Magazines about Comics - Heavy Metal, Comic Magazine, the Comics Journal, Batmania, Gallery, Comics Buyer's Guide, Wizard, Alter Ego (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Heavy Metal, Comic magazine, The Comics Journal, Batmania, Gallery, Comics Buyer's Guide, Wizard, Alter Ego, List of Comics Journal interview subjects, ToyFare, Comics and Gaming Monthly, Comics International, Borderline Comics Magazine, Amazing Heroes, Graphic Story Magazine, Interlac, Nib-Lit, Geek Monthly, Hogan's Alley, Nemo, the Classic Comics Library, The Comics Interpreter, Comic Book Artist, The Imp, CAPA-alpha, Starz, Fantasy Advertiser, Hero Illustrated, Drighangchoo, Comic Art, Comics Scene, Charlton Bullseye, Comic Shop News, Manga, Honk, ZozoLala, Back Issue. Excerpt: The Comics Journal, often abbreviated TCJ, is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels. Known for its lengthy interviews with comic creators, pointed editorials and scathing reviews of the products of the mainstream comics industry, the magazine promotes the view that comics are a fine art meriting broader cultural respect, and thus should be evaluated with higher critical standards. In 1976, Gary Groth and Michael Catron acquired The Nostalgia Journal, a small competitor of the newspaper adzine The Buyer's Guide for Comics Fandom. At the time, Groth and Catron were already publishing Sounds Fine, a similarly formatted adzine for record collectors that they had started after producing Rock 'N Roll Expo '75, held during the July 4th weekend in 1975 in Washington, D.C. The publication was relaunched as The New Nostalgia Journal with issue #27 (July 1976), and with issue #32 (January 1977), it became The Comics Journal ("a quality publication for the serious comics fan"). Issue #37 (December 1977) adopted a magazine format. In addition to lengthy interviews with comics industry figures, the Journal has always published criticism-and received it in turn. Starting in the early 2000s, ...