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The
Journal celebrates its 250
th issue with a double-sized extravaganza featuring unforgettable interviews with a fistful of the finest cartoonists of all time, indispensable essays from more than a dozen of comics' finest critics and the first English translation of one of the world's greatest comics short stories! The
Journal presents a translated excerpt from Numa Sadoul's legendary interview with the great Herg , a transcript of the historic 1976 convention panel that marked Carl Barks and John Stanley's first public appearances, an all-new "Back to the Drawing Board" interview with Dan Clowes, and a career-spanning interview with Gary Panter! The
Journal also makes comics history by being the first to publish manga cartoonist Yoshiharu Tsuge's classic short story "Neji-shiki" in English. The issue's comprehensive criticism section features essays on topics like "What's Wrong with Comics Criticism," "Why Team Comics is Still a Bad Idea," "EC Comics and the Chimeras of Memory," as well as essays on the state of post-9/11 editorial cartooning, racial caricature in comics, young cartoonists of note, and the state of the medium around the world! This issue also includes
TCJ's "2002: Year In Review" assessment of the comics and events that mattered most!
MATURE READERS
Magazine, 256pg, PC
In Shops: Jan 17, 2003
SRP: PI
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