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The Comics Journal
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The Comics Journal
Maurice Sendak Interview Sneak PreviewGary Groth remembers Maurice Sendak, and introduces excerpts from his career-spanning interview with the artist in the upcoming TCJ #302.
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The Comics Journal
Harvey Pekar’s ClevelandHarvey Pekar’s Cleveland, co-published by Zip Comics and Top Shelf, is the first book of new material to come out since Pekar’s recent death.
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The Comics Journal: Cyclical/Stale N Mate/Let’s Fucking Party/Cheek Up’s
All right, let’s take the elephant in the room and fly that fucker around like Dumbo: These are self-published, arty alternative comics written and drawn by an actor whose movies have grossed just shy of five billion dollars worldwide.
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The Comics Journal
Kmart ShoesReviewed by Rob Clough Lance Ward describes his autobiographical comics in the subtitle of his book KMart Shoes as “a therapeutic exercise” and “a painful memoir.” It’s the psychological equivalent of ripping away a Band-Aid, as he churns out page…
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The Comics Journal: Is That All There Is?
Is That All There Is (Joost Swarte) Fantagraphics $35; 144 pages Reviewed by Matt Seneca The title’s the joke: yes, folks, this rather slim, elegantly designed hardcover contains (nearly) every published comic by Dutch cartoonist Joost Swarte. The book feels both…
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The Comics Journal: A Jesse Moynihan Interview
By Frank Santoro Jesse Moynihan is a force. Storyboard artist, writer, cartoonist, webcartoonist, blogger — he’s everywhere. I’ve enjoyed following his webcomic Forming, and I was thrilled when I saw that it had been published (beautifully) in book form by…
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The Comics Journal: The Eyes of the Cat
The Eyes of the Cat Alejandro Jodorowsky and Mœbius Humanoids $69.95, 56 pages Reviewed by Hayley Campbell This entire review is an elaboration on the following disclaimer: I am the single worst person to review The Eyes of the Cat.…