Word: comicbooks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Like the rest of America, the comicbook industry got shaken up by the events of September 11, 2001. Although the comicbook community appeared to suffer no direct losses (no companies are located near the World Trade Center), much of the industry lives and works in New York City. But no matter where they are located, companies and artists felt the aftershocks...
...Legal Action Comics" should be found in the "Silver Linings" department of your local comicbook store. A thick, book-length anthology, "Legal Action," (256 pp; $14.95) has been published by the Dirty Danny Legal Defense Fund towards which, short of printing costs, all proceeds are going. The peculiarity of "Dirty" Danny Hellman's situation motivated enough comix heavyweights, like Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Spain, and Kim Deitch, to donate their work and turn "Legal Action" into one of the most anticipated comix of the year...
...Legal Action Comics" can be found at better comicbook stores...
...authorities seek to extradite him on securities fraud charges. Stan Lee has not been charged with any wrongdoing.) The "Journal"'s news section does excellent work, though it also has its weak spots. Since 1982 the company that publishes "The Comics Journal," Fantagraphics Books, has been publishing its own comicbook line, including many of the most significant titles of the last twenty years. Although there is no evidence of bias, the "Journal" cannot truly be called an independent news and criticism source...
...Comics Journal" can be found at most comicbook stores and even, very sporadically, in magazine racks of large book and record stores. Back issues are often available at cover price...