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Available Back Issues

  • 38 - GIL KANE interview; DWIGHT R. DECKER on Asterix. ($5)

  • 40 - JIM SHOOTER interviewed, Spielgelman's BREAKDOWNS reviewed. ($3.50)

  • 45 - Interview with JOE STATON. ($3.50)

  • 48 - A 140-page partial-color Special, featuring interviews with JOHN BUSCEMA, SAMUEL R. DELANY, KENNETH SMITH AND LEN WEIN! ($6)

  • 49 - Heavy Metal's JOHN WORKMAN and JULIE SIMMONS interviewed, Ditko's Shade examined. ($3.50)

  • 51 - FRANK BRUNNER'S farewell to Marvel; HOWARD CHAYKIN. ($3.50)

  • 58 - PASKO, SHOOTER, WEIN, WOLFMAN and EVANIER discuss comics writing. ($3.50)

  • 59 - Former Heavy Metal editor TED WHITE interviewed. ($3.50)

  • 60 - JIM SHOOTER interview; the legacy of E.C. ($3.50)

  • 62 - DICK GIORDANO interviewed. ($3.50)

  • 64 - Debate between GIL KANE and DENNY O'NEIL; RAW. ($3.50)

  • 66 - DENNY O'NEIL interviewed; Reid Fleming reviewed. ($3.50)

  • 68 -DENNY O'NEIL, FRANK MILLER, and ROY THOMAS. ($3.50)

  • 71 - POPEYE vs. HULK cover; essays out the wazoo, including a nice one on BERNARD KRIGSTEIN ($3.50)

  • 72 - NEAL ADAMS interview and cover. ($3.50)

  • 74 - CHRIS CLAREMONT speaks; plus RAW with spiegelman and MOULY. ($3.50)

  • 75 - JAN STRNAD relates his "Brilliant Career at Marvel." JOHN BYRNE, JACK JACKSON, GIL KANE. ($3.50)

  • 78 - Interview with ARCHIE GOODWIN; FRANK MILLER and CHRIS CLAREMONT discuss Wolverine. ($3.50)

  • 80 - MARV WOLFMAN and GEORGE PEREZ interviews. ($3.50)

  • 82 - DAVE and DENI SIM interviewed; and half a SIM Cerebus cover. ($3.50)

  • 83 - DAVE and DENI SIM part two. ($3.50)

  • 84 - MICHAEL T. GILBERT interview. ($3.50)

  • 86 - Cover feature on Tintin's HERGE; ROBERT KANIGHER interviewed. ($3.50)

  • 87 - Anti-fight scenes article, cover by DON ROSA; Interview with PHIL YEH. ($3.50)

  • 88 - Ratings debate panel discussions: JIM SHOOTER, MIKE GOLD, JAN STRNAD, more. ($3.50)

  • 89 - WILL EISNER interviewed; EISNER interviews CHRIS CLAREMONT, FRANK MILLER and WENDY PINI; and R. Fiore on the best of 1983! ($3.50)

  • 90 - AL WILLIAMSON interviewed, Harlan Ellison on Ed Anser. ($4)

  • 95 - Interview with CC BECK; a Women in Comics panel. ($4)

  • 96 - DALE LUCIANO's "Newave" survey begins; HOWARD NOSTRAND. ($4)

  • 97 - HARVEY PEKAR interviewed; "Newave" survey, part II. ($4)

  • 99 - What's wrong with the X-Men anyway? An interview with ARN SABA. ($4)

  • 110 - MIKE BARON spills his guts; STEVE RUDE cover. ($4)

  • 111 - HOWARD CRUSE interviewed; DAN DAY speaks. ($4)

  • 112 - MARK EVANIER interview part I, C.C. BECK on Man of Steel. ($5)

  • 114 - JAY LYNCH interview; Dark Knight, Watchmen reviewed. ($5)

  • 120 - Interviews with FLOYD GOTTFRIEDSON, ART BABBITT and WARD KIMBALL! ($5)

  • 123 - KIM DEITCH interviewed; HARVEY PEKAR on the potential of comics. ($5)

  • 124 - JULES FEIFFER interviewed; BERKE BREATHED defends his Pulitzer. ($5)

  • 127 - BILL WATTERSON interviewed! Limited quantities! ($10)

  • 128 - DAVID LLOYD; SERGIO ARAGONES interviewed. ($5)

  • 129 - European comics album superstars PIERRE CHRISTIN and ENKI BILAL interviewed. ($5)

  • 131 - RALPH STEADMAN interviewed! ($5)

  • 133 - VIOLENCE IN COMICS issue; DR. FREDRIC WERTHAM. ($5)

  • 135 - CHESTER BROWN interviewed. ($5)

  • 136 - DON LOMAX interviewed; Vietnam in comics. ($5)

