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Issue #232 - The "Internet Issue"

Issue #233 - Dan Clowes, Seth Tobocman

Issue #234 - Roundtable Interviews

Issue #235 - 25th Anniversary Issue

Issue #236 - Creators' Rights, Part One

Issue #237 - Women in Comics, Guest-Edited by Mary Fleener

Issue #238 - Guest-Edited by Tom Devlin

Issue #239 - Creator's Rights, Part Two

Special Edition, Winter 2002 - Cartoonists on Cartooning

Issue #240 - Jack Kamen / 2001 in Review

Issue #241 - John Porcellino / John Ney Rieber

Issue #242 - Noel Sickles

Issue #243 - Dylan Horrocks / Graphic Novel Panel Discussion

The Comics Journal Library, Vol. I: Jack Kirby

Issue #244 - Michael Kupperman / Jill Thompson

Special Edition, Summer 2002 - Cartoonists on Music

  • Jim Woodring: No Offense Taken
    The artist is nearly as cunning and elusive as his art, but he opens up in an exclusive interview about childhood apparitions, death, money, Microsoft, Frank, and getting out while the getting's good.
    ((Click here for excerpt.)
    by Gary Groth

Issue #245 - Creig Flessel / Dave Cooper

Issue #246 - Victor Moscoso / Mark Tonra

Issue #247 - Ted Rall / Ruben Bolling / Donald Rooum

  • Funnybook Roulette
    Assessing the Aesthetic Collateral Damage: A Review of All of the Major 9/11 comics.
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by R. Fiore
  • The Ted Rall Interview
    Everyone's favorite contrarian comics-magazine publisher chats with everyone's favorite contrarian alternative-weekly cartoonist.
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Gary Groth
  • Beyond the Grid
    An essay on everyone's favorite contrarian alternative-weekly cartoonist's post-9/11 body of work.
    by John Giuffo

Issue #248 - Andi Watson / Steve Rude

Issue #249 - Will Eisner / Debbie Drechsler

  • The Shop System I: Will Eisner
    An interview with the comics pioneer about his days as a comics packager. Includes a color gallery.
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by R.C. Harvey
  • The Debbie Drechsler Interview
    A chat with the Daddy's Girl and Summer of Love author about her life, her comics and illustration, her family, her love of soap operas and how she and her interviewer lived on the same college campus the same year, but never met. Features a four-page full-color gallery of fine art, illustration and comics.
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Gary Groth

Special Edition, Winter 2003 - Cartoonists on Patriotism

  • William Stout: It's a Wonderful Life
    * An interview with the artist who's done damned near everything, from underground comix to moviemaking to murals and painting the past and present Antarctica. Copiously illustrated from every stage of Stout's career.
    ((Click here for trimmings.)
    by John Arcudi

Issue #250 - Gary Panter / Raymond Briggs / Carl Barks & John Stanley

Issue #251 - James Sturm / Underground Comix Panel

Issue #252 - Ron Regé / John Romita

Issue #253 - Eric Drooker / John Cullen Murphy

Issue #254 - Will Elder

  • Comics Community Comes to Fantagraphics' Rescue
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Michael Dean
  • California Supreme Court Rules Jonah Hex Comic Entitled to First Amendment Protection
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Michael Dean
  • A Bill of Goods
    Why the death of criticism is a very bad thing.
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Gary Groth
  • The Will Elder Interview
    Probing the mind of Earth's funniest artist.
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Gary Groth

Issue #255 - R. Sikoryak / Aaron McGruder

  • American Blender: A Reporter Sifts Through the Many Realities of Hanging Out with Harvey Pekar the Movie Star
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Jack Baney
  • Stan vs. 'Striperella'
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Michael Dean
  • Now You See Me
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Bob Levin
  • The R. Sikoryak Interview
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by John Kelly

Issue #256 - Keiji Nakazawa / Fort Thunder

  • Bad Girls and Bad Blood: The Dark Side of Indy Comics
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Michael Dean
  • The Keiji Nakazawa Interview
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Alan Gleason
  • Fort Thunder Forever
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Tom Spurgeon
  • The Brian Ralph Interview
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Tom Spurgeon

