The Comics Journal (1977) #50

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The Comics Journal (1977) - #50
Fantagraphics Books

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Writer(s):
Dwight R. Decker
Gary Groth
Beppe Sabatini
Ed Via
Jeffrey H. Wasserman
Catherine Cat Yronwode

Penciller(s):
Will Blyberg - 'WAB'
B. C. Boyer
Richard Bruning
Sam De La Rosa
Dennis Fujitake
Grass Green
Gary Kwapisz
Scott Pellegrini
Robert Staszak
Ronald Wilber

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Editor(s):
J. Michael Catron
Gary Groth
Robert Soron
Kim Thompson

Cover Artist(s):
Dennis Fujitake
Wendy Pini

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Cover Date: October 1979
Cover Price: US $ 1.50

Issue Tagline: Man & X-Man: The Chris Claremont Interview
PLUS: Paul Levitz's Challenge To Comics Fandom
Denny O'Neil Quits DC For Marvel
The Life Cycle of Comics
Heavy Metal Hires Ted White as Editor

Format: Black & White; Magazine; 92 pages

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Letters Column: Blood and Thunder

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Reprinted/Collected in:
The Comics Journal Library (2002) TPB vol. 06

Notes:
Front cover featuring the X-MEN by DENNIS FUJITAKE.
Back cover features RED SONJA by WENDY PINI.

Blood and Thunder includes missives from MARTIN L. GREIM, BOB HANEY, ALAN LIGHT, R.C. HARVEY and others.

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"A Call For Higher Criticism" - Edit this story

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Writer(s):
Paul Levitz

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Synopsis:
Levitz's thesis: "I write this in the hope that I might make discoveries when I read criticism of comics art, and not merely read opinions of an issue, a story, or a creator. What criticism of our medium needs is a frame of reference, and a sustained level of introspection."

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A thoughtful and thought-provoking two-page essay.

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Catherine Cat Yronwode

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Synopsis:
Jim Dawson reviews CONAN THE BARBARIAN Nos. 58-101.

Blackhawks for Christ: Cat Yronwode reviews Jack T. Chick's THE CRUSADERS Nos. 1-9. [Jack Chick responds in a letter published in TCJ #54]

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Writer(s):
Chris Claremont
Gary Groth
Roger L. Stern
Ed Via

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Synopsis:
MARGARET O'CONNELL interviews the then-popular writer of UNCANNY X-MEN, STAR-LORD, IRON FIST and other works in a fascinating, revealing and wide-ranging discussion. GARY GROTH conducts the second half of the interview. ROGER STERN was sitting in and participated, too. ED VIA provided the informative prefatory notes.

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Writer(s):
Jeffrey H. Wasserman

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Notes:
Three-page essay contending that "comics as we know them are in the final stage of existence."

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