The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. Headlining this issue is The Comics Journal's definitive interview with indie-star cartoonist Jeffrey Brown, creator of the autobiographical works Clumsy and Unlikely, the parodies Bighead and The Incredible Change-Bots, and the catfest Cat Getting Out of a Bag. Novelist and comics writer Greg Rucka discusses his soon-to-be-filmed graphic novel Whiteout, his superspy series Queen & Country and his work on Spider-Man, Wolverine, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Also: an interview with Whiteout artist Steve Lieber. Plus: 40 pages of unearthed comics pages from George Herriman's non-Krazy Kat strips, including Baron Moocher and Dirty Duck inspiration Gooseberry Sprig. Cover by Jeffrey Brown.

News
Greg Stump and staff, Journal Datebook (p. 20)
Interviews
Greg Stump, The Jeffrey Brown Interview (p. 26)
Andrew Farago, The Greg Rucka interview (p. 66)
Reviews
Chris Mautner, "The Blot" (p. 92)
Bill Randall, "Things Just Get Away From You" (p. 94)
Rich Kreiner, Misery Loves Comedy (p. 95)
Rich Kreiner, Lone Racer (p. 98)
Bill Randall, Notes for a War Story (p. 100)
Bill Sherman, The Grave Robber's Daughter and Delphine #1 (p.103)
Rich Kreiner, Ex Machina Vol. 5 (p. 105)
Kent Worcester, Reading Comics (p. 107)
Kristian Williams, Defenders of Freedom (p. 109)
Simon Abrams, Casanova (p. 110)
Noah Berlatsky, Parasyte #1 (p. 111)
Rob Vollmar, Translucent Vol. 1 (p. 112)
Tim O'Neil, In the Studio (p. 114)
Mini-reviews of The Mad War on Bush, Batman Secrets, The Homeless Channel, Interiorae, Loserpalooza, Sandman Mystery Theater, Nana Vol. 5, Rocketo Vol. 2, Injury #1 and East Coast Rising Vol. 1 (p. 116)
Donald Phelps, The Non-Krazy Kat Comics of George Heerriman (p. 122)
Columns
Tom Crippen, Post-Human Review: "The Night Thoughts of Mort Weisinger" (p. 166)
Donald Phelps, The Observer: "Earnest Considerations: The Short Stories of Paul Goodman" (p. 171)
Rich Kreiner, Meet the Comics Press: "Review Review" (p. 173)
Tim O'Neil, Ctrl-Alt-Delete: "Meet the New Boss/Same As the Old Boss" (p. 176)
Kenneth Smith, Time Out of Joint: "The Crypto-Revolution of Our Age" (p. 182)
Coming Comics (p. 186)