41 --
   "International" p. 43-45 -- "State of Mini Comics, Part
   Two: Interview with James Kochalka" p. 47-51 -- "Objective
   Opinions" (reviews) p. 53-62 -- "Interviews" (Mike Mignola,
   Frank Stack) p. 64-110 -- "Beyond the Grid" p. 111-112 --
   "Comicopia" p. 113-115 -- "Hit List" p. 118-119. -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.189
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The Comics Journal, no. 190 (Sept. 1996)
   CONTENTS: "57 Years in the Making" (editorial) p. 3-5 --
   "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 6-7 -- "Viva la Comix" p.
   8-9 -- "Oh, No!" (letter section parody) p. 11-14 -- "News
   Watch" p. 15-32 -- "International" p. 35-37 -- "State of
   Minicomics, Part Three: Interview with Jessica Abel" p.
   39-44 -- "Objective Opinions" (reviews) p. 45-57 --
   "Interviews" (Barry Windsor-Smith, Donna Barr) p. 58-108 --
   "Fanboi Politik" p. 109-112 -- "Comicopia" p. 113-121 --
   "Snobbies!" (awards) p. 122-123 -- "Hit List" p. 126-127.
   -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.190
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The Comics Journal, no. 191 (Nov. 1996)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3 -- "News
   Watch" p. 5-28 -- "International" p. 29-34 -- "Objective
   Opinions" (reviews) p. 35-50 -- "Interviews" (Infantino,
   Pope) p. 52-117 -- "Infantino Raises Questions about CBG
   Letters Policy Following Kirby Controversy Flare-Up" p.
   93-97 -- "Comicopia" p. 119-122 -- "Fanboi Politik" p.
   123-125 -- "Hit List" p. 126-127. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.191
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The Comics Journal, no. 192 (Dec. 1996)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 6 -- "Viva la
   Comix" p. 4-5 -- "News Watch" p. 7-32 -- "The See-Saw World
   of Polish Cartooning" (International) p. 33-35 -- "Serbia's
   Dreaming : An Interview with Sasa Rakezic" (Minimalism) p.
   37-40 -- "Firing Line" (Reviews) p. 41-44 -- "Scattershots"
   (Reviews) p. 45-48 -- "Stan Sakai" (interview) p. 50-68 --
   "Dave Sim, part 2" (interview) p. 69-89 -- "Paul Pope, part
   2" (interview) p. 91-101 -- "Beyond the Grid" p. 103-114 --
   "Hit List" (reviews) p. 118-119. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.192
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The Comics Journal, no. 193 (Feb. 1997)
   CONTENTS: "Comics at 100" (Opening Shots) p. 1-2 -- "Blood
   & Thunder" (letter) p. 4-5, 8 -- "Viva la Comix" p. 6-7 --
   "News Watch" p. 9-36 -- "Turkey's Turbulent but Rich
   Cartooning Tradition" (International) p. 37-39 --
   "Scattershots, Firing Line, Comics Library" (reviews) p.
   41-56 -- "Seth" (interview) p. 58-93 -- "Terry Moore"
   (interview) p. 94-114 -- "The Bill Schorr Interview, part
   I" (Comicopia) p. 115-119 -- "Cheap Thrills, Essentially
   Yours" (Fanboi Politik) p. 120-122 -- "Hit List"
   (review/recommendations) p. 126-127. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.193
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The Comics Journal, no. 194 (Mar. 1997)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (Letters) p. 2-6 -- "News
   Watch" p. 9-29 -- "Firing Line, Comics Library" (reviews)
   p. 31-39 -- "Mazzucchelli" (interview) p. 40-84 -- "Bryan
   Talbot" (interview) p. 86-108 -- "The Bill Schorr
   Interview, part II" (Comicopia) p. 111-114 -- "Hit List"
   (review/recommendations" p. 118-119. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.194
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The Comics Journal, no. 195 (Apr. 1997)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-6 -- "News
   Watch" p. 7-26 -- Rob Liefeld interview, p. 27-41 -- Todd
   McFarlane interview, p. 42-45 -- "Thai Cartooning" p. 47-49
   -- "Scattershots," "Firing Line," "Comics Library"
   (reviews) p. 51-67 -- Tom Toles interview, p. 68-107 --
   "The Bill Schorr Interview, pt. 3" (Comicopia) p. 109-115
   -- "Hit List" (brief reviews) p. 118-119. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.195
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The Comics Journal, no. 196 (June 1997)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-6 -- "News
   Watch" p. 7-27 -- "Euro-Comics for Beginners" p. 29-34 --
   "Scattershots," "Firing Line," "Comics Library" (reviews)
   p. 35-56 -- "Dave McKean" (interview) p. 58-89 -- "Abadzis"
   (interview) p. 91-102 -- "A Disregard for Taste"
   (Comicopia) p. 103-104 -- "1996 Snobbies" p. 106-107 --
   "Hit List" (brief reviews) p. 110-111. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.196
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The Comics Journal, no. 197 (July 1997)
   CONTENTS: "Viva la Comix at the Chicago ComiCon" p. 2-3 --
   "Newswatch" p. 5-21 -- "Euro-Comics for Beginners" p. 22-27
   -- "Scattershots, Firing Line, Comics Library" (reviews) p.
   29-40 -- "Wallace Wood" p. 42-65 -- "Patrick McDonnell"
   (interview) p. 66-80 -- "Young Cartoonists' Roundtable New
   York" p. 81-90 -- "Hit List" p. 94-95. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.197
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The Comics Journal, no. 198 (Aug. 1997)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3 -- "Viva la
   Comix" p. 4-5 -- "From the (Former) Art Director" p. 6 --
   "Newswatch" p. 7-33 -- "Euro-Comics for Beginners" p. 35-38
   -- "Firing Line, Scattershots" (reviews) p. 39-50 -- "Milo
   Manara" (interview) p. 52-70 -- "Hunt Emerson" (interview)
   p. 72-101 -- "Trajectories" (on Wallace Wood) p. 103-107 --
   "Hit List" p. 110-111. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.198
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The Comics Journal, no. 199 (Oct. 1997)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 7-8 -- "Viva
   la Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "On the Boards" p. 6 -- "News Watch"
   p. 9-36 -- "Two Lifetimes: Depuy and Berberian"
   (Euro-Comics for Beginners) p. 39-45 -- "Firing Line,
   Comics Library" (reviews) p. 47-57 -- "The Comic Book
   Crisis: A Comics Journal Special Report" insert p. 1-32 --
   "James Robinson, Rising Star" (interview) p. 58-90 -- "Paul
   Krassner : An Impolite Interview" p. 91-108 -- "Hit List"
   (reviews) p. 110-111. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.199
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The Comics Journal, no. 200 (Dec. 1997)
   CONTENTS: "A Few Scattered Thoughts on 200 Issues (or 174
   to be exact) of The Comics Journal" (Editorial) / Gary
   Groth. p. 3-7 -- "A Few Notes on the Developing Aesthetic"
   / Tom Spurgeon. p. 9-12 -- "Read This Comic"
   (recommendations by 37 contributing writers) p. 15-64 --
   "Writer's Showcase" (9 essays) p. 67-105 -- "Hey, Kids!
   Comics!" (strips by 12 artists) p. 107-117 -- "Chris Ware"
   (interview) p. 118-178 -- "The Great Comic Book Heroes" /
   Jules Feiffer. p. 181-205 -- "Charles Schulz at 3 O'Clock
   in the Morning" (interview) inverted p. 1-48 -- "Dear
   Sparky" (42 artist tributes to Schulz) p. 49-68. -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.200
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The Comics Journal, no. 201 (Jan. 1998)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letter) p. 2-3 -- "Viva la
   Comix" p. 4-5 -- "News Watch" p. 7-25 -- "Euro-Comics for
   Beginners" p. 27-33 -- "Minimalism" (reviews) p. 35-38 --
   "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 39-40 -- "Comics Library"
   (reviews) p. 41-44 -- "Backstage with Al Hirschfeld" p.
   46-57 -- "Larry Marder" (interview) p. 58-102 -- "At Last,
   the Petty Stuff" (Comicopia) p. 103-106 -- "Hit List"
   (reviews) p. 110-111. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.201
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The Comics Journal, no. 202 (Mar. 1998)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-5 -- "News
   Watch" p. 7-28 -- "Fast Fiction" (Scattershots) p. 29-37 --
   "Kevin Eastman" (interview) p. 38-99 -- "The New Yorker and
   a Celebration of the Art of Magazine Cartooning"
   (Comicopia) p. 101-107 -- "The 1997 Snobbies!" p. 108 --
   "Hit List" (reviews) p. 110-111. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.202
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The Comics Journal, no. 203 (Apr. 1998)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3, 6-9 -- "Viva
   la Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "News Watch" p. 11-30 -- "Euro-Comics
   for Beginners" p. 31-34 -- "Firing Line," "Comics Library"
   (reviews) p. 35-44 -- "A Last Interview with Roy Crane" p.
   45-56 -- "A Talk with Russ Manning" p. 57-73 -- "Roy
   Tompkins and Mack White" (interview) p. 74-100 -- "Rice,
   Beans and Justin Greens" p. 101-107 -- "Hit List" (reviews)
   p. 110-111. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.203
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The Comics Journal, no. 204 (May 1998)
   CONTENTS: "How a 25-Year-Old Deal is Killing the Comics
   Industry" (Opening Shots) p. 1-2 -- "Blood & Thunder"
   (letters) p. 4-5 -- "Viva la Comix!" p. 6-7 -- "News Watch"
   p. 9-24 -- "Euro-Comics for Beginners" p. 25-29 --
   "Scattershots," "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 31-46 -- "A Walk
   on the Wilder Side : The Spain Rodriguez Interview, Part I"
   p. 48-82 -- "The Only Redemable Coupon in Life is Action :
   An Interview with Shannon Wheeler" p. 83-100 -- "The Fine
   Art of Throwing Bombs" (Comicopia) p. 103-107 -- "Hit List"
   (reviews) p. 110-111. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.204
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The Comics Journal, no. 205 (June 1998)
   "Young Cartoonists Issue" -- CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder"
   (letters) p. 2-5 -- "News Watch" p. 7-31 -- "Euro-Comics
   for Beginners" p. 33-38 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 39-42
   -- "Tomine" (interview) p. 44-76 -- "Young Cartoonist
   Profiles" p. 77-98 -- "Frank Cho Interview" p. 99-104 --
   "Young or Old, What's the Difference?" (Comicopia) p.
