The Comics Journal
#205
(June 1998)
Fantagraphics,
1977 Series
- Price
- 5.95 USD; 7.95 CAD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Barcode
- 074470741145 06
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited) (editor); Tom Spurgeon (credited) (executive editor); Mark Vick (credited) (art director); Jordan Raphael (credited) (editor-at-large)
Issue Notes
"Young Cartoonists Issue." Cover by Adrian Tomine. Interviews with Adrian Tomine and Frank Cho. Obituaries for Reg Smythe (Andy Capp) and John J. "Joe" Sikela (Superboy). Letters from Dean Haspiel, Chris Juricich, Megan Reid, Paul Sundstrom, Dwight R. Decker, K. Thor Jensen, Ryan R. Buck, Daniel Robert (Canada), and Al Columbia.
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.
Tomine
about comics / 31 pages
- Script
- Adrian Tomine (credited) (interviewee); Eric Reynolds (credited) (interviewer)
- Pencils
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Inks
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 44 - 76
Indexer Notes
Interview with Adrian Tomine, conducted by Eric Reynolds in Berkeley, California, in February 1998.
Disappointment & Despair
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Pencils
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Inks
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Letters
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Adrian Tomine
- Synopsis
- Adrian goes to the comic store and finds out they haven't sold any copies of his comic.
- Reprints
-
from Optic Nerve (Adrian Tomine, 1991 series) #2 (Winter 1991)
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Cinéma Vérté
comic story / 0.6 page
- Script
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Pencils
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Inks
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Letters
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wait... I love you. I always have.
- Synopsis
- A man and a woman watch a romantic scene in a movie theatre.
- Reprints
- from Pulse! magazine # ?
Dormitory Regret
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Pencils
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Inks
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Letters
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- During my freshman year, I developed a major crush on a fellow dorm dweller named Helga.
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Adrian gets a chance to talk to his crush, but fails miserably.
- Reprints
- from Entertainment Weekly Campus Edition # ?
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Pencils
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Inks
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- Letters
- Adrian Tomine (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sure. He's trouble... But that's just not enough for me anymore.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman at a bar discusses her boyfriend with another woman.
- Reprints
- from HQ magazine (Australia) # ?
Nutz from the North
Hey Kids! Comics! / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Brad Angell (credited)
- Pencils
- Kevin Scalzo (credited)
- Inks
- Kevin Scalzo (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello there inquisitive reader!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A young artist has a unique drawing style.
Fighting The Cycles: The Frank Cho Interview
about comics / 5.6 pages
- Script
- Ron Evry (credited) (interviewer); Frank Cho (credited) (interviewee)
- Pencils
- Frank Cho (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Cho (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 99 - 104
Indexer Notes
Interview with Frank Cho, conducted by Ron Evry at Cho's home in April 1998.
Alex Rainman's Flush Gordon
Liberty Meadows / comic story / 0.2 page
- Script
- Frank Cho (signed as
Cho) - Pencils
- Frank Cho (signed as Cho)
- Inks
- Frank Cho (signed as Cho)
- Letters
- Frank Cho (signed as Cho)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Flush and Kale rushed into Ping's fortress.
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Flush Gordon; Kale; Ping (villain); Ralph, Dean
- Synopsis
- Ping fires a death-ray at Earth.
- Reprints
- from Liberty Meadows Sunday (Creators Syndicate) 1998-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
A parody of Flash Gordon.
Schecky the Monkey King
Liberty Meadows / comic story / 0.2 page
- Script
- Frank Cho (signed as Cho)
- Pencils
- Frank Cho (signed as Cho)
- Inks
- Frank Cho (signed as Cho)
- Letters
- Frank Cho (signed as Cho)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Schecky the apeman sped through the tree tops.
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Schecky the Monkey King; Frank; Ralph
- Synopsis
- The apeman prepares to fight a gorilla.
- Reprints
- from Liberty Meadows Sunday (Creators Syndicate) (not dated)
Indexer Notes
A parody of Tarzan.
Young Cartoonists Roundtable: San Francisco
Beyond the Grid / about comics / 10 pages
- Script
- Jordan Raphael (credited) (moderator); Brian Biggs (credited); Keith Knight (credited); Steven Weissman (credited); Gabby Gamboa (credited)
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 115 - 124
Indexer Notes
A roundtable discussion by young San Franciso cartoonists, conducted by telephone from Los Angeles by Jordan Raphael in December 1997.
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Table of Contents
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1.
Tomine
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2.
Disappointment & Despair
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3.
Cinéma Vérté
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4.
Dormitory Regret
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5.
["Sure. He's trouble... But that's just not enough for me anymore."]
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6.
Nutz from the North
Hey Kids! Comics! -
7.
Fighting The Cycles: The Frank Cho Interview
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8.
Alex Rainman's Flush Gordon
Liberty Meadows -
9.
Schecky the Monkey King
Liberty Meadows -
10.
Young Cartoonists Roundtable: San Francisco
Beyond the Grid
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- Merlin Haas
- Steven Samuels
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