The Comics Journal
#142
(June 1991)
Fantagraphics,
1977 Series
- Price
- 3.95 USD; 4.75 CAD
- Pages
- 124
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited) (editor); Helena G. Harvilicz (credited) (managing editor); Dale Yarger (credited) (art director)
Issue Notes
Cover by Arnold Roth. Interviews with Arnold Roth and Carol Tyler. Obituaries for Graham Ingels, George Delacorte, and Paul McGehee. Sketchbook by Gary Panter. Letters from Steve Gattuso, Todd Loren, Patrick McEown, Geoffrey Blum, Donna Barr, Tadeusz Tietze, Fred Butzen, William Ritter, Marc Crisafulli, Alex Toth, Paul Wardle, and Dominick M. Grace.
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.
Artchie the 13th!
Hey, Kids! Comics! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm glad we walked out of that seminar, Batty.
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A parody of teen slasher movies using the Archie characters.
"Take Five"
about comics / 20.25 pages
- Script
- Arnold Roth (credited) (interviewee); Gary Groth (credited) (interviewer)
- Pencils
- Arnold Roth (credited)
- Inks
- Arnold Roth (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Arnold Roth is a workaholic.
- Pages
- 60 - 81
Indexer Notes
Interview with Arnold Roth, conducted by Gary Groth in the summer of 1989. Transcribed by Thom Powers and Craig Maynard.
The Poor and the Super-Poor
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Arnold Roth (credited)
- Pencils
- Arnold Roth (credited)
- Inks
- Arnold Roth (credited)
- Letters
- Arnold Roth (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The family tree of a poor family.
- Reprints
from The Republican National Committee Meets to Consider a New Party Symbol
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Arnold Roth (credited)
- Pencils
- Arnold Roth (credited)
- Inks
- Arnold Roth (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- Republican leaders try to pick a new symbol from an assortment of out-dated images.
- Reprints
- from Politiks # ? (1977)
Indexer Notes
Pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
Poor Arnold's Almanac / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Arnold Roth (signed as Arnold Roth)
- Pencils
- Arnold Roth (signed as Arnold Roth)
- Inks
- Arnold Roth (signed as Arnold Roth)
- Letters
- Arnold Roth (signed as Arnold Roth)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But I didn't fire, yet! He fainted.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A Sunday page with cartoons about dueling with guns and swords.
- Reprints
- from Poor Arnold's Almanac Sunday (New York Herald Tribune) 1961-01-22
The Fine Art of Comics
about comics / 13 pages
- Script
- Carol Tyler (credited) (interviewee); Dana Marie Andra (credited as Mark Burbey) (interviewer)
- Pencils
- Carol Tyler (credited)
- Inks
- Carol Tyler (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Carol Tyler is a genuine artist in every sense of the work --
- Pages
- 90 - 102
Indexer Notes
An interview with Carol Tyler, conducted by Mark Burbey.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
Artchie the 13th!
Hey, Kids! Comics! -
2.
"Take Five"
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3.
The Poor and the Super-Poor
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4.
The Republican National Committee Meets to Consider a New Party Symbol
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5.
["But I didn't fire, yet! He fainted."]
Poor Arnold's Almanac -
6.
The Fine Art of Comics
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- Merlin Haas
- Steven Samuels
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