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  • Issue #134
    Comics Journal (1977) 134

    Jack Kirby - an interview with comics' most prodigious imagination; Classics Illustrated examination; interview with Joe Simon; Harvey Pekar vs. Leon Hunt, R. Fiore et al; racism, misogyny and gore - the world of Aircel Comics. Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #138
    Comics Journal (1977) 138

    Big words from Alan Moore - an interview with the author of Watchmen, V for Vendetta and Big Numbers; Buddy Saunders asks (and answers) "Why is there so much sex and violence in kids' comics?"; 1990 reading list; American Slander - a new column by Harvey Pekar. Cover of Alan Moore by Bill Sienkiewicz. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #141
    Comics Journal (1977) 141

    Interviews with Matt Groening and Julie Doucet (Dirty Plotte). A Gary Panter sketchbook. Cartoonists respond to the first Gulf War. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Cover by Groening. Black and white. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #142
    Comics Journal (1977) 142

    Interviews with Arnold Roth and Carol Tyler. More from Gary Panters sketchbook. The politics of superheroes in the post-Watchmen era. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Cover by Roth. Black and white. Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #143
    Comics Journal (1977) 143

    Special Sex Issue. Interviews with Alan Moore (Lost Girls), Reed Waller & Kate Worley (Omaha), Robert Crumb, and the infamous 'Anton Drek.' Cover by Crumb. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #144
    Comics Journal (1977) 144

    Interview with Tim Truman, the creator of Scout, Hawkworld and Wilderness; Jack Jackson on Western comics and Moebius' Blueberry; cartoonists' summer reading lists; Dan Clowes sketchbook; Caribbean comics. Cover by Tim Truman. Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #145
    Comics Journal (1977) 145

    Interviews with Eddie Campbell and Art Spiegelman. A Shary Flenniken sketchbook. An essay on Jack T. Chick and his notorious Chick Tracts. The passing of Rick Griffin. R.C. Harvey on Winsor McCay. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Cover by Campbell. Black and white; 120 pages. Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #146
    Comics Journal (1977) 146

    Interview with Shary Flenniken; Will Eisner on greed and art in the comics business; Kim Deitch sketchbook - part 1. Cover by Flenniken. Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #147
    Comics Journal (1977) 147

    Interview with P. Craig Russell; Kim Deitch sketchbook - part 2; uncovering 'hidden smut' in Li'l Abner. Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #149
    Comics Journal (1977) 149

    Two explosive panel discussions on the future of comics; Mini-Malism - mini-comics take center stage in new feature; 'Bande Dessinee' conference; 'Comic Art in the '90s' panel: feast or famine? Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #150
    Comics Journal (1977) 150

    Mark Schultz, Xenozoic Tales' creator talks - weird science, fast cars and giant reptiles; Peter Kuper screams out on comics, politics and everything else; 'Back to the Drawing Board' - from ideas to inks with Jaime Hernandez; Samuel Joyner - life as an African-American cartoonist; sketchbooks - David Mazzucchelli & J.R. Williams; Love & Rockets seized in South Africa; Fiore prods the Comics Awards. Cover by Mark Schultz. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #151
    Comics Journal (1977) 151

    Last call with Drew Friedman, artist and co-creator of Warts and All; Carl Barks sketchbook - never-before-seen drawings by comics' beloved 'Duck Man'; retailers speak out - a special forum on the ups and downs of selling comics; summer reading list; the best comic shops in America. Cover by Drew Friedman. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #153
    Comics Journal (1977) 153

    Special Harvey Kurtzman issue. Interviews with Jack Davis, Kurtzman collaborator Byron Preiss, and an archived Kurtzman interview from 1965. Tributes by comics professionals. The New Two-Fisted Tales: advance preview. A rarely seen Kurtzman story. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Cover by Davis. Black and white. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #155
    Comics Journal (1977) 155

    Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean - That's the Way to Do it; up from bubblegum - trading cards come of age; sneak previews of works-in-progress by Michael Dougan and Trina Robbins. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #156
    Comics Journal (1977) 156

    Gahan Wilson interview; missing: the search for Zap #0; Mark Martin's tantalizing sketchbook; Penguin axes graphic novels line; interview with Steven creator Doug Allen. Cover by Gahan Wilson. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #158
    Comics Journal (1977) 158

    Interviews with Robert Crumb and editorial cartoonist Ed Sorel. A Jay Lynch sketchbook. Feminist views on Roberta Gregorys work. Plus reviews, comics, letters, and news. Cover by Sorel. Black and white; 96 pages. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #181
    Comics Journal (1977) 181

    Interviews with Belgian cartoonist Joost Swarte, Art Spiegelman, and an archived Stan Lee interview from 1968. Pro and con essays on Lees work and anecdotes from Eisner, Romita, Buscema, Sutton, Chadwick, Trimpe, Jaffee, Moench, Hernandez, LaBan, Mignola, Sim, and Fleener. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Cover by Drew Friedman. Black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #183
    Comics Journal (1977) 183

