hoodedutilitarian.blogspot.com - 11/3/2009
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Jeet Heer over at Comics Comics explains what he hopes will happen with the revamped comics journal: In terms of the print magazine, my strong sense is that the Comics Journal has always been strongest when Gary Groth has been most involved with it: his interviews with cartoonists have always ...
comicscomicsmag.blogspot.com - 11/2/2009
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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
tcj.com - 10/28/2009
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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
comicbookresources.com - 10/31/2009
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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"
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Nov. 3, 2009: The death of an innocent child
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal —
... discusses the company’s recent decision to begin selling digital comics on iTunes — an unsurprising move, given the surging book sales on that platform. From the sound of things, downloads of new comic books are still off-limits, at least for the moment.
(Links via J.K. Parkin.)
Michael Buntag connects a few dots related to the decline of manga in Japan.
More about us, us, us: Noah Berlatsky responds to Jeet Heer’s analysis of The Comics Journal. ...
Daily OCD: 11/3/09
FLOG! Entries —
... • Opinion: Future Comics Journal blogger Noah Berlatsky of The Hooded Utilitarian offers a critical counterpoint to Jeet Heer's previous comments on the Journal ...
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