The Comics Journal
#188
(July 1996)
Fantagraphics,
1977 Series
- Price
- 6.95 USD; 8.95 CAD
- Pages
- 156
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Barcode
- 074470741145 07
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited) (editor); Tom Spurgeon (credited) (managing editor); Greg Stump (credited) (news editor); Jordan Raphael (credited) (assistant editor); Pat Moriarity (credited as Patrick Moriarity) (art director)
Issue Notes
Flip covers. Front cover is "State of the Art Form (by David Mazzucchelli)," back cover is "State of the Industry (by Ivan Brunetti)." All text is aligned with the front cover. Obituary for Curt Swan. Sketchbook by Bob Fingerman. Letters from Raul Wrona (Canada), Paul Chadwick, and Robert S. Barrett.
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
[no title indexed]
In Other Words / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- David Lasky (credited) (signed as D. Lasky)
- Pencils
- David Lasky (credited) (signed as D. Lasky)
- Inks
- David Lasky (credited) (signed as D. Lasky)
- Letters
- David Lasky (credited) (signed as D. Lasky)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We publish the best cartoonists in the world!
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A jab at the Comics Journal celebrating their 20th anniversary, with Gary Groth and Kim Thompson in a small boat with a whale labeled "senility" bearing down on it.
- Reprints
-
in We Told You So: Comics as Art (Fantagraphics, 2016 series) (December 2016)
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"We Haven't Been a Mass Medium for a Long Time."
about comics / 8 pages
- Script
- Gary Groth (credited) (interviewer); John Davis (credited) (interviewee)
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 37 - 44
Indexer Notes
Interview with John Davis of Capital City Distribution, conducted by Gary Groth
"You Have No Power. You Just Don't Have Any Power."
about comics / 8 pages
- Script
- Tom Spurgeon (credited) (moderator); Budd Root (credited) (interviewee); Martin Wagner (credited) (interviewee); Colleen Doran (credited) (interviewee)
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The State of Self-Publishing, 1996
- Pages
- 45 - 52
Indexer Notes
Round-table discussion by Martin Wagner, Colleen Doran, and Budd Root, moderated by Tom Spurgeon.
"It's Always Been Important to Only Do the Things That I Thought Had Merit."
about comics / 7 pages
- Script
- Tom Spurgeon (credited) (interviewer); Chris Oliveros (credited) (interviewee); Gary Reed (credited) (interviewee)
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Publishing in 1996
- Pages
- 53 - 59
Indexer Notes
Interview with Gary Reed and Chris Oliveros, conducted by Tom Spurgeon.
"It Has to Do with Our Puritanical Roots."
about comics / 9 pages
- Script
- Gary Groth (credited) (interviewer); Nadine Strossen (credited) (interviewee)
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- Interview with ACLU [American Civil Liberties Union] National President Nadine Strossen about the legal concerns with censorship and free speech, conducted by Gary Groth.
- Pages
- 61 - 69
"I'm a Comics Freak!"
about comics / 3 pages
- Script
- Robert Boyd (credited) (interviewer); Fábio Zimbres (credited) (interviewee)
- Pencils
- Fábio Zimbres (credited)
- Inks
- Fábio Zimbres (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The State of Mini-Comics Part One: An Interview with Fabio Zimbres
- Pages
- 71 - 73
Indexer Notes
A brief interview with Fabio Zimbres, an alternative cartoonist from Porto Alegre, Brazil, conducted by Robert Boyd.
"The Change Has Already Begun."
about comics / 9 pages
- Script
- Scott McCloud (credited) (interviewee); Gary Groth (credited) (interviewer)
- Pencils
- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Inks
- Scott McCloud (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Scott McCloud on the Digital Future of Comics
- Pages
- 75 - 83
Indexer Notes
Interview with Scott McCloud, focusing on digital comics, conducted by Gary Groth.
"Watch Out, Here Comes a Metaphor!"
about comics / 10 pages
- Script
- Kurt Busiek (credited) (interviewee); Tom Spurgeon (credited) (interviewer)
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kurt Busiek and Mainstream Comics 1996
- Pages
- 85 - 94
Indexer Notes
Interview with Kurt Busiek, focusing on mainstream comics, conduct by Tom Spurgeon.
"The Process of Doing Comics Has Become a Lot More Complicated."
about comics / 6 pages
- Script
- Daniel Clowes (credited as Dan Clowes) (interviewee); Greg Stump (credited) (interviewer)
- Pencils
- Daniel Clowes (credited as Dan Clowes)
- Inks
- Daniel Clowes (credited as Dan Clowes)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dan Clowes and Comics
- Pages
- 95 - 101
Indexer Notes
Interview with Dan Clowes, conducted by Greg Stump.
"I'd Rather Write Broadway Musicals."
about comics / 5 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited) (interviewee); Greg Stump (credited) (interviewer)
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Neil Gaiman and Comics, 1996
- Pages
- 119 - 123
Indexer Notes
Brief interview with Neil Gaiman, conducted by Nick Hasted on April 1, 1996.
"We Never Had Any Illusions."
about comics / 9.6 pages
- Script
- Jordan Raphael (credited) (moderator); Megan Kelso (credited) (interviewee); Ariel Bordeaux (credited) (interviewee); Jon Lewis (credited) (interviewee)
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Young Cartoonists Roundtable: Seattle
- Pages
- 125 - 134
Indexer Notes
First part of a series. Young Cartoonists Roundtable from Seattle, featuring Megan Kelso, Ariel Bordeaux, and Jon Lewis, moderated by Jordan Raphael.
[Deep Girl #3 Cover]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.4 page
- Script
- Ariel Bordeaux (credited)
- Pencils
- Ariel Bordeaux (credited)
- Inks
- Ariel Bordeaux (credited)
- Letters
- Ariel Bordeaux (credited)
- Genre
- humor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
["We publish the best cartoonists in the world!"]
In Other Words -
2.
"We Haven't Been a Mass Medium for a Long Time."
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3.
"You Have No Power. You Just Don't Have Any Power."
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4.
"It's Always Been Important to Only Do the Things That I Thought Had Merit."
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5.
"It Has to Do with Our Puritanical Roots."
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6.
"I'm a Comics Freak!"
-
7.
"The Change Has Already Begun."
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8.
"Watch Out, Here Comes a Metaphor!"
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9.
"The Process of Doing Comics Has Become a Lot More Complicated."
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10.
"I'd Rather Write Broadway Musicals."
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11.
"We Never Had Any Illusions."
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12.
[Deep Girl #3 Cover]
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- Merlin Haas
- Steven Samuels
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