THE COMICS JOURNAL #44 (January 1979)
1. NEWSWATCH: PLOOG & KIRBY QUIT MARVEL OVER CONTRACT DISPUTE
More fallout from Marvel's "work made for hire contract". Frank Brunner, Don McGregor, and Roger Slifer are reported to have previously quit working for Marvel because of the contract.
2. REVIEW: SIDEKICKS AND SUN GODS by Catherine Yronwode
In case you don't know who Cat Yronwode was, this section shows her genius.
3. REVIEW II: SABRE'S A DULL BLADE by Gary Groth
It's a bit unsettling when Gary Groth is nice about mediocre comics, but he still makes a point in the first paragraph that earned him many enemies over the years:
"Given total freedom to do what they want, comics creators, it appears, will do exactly what they are already doing for commercial comics."
4. UNDERGROUND COMIX BY BILL Sherman
Bill Sherman's highly subjective all-time (up until then) Best and Worst undergrounds. A great list, good and bad, to start your underground collection.
WORST:
BEST:
GCD
5. MARILYN BETHKE WATCH
Also worth mentioning that Bethke was voted Best AND Worst writer for The Comics Journal!
many endorphin jolts just contemplating a MARV WOLFMAN INTERVIEW side by side with Cheech Wizard and Despair comix.
ReplyDelete