   105-109 -- "Young Mainstreamers: Making Distinctions"
   (Fanboi Politik) p. 111-113 -- "Young Cartoonists
   Roundtable: San Francisco" (Beyond the Grid) p. 115-124 --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.205
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The Comics Journal, no. 206 (Aug. 1998)
   CONTENTS: "Since None Of You Asked : Fundraising Ideas for
   the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund" (editorial) p. 1-2 --
   "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 4-5, 8 -- "Viva la Comix" p.
   6-7 -- "News Watch" p. 9-25 -- "Ukraine's Oleg Dergatchov"
   (International) p. 27 -- "Euro-Comix for Beginners" p.
   29-33 -- "Firing Line," "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 35-45
   -- "P. Bagge" (interview) p. 46-72 -- "Ted Rall Admits"
   (interview) p. 75-99 -- "Peter Milligan" (interview) p.
   101-114 -- "More Sketches of Spain" (interview, pt. 2) p.
   115-140 -- "Katz Feat" (Beyond the Grid) p. 141-147 -- "Hit
   List" (reviews) p. 150-151 (reviews) -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.206
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The Comics Journal, no. 207 (Sept. 1998)
   CONTENTS: "Pickle, Poot and The Cerebus Effect ; A
   Publisher's Partisan Response ; 50 Years of Mediocrity"
   (Opening Shots) p. 1-5 -- "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p.
   8-9 -- "Viva la Comix!" p. 10-11 -- "News Watch" p. 13-29
   -- "The Multi-Tiered Korean Comics" p. 31-34 -- "Firing
   Line" (reviews) p. 35-38 -- "Garth Ennis" (interview) p.
   40-67 -- "Bob Fingerman" (interview) p. 68-106 -- "Comic
   Strip Artistry in Reprints Galore" (Comicopia) p. 107-111
   -- "Splendid Possibilities Undreamed-of-Yet: George du
   Maurier's 1898 Views on Cartooning's Future" (Beyond the
   Grid) p. 113-115 -- "Hit List" (reviews) p. 118-119 -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.207
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The Comics Journal, no. 208 (Nov. 1998)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-4 -- "News
   Watch" p. 5-43 -- "Euro-Comix for Beginners" p. 45-49 --
   "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 51-54 -- "Richard Sala"
   (interview) p. 56-88 -- "Age of Bronze Preview" p. 89-93 --
   "Spotlight on Woodcut Nove ls" p. 95-117 -- "Ethics and
   Motives in the Hog Wallow" (Comicopia) p. 119-121 -- "Hit
   List" (reviews) p. 126-127 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.208
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The Comics Journal, no. 209 (Dec. 1998)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3 -- "News
   Watch" p. 5-17 -- "Euro-Comics for Beginners" p. 19-23 --
   "Scattershots," "Firing Line," "Comics Library" p. 25-43
   (reviews) -- "Frank Miller" (interview) p. 45-90 -- "Sam
   Henderson is Always Funny" (interview) p. 92-109 -- "The
   Pulp Art Aesthetic" (Beyond the Grid) p. 111-115 -- "The
   1997 Snobbies!" p. 118-119 -- "Spot On!" p. 119 -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.209
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The Comics Journal, no. 210 (Feb. 1999)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-3 -- "Viva la
   Comics" p. 4-5 -- "On the Boards" p. 6 -- "News Watch" p.
   7-32 -- "The Top 100 English-Language Comics of the
   Century" p. 34-108 -- "The Artists Talk Back" (Beyond the
   Grid) p. 109-113 -- "A Baker's Dozen or Two of the Top
   Cartoonists of the Century" (Comicopia) p. 115-122 -- "The
   Twenty Best Mainstream Comics" (Fanboi Politik) p. 123-124
   -- "Postive Signs : Ten Worthy Translation Projects"
   (Euro-Comics for Beginners) p. 125-129 -- "On the End
   Times" p. 131-140 -- "Y2K and the Conflict of Cultures"
   (End Times) p. 141-143 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.210
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The Comics Journal, no. 211 (Apr. 1999)
   CONTENTS: "Martin Wagner Owes Me Fifty Bucks" (editorial)
   p. 1-2 -- "Viva la Comix!" p. 4-5 -- "News Watch" p. 7-12
   -- "Books of the Year" (reviews) p. 13-26 -- "Warren Ellis,
   Man of the Year" (Fanboi Politik) p. 27-28 -- "David B.:
   Artist of the Year" (Euro-Comics for Beginners) p. 29-33 --
   "The Varied Drawing Lots of Lat, Malaysian Cartoonist" p.
   35-39 -- "The Year's Cartooning in Newspapers and
   Magazines" (Comicopia) p. 41-47 -- "Emerging Publishers
   Roundtable" (Beyond the Grid) p. 49-56 -- "Critical Focus:
   Understanding Comics" p. 57-103 -- "Comic Store Resource"
   (directory) p. 104-107 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.211
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The Comics Journal, no. 212 (May 1999)
   CONTENTS: "Pay-as-you-go Pleasures" (editorial) p. 1-3 --
   "News Watch" p. 7-31 -- "Firing Line," "Comics Library,"
   "Scattershots" (reviews) p. 33-52 -- "V.T. Hamlin"
   (interview) p. 54-78 -- "Jay Stephens" (interview) p.
   80-104 -- "In the Kitchen with Comics as Serious
   Literature" (Comicopia) p. 105-107 -- "A New Mainstream
   Renaissance?" (Fanboi Politik) p. 109-110 -- "Time, History
   and Nature" (End Times) p. 111-113 -- "Hit List" (reviews)
   p. 118-119 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.212
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The Comics Journal, no. 213 (June 1999)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-9 -- "Viva la
   Comix!" p. 10-11 -- "Newswatch" p. 13-39 -- "Firing Line,"
   "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 41-50 -- "Carol Lay"
   (interview) p. 52-82 -- "Critique Revisited" (Jack Jackson)
   (Beyond the Grid) p. 83-90 -- "It is not the Mouse who is
   the Thief but the Mousehole" (Art and Craft) p. 91-96 --
   "Reviving a Classic Character at Playboy" (Comicopia) p.
   97-100 -- "America's Best Comics" (Fanboi Politik) p.
   101-102 -- "Epochs and Regimes" (End Times) p. 103-104 --
   "28.8 Panels per Second" (Art and Craft) p. 105-107 -- "Hit
   List" p. 110-111 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.213
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The Comics Journal, no. 214 (July 1999)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-4 -- "News
   Watch" p. 5-17 -- "Firing Line", "Scattershots" (reviews)
   p. 19-36 -- "Evan Dorkin" (interview) p. 38-88 -- "I Never
   Went a Day Without Work : Sheldon 'Shelly' Moldoff"
   (interview) p. 90-107 -- "How Much Did Batman Knock-off
   Dick Tracy?" (Comicopia) p. 109-111 -- "Laying Odds on
   M-Tech" (Fanboi Politik) p. 113-114 -- "Fugitive Images
   (2)" (End Times) p. 115-117 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.214
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The Comics Journal, no. 215 (Aug. 1999)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-7 -- "Viva la
   Comix!" p. 8-9 -- "News Watch" p. 11-40 -- "Firing Line",
   "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 41-45 -- "John Severin"
   (interview) p. 46-93 -- "Tony Millionaire" (interview) p.
   94-114 -- "Captain Marvel, the Big Red Rip-off" (Comicopia)
   p. 114-118 -- "Creator's Rights in the Mainstream" (Fanboi
   Politik) p. 119-120 -- "Ancient Civilization (1)" (End
   Times) p. 121-114 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.215
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The Comics Journal, no. 216 (Oct. 1999)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-5 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 7-30 -- "Viva la Comix!" p. 32-33 -- "Sorting Through
   the Treasures of Espace Fanzine at Angoulême" (Euro-Comics
   for Beginners) p. 35-40 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 41-47
   -- "Kurt Busiek" (interview) p. 50-98 -- "Megan Kelso"
   (interview) p. 99-118 -- "John Severin" (interview, pt. 2)
   p. 121-152 -- "The Mystique and Mysteries of Jack Cole"
   (Comicopia) p. 155-161 -- "Superman ain't Majestic" (Fanboi
   Politik) p. 163-164 -- "Ancient Civilization (2)" (End
   Times) p. 165-169 -- "Hit List" p. 174-175 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.216
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The Comics Journal, no. 217 (Nov. 1999)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-5 -- "News
   Watch" p. 7-28 -- "Meet the Comics Press" p. 29-30 --
   "Firing Line", "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 31-38 -- "Lynn
   Johnston" (interview) p. 40-74 -- "Alone in the Western
   World" (Maxon Crumb) p. 78-97 -- "Alex Ross Sketchbook" p.
   99-109 -- "The Simple Truth: They Hate the Comics"
   (Comicopia) p. 111-113 -- "Rough Trades" (Fanboi Politik)
   p. 115-117 -- "Medieval Civilization" (End Times) p.
   119-121 -- "Hit List" p. 126-127 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.217
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The Comics Journal, no. 218 (Dec. 1999)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-5 -- "News
   Watch" p. 7-22 -- "La Comédie Illustrée" (Euro-Comics for
   Beginners) p. 25-29 -- "Firing Line", "Comics Library",
   "Scattershots" (reviews) p. 31-52 -- "Charles Vess"
   (interview) p. 56-91 -- "Linda Medley" (interview) p.
   93-105 -- "Jeff Smith" (interview) p. 107-118 -- Beyond the
   Grid: "The Dating of Zap Comix #1" p. 117-120 ; "Back from
   the Dead : Grant Morrison Interviewed" p. 121-125 ;
   "Everything You Know is Wrong" (review) p. 126-130 --
   "Straw Men on the Editorial Page" (Comicopia) p. 131-135 --
   "X-Aspiration" (Fanboi Politik) p. 137-139 -- "Medieval
   Civilization part 2: Jesus, Christos, Immanuel" (End Times)
   p. 143-145 -- "Hit List" p. 150-151 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.218
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The Comics Journal, no. 219 (Jan. 2000)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-5 -- "News
   Watch" p. 7-18 -- "Wizard" (Meet the Comics Press) p. 19-20
   -- "Firing Line", "Comics Library" (reviews) p. 21-36 --
   "Kyle Baker" (interview) p. 38-80 -- "Pierce Rice"
   (interview) p. 83-94 -- "The Bruce Wayne/Gotham City/Batman
   Dynamic" (Art & Craft) p. 95-99 -- "Beyond the Grid" p.
   102-123 -- "Reviving Gag (You Should Pardon the Expression)
   Cartoons" (Comicopia) p. 125-128 -- "That Yellow Bastard"
   (Fanboi Politik) p. 129-131 -- "Medieval Civilization pt.
