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...Comics Journal," America's only magazine dedicated exclusively to the advancement of comix as an art form, has just turned twenty-five years old, to the disgust of the vast majority of comicbook readers and the indifference of everyone else. Too bad. The "Journal" stands out as the only comix-related periodical worth reading, if you can read...
...debuts will be worth reading by virtue of who publishes them. Alternative Comics goes nuts with three new artists in October. "Shpilkes" by Frederick Noland, "Paper Theater," by Ben Catmull, and "Dirty Boxes," by Jacob Weinstein all have the blessing of the Xeric grant, a fund that supports new comix artists. In September watch for the mono-named Jason's "Hey, Wait..." from Fantagraphics. Highwater Books also has some new-comers in October: Mat Brinkman's "Teratoid Heights" promises documentary studies of fictional lifeforms and Brian Chippendale's "Maggots" tears 300 pages out of a 1500-page comix notebook...
...that come out each year. "Drawn & Quarterly Volume 4" arrives in September from Drawn & Quarterly, followed by Fantagraphic's "Blab #12" in October. "D&Q" includes classic reprints like early "Gasoline Alley" strips by Frank King, along with European and American artists. The "Blab" franchise leans on the less-comix, more graphic-arts side, with a greater avant-garde quotient. Frankly they both can feel overblown, but hi-end showcases like these need to exist...
...From Hell," the second underground-comix-originated movie in one year (after "Ghost World") comes out in October. Based on Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's deeply creepy Jack-the-Ripper series of the same title, it stars Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. The original creators had nothing to do with the adaptation and it sounds dubious, but we shall see. Meanwhile the original authors are coming out with another single-issue comic, "Snakes and Ladders," self-published by Campbell in September. Apparently it involves Oliver Cromwell and the pre-Raphaelites and the history of the universe...
...October will have several European works that sound interesting. Top Shelf publishes "Miniburger," an actual box containing a set of mini-comix selected by the Slovenian editors of "Stripburger," which will include works from Slovenia, Bosnia, Serbia, Italy, and France. The Bries publishing company will put out "Louis Armstrong," by Philip Paquet, a Belgian, about Satchmo's early days, and "Tango with Death," by Ulf K., a German, made up of short stories involving...