Issue #257 - Rick Griffin / Joe Casey

  • CrossGen at a Crossroads
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Michael Dean
  • The Rick Griffin Interviews
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Denis Wheary
  • The Joe Casey Interview
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Tom Spurgeon

Issue #258 - Craig Thompson & Gilbert Hernandez / Steve Ditko critical focus

  • The Thompson/Hernandez Panel
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Frank Hussey

Special Edition, Winter 2004 - Cartoonists on the Shock of Recognition

Issue #259 - Youthquake / 2003 in Review

  • 2004 - A Good Year to Get Out of the Manga Business?
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Michael Dean
  • Best of 2003: Honorable Mentions
    by Sean T. Collins, Dirk Deppey, Alan Jacobson and Bill Sherman
  • The Drew Weing Interview
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Tom Spurgeon
  • The Sammy Harkham Interview
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Milo George

Issue #260 - Dupuy & Berberian / Jean-Claude Mézières

  • Marvel Makes Dave Cockrum an Offer He Can't Refuse
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Michael Dean
  • Journal Datebook
    (Click here for an expanded version.)
    by Staff
  • Dupuy and Berberian
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    interview by Bart Beaty
  • Jean-Claude Mézières
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    interview by Gil Kane and Gary Groth

Issue #261 - Phoebe Gloeckner / Jay Hosler

  • At Last the Industry Gets the Trade Association It Always Wanted -- But Is It the Real Thing?
    (Click here to read the story.)
    by Michael Dean
  • Rojek vs. the FBI: Comics Retailer Indicted On Federal Fraud Charges
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Michael Dean
  • Phoebe Gloeckner
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    interview by Gary Groth

Issue #262 - Alex Toth / Steve Brodner

  • Collective Inaction: The Comics Community Tries and Tries Again to Get It Together
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Michael Dean
  • The Big Book of Wild Women: Dead or Alive?
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    by Michael Dean
  • ¡Journalista!
    (Click here to read.)
    commentary by Dirk Deppey
  • Steve Brodner
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    interview by Kent Worcester

Issue #263 - Ed Brubaker / Cerebus Examined

  • Ed Brubaker interview
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    interview by Tom Spurgeon
  • Our Northern Neighbors, The Cirinists
    (Click here to read.)
    essay by Colby Cosh
  • An Open Letter to Dave Sim
    (Click here to read.)
    essay by R.S. Stephen
  • ¡Journalista!
    (Click here to read.)
    commentary by Dirk Deppey

Issue #264 - Ivan Brunetti / Underground Publishers

  • Where Do New CBLDF Board Members Paul Levitz and Steve Geppi Stand on the First Amendment?
    (Click here for an excerpt.)
    News report by Michael Dean
  • Comics Section: Little Joe
    (Click here to read a sample strip.)
    comics by Harold Gray
  • Underground Publishers
    (Click here to read an excerpt.)
    interviews by Patrick Rosenkranz
  • Ivan Brunetti
    (Click here to read trimmings and excerpts.)
    interview by Gary Groth

Issue #265 - William Steig / Eric Shanower

  • Eric Shanower
    (Click here to read an excerpt.)
    interview by Dirk Deppey
  • Minimalism
    (Click here to read the column in its entirety.)
    essay by Matt Silvie

Issue #266 - Brian Michael Bendis / 2004 in Review

  • Brian Michael Bendis
    (Click here to read trimmings from the interview.)
    interview by Michael Dean

Issue #267 - Will Eisner Memorial Issue

  • Will Eisner: Having Something to Say
    (Click here to read excerpts from the interview.)
    interview by John Benson
  • Mike Ploog on Will Eisner
    (Click here to read the interview in its entirety.)
    interview by Dirk Deppey

  • Comics Section
    "A Medal for Bowser," "The Sad Case of Waiting Room Willie" and selected P*S Magazine stories
    (Click here to read a bonus P*S Magazine strip not found in the issue!)
    comics by Will Eisner

  • Will Eisner: Chairman of the Board
    (Click here to read the essay in its entirety.)
    by Gary Groth

  • The Vadeboncoeur Collection of ImageS
    (Click here to read the review in its entirety.)
    reviewed by Frank Stack

Special Edition 2005 - Manga Masters

  • Manga in English, For Better or Worse
    An introduction to the best of Japanese comics
    Click here to read this essay in its entirety.
    by Bill Randall

