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April 23, 2008


Quick hits
Craft
Making Your Own Comic Is Possible
On Putting Together A New Comics Magazine

History
Superheroes As Myth
Remembering Steve Gerber
The Third Age of Webcomics, Part Two

Industry
Retailers Helping Communities
Collecting Comics For Homeless Youth

Interviews/Profiles
Sequential Tart: Andy Weir
Sequential Tart: Bill Barnes
Sequential Tart: Mark Sable
Sequential Tart: Matt Bayne
Sequential Tart: Tara Tallan
Sequential Tart: Tom Siddell
Sequential Tart: Pete Stathis
Sequential Tart: Jeph Jacques
Sequential Tart: Woody Hearn
Sequential Tart: James Turner
Sequential Tart: Tracy J. Butler
Sequential Tart: Lola Akinmade
Sequential Tart: Bill Sienkiewicz
Sequential Tart: Prana Naujokaitis
Sequential Tart: Mike Hollingsworth
Sequential Tart: Scott Christian Sava

Publishing
Girl-a-Matic Profiled
Pix: Teenage American Fairy Profiled

Reviews
Sheena McNeil: Baku
Patti Martinson: Love Com
Karen Maeda: Be With You
Rebecca Buchanan: The 99
Patti Martinson: Nana Vol. 8
Karen Maeda: Yurara Vol. 3
Rebecca Buchanan: Solstice
Karen Maeda: Skip Beat! Vol. 8
Karen Maeda: Skip Beat! Vol. 9
Sheena McNeil: King City Vol. 1
Lisa Lopacinski: Pax Romana #1
Rebecca Buchanan: Good as Lily
Karen Maeda: Nodame Cantabile
Ginger Mayerson: Jonah Hex #28
Ginger Mayerson: Jonah Hex #29
Ginger Mayerson: Jonah Hex #31
Rebecca Buchanan: Glister Vol. 3
Patti Martinson: Red River Vol. 20
Donielle Ficca: Poison Candy Vol. 1
Lisa Lopacinski: The End League #1
Sheena McNeil: Demon Flowers Vol. 1
Sheena McNeil: Demon Flowers Vol. 2
Sheena McNeil: The Clarence Principle
Patti Martinson: Tail of the Moon Vol. 8
Lisa Lopacinski: Teen Titans Year One #1
Rebecca Buchanan: Wrath of the Titans #1
Rebecca Buchanan: Hellboy Animated Vol. 3
Karen Maeda: Inubaka Crazy For Dogs Vol. 4
Rebecca Buchanan: gods & undergrads Vol. 1
Danielle Ficca: Goblins -- Life Through Their Eyes
Sheena McNeil: Ouran High School Host Club Vol. 10
Rebecca Buchanan: Knights of the Old Republic Vol. 1
Patti Martinson: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #11
Donielle Ficca: Chunchu -- The Genocide Fiend Book Vol. 1
Rebecca Buchanan: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 Vol. 1
 
 
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CR Reviews
• Pittsburgh
• Frontier #18 (Tiffany Ford)
• A Fistful Of Drawings
• Heroes For Hire #5
• The Beagle Boys #36
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CR News
• Do You Know Me? TCAF 2017 Exhibitors In Unidentified Photos
• The Collected Notes From The Comic-Con International Floor, 2013
• Ongoing Link List To Publishing News Stories From San Diego’s Comic-Con International 2013
• Kim Thompson, 1956-2013
• Albert Weinberg, 1922-2011
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CR Interviews
• News Interview: Matthew James-Wilson
• CR Sunday Interview: Eric Reynolds
• CR Sunday Interview: Joe Decie
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CR Letters
• Michael Grabowski On Laundry Land As A Habit-Changer For Alt-Comics Consumers
• Jim Salicrup On Russ Heath’s Last Comics Works
• Brad Bartkus On People Having Beefs With The Lenticular Process
• Mike Catron On TCJ’s Long Ago Coverage Of Wally Wood’s Passing
• Ivan Brunetti On His Informal Lecture In Chicago, March 28
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CR Commentary
• Welcome To Nerd Vegas: A Guide To Visiting Comic-Con International 2014 (The Placeholder Edition)
• The Comics Reporter Planned Convention And Festival Schedule For 2014
• The Comics Reporter Group-Facilitated Reconsideration List, 2013
• Comic-Con Coping Guide 2013—180 Tips To Survive And Thrive San Diego Con Weekend!
• Photos From The Matt Fraction Hawkguy Sandy-Relief Signing At House Of Secrets In Burbank
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Bart Beaty's Conversational
Euro-Comics
• Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On The Angouleme 2012 Program Sent Out This Week
• Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On Kolor Klimax
• Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On The Recent, Slyly Revealing Diary Comics Of David B.
• Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On Recent Work From Lewis Trondheim
• Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On Jean-Christophe Menu Leaving L’Association
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CR Calendar, Dates, Events
• Forthcoming Comics-Related Events For January 2020 And Beyond
• List Of Columbus (Ohio) Comics Shops
• Crystal Ball: Scheduled Books and Major Releases
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CR Comics 101
• A Brief Overview
• Buying Comics
• Getting Published—Comic Books
• Making Mini-Comics
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Collective Memory
• Ted Stearn, 1961-2019
• Batton Lash, 1953-2019
• Best Comics And Graphic Novels Lists For 2018
• Marie Severin, 1929-2018
• Harlan Ellison, 1934-2018
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