pwbeat.publishersweekly.com - 24 days ago
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Starting with a letter to subcribers which Tom Spurgeon unveiled, today’s it’s being announced that The Comics Journal, which is about to release it’s gala 300th print edition, is going to change its presentation drastically, with fewer, bigger biannual print editions and an ...
comicscomicsmag.blogspot.com - 20 days ago
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comicscomicsmag.blogspot.com —
The Comics Journal , as I noted in
an earlier posting, needs to re-invent itself to make
it relevant for the new era we’re in, a period where there is a much greater public interest in comics combined with a much more fragmented discourse about comics ...
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What the Comics Journal Does Right
comicbookresources.com - 23 days ago
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comicbookresources.com —
In light of news that the acclaimed source
of comics news & criticism will be shifting format
to a web-heavy presentation with semi-annual book issues, CBR speaks with the magazine's editorial to find out why now is the time for a new TCJ.
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Rethinking "The Comics Journal"
tcj.com - 25 days ago
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tcj.com —
First things first: The Comics Journal #300,
due out in late November (and cover pictured at
right), will be the last issue to be published on a magazine schedule. Thereafter, the Journal will publish twice a year, in bigger and more ...
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Oct. 28, 2009: We’re turning again
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Reactions to The Comics Journal's changes abound
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment —
... for both the website and the print edition. My main goal is to maintain the editorial impetus of the magazine on the website, making it an intelligent and sometimes provocative source criticism and commentary.
The mood on the Internet regarding the planned changes seems tentatively positive, although a certain amount of nostalgia for the magazine as it was once still lingers, judging by the reactions from folks like Alan David Doane, Johnny Bacardi, Heidi MacDonald and folks on the TCJ message board.
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... you, sharing a beer or two and swapping stories. If you’re interested in that era or you just like a good autobiography, I’d give Giraffes in my Hair: A Rock 'n' Roll Life a shot." – Chad Derdowski, Mania.com • Opinion: Reactions to our announcement about the evolution of The Comics Journal from The Comics Reporter's Tom Spurgeon (with Q&A with Gary Groth), Comic Book Galaxy's Alan David Doane, Johnny Bacardi, The Beat's Heidi MacDonald, and CBR's Steven Grant
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