  • On Top of the Mountain
    The influential manga of Yoshiharu Tsuge
    Click here to read this essay in its entirety.
    by Beatrice Marechal

  • Ero-Garu
    The erotic grotesque of Suehiro Maruo
    Click here to read an excerpt from this essay.
    by Adam Stephanides

  • The Illustrated Man
    The Hideshi Hino interview
    Click here to read an excerpt from this interview.
    by Tomo Machiyama

  • Behold Japan's God of Manga
    An introduction to the work of Osamu Tezuka
    Click here to read an excerpt from this essay.
    by Bill Randall

Issue #268 - Craig Thompson / Bob Burden

  • Craig Thompson
    (Click here to read trimmings from the interview.)
    interview by Charles Hatfield
  • Bob Burden
    (Click here to read an excerpt.)
    interview by Dirk Deppey

Issue #269 - Shoujo Manga / Moto Hagio

  • She's Got Her Own Thing Now
    Click here to read this essay in its entirety.
    by Dirk Deppey

  • Lee/Marvel Settlement Triggers Marvel Movie Line, New Accusations from Peter Paul
    Click here to read an excerpt from the story.
    by Michael Dean
  • Scanlation Nation: Amateur Manga Translators Tell Their Stories
    Click here to read this story in its entirety.
    by Dirk Deppey
  • Sakura-Con 2005: The Young, The Wired and the Wireless
    Click here to read this story in its entirety.
    by Kristy L. Valenti
  • The Wallflower Volumes 1-3
    Click here to read this review in its entirety.
    by Adam Stephanides
  • The Yaoi Invasion
    Click here to read this essay in its entirety.
    by Kristy L. Valenti
  • The Moto Hagio Interview
    Click here to read an excerpt from the interview.
    by Matt Thorn

Issue #270 - Jessica Abel / Lalo Alcaraz / Mark Bodé

  • Newswatch: How Michael Jackson Almost Bought Marvel
    Click here to read an excerpt.
    by Michael Dean

  • Newswatch Datebook: Political Cartoonists Face An Uncertain Future at AAEC
    Click here to read an expanded version of the report.
    by R.C. Harvey

  • Newswatch Datebook: Top Shelf Says Goodbye to Chunky Rice
    Click here to read the report.
    by Michael Dean

  • The Jessica Abel Interview
    Click here to read excerpts and trimmings from the interview.
    by Greg Stump
  • The Lalo Alcaraz Interview
    Click here to read an excerpt from the interview.
    by Ana Merino

Issue #271 - Jerry Robinson / Renée French

  • Newswatch: Comics and Corporations, Part One
    Click here to read an excerpt.
    by Michael Dean

  • Newswatch: Online Comics Journalism: Part Eight
    Click here to read the story in its entirety.
    by Michael Dean

  • 5,137 Pages of Brian Michael Bendis
    Click here to read to read an expanded version of this review.
    by Rich Kreiner

  • The Jerry Robinson Interview, Part One
    Click here to read an excerpt from the interview.
    by Gary Groth

Issue #272 - Steve Bell / Jeff Danziger / Jerry Robinson

  • Newswatch: At the Threshhold: Diamond Threatens to Cancel Comics That Don't Measure Up
    Click here to read an excerpt.
    by Michael Dean

  • Newswatch: Online Comics Journalism: Part Nine
    Click here to read the story in its entirety.
    by Michael Dean

  • The Steve Bell Interview
    Click here to read an excerpt from the interview.
    by Kent Worcester
  • The Jeff Danziger Interview
    Click here to read an excerpt from the interview.
    by Kent Worcester

Issue #273 - Eddie Campbell / Junko Mizuno

  • Blood and Thunder
    A letter from Tom Spurgeon, with a reply from Michael Dean. Click here to read it in its entirety.

  • Newswatch: Online Comics Journalism: Part 10
    Click here to read the story in its entirety.
    by Michael Dean

  • The Eddie Campbell Interview
    Click here to read an excerpt from the interview.
    by Dirk Deppey
  • The Junko Mizuno Interview
    Click here to read an excerpt from the interview.
    Conducted by Ema Nakao; Questions and research by Kristy Valenti


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