    Interviews with Joe Matt (Peep Show), Seth (Its a Good Lifeā€¦), and part 1 of the Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge) interview. A critical essay on Alan Moores 1990s absence from comics. Dave Coopers sketchbook. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Covers by Matt and Rosa. Black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #186
    Comics Journal (1977) 186

    Interviews with Gil Kane, on an oral history of comics, and post-punk cartoonist Kaz. A critical essay on Frank Frazetta. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Covers by Kaz and Marie Severin. Black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #201
    Comics Journal (1977) 201

    Interview with celebrity portrait artist Al Hirschfeld; interview with Larry Marder. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #203
    Comics Journal (1977) 203

    Interviews with Russ Manning, Noel Sickles, Roy Crane, Roy Tompkins (Trailer Trash) and Mack White (Villa of the Mysteries). Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #204
    Comics Journal (1977) 204

    Interview with underground cartoonist Spain - down the back alleys and side streets; interview with Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man). Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #206
    Comics Journal (1977) 206

    152 pages. Interviews with Peter Bagge, Ted Rall, Spain Rodriguez (part 2) and Peter Milligan. Cover by Bagge. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #207
    Comics Journal (1977) 207

    Tossing back a few with Garth Ennis - the interview; Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage) interviewed; Gary Groth vs. Bart Beaty on 'The Cerebus Effect; convention madness. Cover by John McCrea. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #209
    Comics Journal (1977) 209

    2 interviews with Frank Miller - one focusing on his comics work, the other on his thoughts on the First Amendment, work-for-hire and more; interview with Sam Henderson (The Magic Whistle). Cover by Frank Miller. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #212
    Comics Journal (1977) 212

    Interviews with V.T. Hamlin (Alley Oop creator) and kids cartoonist Jay Stephens. Comics as serious literature. Northamptons Words and Pictures Museum closes its doors. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Cover by Stephens. Black and white; 120 pages. Cover price $5.95. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #220
    Comics Journal (1977) 220

    25 Years of Eddie Campbell; Gary Groth editorial on 'The Time of the Toad'; analyzing Jessica Abel's work; decade in review; R. Fiore looks back; 90s timeline. Covers by Eddie Campbell and Jessica Abel. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #224
    Comics Journal (1977) 224

    Alex Ross interview - part 2; interview with Larry Gonick. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #231
    Comics Journal (1977) 231
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    Interviews with Gene Colan, Seth Tobocman (World War 3 Illustrated) and Alan Moore (ABC); reviews of the ABC books; best comics of 2000. Daredevil cover by Colan. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #236
    Comics Journal (1977) 236

    The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: From time to time, comics creators feel that they have rights. In the first of a special 2-issue focus (part 2 is in #239), the Journal looks at past and present struggles between creators and corporations. Featuring, word-for-word, the horrifying, hilarious, depressing, educational trial of Marv Wolfman vs. Marvel Comics as Wolfman takes a bullet for creators' rights. Who owns Blade? Transcripts from the courtroom drama. Also: The intellectual properties that launched a thousand legal briefs. The new wave of copyright wars and how they could affect the comics industry. To organize or not to organize? Plus: TCJ continues to provide you with all the hard-hitting news, insightful criticisms and generally witty commentary that have made them one of the best in the business for over 25 years! Magazine, 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #239
    Comics Journal (1977) 239

    The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: Apparently, comics creators feel that they have certain rights to their own artwork or writing, control over working conditions and freedom of speech. Are conditions for creators improving, deteriorating or the same as they've ever been? In the second of our special 2-issue focus (part 1 is in #236), the Journal looks at present and emerging struggles between creators and corporations, including the recent legal setback of Marv Wolfman. Also featuring an investigation of the ongoing wave of copyright wars and how they could affect the comics industry: Can comics creators get it together? Individual courtroom disputes versus organized struggle. Plus, TCJ continues to provide you with all the groundbreaking news, incisive criticisms and pithy remarks that have made them the best in the business for over 25 years! Magazine, 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #243
    Comics Journal (1977) 243

    The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: Tom Spurgeon asks the hard questions of down-under wunderkind Dylan Horrocks: What, exactly, does it take to be the leading voice of an entire generation of cartoonists? With the groundbreaking Hicksville under his belt, and the brand-new Atlas, plus his current work with DC, Horrocks barely had time to make us this glorious all-new cover! Also: A new distributor crisis - independents, friendly LPC files Chapter 11; panel discussions - Burns, Kaz, Deitch, Kidd, McGuire, Spiegelman and Ware; R. Fiore on Ghost World; and a new manga column. Plus: News, criticism, various genius columnists, and everything else you've ever wanted in a comics magazine. Magazine, 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.