   2" (End Times) p. 133-136 -- "Hit List" p. 142-143 -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.219
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The Comics Journal, no. 220 (Feb. 2000)
   CONTENTS (Year in Review): "Newswatch" p. 3-13 -- "Books of
   the Year, 1999" p. 14-26 -- "The Top 5 Lists!" p. 29-43 --
   "25 Years of Eddie Campbell" (Scattershots) p. 45-56 --
   "Comics in the '90s : a Comics Journal Fold-Out Timeline"
   p. 57-60 -- "Ben Katchor Jamboree" p. 61-67 -- "European
   Comics of 1999" (Euro-Comics for Beginners) p. 69-72 --
   "The Year in Review" (Fanboi Politik) p. 75-76
   CONTENTS (Decade in Review): "The Time of the Toad : The
   Comics Profession 1980-2000" (Opening Shot) p. 1-6 -- "Best
   of the '90s!" (Viva la Comix!) p. 8-9 -- "A Century in
   Comics" p. 11-16 -- "How to Make a Comic That's Actually
   Good" p. 19 -- "Hey, Kids! Comics!!" p. 20-24 -- "A
   Backward Look and a Forward Glimpse : Cliques and Clicks at
   the Fin de Siecle" (Comicopia) p. 25-29 -- "The Decade in
   Review" (Fanboi Politik) p. 31-32 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.220
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The Comics Journal, no. 221 (Mar. 2000)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 2-4 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 5-34 -- "Viva la Comix!" p. 36-37 -- "Paul Chadwick"
   (interview) p. 38-70 -- "Pat Boyette" (interview) p. 71-91
   -- "Addressing Lent's Demons" ; "International Aspects of
   the American Anti-Comic Book Crusade" (Beyond the Grid) p.
   93-98 -- "Reining In the Parade" (Comicopia) p. 99-103 --
   "Medieval Civilization, pt. 2" (End Times) p. 105-107 --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.221
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The Comics Journal, no. 222 (Apr. 2000)
   CONTENTS: "The Man Who Knew Too Much: Remembering Gil Kane"
   (Opening Shot) p. 1-6 -- "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p.
   8-9 -- "Newswatch" p. 11-34 -- "Reviews" p. 35-40 -- "Good
   Lord! It's the Erik Larsen Interview!" p. 42-61 -- "James
   Kochalka" (interview) p. 63-80 -- "GK: a Tribute" p. 83-98
   -- "Comic Book Marketplace" (Meet the Comics Press) p.
   99-100 -- "Medieval Civilization, pt. 3" (End Times) p.
   103-105 -- "Hit List" p. 110-111 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.222
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The Comics Journal, no. 223 (May 2000)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 3-22 -- "Minimalism" (reviews of minicomix) p. 23-28 --
   "Reviews" p. 29-36 -- "Alex Ross" (interview) p. 38-73 --
   "Not Being Emily Dickinson : Trina Robbins" (interview) p.
   75-89 -- "Lloyd Dangle" (interview) p. 91-99 -- "On the
   Boards" p. 101-103 -- "Wasn't Wertham Right After All?"
   (Comicopia) p. 105-109 -- "Caring About Crap" (Fanboi
   Politik) p. 110-112 -- "Miasma, the Sacred and the Profane"
   (End Times) p. 113-114 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.223
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The Comics Journal, no. 224 (June 2000)
   CONTENTS: "Thud and Blunder" (letters) p. 2-3 --
   "Newswatch" p. 5-22 -- "Reviews" p. 25-32 -- "Larry Gonick"
   (interview) p. 34-68 -- "Alex Ross, part 2" (interview) p.
   69-86 -- "Cushlamochree! Revisited" p. 87-91 -- "Dark Horse
   Maverick Annual" (On the Boards) p. 92-93 -- "Teaching
   Comics : a Course Diary" p. 95-97 -- "All About
   L'Association" (Euro-Comics for Beginners) p. 99-102 --
   "Jack Kirby Collector, Jack Kirby Quarterly" (Meet the
   Comics Press) p. 103-104 -- "Reckless So-Called Research
   Runs Rampant Still" (Comicopia) p. 105-108 -- "The History
   of Spirit" (End Times) p. 109-111 -- "Hit List" (reviews)
   p. 118-119 -- "Disney Has Taken..."* (Hey Kids! Comics!) p.
   120 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.224
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The Comics Journal, no. 225 (July 2000)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2-4 --
   "Newswatch" p. 7-27 -- "Reviews" p. 29-37 -- "Al Jaffee"
   (interview) p. 38-49 -- "The Sentimental Gentleman from
   Georgia" (Jack Davis interview) p. 50-62 -- "Al Feldstein"
   (interview) p. 64-85 -- "World's Funniest"* (On the Boards)
   p. 87-90 -- "Comic Book Artist" (Meet the Comics Press) p.
   91-93 -- "MADly" (Comicopia) p. 97-102 -- "Smells Like
   Actus Purus Spirit" (End Times) p. 103-105 -- "The Lighter
   Side Of" p. 112 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.225
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The Comics Journal, no. 226 (Aug. 2000)
   CONTENTS: "Are You a Connoisseur or a Cretin?" (Opening
   Shot) p. 1-6 -- "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 8-10 --
   "Newswatch" p. 11-30 -- "They Shall Not Be Forgotten" p.
   31-35 -- "The World's Mightiest Fat Head" p. 36-61 -- "John
   Buscema's Chalk Talk" p. 63-73 -- "It's Easy to Love Ava
   Gardner" p. 75-96 -- "Magic Boy in Scandinavia" (Hey Kids!
   Comics!) p. 97-101 -- "The Overstreet Comic Book Price
   Guide ; Comics Scene 2000" (Meet the Comics Press) p.
   103-104 -- "The Recent Disturbances in New York"
   (Comicopia) p. 105-109 -- "The Christianization and
   Modernization of Religion" (End Times) p. 113-115 -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.226
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The Comics Journal, no. 227 (Sept. 2000)
   CONTENTS: "Newswatch" p. 3-23 -- "Reviews" p. 25-36 -- "A
   Tribute to Carl Barks, 1901-2000" p. 38-81 -- "The World's
   Mightiest Fat Head" (C.C. Beck) p. 83-104 -- "Gemma Bovery"
   (Euro-Comics for Beginners) p. 105-107 -- "Barking Up the
   Right Tree" (Comicopia) p. 109-114 -- "In the Ocean of
   Ideas" (End Times) p. 115-117 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.227
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The Comics Journal, no. 228 (Nov. 2000)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2-6 --
   "Newswatch" p. 9-35 -- "Reviews" p. 39-48 -- "Jason Lutes"
   (interview) p. 50-86 -- "100 Bullets" (group interview) p.
   89-101 -- "Bries" (Euro-Comics for Beginners) p. 103-105 --
   "Hellboy" (On the Boards) p. 106-107 -- "Don't Look Behind
   the Curtain! What Curtain?" (Comicopia) p. 109-113 --
   "Snobbies" 114-115 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.228
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The Comics Journal, no. 229 (Dec. 2000)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 5-20 -- "Reviews" p. 23-30 -- "Comics Journal Salutes
   Artist of the Month Dan De Carlo" (interview) p. 32-49 --
   "Dan De Carlo Sketchbook" p. 51-53 -- "Ted Jouflas"
   (interview) p. 55-73 -- "Gus Arriola" (interview) p. 75-96
   -- "The History of Comics Fandom" p. 97-100 -- "Animerica ;
   Fresh Pulp ; Mangaphile" (Meet the Comics Press) p. 101-104
   -- "Modernity as a Revolution" (End Times) p. 105-107 --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.229
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The Comics Journal, no. 230 (Feb. 2001)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 7-26 -- "Reviews" p. 29-36 -- "Tom Sutton" (interview)
   p. 38-99 -- "Catching Up with Mike Allred" (interview) p.
   103-106 -- "A Geezer's Century" (Comicopia) p. 109-114 --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.230
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The Comics Journal, no. 231 (Mar. 2001)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3-4 --
   "Newswatch" p. 5-20 -- "Sequential Avengers" p. 20 -- "The
   Total List of Everything : 2000 in Review" (reviews) p.
   24-55 -- "Gene Colan" (interview) p. 60-87 -- "Amazing True
   Aventures of Michael Chabon" (interview) p. 89-97 --
   "History of Comics Fandom" p. 99-102 -- "Tracking the Media
   Footprints of the Times into the Future of Newspaper
   Comics" (Comicopia) p. 103-107 -- "Alter Ego" (Meet the
   Comics Press) p. 109-110 -- "Pico's Dazzling New Myth:
   Protean Man" (End Times) p. 111-113 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.231
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The Comics Journal, no. 232 (Apr. 2001)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 5-24 -- "Viva la Comix" p. 26-27 -- "Reviews" p. 29-40
   -- "Hit List" p. 42-43 -- "Why Online Animation Should Not
   Be Tomorrow's Television" p. 44-45 -- "Lone Star Comix
   Online" p. 46-47 -- "Format Wars : What Cartoonists Can
   Learn from Other Media in the Digital Age" p. 48-50 --
   "Steve Conley's Astounding Cyberspace Thrills" (interview)
   p. 51-58 -- "Hear Him Roar" (Rick Veitch interview) p.
   59-63 -- "Scott McCloud, Still Thinking" (interview) p.
   64-79 -- "A Silly Litttle Coat Hanger for Fart Jokes"
   (Tristan A. Farnon interview) p. 80-89 -- "Mark Martin:
   Burnin' Rubber" (interview) p. 90-91 -- "Spain : Kicking
   and Screaming" (interview) p. 92 -- "Peter Bagge Sucks"
   (Interview) p. 93-94 -- "Renée French" (interview) p. 94-95
   -- "History of Comics Fandom, part 3" p. 97-100 -- "The
   State of the Art Drawing of the Comic Strip" (Comicopia) p.
   101-106 -- "The Postcredal Epoch and the Death of Truth"
   (Endtimes) p. 110-113 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.232
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The Comics Journal, no. 233 (May 2001)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3-4 --
   "Newswatch" p. 6-19 -- "Viva la Comix!" p. 24-25
   --"Reviews" p. 27-35 -- "Goethe and The Little Asshole : an
   Overview of German Comics" p. 37-39 -- "Long-Distance
   Cartooning : Turkey's Salih Memecan" p. 40-41 -- "Survival
   is Name of Game for Cuban Cartoonists" p. 41-42 -- "Man Hua
   : Cartoons and Comics in China Before 1949" p. 43-45 --
   "Peanuts? No, Linus : Sparky and the Damned Intellectuals"
   p. 45 -- "Iran, a Country Teeming with Cartoonists" p.
