The Comics Journal #55

Product Code: 63087
The Comics Journal #55
The Comics Journal #55

The Comics Journal #55

Product Code: 63087
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Green Lantern front cover by Gil Kane, back cover by John Bolton. Interview with DC writer and editor Jack C. Harris. The art of John Bolton. TCJ editor Kim Thompson defends the Journal's shifting away from coverage of Marvel and DC, towards promoting independent comics and archival collections. Essay on the comics writing of Don McGregor and Steve Gerber. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news.

Editorial
Kim Thompson and Joan Hanke Woods (illustration), "Another Relentlessly Elitist Editorial" (p. 6)
Letters
Blood and Thunder (p. 22)
News
Newswatch (p. 10)
Interviews
Margaret O'Connell, "An Interview With Jack C. Harris" (p. 36)
Reviews
R. Fiore, "The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell" (p. 28)
Richard Howell, "Heart Throbs" (p. 30)
Capsule Reviews (p. 32)
Essays
John Dakin and John Bolton (illustration), "John Bolton, Britains Foremost Fantasy Artist" (p. 54)
Gene Phillips and Ron Wilber (illustration), "Heroes and Antiheroes in a Vulgar Valhalla" (p. 62)
Columns
Rick Marschall, "Polychromatic Effulgence: Overture" (p. 65)
Bill Sherman, "Underground Comix: Memories and Studebakers" (p. 71)
Dale Luciano, "Cinema Journal: The Lathe of Heaven and The Martian Chronicles" (p. 73)
Dwight R. Decker and Don Rosa (illustration), "Doc's Bookshelf: The Kiddiebook Kounterattack" (p. 76)
Illustration
Gary Kwapisz, "Drawn and Quartered" (p. 83)

Condition & Attributes

Near Fine (light wear)

Publishing Information

Seattle
Fantagraphics
1980
1st

Physical Description

10.5 inches
8.5 inches
84 pages
black & white illustrations throughout
Softcover
color wraps
English

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