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Comic strip fans rejoice, the latest issue of "The Magazine of the Cartoon Arts" is here! Every issue is full of interesting articles and fun, quirky features on obscure regions of comic books, animation, and especially comic strips.

Eisner Award winner for Best Comics Periodical.

Hogan’s Alley #24 features:

• an in-depth (but safe for work) examination of Tijuana bibles, one of comics’ most notorious chapters
• a history of Bob Hope's long-running comic book
• Gary Hallgren discusses his collaboration with Roseanne Barr on a comic strip, with examples
• an in-depth look at Hugo Hercules, the largely forgotten comics character who was the first superhero, setting the template for heroes who came later
• the story of Thunderboy, the first black superhero
• we surveyed a group of cartoonists about their favorite Peanuts moments, and the issue presents the results, complete with new artwork paying tribute to the classic strip
• speaking of Peanuts, the issue also has a look at how the strip received its name, which Charles Schulz pointedly disliked
• we’ll fly the friendly skies with Flyin’ Jenny, the comics character who broke the glass ceiling as a female airplane pilot
• a long look at the comics career of the immortal comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, filled with never-before-reprinted work!
• a long interview with Pickles creator Brian Crane, who talks about his career in comics
• an interview with Denis Kitchen explores some of the more idiosyncratic aspects of Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy
• All this and, as usual, much more! 

PLEASE NOTE: This issue of Hogan’s Alley will not be available in comics shops!