  • 137 - CREATOR'S RIGHTS issue: McCLOUD, BISSETTE, SIENKIEWICZ. ($6)

  • 138 - ALAN MOORE interview, part one. ($5)

  • 139 - ALINE KOMINSKY-CRUMB interviewed; ALAN MOORE part two. ($5)

  • 142 - ARNOLD ROTH, Carol Tyler interview. ($5)

  • 144 - TIM TRUMAN interview; DAN CLOWES sketchbook. ($5)

  • 145 - EDDIE CAMPBELL interview; JACK T. CHICK's religious comics explored. ($5)

  • 146 - SHARY FLENNIKEN interviewed; WILL EISNER ponders the future. ($5)

  • 147 - P. CRAIG RUSSELL interviewed. ($5)

  • 148 - CHARLES BURNS interview; memoir of comics legend SHELDON MAYER. ($5)

  • 154 - DANIEL CLOWES interviewed; HUNT EMERSON sketchbook. ($6)

  • 155 - Interviews with NEIL GAIMAN and DAVE McKEAN. ($6)

  • 156 - Interviews with GAHAN WILSON and DOUG ALLEN. ($6)

  • 157 - BILL GRIFFITH; special HARVEY KURTZMAN tribute section. ($6)

  • 158 - ED SOREL: ROBERT CRUMB discusses his life and politics. ($6)

  • 160 - BLACK COMIC ARTISTS issue. ($6)

  • 161 - ROBERT WILLIAMS and MARK NEWGARDEN interviewed. ($6)

  • 162 - Autobiographical cartoonists galore! PEKAR, EICHHORN, NOOMIN, BROWN, MATT, SETH! ($6)

  • 163 - Vertigo issue. GAIMAN, McKEEVER and LABAN interviewed. ($6)

  • 164 - JIM WOODRING and MICHAEL ALLRED interviewed. ($6)

  • 166 - BURNE HOGARTH and MARY FLEENER interviewed. ($6)

  • 167 - PAUL MAVRIDES interviewed; HOGARTH part two. ($6)

  • 168 - ROBERTA GREGORY; WENDY AND RICHARD PINI. ($6)

  • 169 - NEIL GAIMAN and SOL HARRISON interviewed. ($6)

  • 171 - CLIVE BARKER, DAME DARCY interviewed; JIM SHOOTER vilified. ($6)

  • 172 - JOE KUBERT interviewed; cover by all three Kuberts. ($5)

  • 173 - JEFF SMITH; MARTIN WAGNER; Double Cover Deluxe. ($6)

  • 175 - RICK VEITCH interviewed; S. CLAY WILSON profiled. ($5)

  • 179 - SCOTT McCLOUD, TERRY ZWIGOFF, and ALISON BECHDEL. ($6)

  • 180 - ART SPIEGELMAN; R. CRUMB. ($7)

  • 181 - STAN LEE examined; more ART SPIEGELMAN; a little JOOST SWARTE. ($7)

  • 182 - TERRY GILLIAM interviewed; HOWARD CRUSE's Stuck Rubber Baby. ($6)

  • 184 - DAVE SIM; BURNE HOGARTH and JERRY SIEGEL remembered. ($6)

  • 185 - STEVE BISSETTE interviewed. ($6)

  • 186 - GIL KANE oral history; KAZ interviewed. ($6)

  • 187 - GILBERT SHELTON; GIL KANE. ($6)

  • 191 - CARMINE INFANTINO; PAUL POPE! ($6)

  • 195 - TOM TOLES interviewed; the LIEFIELD/McFARLANE falling out. ($6)

  • 201 - AL HIRSCHFELD speaks out; a massive chat with LARRY MARDER. ($6)

  • 202 - KEVIN EASTMAN comes clean in an amazing interview. ($6)

  • 206 - PETER BAGGE and MILLIGAN, SPAIN II, JACK KATZ, TED RALL. ($6)

  • 207 - GARTH ENNIS, BOB FINGERMAN interviewed. ($7)

  • 208 - RICHARD SALA! Woodcuts! ($6)

  • 209 - FRANK MILLER! SAM HENDERSON! ($6)

  • 211 - UNDERSTANDING COMICS dissected! 1998 reviewed! ($6)

  • 212 - V.T. HAMLIN and JAY STEPHENS interviewed. ($6)

  • 213 - CAROL LAY interviewed; Kitchen Sink autopsy. ($6)

  • 214 - EVAN DORKIN and SHELLY MOLDOFF interviewed. ($6)

  • 215 - Interviews with JOHN SEVERIN and TONY MILLIONAIRE. ($6)

  • 216 - Three Ring Circus: KURT BUSIEK, MEGAN KELSO, and JOHN SEVERIN (part two). ($6)

