The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: Highwater Books' alternative publishing magnate, Tom Devlin, says goodbye to summer with short interviews of Spanish cartoonist/designer Mariscal, English cartoonist/philosopher Glenn Dakin, and Japanese cartoonist/scatologist Enomoto. Also in this issue: An overview of the comics of Tove Jansson (Moomin creator), and Seth will take a look at the comics of John Stanley. And: Tom Devlin explains how the deification of EC comics has stunted the growth of comics for over 40 years. With a cover and interior design by Jordan Crane, this issue will be a must-have for anyone who's ever read alternative comics!

Editorial
Tom Devlin, "A Legacy of Mediocrity" (p. 3)
News
Newswatch (p. 100)
Reviews
Bart Beaty, "The Comics of Fabio Viscogliosi" (p. 5)
Ben Jones, "Cola Radness" (p. 37)
Seth, John Stanley's Teen Trilogy (p. 39)
Steven Weissman, "The Lone Ranger's Famous Horse" (p. 53)
Tom Spurgeon, ""Float Like A Bee, Sting Like Butterfly" (p. 57)
Ron Rege, Jr., "Colossal Circus" (p. 60)
Greg Cook, "War Against Smart People" (p. 61)
Tom Devlin, "King of Shit" (p. 65)
Jef Czekaj, "Parenting Makes You Free" (p. 69)
Essays
Greg Cook, "Protest and Survive" (p. 13)
David Tompkins, "Fear of Comics" (p. 17)
Juhani Tolvanen and Tom Devlin, "Tove Jansson's Moomin Comics" (p. 23)
Neil Michael Hagerty, "Go-go-go Von Dutch" (p.31)
Jef Czekaj, "Fuck Other Forms of Art" (p. 89)
Robert Boyd, "On Second Thought, There is a Need For Tenchi" (p. 93)
Interviews
Neil Fitzpatrick (p. 29)
Glenn Dakin (p. 71)