   46-48 -- "The Rock-and-a-Hard-Place Options of Cartooning
   in Southern Africa" p. 49-51 -- "The Velvet Gloves are Off
   : A Boring Interview with Ghost World's Daniel Clowes" p.
   52-77 -- "Waxing Politic with Seth Tobocman" (interview) p.
   78-102 -- "The Graphic Novel, Will Eisner, and Other
   Pioneers" (Comicopia) p. 103-106 -- "The History of Fandom,
   part 4" p. 107-109 -- "Anke Feuchtenberger" (Euro Comics
   for Beginners) p. 110-113 -- "An International View :
   Tripwire, and Just Comics and More" (Meet the Comics Press)
   p. 114-115 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.233
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The Comics Journal, no. 234 (June 2001)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 5-19 -- "Viva la Comix" p. 20-21 -- "Reviews" p. 24-52
   -- "Thoughts on Carl Barks's 100th Birthday" p. 53-55 --
   "Bob Fingerman's Chutzpah" (Scattershots) p. 57-59 -- "Six
   Guys" (group interview with Bill Griffith, Kim Deitch,
   Seth, Charles Burns and Joe Sacco) p. 60-76 -- "Kiss and
   Tell" p. 78-90 -- "The Graphic Novel, Will Eisner, and
   Other Pioneers, part 2" (Comicopia) p. 92-97 -- "Charlton
   Spotlight and the Charlton Issues of Comic Book Artist"
   (Meet the Comics Press) p. 98-99 -- "When It Rains, it
   Pours" (Minimalism) p. 100-104 -- "Danijel Zezelj's
   Concealed Identity" (Euro Comics for Beginners) p. 105 --
   "The History of Comics Fandom, part 5" p. 107-110 --
   "Slavish New World : Ego's Olympian Games" (End Times) p.
   112-115 -- "Hit List" (reviews) p. 118-119 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.234
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The Comics Journal, no. 235 (July 2001)
   25th anniversary issue. -- CONTENTS: "Interim Editorial" p.
   3-8 -- "Newswatch" p. 11-21 -- "Testimonials" p. 24-32 --
   "Essays" p. 33-56 -- "Photos" p. 57-64 -- "Short
   Interviews" p. 66-67 -- "Sim" p. 68-69 -- "McCloud" p.
   70-79 -- "Timeline" p. 82-133 -- "The History of Comics
   Fandom, pt. 6" p. 135-136 -- "Getting Straight with
   History" (Comicopia) p. 138-141 -- "The Comics Journal :
   The DIY Version" (Meet the Comics Press) p. 144-145 --
   "Jacques Tardi" (Euro Comics for Beginners) p. 146-149 --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.235
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The Comics Journal, no. 236 (Aug. 2001)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3-7 --
   "Newswatch" p. 10-13 -- "Reviews" p. 15-17 -- "Hack's
   Progress, or, Hogarth's Harlot and the Establishment of
   Creator's Rights" p. 19-31 -- "Marv Wolfman Trial" p. 22-84
   -- "Showdown : The Pirate and the Mouse, part 1" p. 86-95
   -- "Remembering Hank Ketcham, 1920-2001" (Comicopia) p.
   98-103 -- "Actus Tragicus : the Case for Considering Israel
   a European Country" (Euro-Comics for Beginners) p. 105-108
   -- "Minimalism" (reviews) p. 110-111 -- "The Horrific
   Intoxicant of Omnipossibility III : Proliferant Nihilism"
   (Endtimes) p. 112-115 -- "19è Saló Internacional del Còmic
   de Barcelona" (Hey, Kids! Comics!) p. 118-119 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.236
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The Comics Journal, no. 237 (Sept. 2001)
   CONTENTS: "The B-Side" (Editorial) p. 3-4 -- "Blood and
   Thunder" (letters) p. 7-13 -- "Newswatch" p. 16-33 -- "The
   (Relatively) Current Crop" (Reviews) p. 35-43 -- "Women in
   Comics : a Space for Recognizing Other Voices" p. 44-48 --
   "Women Drawing the Deed, or, Another Unturned Stone" p.
   49-55 -- "Feminist Slapstick Pornographer : a Molly Kiely
   Interview" p. 51-55 -- "Magic and Indescribable : the
   Beguiling Work of Jennifer Daydreamer" (Scattershots) p.
   56-61 -- "Hard to Finesse" (Ellen Forney interview) p.
   62-77 -- "Watch Out for Alison Bechdel" (interview) p.
   80-86 -- "Profiles in Cleavage" (Rev. Susie the Floozie
   interview) p. 88-91 -- "A Phone Call with Marie Severin"
   (interview) p. 92-94 -- "Translating Comix : More than Just
   Language" (Minou Zaribaf interview) p. 96-97 -- "So Far, So
   Good" (On the Boards) p. 98-99 -- "The Other Women in
   Comics!" (Sketchbook) p. 102-103 -- "Hitlist" (reviews) p.
   106 -- "Wrong Move" (Hey, Kids! Comics!) p. 107 -- "Our
   Cover Girls" p. 108-111 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.237
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The Comics Journal, no. 238 (Oct. 2001)
   CONTENTS: "EC Comics : A Legacy of Mediocrity" (editorial)
   p. 3-4 -- "The Comics of Fabio Viscogliosi" p. 5-11 --
   "Protest and Survive" p. 13-15 -- "Fear of Comics" p. 17-22
   -- "Tove Jansson's Moomin Comics" p. 23-28 -- "Those Eyes"
   p. 29-30 -- "Go-Go-Go Von Dutch" p. 31-36 -- "Cola Radness"
   p. 37-38 -- "John Stanley's Teen Trilogy" p. 39-51 -- "The
   Lone Ranger's Famous Horse" p. 53-55 -- "Float Like a Bee,
   Sting Like a Butterfly" p. 57-58 -- "Colossal Circus" p. 60
   -- "War Against Smart People" p. 61-63 -- "King of Shit" p.
   65-67 -- "Parenting Makes You Free" p. 69-70 -- "The
   Scribbled Philosophy of Glenn Dakin" p. 71-87 -- "Fuck
   Other Forms of Art" p. 89-91 -- "On Second Thought There Is
   a Need for Tenchi" p. 93-99 -- "Newswatch" p. 100-115 --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.238
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The Comics Journal, no. 239 (Nov. 2001)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 4-13 -- "Viva la Comix!" p. 15 -- "Reviews" p. 16-25 --
   "The Right to Create : a Casualty of Dissent" p. 28-32 --
   "Showdown : The Pirate and the Mouse, part 2" p. 34-63 --
   "Marv Wolfman Trial, part 2" p. 68-112 -- "On the Boards"
   p. 115 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.239
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The Comics Journal, no. 240 (Jan. 2002)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3-5 --
   "Newswatch" p. 6-21 -- "Viva la Comix!" p. 24-25 -- "Year
   in Review" (reviews) p. 28-65 -- "Jack Kamen" (interview)
   p. 68-93 -- "Top 10 Euro Comics for Beginners" (Euro Comics
   for Beginners) p. 96-99 -- "Meet Their Comics Press" (Meet
   the Comics Press) p. 100-103 -- "Supertalent : Minimalism
   Cartoonist of the Year Kevin Huizenga" (Minimalism) p.
   105-107 -- "2001 in Remembrance and War" (Comicopia) p.
   109-115 -- "The Impact of the Comics Code Authority"
   (History of Comics Fandom) p. 116-118 -- "The Horrific
   Intoxicant of Omnipossibility 1: Previsions of the Abyss"
   (End Times) p. 120-123 -- "E.C. Lives" (Hey, Kids! Comics!)
   p. 125 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.240
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The Comics Journal, no. 241 (Jan. 2002)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3-4 -- "Viva la
   Comix!" p. 6-7 -- "Newswatch" p. 9-28 -- "Reviews" p. 31-43
   -- "A Conversation with John Porcellino" p. 45-71 -- "John
   Ney Rieber" (interview) p. 72-90 -- "Fabrice Neaud :
   Rewriting our Standards" (Euro-Comics for Beginners) p.
   92-95 -- "Supercomics Fodder with a British Accent" (Meet
   the Comics Press) p. 97-98 -- "Pogo Fest : For the Lore of
   Pogo" (Comicopia) p. 100-105 -- "Let's Get Small : Top
   Shelf's Small Batch Comics" (Minimalism) p. 106-109 -- "The
   Horrific Intoxicant of Onipossiblity II: Arbitrarialist
   Ideology" (End Times) p. 111-114 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.241
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The Comics Journal, no. 242 (Apr. 2002)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3-4 -- "Spot
   On!" (Viva la Comix!) p. 6-9 -- "Newswatch" p. 11-32 --
   "Noel Sickles Interview" p. 34-48 -- "Not Just Another
   Rerun: Peanuts 2000" p. 50-57 -- "Reviews" p. 59-90 -- "No
   Better Than They Ought To Be" (Funnybook Roulette) p. 92-95
   -- "Comics & Games Retailer and The Comics Interpreter"
   (Meet the Comics Press) p. 97-98 -- "Danger, Pictures
   Ahead" (Comicopia) p. 100-106 -- "Cartooning on the Top of
   the World" (Beyond the Grid) p. 107-108 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.242
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The Comics Journal, no. 243 (May 2002)
   CONTENTS: "Newswatch" p. 3-25 -- "Reviews" p. 27-31 --
   "Graphic Novels Panel Discussion" p. 33-44 -- "Sweeping Out
   the Lighthouse : The Dylan Horrocks Interview" p. 46-87 --
   "Dylan Horrocks Sketchbook" p. 88-89 -- "It's a Tokyo
   Thing" (Lost in Translation) p. 91-95 -- "Take the Old
   Story Out Back and Don't Shoot It : Ghost World" (Funnybook
   Roulette) p. 96-97 -- "The Comics: Unpredictable or Dead?"
   (Comicopia) p. 99-102 -- "Enter the Stack" (Minimalism) p.
   103-108 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.243
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The Comics Journal, no. 244 (June 2002)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3-5 --
   "Newswatch" p. 7-28 -- "Reviews" p. 31-45 -- "Michael
   Kupperman Interview" p. 46-64 -- "Jill Thompson Interview"
   p. 66-89 -- "Hey Kids! Gegika (1)" (Lost in Translation) p.
   91-95 -- "The Wig that Wouldn't Die : Bob Clampett's Beany
   and Cecil" (Funnybook Roulette) p. 97 -- "Graphic Novel
   Non-Bound : Belondweg Blossoming" (Minimalism) p. 99-100 --
   "Hogan's Alley" (Meet the Comics Press) p. 101-102 --
   "Blissful Cartooning" (Comicopia) p. 103-104 -- "The
   Caprices and Temptations of Guido Buzzelli" (Beyond the
   Grid) p. 105-109 -- "The Old World of the Present : The
   Narrative Work of Palle Nielsen" (Beyond the Grid) p.
