The Magazine of Comics News and Criticism. This issue, the multiple Eisner Award-winning Brazilian twins Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon tell us about working together on graphic novels such as DeTales and Ursula and the anthology 5, as well as collaborating with My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way on Umbrella Academy, Joss Whedon on Sugarshock and Matt Fraction on Casanova. Plus: Perry Bible Fellowship creator Nicholas Gurewitch gives us the scoop on his BBC television pilot based on the strip, why he semi-retired the comic after its phenomenal success on the Web and in alt-weeklies and collections, and what it's like to achieve that level of fame by the age of 25. Also: Brutally honest Thriller artist Trevor Von Eeden on his professional and romantic struggles; Percy Crosby's Skippy rediscovered; Jiro Taniguchi's A Distant Neighborhood previewed; and Noah Van Sciver conducts a cartoon interview with Peter Bagge. Plus: reviews, comics, letters and news. Cover by Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá.

News
Eric Millikin and staff, Journal Datebook (p. 12)
Interviews
Diego Assis, The Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá Interview (p. 24)
Shaenon Garrity, The Nicholas Gurewitch Interview (p. 68)
Michel Fiffe, The Trevor Von Eeden Interview (p. 82)
Reviews
Shaenon Garrity, "Explainers" (p. 122)
Tim O'Neil, "The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite" (p. 126)
Robert Stanley Martin, "Speak of the Devil" (p. 128)
Rich Kreiner, "The Portable Frank" (p. 131)
Kent Worcester, "The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation" (p. 135)
Tom Hart, "Against Pain" (p. 138)
Mini-reviews of "Disaster and Resistance" and "Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday" (p. 142)
Jared Gardner, "Percy Crosby and Skippy" (p. 144)
Columns
R.C. Harvey, Comicopia: "The Inevitable Racism: Obama and Caricature and Freedom of Speech" (p. 184)
Bill Randall, Lost in Translation: "Getting the Ax" (p. 194)
Kenneth Smith, Human Nature: 2. From "Elitist" Autonomy to a Babel of Heteronomy" (p. 199)
Coming Comics (p. 205)
Illustrations:
Noah Van Sciver, A Cartoon Interview with Peter Bagge (p. 9)
Jiro Taniguchi, Preview: "A Distant Neighborhood" (p. 109)