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Comics Journal to beef up online presence

By Shervin | Published: October 28, 2009
Starting with a letter to subscribers which Tom Spurgeon unveiled, today’s it’s being announced that The Comics Journal , which is about to release its gala 300th print edition, is going to change its presentation drastically, with fewer, bigger biannual print editions and an increased online component. Dirk Deppey, has more : The expanded, full-service TCJ.com will deliver everything readers love — in-depth interviews, smart columns, sharp criticism, real journalism — on a daily basi
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Comics Journal to beef up print, Web presence

By admin | Published: October 28, 2009
The Comics Journal #300 Tom Spurgeon broke the news yesterday that The Comics Journal , Fantagraphics' long-standing magazine of comics news and criticism, will be altering their coverage and format following the release of their 300th issue. The announcement came via a letter sent to subscribers that Spurgeon posted online. In it, the staff unveiled a two-fold plan which entailed enhancing the magazine's Web site considerably and turning the print publication into an elaborate, twice-ye
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Beam us to Baltimore: a b exclusive comic, plus Comic-Con info

By admin | Published: October 8, 2009
{thanks, Brian Ralph} In honor of the 10th annual Baltimore Comic-Con, b has commissioned illustrator Brian Ralph to create our own comic book, a b exclusive. He has published illustrations in The New York Times , Wired and the New York Daily News , and published his comics in the Museum of Modern Art newsletter, Nickelodeon magazine and DC Comics’ “Bizarro.” He earned nominations for three Harveys and one Eisner award for his graphic novel “Cave-In,” which Comics Journal named on
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Disambiguations™ for September 17, 2009

By admin | Published: September 17, 2009
I. At the Poetry Foundation , Jesse Nathan talks to Nicholson Baker about The Anthologist , which I want Ed-clone to read for me (after he finishes Inherent Vice ). II. "A remarkable young woman named September": Why Grognardia is my homepage
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Scribes Sounding Off: The Best Indie Comics Out Now

By admin | Published: September 14, 2009
by Chris Estey Fantagraphics was started by a couple of guys named Gary Groth and Kim Thompson back in the 70s, when the hipness of Marvel super-heroes had been around for more than a decade, and creators were leaving that company and DC, and kids inspired by the undergrounds, were all starting to publish on their own. Fanta began with the Comics Journal , a trade publication that was closer to critical fannish magazines in the rock world than the “buyer’s guide” tabloids hawking pricey b
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