   111-116. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.244
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The Comics Journal, no. 245 (Aug. 2002)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3-4 --
   "Newswatch" p. 6-35 -- "Reviews" p. 37-53 -- "Creig Flessel
   Interview" p. 54-75 -- "Dave Cooper Interview" p. 76-105 --
   "Hey Kids! Gekiga (part 2)" (Lost in Translation) p.
   107-111 -- "Sacred Harps and Singing Frogs" (Funnybook
   Roulette) p. 112-114 -- "The Blackhawk Mysteries"
   (Comicopia) p. 115-118 -- "Niche Zines : Too Much Coffee
   Man and The Journal of Madness" (Meet the Comics Press) p.
   119-120 -- "Diversions and Distractions : A Round-Up"
   (Minimalism) p. 121-124 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.245
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The Comics Journal, no. 246 (Sept. 2002)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2-4 --
   "Newswatch" p. 6-23 -- "Reviews" p. 25-35 -- "Victor
   Moscoso Interview" p. 36-89 -- "Mark Tonra Interview" p.
   90-107 -- "Achieving Godhood with Pen and Ink" (Lost in
   Translation) p. 109-113 -- "More New Historic Beginnings
   for Comics" (Comicopia) p. 115-120 -- "Rebel Visions" ;
   "Shutterbug Follies" ; "Likewise #1" (On the Boards
   Preview) p. 121-124 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.246
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The Comics Journal, no. 247 (Oct. 2002)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2-7 --
   "Newswatch" p. 9-33 -- "Reviews" p. 35-45 -- "A Moment of
   Noise" (Funnybook Roulette) p. 46-52 -- "Ruben Bolling
   Interview" p. 54-72 -- "Ted Rall Interview" p. 73-99 --
   "Donald Rooum Interview" p. 100-107 -- "Ted Rall and His
   Web of Half-Truths : A Critique" (Beyond the Grid) p.
   109-113 -- "Editoonery in the Wartime Wake of Sept. 11"
   (Comicopia) p. 115-120 -- "Of Course, We Wouldn't Want a
   Mushroom Cloud" (Lost in Translation) p. 121-124 -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.247
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The Comics Journal, no. 248 (Nov. 2002)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2-4 --
   "Newswatch" p. 5-27 -- "Reviews" p. 29-39 -- "Andi Watson
   Interview" p. 41-55 -- "Steve Rude Interview" p. 58-101 --
   "Steve Rude Sketchbook" p. 102-104 -- "What I Did On My
   Summer Vacation, Part I: Switzerland" (Euro-Comics for
   Beginners) p. 105-110 -- "Fact and Fiction with the Old
   Caviler in Clay Feet" (Comicopia) p. 111-114 -- "Kazuo
   Umezu's Fourteen" (Beyond the Grid) p. 115-117 -- "Bring
   Out Yer Dead : Comicology" (Meet the Comics Press) p.
   118-119 -- "All That Could Have Been : Jorge Zaffino" p.
   121-124 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.248
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The Comics Journal, no. 249 (Dec. 2002)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3-9 --
   "Newswatch" p. 11-32 -- "Shrimpy and Paul and Friends" (On
   the Boards) p. 34 -- "Reviews" p. 35-43 -- "Supermen,
   Penmen and Sad Sacks" (Funnybook Roulette) p. 44-46 --
   "Attempting the Impossible, Maybe" (Euro-Comics for
   Beginners) p. 47-51 -- "Rocket from the Crypt" (Meet the
   Comics Press) p. 52-53 -- "Built to Self-Destruct" (Lost in
   Translation) p. 54-58 -- "Comics Freely Offered (Eight
   Minis, One Regular)" p. 59-61 -- "Shop System : Interview
   with Will Eisner" p. 62-69 -- "Shop System : Golden Age
   Sweatshops" p. 70-81 -- "Debbie Drechsler Interview" p.
   82-107 -- "Table Talk and the Birth of Modern Magazine
   Cartooning" (Comicopia) p. 119-121, 123-124 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.249
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The Comics Journal, no. 250 (Feb. 2003)
   CONTENTS: "Why Team Comics is Still a Bad Idea" (Opening
   Shot) p. 1-3 -- "Newswatch" p. 7-38 -- "2002, the Year in
   Review" p. 40-98 -- "The Misapprehension of the Coon Image"
   (Funnybook Roulette) p. 99-103 -- "Developing a Comic
   Strip" (Charles Schulz) p. 105-107 -- "Concerning Yuko
   Tsuno" (Lost in Translation) p. 109-113 -- "EC Comics and
   the Chimera of Memory" p. 115-122 -- "Riding the Hi-Horse"
   p. 123-125 -- "The Kent-Caniff Correspondence" p. 126-128
   -- "Teddy Bear's Picnic" (Rory Hayes) p. 129-134 --
   "Screw-Style" p. 135-157 -- "Carl Barks and John Stanley"
   (interview) p. 159-162 -- "How Dan Clowes Creates His
   Worlds on Paper" (Back to the Drawing Board) p. 163-173 --
   "Hergé : His Life and Work" p. 176-179 -- "Hergé Interview"
   p. 180-205 -- "Gary Panter Interview" p. 206-244 -- "Gary
   Panter Sketchbook" p. 245-253 -- "Raymond Briggs Interview"
   p. 255-269 -- "The Genius of Jimmy" (Jimmy Corrigan) p. 256
   -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.250
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The Comics Journal, no. 251 (Mar. 2003)
   CONTENTS: "Statement of Conscience" p. 2 -- "Blood and
   Thunder" (letters) p. 3-7 -- "Spot On!" p. 9 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 11-37 -- "Good Comics and Baud Web Comics" (Download) p.
   38-40 -- "Coming Distractions: Previews" (Meet the Comics
   Press) p. 41-43 -- "Reviews" p. 44-53 -- "Bullets"
   (reviews) p. 54-57 -- "Reading Classics/Writing Classics"
   p. 59-61 -- "Comics Transformed into Design: Some Keys to
   Understanding the Work of Javier Mariscal" p. 62-65 --
   "Grrr! A Travelogue of Sorts" p. 66-76 -- "James Sturm
   Interview" p. 77-112 -- "James Sturm
   Bibliography/Sketchbook" p. 113-115 -- "Pioneers of Comix
   Panel" p. 116-125 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.251
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The Comics Journal, no. 252 (May 2003)
   CONTENTS: "Newswatch" p. 3-24 -- "Sweaterweather" (On the
   Boards) p. 25 -- "Reviews" p. 27-41 -- "Three by Moto
   Hagio" (Lost in Translation) p. 42-46 -- "I Once Reviewed
   the Books of a Millionaire, and Other Delayed Reactions"
   (Funnybook Roulette) p. 47-49 -- "The Sporting Life : A Pro
   without a Tart" (Comicopia) p. 50-53 -- "What I Did on My
   Summer Vacation, part 2: Italy" (Euro-Comics for Beginners)
   p. 54-58, 75 -- "The Ron Regé Interview" p. 59-73 -- "The
   John Romita Interview" p. 76-120 -- "These Things are Close
   to My Heart : Souther Salazar Profiled and Interviewed"
   (Minimalism) p. 122-125 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.252
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The Comics Journal, no. 253 (June 2003)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 2-11 -- "Dear
   Dave : A B&T Special" p. 12-18 -- "News Watch" p. 19-37 --
   "Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book"
   (On the Boards) p. 38-40 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p.
   41-48 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p. 50-53 -- "The Netherlands"
   (Euro-Comics for Beginners) p. 54-59 -- "Jason" (interview)
   p. 60-67 -- "From Prizefighters to Princes" (John Cullen
   Murphy inteview) p. 68-81 -- "Erik Drooker Umasked : an
   Interview" p. 82-87, 90-111 -- "Critical Focus : The Comics
   After 1945" p. 112-125 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.253
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The Comics Journal, no. 254 (July 2003)
   CONTENTS: "News Watch" p. 3-45 -- "Viva la Comix!" p. 47 --
   "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 49-55 -- "The Imp: So, Once
   More, With Feeling!" (Meet the Comics Press) p. 56-58 -- "A
   Bill of Goods, or, Why the Death of Criticism Couldn't Have
   Come at a Worse Time" p. 59-62 -- "A Funnybook Aesthetics
   Primer" p. 63-66 -- "Comics Made Me Fat" p. 67-68 --
   "What's Wrong with Comics Criticism, Anyway?" p. 69-77 --
   "The Will Elder Interview" p. 78-136 -- "Kazuo Umezu in His
   Own Words" (Speaking in Tongues) p. 137-141 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.254
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The Comics Journal, no. 255 (Sept. 2003)
   CONTENTS: "Opening Shot" (editorial) p. 3 -- "Blood and
   Thunder" (letters) p. 4-11 -- "News Watch" p. 13-43 --
   "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 44-60 -- "Now You See Me" (Arn
   Saba/Katherine Collins) p. 61-73 -- "The R. Sikoryak
   Interview" p. 74-199 -- "Breakdowns" (Sikoryak) p. 100-103
   -- "Encountering Aaron McGruder" p. 104-115 -- "Euro-Comics
   for Beginners" p. 116-121 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p. 122-125
   -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.255
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The Comics Journal, no. 256 (Oct. 2003)
   CONTENTS: "Opening Shot" p. 3 -- "News Watch" p. 5-33 --
   "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 34-37 -- "The Keiji Nakazawa
   Interview" p. 38-52 -- "From Lives to Abstractions in the
   Blink of a Child's Eye" (Lost in Translation) p. 53-56 --
   "Fort Thunder Forever" p. 58-72 --  "The Mat Brinkman
   Interview" p. 74-85 -- "The Brian Chippendale Interview" p.
   87-100 -- "The Brian Ralph Interview" p. 101-113 -- "Paul
   Lyons" (Profile) p. 114-116 -- "Leif Goldberg" (Profile) p.
   117-119 -- "Jim Drain" (Profile) p. 120-122 -- "Rodeo
   Rodeo" (Minimalism) p. 123-124 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.256
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The Comics Journal, no. 257 (Dec. 2003)
   CONTENTS: "Opening Shot" p. 3 -- "News Watch" p. 5-25 --
   "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 27-36 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p.
   38-41 -- "Mocca, San Diego and More" (Minimalism) p. 42-45
   -- "The/An Odd Couple" (Meet the Comics Press) p. 46-48 --
   "The Wellness of Korean Comics" (Speaking in Tongues) p.