  • 217 - 20 years of LYNN JOHNSTON; an essay on and conversation with the other CRUMB: MAXON! ($6)

  • 218 - Trilogy tour issue: interviews with CHARLES VESS, LINDA MEDLEY, and JEFF SMITH. ($8)

  • 219 - KYLE BAKER and PIERCE RICE. Also, SCHULZ retires Peanuts. ($6)

  • 220 - Decade in review. EDDIE CAMPBELL. ($6)

  • 222 - ERIK LARSEN and JAMES KOCHALKA, plus All About Image. ($6)

  • 223 - ALEX ROSS, TRINA ROBBINS and LLOYD DANGLE; mini-comics round-up. ($6)

  • 224 - LARRY GONICK interviewed; part two of ALEX ROSS; Archie sues DeCARLO. ($6)

  • 225 - MAD! AL JAFFE, JACK DAVIS and AL FELDSTEIN interviewed; Image story cont'd. ($6)

  • 226 - Hacking! GIL KANE interviewed; JOHN BUSCEMA's "chalk talk;" C.C. BECK's World's Mightiest Fat Head, part one. ($6)

  • 227 - CARL BARKS tribute; BECK's Fat Head part two. Wraparound Barks cover. ($6)

  • 228 - JASON LUTES, 100 Bullets creators interviewed. Flip covers. ($6)

  • 229 - DAN DeCARLO, GUS ARRIOLA, TED JOUFLAS interviewed. DeCarlo cover. ($6)

  • 230 - TOM SUTTON, MIKE ALLRED interviewed. Sutton cover. ($6)

  • 231 - GENE COLAN, MICHAEL CHABON interviewed. Colan cover. ($6)

  • 234 - BURNS, SACCO, GRIFFITH, DEITCH and SETH in conversation; CARTOONISTS' WIVES interviewed. ($6)

  • 235 - 25th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! ($6)

  • 236 - The trial of MARV WOLFMAN, plus Bob Levin on DAN O'NEILL (both the first of two parts) and a comics essay on Barcelona by LORNA MILLER! ($6)

  • 237 - Women in Comics, guest edited by MARY FLEENER! Interviews with ELLEN FORNEY, ALISON BECHDEL, MARIE SEVERIN, REV. SUSIE THE FLOOZIE, MINOU ZARIBAF and MOLLY KIELY! ($6)

  • 238 - Guest edited by TOM DEVLIN! Interview with GLENN DAKIN, SETH on John Stanley's "teen" comics, and how to get grants for cartooning! ($6)

  • 241 - Interviews with JOHN PORCELLINO and JOHN NEY RIEBER, and a eulogy for JOHN BUSCEMA. ($7)

  • 242 - GIL KANE chats with NOEL SICKLES; massive review-o-rama and R. Fiore on EIGHTBALL #22! ($6)

  • 244 - JILL THOMPSON and MICHAEL KUPPERMAN interviewed. ($6)

  • 247 - TED RALL, RUBEN BOLLING and DONALD ROOUM interviewed; R. Fiore on 9/11 benefit comics. ($7)

  • 248 - ANDI WATSON and STEVE RUDE interviewed. ($7)

  • 250 - HERGÉ, GARY PANTER and RAYMOND BRIGGS interviewed; CARL BARKS and JOHN STANLEY chat; DANIEL CLOWES explains his working methods; YOSHIHARU TSUGE's legendary comic "Screw-Style"; CHARLES SCHULZ on creating a comic strip; 2002 in review; double-sized issue! ($13)

  • 251 - JAMES STURM interviewed; underground comix panel discussion. ($7)

  • 252 - RON REGÉ and JOHN ROMITA interviewed. ($7)

  • 253 - JASON, ERIC DROOKER and JOHN CULLEN MURPHY interviewed. ($7)

  • 254 - WILL ELDER interviewed; GARY GROTH on the state of comics criticism. ($7)

  • 256 - KEIJI NAKAZAWA interviewed; an extensive profile of FORT THUNDER, including interviews with MAT BRINKMAN, BRIAN CHIPPENDALE and BRIAN RALPH. ($7)

  • 257 - Four interviews with the late RICK GRIFFIN; JOE CASEY interviewed as well. ($7)

  • 258 - A suite of critical essays on the work of STEVE DITKO; a candid panel discussion between CRAIG THOMPSON and GILBERT HERNANDEZ. ($7)

  • 259 - Our "young cartoonists" section features interviews with SAMMY HARKHAM, DREW WEING, KEVIN HUIZENGA, JOHN PHAM and DAN ZETTWOCH, plus an extended look at the best books of 2003. ($7)

  • 260 - PHILIPPE DUPUY and CHARLES BERBERIAN interviewed, plus an archival interview with JEAN-CLAUDE MÉZIÈRES. ($7)

