The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. Our headliner this issue is Alison Bechdel, whose memoir Fun Home was one of the most acclaimed graphic novels of 2006. She delves into life, death, her work, and the banning of her book in Missouri with interviewer Lyn Emmeri. Plus: an interview with Golden Age cartoonist Fred Guardineer, who is perhaps best known for his work on comics such as Zatura, The Durango Kid, Detective Comics, and Crime Does Not Pay. The full-color comics section features Get Lost, The Comic Designed to Send You, and future Spider-Man team Ross Andru and Mike Esposito's post-Kurtzman humor comic of the 1950's. Also: an ample array of comics history, analysis and criticism.

Letters
Blood & Thunder (p. 19)
News
Greg Stump and staff, Journal Datebook (p. 24)
Interviews
Lynn Emmert, The Alison Bechdel Interview (p. 28)
Dylan Williams, The Fred Guardineer Interview (p. 86)
Reviews
Tim O'Neil, "Chester Gould's Complete Dick Tracy Vol. 1" (p. 56)
Greg Stump, "Curses" (p. 59)
Rich Kreiner, "Ode to Kirihito" (p. 62)
Bill Randall, "Don't Go Where I Can't Follow" (p. 65)
Tom Underhill, "Dragon Head Vols. 1-5" (p. 67)
Bill Sherman, "Shadowland" (p. 69)
Noah Berlatsky, "Lucky" (p. 71)
Kent Worcester, "Great British Comics" (p. 73)
Rob Vollmar, "Tarzan: The Joe Kubert Years Vols. 1-2" (p. 75)
Adam Stephanides, "Acme Novelty Library #17" (p. 77)
Mini-reviews of Showcase Presents: The Phantom Stranger, Batman Confidential #1, Wally's World, The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1, Tales Designed to Thrizzle #3, Polly and the Pirates, Hunter & Painter, Growing Up Cartoonist in the Baby Boom South, and Jokes and the Unconscious (p. 79)
Essay
Noah Berlatsky, "Ariel Schrag Gets a Little Respect" (p. 21)
Kristy Valenti, "Get Lost!" Comics (p. 126)
Columns
John A. Lent, Speaking in Tongues: "The Transformation of Asian Comic Books-1990s-2006" (p. 161)
Bill Randall, Lost in Translation: "Tip of the Iceberg" (p. 166)
Leonard Rifas, "Four Immigrants in School" (p. 171)
Donald Phelps, Deadpan Drifter: "The Nonchalant Mockery of Cecil Jensen's Elmo" (p. 173)
R.C. Harvey, Comicopia: "Masters of American Comics" (p. 178)
Tom Crippen, The Post-Human Review: "True Believer" (p. 188)
Tim O'Neil, Ctrl-Alt-Delete: "A Rough Draft of History" (p. 191)
Daniel Holloway, Minimalism: "Spin the Wheel" (p. 193)
Coming Comics (p. 200)