   50-53 -- "Hack U" p. 54-55 -- "The Rick Griffin Interviews"
   p. 56-87 -- "Joe Casey" p. 89-125 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.257
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The Comics Journal, no. 258 (Feb. 2004)
   CONTENTS: "Opening Shot" (editorial) p. 3 -- "Blood and
   Thunder" (letters) p. 5-21 -- "News Watch" p. 23-38 --
   "Firing Line" p. 40-58 -- "Chosen People Funnies" (Critical
   Focus) p. 59-63 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p. 64-67 -- "Once
   and for All, We Have Decided to Side with the Many: a
   Round-Up" (Minimalism) p. 69-72 -- "A Simple Feast: Iou
   Kuroda's Nasu" (Lost in Translation) p. 73-76 -- "Serb
   Cartoonist Corax and the Zemun School of Caricature"
   (Speaking in Tongues) p. 77-79 -- "A Conversation with
   Gilbert Hernandez and Craig Thompson" p. 81-88 -- "Steve
   Ditko: His Work Examined" p. 89-120 -- "Who is Stan Lee?"
   (Comicopia) p. 121-125 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.258
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The Comics Journal, no. 259 (Apr. 2004)
   CONTENTS: "Opening Shot" (editorial) p. 3 -- "Newswatch" p.
   5-25 -- "The 2003 Year in Review" p. 27-46 -- "Make Me a
   Liar" (Funnybook Roulette) p. 47-48 -- "The Landscape
   'Round Here" (Lost in Translation) p. 49-54 -- "The Gift
   Horse's Oral Hygiene" p. 54-55 -- "Joann Sfar" (Euro-Comics
   for Beginners) p. 56-58 -- "Souther Salazar" (Minimalism)
   p. 59-60 -- "Youthquake" p. 61-69 -- "The Drew Weing
   Interview" p. 70-81 -- "The Kevin Huizenga Interview" p.
   82-92 -- "The Sammy Harkham Interview" p. 94-103 -- "A Talk
   with John Pham" p. 104-108 -- "Dan Zettwoch" p. 109-115 --
   "Small Press Spotlight Panel Discussion" p. 117-122 -- "On
   the Boards" p. 124-125 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.259
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The Comics Journal, no. 260 (May/June 2004)
   CONTENTS: "Tokyopop's New Deal" (Opening Shot) p. 3 --
   "Newswatch" p. 5-31 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 32-56 --
   "Bullets" (reviews) p. 58-60 -- "Dupuy and Berberian, the
   Interview" p. 62-87 -- "Recognition : a Conversation with
   Jean-Claude Mézières" p. 88-112 -- "The Classic"
   (Minimalism) p. 114-117 -- "The Gathering Monolith and the
   Dying Canaries" (Comicopia) p. 119-124 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.260
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The Comics Journal, no. 261 (June/July 2004)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letters) p. 3 -- "Newswatch"
   p. 5-29 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 31-48 -- "Bullets"
   (reviews) p. 50-51 -- "The Jay Hosler Interview" p. 53-73
   -- "Diary of a Teenage Rake : An Appreciation of Phoebe
   Gloeckner's Masterpiece" p. 74-77 -- "The Phoebe Gloeckner
   Interview" p. 78-123 -- "Fagin the Jew : A Literary
   Expedition of Daring and Complexity" (Comicopia) p. 125-130
   -- "International Journal of Comic Art" (Meet the Comics
   Press) p. 132-135 -- "It's Small Good" (Minimalism) p.
   137-140 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.261
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The Comics Journal, no. 262 (Aug./Sept. 2004)
   CONTENTS: "Editorial" p. 9-10 -- "Blood & Thunder"
   (letters) p. 11-15 -- "Newswatch" p. 16-42 -- "Of Course,
   Manga's a Fad" (Fun! Fun! Fun!) p. 44-45 -- "X-Men,
   Retreat!" (part 1) (Journalista) p. 46-50 -- "Obsolete: Why
   the Movies have Supplanted the Superhero Comic" (Guest
   Commentary) p. 51-54 -- "Fighting Words" p. 55 -- "Firing
   Line" (reviews) p. 56-70 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p. 72-74 --
   "For the Love of Chicken Fat" (Will Elder) p. 76-78 --
   "Harvey and Willie" p. 79-87 -- "The Alex Toth Interview"
   p. 88-94 -- "The Mark of Tyrone Power: an Appreciation of
   Alex Toth" p. 95-107 -- "The Alex Toth Comics Section" p.
   108-144 -- "The Steve Brodner Interview" p. 146-163 --
   "Steve Brodner Gallery" p. 165-169 -- "It's the Pictures,
   Stupid, Not to Mention Bondage and Grecian Urns"
   (Comicopia) p. 171-174 -- "Larger than Life" (Minimalism)
   p. 176-183 -- "The Crypto-Revolution of Our Age" (Time Out
   of Joint) p. 184-188 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.262
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The Comics Journal, no. 263 (Oct./Nov. 2004)
   CONTENTS: "Steal This Book" (Opening Shot) p. 9 -- "Blood &
   Thunder" (letters) p. 10-11 -- "Newswatch" p. 13-40 --
   "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 42-55 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p.
   56-58 -- "The Ed Brubaker Interview" p. 59-99 -- "Cerebus"
   p. 101-134 -- "George Carlson" p. 136-168 -- "A Graphic
   Novelist's Manifesto" p. 169 -- "Narrowscreen Publishing"
   (Fun! Fun! Fun!) p. 170-172 -- "X-Men, Retreat! (part 2)"
   (Journalista!) p. 173-176 -- "Fighting Words" p. 177 --
   "Playboy's First Cartoonist" (Comicopia) p. 178-182 --
   "Other People's Dreams: the Comics of Warren Craghead"
   (Minimalism) p. 183-187 -- "Motion Pictures" (Lost in
   Translation) p. 188-192 -- "The Crypto-Revolution of Our
   Age II: Modernity and Fatedness" (Time Out of Joint) p.
   193-197 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.263
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The Comics Journal, no. 264 (Nov./Dec. 2004)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 9-10 --
   "Newswatch" p. 12-46 -- "They're Killing Jack Kirby Again"
   p. 48-49 -- "Variations on a Scheme" (Fun! Fun! Fun!) p.
   50-51 -- "Pleasant Days in McCloud Cuckooland"
   (Journalista!) p. 52-54 -- "Fighting Words" p. 55 --
   "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 57-69 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p.
   70-71 -- "Comic Strip Noir : Harold Gray's Blissfully
   Brutal Little Joe" p. 72-104 -- "Underground Comix
   Publishers" p. 105-133 -- "The Ivan Brunetti Interview" p.
   134-182 -- "Nihilismus Funnies" p. 183-187 -- "Style and
   the Story" (Comicopia) p. 188-191 -- "Twenty-Five
   Minicomics You Can (and Should) Buy Right Now" (Minimalism)
   p. 192-197 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.264
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The Comics Journal, no. 265 (Jan./Feb. 2005)
   CONTENTS: "Newswatch" p. 8-37 -- "Firing Line" (Reviews) p.
   39-55 -- "Bullets" (Reviews) p. 56-58 -- "Chris Reynolds,
   an Appreciation" p. 60-69 -- "The Life & Art of William
   Steig" p. 70-104 -- "Meet Harry Anderson" p. 105-136 --
   "The Eric Shanower Interview" p. 137-167 -- "Misogyny
   Crisis" (Fun! Fun! Fun!) p. 168-169 -- "Prisoner's Dilemma"
   (Journalista) p. 170-171 -- "Happiness is an Unhappy
   Hipster" p. 172-174 -- "Fighting Words" p. 175 --
   "Inaugural Address" (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) p. 176-178 -- "Once
   You've Had Ultimates, Can You Ever Go Back?" (Cape Fear) p.
   180-187 -- "Comic Art" (Meet the Comics Press) p. 189-191
   -- "Arrested Recidivist : The Odd and Obscure Minicomics of
   Zak Sally" (Guest Minimalism) p. 192-193 -- "The
   Crypto-Revolution of Our Age III: The Mechanized Universe"
   (Time Out of Joint) p. 194-197 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.265
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The Comics Journal, no. 266 (Feb./Mar. 2005)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 8-13 --
   "Newswatch" p. 14-40 -- "Year in Review 2004" p. 41-92 --
   "Brian Michael Bendis Interview" p. 95-134 -- "Introducing
   White Boy" p. 135-136 -- "White Boy" (reprints) p. 137-169
   -- "The Art of Comix" (Hey Kids, Comics!) p. 169 --
   "Fighting Words" p. 171 -- "Ted Rall's War" (Funnybook
   Roulette) p. 173-179 -- "Understanding the Axis of Evil"
   (Comicopia) p. 180-182 -- "A Stroll Around the Block"
   (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) p. 183-187 -- "Small Press Exile"
   (Minimalism) p. 188-192 -- "The Crypto-Revolution of Our
   Time IV.: Anomie, Nihilism Considered as a Pestilence"
   (Time Out of Joint) p. 193-197 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.266
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The Comics Journal, no. 267 (Apr./May 2005)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 9-16 --
   "Newswatch" p. 18-47 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 49-69 --
   "Bullets" (reviews) p. 70-71 -- "Will Eisner Memorial" p.
   72-197 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.267
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The Comics Journal, no. 268 (June/July 2005)
   CONTENTS: "Newswatch" p. 9-38 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p.
   41-59 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p. 60-61 -- "Read This and I
   Own Your Brain" p. 62-66 -- "The Devil You Know"
   (Journalista!) p. 67-68 -- "Field of Broken Dreams" (Fun!
   Fun! Fun!) p. 69-70 -- "Fighting Words" p. 71 -- "Hergé at
   Sea" p. 72-77 -- "The Craig Thompson Interview" p. 78-119
   -- "The Bob Burden Interview" p. 120-139 -- "Walt Kelly's
   Our Gang" p. 140-175 -- "Anthologize Now!" (Minimalism) p.
   178-181 -- "Infinity Ad Infinitum" (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) p.
   182-185 -- "Other Compendiums" (Meet the Comics Press) p.
   186-189 -- "Of Birds and Pictures in Graphic Novels and
   Belief and the Role of the Writer" (Comicopia) p. 190-192
   -- "The Crypto-Revolution of Our Time 5: Man as Phenomenon,
   Man as Principle" (Time Out of Joint) p. 193-197 -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.268
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The Comics Journal, no. 269 (July 2005)
   CONTENTS: "She's Got Her Own Thing Now" (Opening Shot) p.