  • 261 - PHOEBE GLOECKNER and JAY HOSLER interviewed, plus a look at Chester Brown's gospel stories. ($7)

  • 263 - NEW FORMAT! CEREBUS examined in a major critics' roundtable; ED BRUBAKER interviewed, plus George Carlson's revered children's strip, Jingle Jangle Funnies. ($10)

  • 264 - IVAN BRUNETTI interviewed, plus a generous collection of interviews with the UNDERGROUND PUBLISHERS of the 1960s and '70s, and Harold Gray's little-known Western-themed Sunday strip, Little Joe. ($10)

  • 265 - The life and art of WILLIAM STEIG; ERIC SHANOWER interviewed; HARRY ANDERSON's crime comics in color! ($10)

  • 266 - BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS interviewed; 2004 in review; GARRETT PRICE's White Boy Sunday strips in color! ($10)

  • 267 - WILL EISNER remembered, with two archival interviews, essays, and a special look at the artist's "industrial years" (featuring an interview with former Eisner assistant MICHAEL PLOOG and 36 color pages of rare comics!) ($10)

  • 268 - CRAIG THOMPSON and BOB BURDEN interviewed; HERGÉ's breakout Tintin stories analyzed; Walt Kelly's Our Gang comics! ($10)

  • 269 - SHOUJO MANGA issue! MOTO HAGIO interviewed; first English-language translation of her classic short story "Hanshin." ($10)

  • 270 - JESSICA ABEL, LALO ALCARAZ and MARK BODÉ interviewed; Ng Suat Tong on adaptations of Chinese classic literature; a generous selection of Nell Brinkley's Sunday strips reprinted in full color. ($10)

  • 271 - JERRY ROBINSON and RENÉE FRENCH interviewed; Donald Phelps on the kids' comics of Sheldon Meyers; Rich Kreiner on the career output of Brian Michael Bendis; a 50-page collected sequence of Elzie Segar's pre-Popeye Thimble Theatre strips. ($10)

  • 272 - Editorial cartoonists STEVE BELL and JEFF DANZIGER interviewed; part two of Gary Groth's interview with JERRY ROBINSON; 38 pages of John Stanley's classic teen-comedy series Thirteen, with an introduction by SETH. ($10)

  • 273 - EDDIE CAMPBELL and JUNKO MIZUNO interviewed; 38 pages of Art Young's Hell-related cartoons. ($10)

  • Winter Special 2002 - Gary Groth interviews JOE SACCO, Jim Woodring on T.S. SULLIVANT, plus essays on AL COLUMBIA and BERNIE KRIGSTEIN, and 0ver sixty pages of comics by such first-rate cartoonists as R. CRUMB, CHRIS WARE, JESSICA ABEL, JOE SACCO, PHOEBE GLOECKNER, and many, many more! 14"x14" oversized softcover, ($24)

  • Summer Special 2002 - JIM WOODRING interviewed, R. Fiore on Harvey Kurtzman and Al Capp, and over 60 pages of comics about music! 14"x14" oversized softcover, ($27)

  • Winter Special 2003 - John Arcudi interviews WILLIAM STOUT, A tribute to JAMES THURBER that includes several works by Thurber and a cartoon homage by Ivan Brunetti, plus essays on TOM HART and LYNDA BARRY, and over sixty pages of comics by such first-rate cartoonists as PHOEBE GLOECKNER, KIM DEITCH, CAROL SWAIN, JOE SACCO, GILBERT SHELTON, and many, many more! 14"x14" oversized softcover ($23)

  • Winter Special 2004 - Profiles of and interviews with four generations of cartoonists -- AL HIRSCHFELD, JULES FEIFFER, ART SPIEGELMAN and CHRIS WARE! 14"x14" oversized softcover ($23)

  • Winter Special 2005 - Manga dissected and reviewed, complete with a HIDESHI HINO interview; VAUGHN BODÉ profiled! 14"x14" oversized softcover ($25)

  • TCJ LIBRARY VOL. 1: JACK KIRBY - All of The King's Journal interviews, plus scads of great essays on his life and work, and a color gallery! 14"x14" oversized softcover, ($23)

  • TCJ LIBRARY VOL. 2: FRANK MILLER - All of Miller's classic interviews, plus an all-new, post-9/11 and DKII conversation with Gary Groth! 14"x14" oversized softcover, ($23)

  • TCJ LIBRARY VOL. 3: R. CRUMB - All of Crumbs Journal interviews, plus a color gallery! 14"x14" oversized softcover, ($23)

  • TCJ LIBRARY VOL. 4: DRAWING THE LINE - Four classic, heavily illustrated interviews from the Journal's archives: JULES FEIFFER, DAVID LEVINE, EDWARD SOREL and RALPH STEADMAN! 14"x14" oversized softcover, ($23)

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