The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. This issue, comics critic and historian Paul Gravett interviews British cartoonist Posy Simmonds. Best known for her weekly strips for The Guardian (such as "The Silent Three of St. Botolph's") and her reworking of Madame Bovary and Far from the Madding Crowd (Gemma Bovary and Tamara Drewe, respectively), the pair also discuss other aspects of her wide-ranging career, such as her children's books and her strip "Literary Life." Also: a career-spanning interview with Gail Simone, who recently left her long and well-received run on the super-heroine team book Birds of Prey to tackle the newly revamped Wonder Woman title. She will also talk about her work on series such as Villains United, Superman, Welcome to Tranquility, and Killer Princesses, and her "women in refrigerators" website. Plus: insightful comics reviews and columns, and a comics section featuring Otto Soglow's The Ambassador. Cover by Posy Simmonds.

Letters
Blood & Thunder (p. 15)
News
Greg Stump and staff, Journal Datebook (p. 17)
Interviews
Paul Gravett, The Posy Simmonds Interview (p. 26)
Shaenon Garrity, The Gail Simone Interview (p. 68)

Reviews
Greg Stump, "The Salon" (p. 92)
Rob Vollmar, "Fell" (p. 94)
"Antique Bakery"
Mark Arnold, "Harvey Comics Classics Vol. 1" and "Harvey Comics Classics Vol. 2" (p. 96)
Rich Kreiner, "Elephantmen" (p. 100)
Chris Mautner, "Manga: The Complete Guide" (p. 102)
Kristian Williams, "Macedonia" (p. 104)
Bill Randall, "Just When You Thought Things Couldn't Get Worse" (p. 106)
Adam Stephanides, "Narration in Pictures" (p. 108)
Noah Berlatsky, "Schultz's Youth" (p. 110)
Craig Fischer, "Hugs: Bloodpond" (p. 112)
Mini-reviews of Elvis Road, Kafka, The Saga of Bloody Benders, Bizenghast, Project X: Cup Noodle, Alias the Cat, Tanpenshu, Tiny Tyrant, Arf Forum, Private Stash, Deadman: Deadman Walking, Batman Snow, Empowered Vol. 1, The Blue Beetle Companion, Bound By Law?, Click, Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed! and Hickee #3 (p. 129)
Jared Gardner, Otto Soglow's The Ambassador (p. 124)
Columns
R. Fiore, Funnybook Roulette: "The Fate of Fun and the Ultimate Cool Uncle" (p. 166)
R.C. Harvey, Comicopia: "Legacy Strips vs. New Blood" (p. 173)
Rich Kreiner, Meet the Comics Press: "Academia Funnybookia" (p. 183)
Coming Comics (p. 188)