   10, 13, 17-21 -- "Newswatch" p. 22-52 -- "Firing Line"
   (reviews) p. 54-104 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p. 105-107 --
   "My Manga Childhood" p. 108-109 -- "Filling the Void" p.
   110-117 -- "Draw Like a Girl!" p. 118-120 -- "Stop, My Butt
   Hurts : The Yaoi Invasion" p. 121-125 -- "Kind of Blue :
   New Directions in Comics by Chynna Clugston" p. 126-129 --
   "The Magnificent Forty-Niners" p. 130-133 -- "X + X" p.
   134-136 -- "The Moto Hagio Interview" p. 138-176 -- "The
   Moto Hagio Gallery" p. 177-200 -- "The Crypto-Revolution of
   Our Age 6: What You Don't Know: Idiotists Ruling Ignoranti"
   (Time Out of Joint) p. 201-205 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.269
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The Comics Journal, no. 270 (Aug. 2005)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 9-13 --
   "Newswatch" p. 14-41 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 42-55 --
   "Bullets" (reviews) p. 56-58 -- "Chinese Manhua : Adapting
   the Chinese Classics" p. 60-67 -- "The Jessica Abel
   Interview" p. 68-106 -- "The Lalo Alcaraz Interview" p.
   107-125 -- "The Mark Bodé Interview" p. 124-129 -- "Nell
   Brinkley" p. 130-167 -- "The Post-Persepolis Marjane
   Satrapi" (Eurocomics for Beginners) p. 169-170 -- "George
   McManus's Son and Heir and How That Didn't Work Out"
   (Comicopia) p. 171-177 -- "Birds of America : Talking with
   Anders Nilsen" (Minimalism) p. 178-182 -- "What Makes a
   Superman?" (Cape Fear) p. 183-187 -- "Electronic Voting"
   (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) p. 188-191 -- "Power and Personal Chaos"
   (Time Out of Joint, 8) p. 193-197 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.270
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The Comics Journal, no. 271 (Oct. 2005)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 9-16 --
   "Newswatch" p. 18-47 -- "5,137 Pages of Brian Michael
   Bendis" (Firing Line) p. 48-61 -- "Rising Generations : the
   Unorthodox Kid Comics of Sheldon Mayer" p. 62-71 -- "Look
   Out, Batman! It's the Jerry Robinson Interview!" p. 72-111
   -- "The Renée French Interview" p. 112-141 -- "A Neat Case
   of Castor Oyle from E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre of 1928"
   p. 143-193 -- "Playboy vs. the New Yorker" (Funnybook
   Roulette) p. 194-197 -- "François Ayroles"* (Eurocomics for
   Beginners) p. 199-201 -- "Let Us Now Praise Talking Animals
   : The Fort Mudge Most and Following Cerebus" (Meet the
   Comics Press) p. 202-205 -- "More Comics Reference, the
   Good and the Strange" (Comicopia) p. 206-208 -- "Skeletal
   Man: the Profoundly Superficial" (Time Out of Joint : the
   Crypto-Revolution of Our Age IX) p. 209-213 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.271
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The Comics Journal, no. 272 (Nov. 2005)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 9-11 --
   "Newswatch" p. 12-43 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 44-63 --
   "Wanksta's Paradise" (Bullets) (reviews) p. 64-67 -- "The
   Steve Bell Interview" p. 68-81 -- "The Jeff Danziger
   Interview" p. 83-103 -- "The Jerry Robinson Interview, part
   two" p. 104-126 -- "Thirteen Going On Eighteen" p. 128-167
   -- "Why I Teach Comics Literature" p. 168-178 --
   "Post-Superheroes Aren't Hard to Find" (Fun! Fun! Fun!) p.
   179-180 -- "Fighting Words" p. 181 -- "Diff'rent Strokes"
   (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) p. 182-185 -- "Copy Rites and the Rewards
   of Piracy" (Comicopia) p. 186-192 -- "Politics, the
   Snakepit of Babel" (Time Out of Joint : The
   Crypto-Revolution of Our Age 9) p. 193-197 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.272
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The Comics Journal, no. 273 (Jan. 2006)
   CONTENTS: "Blood and Thunder" (letter page) p. 9-12 --
   "Newswatch" p. 13-38 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 40-54 --
   "A Kind of Alchemy : the Art of Eddie Campbell" p. 56-61 --
   "The Importance of Being Bacchus" p. 62-65 -- "The Eddie
   Campbell Interview" p. 66-114 -- "The Junko Mizuno
   Interview" p. 116-130 -- "Building a Better Abyss" p.
   131-170 -- "Comedy is Not Kawaii" (Lost in Translation) p.
   172-177 -- "Cleaning House" (Minimalism) p. 178-182 --
   "Bible Times" (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) p. 184-187 -- "The Genre
   Problem" (Fun! Fun! Fun!) p. 188-189 -- "Secret Identities
   and Fairy Tale Fancies" (Comicopia) p. 190-191 -- "The
   Crypto-Revolution of Our Age X : The World-Mechanism and
   the Human Domain" (Time Out of Joint) p. 193-197 -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.273
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The Comics Journal, no. 274 (Feb. 2006)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 7-17 --
   "Newswatch" p. 20-48 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 50-65 --
   "Bullets" (reviews) p. 66-68 -- "Charlotte Salomon's Life?
   or Theatre?" p. 69-79 -- "The Mike Ploog Interview" p.
   80-119 -- "The Sophie Crumb Interview" p. 120-136 -- "Young
   Harvey Kurtzman" p. 137-176 -- "Fighting Words" p. 177 --
   "All the Funnybook News that's Fit to Print : The New York
   Times' Coverage of Comics" (Meet the Comics Press) p.
   178-184 -- "Another History of Comic Books" (Comicopia) p.
   186-191 -- "Politics and Human Natures" (Time Out of Joint
   ; 11-A) p. 193-195 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.274
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The Comics Journal, no. 275 (Apr. 2006)
   CONTENTS: "Newswatch" p. 9-36 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p.
   37-44 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p. 45-47 -- "The Best Comics
   of 2005" p. 50-101 -- "The David B. Interview" p. 102-126
   -- "Boody Rogers" p. 128-168 -- "The Enemy of the Better"
   (Fun! Fun! Fun!) p. 170-171 -- "The Outrage of South
   Africa's Bitterkomix" (Speaking in Tongues) p. 173-178 --
   "Fortune's Fool : Golden Lucky" (Lost in Translation) p.
   180-185 -- "At Year's End, Two Editorial Cartoonist Firings
   Dramatize the Profession's Plight" (Comicopia) p. 186-192
   -- "Politics and Human Natures" (Time Out of Joint, IX-B)
   p. 194-196 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.275
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The Comics Journal, no. 276 (June 2006)
   CONTENTS: "Newswatch" p. 9-37 -- "Firing Line" (Reviews) p.
   38-54 -- "Bullets" (Reviews) p. 56-58 -- "The Terry Moore
   Interview" p. 60-99 -- "The Bob Haney Interview, Part One"
   p. 100-124 -- "Young B. Krigstein: p. 125-126 -- "Early B.
   Krigstein Comics" p. 127-159 -- "The World War 3
   Illustrated Interview" p. 161-176 -- "(Belated) Minimalism
   Cartoonist of the Year" (Minimalism) p. 180-183 --
   "Insurgent Activity in the Kingdom of Rust : Writers
   Updating Superheroes in 2006" (Cape Fear) p. 184-189 --
   "Comic Books Get Religion" (Comicopia) p. 190-192 --
   "Teleology, Character & Culture" (Time Out Of Joint, 12) p.
   194-197 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.276
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The Comics Journal, no. 277 (July 2006)
    CONTENTS: "Parting Shot"  (editorial) p. 5 -- "Alex Toth
   Dies at 78" p. 8-12 -- "Alex Toth: an Appreciation and an
   Assessment" p. 13-16 -- "A Conversation with Alex Toth" p.
   17-24 -- "Journal Datebook" p. 25-33 -- "Donald Phelps
   Interview" p. 34-45 -- "The Middle Depths: the Durable
   Comedy of Moon Mullins" p. 46-48 -- "Fine Young Cannibals:
   How Phil Seuling and a Generation of Teenage Entrepreneurs
   Created the Direct Market and Changed the Face of Comics"
   p. 49-59 -- "Black and White and Dead All Over" p. 60-67 --
   "Suicide Club: How Greed and Stupidity Disembowelled the
   American Comic-Book Industry in the 1990s" p. 68-75 -- "It
   Rhymes with Lust" p. 78-143 -- "Jean-Christophe Menu
   Interview" p. 144-174 -- "R. Kikuo Johnson Interview" p.
   176-193 -- "Chynna Clugston Interview" p. 194-200 -- "Chris
   Onstad Interview" p. 202-209 -- "Fred Gallagher Interview"
   p. 210-216 -- "Mark Siegel Interview" p. 218-229 -- "Chris
   Staros Interview" p. 230-237 -- "Diana Schutz Interview" p.
   239-245 -- "Dallas Middaugh Interview" p. 248-256 -- "Joey
   Manley Interview" p. 258-265 -- "Character in Anti-Culture"
   (Time Out of Joint ; 13) p. 266-269 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.62no.277
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The Comics Journal, no. 278 (Oct. 2006)
   CONTENTS: "Goodbye Old News" (editorial) p. 18-19 -- "Jack
   Jackson's Long Rough Ride Comes to an End" p. 20-26 -- "A
   Tribute to Jaxon" p. 27-38 -- "Recuerden Jack Jackson" p.
   39-40 -- "Nits Make Lice" p. 41-48 -- "Journal Datebook" p.
   50-62 -- "The Bill Willingham Interview" p. 64-97 --
   "Orestes Calpini Comics" p. 98-135 -- "Firing Line" p.
   136-165 -- "Bullets" p. 166-167 -- "The Bob Haney
   Interview, part 2" p. 168-185 -- "Chris Ware at the Museum
   of Contemporary Art in Chicago" p. 186-188 -- "Guy
   Davenport as a Cartoonist" p. 189-193 -- "The
   Crypto-Revolution of Our Age XIV : Bipolar Self: Types &
   Castes" (Time Out of Joint) p. 194-197 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.278
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The Comics Journal, no. 279 (Nov. 2006)
   CONTENTS: "Opening Shot" (editorial) p. 7-9 -- "Comics for
   the Holidays" p. 12-20 -- "Blood & Thunder" p. 21-22 --
   "Journal Datebook" (news) p. 23-30 -- "My 22-Hour Essay on
   24-Hour-Comic Day" p. 31-33 -- "The Joost Swarte Interview"
   p. 36-63 -- "The Joanny Ryan Interview" p. 64-87 -- "Firing
   Line" (reviews) p. 88-114 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p. 115-126
   -- "Fool's Paradise : The Zany Splendor of Cliff Sterrett's
   Polly and Her Pals" p. 127-132 -- "Lily Renée" p. 134-173
   -- "Minimalism" p. 175-180 -- "Poetry and Graphic Novels :
   Can Adaptation Succeed?" (Comicopia) p. 181-184 --
   "Somebody Some Where : the Comics and Films of Wisut
   Ponnimit" (Lost in Translation) p. 185-190 -- "Nigar Nazar
   : Pakistani, Cartoonist, Woman" (Speaking in Tongues) p.
