The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. In this issue: You know 'em, you secretly love 'em, you'd be speaking English if it weren't for them -- it's the French! Leading off with a cover chat with Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian of Mr. Jean fame, we're also proud to present an unpublished conversation between the late, great Gil Kane and Jean-Claude Mezieres (Valerian and Laureline, The Fifth Element)! Zut Alors! And: Eddie Campbell on the work of comics pioneer Rodolphe Töpffer. Also: Dave Cockrum's sickbed deal with Marvel Comics. Plus: reviews, comics, letters and news. Cover by Dupuy and Berberian. Mature Readers.

News
Newswatch (p. 5)
Interviews
Dupuy and Berberian Interview (p. 76)
Jean-Claude Mezieres (p. 88)
Reviews
Tom Spurgeon, "Ait/Planet Lar Scattershots" (p. 32)
Eddie Campbell, "Obadiah Oldbuck and Stuff and Nonsense" (p. 42)
David Groenewegen, "X-Statix" (p. 49)
Darcy Sullivan, "Blab!" (p. 51)
Gregory Cwiklik, "Mad Art" (p. 53)
Tom Crippen, "Fantastic Four" (p. 56)
Bullet Reviews (p. 58)
Columns
Opening Shot (p. 3)
Minimalism (p. 114)
Comicopia (p. 119)