Front cover: John Buscema, Rudy
Nebres, and Peter Ledger
Back cover: Kenneth Smith
THE COMICS JOURNAL 48 (Summer 1979)
The never-to-appear ELSEWHEN science fiction anthology is announced. Harlan Ellison's "Eyes of Dust" was published in an incomplete adaptation by Steve Niles and Curt Swan in HARLAN ELLISON'S DREAM CORRIDOR #2 (Dark Horse, 2007). I'm not aware of any of the Gene Colan version surfacing. Stay tuned.
Bill Sherman looks at some really obscure UK underground comix, although the first two contain many well-known creators.
2. REVIEW: STAR WARS & CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: FILMS FOR THE '70S by Dale Luciano.
The first published TCJ review of longtime Journal critic Dale Luciano.
3. MARILYN BETHKE WATCH: FANDOM REVIEW: THE COMICS JOURNAL.
4. UNDERGROUND COMIX: A GLIMPSE AT BRITISH UNDERGROUNDS by Bill Sherman.
comixjoint
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5. KENNETH SMITH INTERVIEW conducted by Gary Groth.
I don't think you can even consider any history of The Comics Journal without philosopher, artist, columnist Kenneth Smith. The one Journal writer Journal readers loved to hate.
Bonus Spot Illo: I love this old Scott McCloud art, he definitely stands out among this era of fan artists.