   191-192 -- "Time Out of Joint" p. 193-197 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.279
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The Comics Journal, no. 280 (Jan. 2007)
   CONTENTS: "The 2007 Year in Comics Preview" p. 14-21 -- "A
   Farewell to Playboy Cartoon Editor Michelle Urry" p. 22-28
   -- "Journal Datebook" p. 29-35 -- "The Frank Thorne
   Interview" p. 36-76 -- "The Carla Speed McNeil Interview"
   p. 78-98 -- "Firing Line" p. 99-114 -- "Bullets" p. 115-119
   -- "Crime Does Not Pay" p. 120-162 -- "Rand Holmes' Secret
   Stash" p. 163-164 -- "Best American Comics 2006" (Funnybook
   Roulette) p. 165-167 -- "The Dark Forest and the Trees"
   (Lost in Translation) p. 168-173 -- "Chas Addams with
   Macabre and a Dash of the Diabolical" (Comicopia) p.
   174-180 -- "Kid Glove : the Story of a Superhero" (The
   Post-Human Review) p. 182-186 -- "Real Beauty Finds
   Absolute Fulfillment" (Meet the Comics Press) p. 189-191 --
   "The Crypto-Revolution of Our Age xvii : the Lords of
   Chaos" (Time Out of Joint) p. 192-195 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.280
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The Comics Journal, no. 281 (Feb. 2007)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letter page) p. 14 -- "Cartoon
   U : a Visit to the Center for Cartoon Studies" p. 15-21 --
   "Journal Datebook" p. 22-28 -- "Best of 2006" p. 29-121 --
   "Firing Line" p. 122-130 -- "Goliath's Funeral, New Jersey"
   (The Post-Human Review) p. 132-134 -- "George Swanson :
   from Salesman Sam to The Flop Family" p. 136-186 -- "Penny
   Arcade" (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) p. 188-191 -- "The
   Crypto-Revolution of Our Age xviii: Corrupted Consciousness
   : Knowing Not Knowing Knowing it has been Overpowered"
   (Time Out of Joint) p. 192-196 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.281
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The Comics Journal, no. 282 (Apr. 2007)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder : Letters From Our Readers" p.
   19-20 -- "Cartoonist and L-Word Writer Ariel Schrag Gets a
   Little Respect" p. 21-23 -- "Journal Datebook" p. 24-33 --
   "Life Drawing : an Interview with Alison Bechdel" p. 34-52
   -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 56-78 -- "Bullets" (brief
   reviews) p. 79-85 -- "Fred Guardineer : Interview" p.
   86-116 -- "Plague of Paris" (comic) p. 117-124 -- "On the
   Level" p. 124 -- "Get Lost" p. 126-160 -- "The
   Transformation of Asian Comic Books, 1990s-2006" (Speaking
   in Tongues) p. 161-165 -- "Tip of the Iceberg" (Lost in
   Translation) p. 166-170 -- "Four Immigrants in School" p.
   171-172 -- "Deadpan Drifter" p. 173-177 -- "Masters of
   American Comics" (Comicopia) p. 178-185 -- "True Believer"
   (The Post-Human Review) p. 188-190 -- "A Rough Draft of
   History" (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) p. 191-192 -- "Spin the Wheel"
   (Minimalism) p. 193-196 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.282
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The Comics Journal, no. 283 (May 2007)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 18 -- "Deceptive
   Data : How Diamond Best-Seller Lists Distort the Comics
   Industry" p. 19-24 -- "John Hart Gives Up the Ghost on
   Easter Eve" p. 25-29 -- "Brant Parker Follows Partner in
   Death" p. 30-31 -- "Journal Datebook" p. 32-41 -- "The
   Lewis Trondheim Interview" p. 42-71 -- "Firing Line"
   (reviews) p. 72-97 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p. 98-109 -- "The
   David Sandlin Interview" p. 110-126 -- "A Fast 39 Steps" p.
   127-128 -- "The 39 Steps" p. 129-152 -- "Together, to a New
   Future" (The Post-Human Review) p. 153-157 -- "Visiting the
   Masters" (Comicopia) p. 158-164 -- "Sting Like a Butterfly
   : Inio Asano's Nijigahara Holograph" (Lost in Translation)
   p. 165-169 -- "The Children's Children : Rose O'Neill's The
   Kewpies, With Others" p. 172-174 -- "Secrets of the Graphic
   Novelist" p. 175-176 -- "Power Totalitarianized" (The
   Crypto-Revolution of Our Age ; 19) p. 177-180 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.283
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The Comics Journal, no. 284 (July 2007)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letter) p. 19-22 -- "Journal
   Datebook" p. 23-28 -- "The Roger Langridge Interview" p.
   30-78 -- "The Andrew Langridge Interview" p. 69-77 --
   "Mugwhump's Big Night" p. 78-98 -- "Firing Line" (reviews)
   p. 99-114 -- "Bullets" (reviews) p. 115-116 -- "The Gene
   Yang Interview" p. 117-132 -- "Frederick Burr Opper,
   1857-1937" p. 133-160 -- "Notes on the Suicide of a
   Superhero Reader : a Story" (The Post-Human Review) p.
   161-166 -- "Manga Now and Manga Then : Tatsumi's Gekiga and
   the Hokusai Origin of the Species" (Comicopia) p. 167-174
   -- "Warren Craghead : All Over the Map" p. 175-177 -- "Die
   Hipster Scum" (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) p. 178-180 -- "Clueless,
   Cross Country : K. Thor Jensen's Epic Ramble" p. 181-182 --
   "Asia's Reinvention of Comics" (Lost in Translation) p.
   184-190 -- "Power Versus Reality" (The Crypto-Revolution of
   Our Age ; 20) p. 192-196 -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.284
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The Comics Journal, no. 285 (Oct. 2007)
   CONTENTS: "Blood & Thunder" (letters) p. 17 -- "I Remember
   Roger" p. 18-20 -- "Journal Datebook" p. 21-29 -- "The
   Darwyn Cooke Interview" p. 30-73 -- "The Ernie Colón
   Interview" p. 74-86 -- "The Keith Knight Interview" p.
   88-106 -- "Firing Line" (reviews) p. 108-128 -- "Bullets"
   (brief reviews) p. 129-130 -- "From Out of the Mausoleum :
   John Buscema's Wanted Stories" p. 131-156 -- "Kids These
   Days : the Short Comics of Kazu Yuzuki" (Lost in
   Translation) p. 157-161 -- "Political Cartoonists Face
   Their History and Fate in Washington" (Comicopia) p.
   162-169 -- "The Horror. The Horror" (Meet the Comics Press)
   p. 170-171 -- "Coney Island Gothic : Kim Deitch's
   Superspectacular" p. 172 -- "Power Versus Reality" (Time
   Out of Joint : The Crypto-Revolution of Our Age ; 20) p.
   173-177 -- "Coming Comics" p. 182-183 -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.285
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The Comics Journal, no. 286 (Nov. 2007)
   CONTENTS: "Notes on Expressive Comics" (Blood & Thunder) p.
   15-16 -- "Journal Datebook" p. 17-25 -- "The Posy Simmonds
   Interview" p. 26-67 -- "The Gail Simone Interview" p. 68-91
   -- "A Better Bertozzi" p. 92-93 -- "Fast, Cheap and Under
   Control" p. 94-95 -- "Ghost of the Past" p. 96-97 -- "A
   Welcome Embarrassment of Riches" p. 98-99 -- "Like
   Fantasia's Dance of the Hours, But with Boobs and Guns" p.
   100-101 -- "Enchanted Kingdoms and Melon-Sized Breasts" p.
   102-103 -- "Uneasy Peace" p. 104-105 -- "Lovely But Futile"
   p. 106-107 -- "More Indianapolis than Finland" p. 109-109
   -- "You're a Decent Church-Going Adolescent, Charlie Brown"
   p. 110-111 -- "Road Trip" p. 112 -- "Bullets" (reviews)
   113-123 -- "Otto Soglow and the Ambassador" p. 124-165 --
   "The Fate of Fun and the Ultimate Cool Uncle" (Funnybook
   Roulette) p. 166-172 -- "Legacy Strips vs. New Blood"
   (Comicopia) p. 173-182 -- "Academia Funnybookia" (Meet the
   Comics Press) p. 183-185 -- "Coming Comics" p. 190-191 --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.286
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The Comics Journal (Apr. 2016)
   "The Starting Point : an Interview with Julie Doucet" /
   Annie Mok. p. 197-205 in The Comics of Julie Doucet and
   Gabrielle Bell (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,
   2019). -- Reprinted from The Comics Journal, Apr. 2016. --
   Call no.: PN6714.D68 2019
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The Comics Journal (Apr. 20, 2017)
   "A Talk with Gabrielle Bell" / Annie Mok. p. 225-231 in The
   Comics of Julie Doucet and Gabrielle Bell (Jackson :
   University Press of Mississippi, 2019). -- Reprinted from
   The Comics Journal, Apr. 20, 2017. -- Call no.: PN6714.D68
   2019
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"The Comics Journal : The DIY Version" / by Rich Kreiner. p.
   144-145 in The Comics Journal, no. 235 (July 2001). --
   (Meet the Comics Press) -- 25th anniversary issue. -- Call
   no.: PN6700.C62no.235
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The Comics Journal.
   Anything Goes! -- Agoura, CA : Comics Journal, 1986-  . --
   col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 1-6. -- Call no.:
   PN6728.5.F3A5
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The Comics Journal.
   The Best Comics of the Decade, 1980-1990 / selected by the
   editors of the Comics Journal. -- Seattle, WA :
   Fantagraphics Books, 1990. -- ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. --
   Complete in 2 vols. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1-2. -- Call no.:
   PN6726.B34 1990
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The Comics Journal.
   The New Comics / edited by Gary Groth and Robert Fiore ;
   notes and bibliography by Robert Fiore. -- New York :
   Berkeley Books, 1988. -- 324 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. --
   Bibliography: p. 316-324. -- Interviews from The Comics
   Journal. -- Call no.: PN6725.G68N4 1988
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