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This past week on TCJ.com: Rob Clough’s series on Comics as Poetry, Part One, Part Two. Mathhias Wivel took in the Moebius exhibit. Sean Michael Robinson interviewed Cerebus‘ Gerhard gave about craft and technique: Part One, Part Two, Part Three. R. C. Harvey on virtuosity in cartooning. Rob Clough got The Broadcast. R.C. Harvey had the poop on poop in the funny pages. Shaenon Garrity looked back at City of Glass. Kristian Williams examined a field guide for use during a zombie attack. Gavin Lees wants you to help him figure out what’s going on in a panel in Oji…

This past week on TCJ.com: Rob Clough concluded his look at Drawn & Quarterly’s reprints of classic comic books and strips with Doug Wright’s Nipper (1963-1964). Geoff Johns talked to Nathan Wilson about his craft and career: Part One, Part Two. Rob Clough rounded up and reviewed Candy Or Medicine, Devil’s Lake, Desmond Reed minis, Dina Kelberman, The Cornelia Collection. Minis Monday: Rich Kreiner looked at Ophestios, 1890. R.C. Harvey remarked on Dick Locher’s retirement from the Dick Tracy strip, and Joe Staton as his replacement. Shaenon Garrity drew readers’ attention to exhibits at the Cartoon Art Museum. Kristian Williams…

This past week on TCJ.com: Rob Clough reviewed Only Skin #6, by Sean Ford; Mr. Cellar’s Attic, by Noel Freibert; and Courtship of Ms. Smith, by Alexis Frederick-Frost. R.C. Harvey got some advice from a trio of cartoonists. Chris Ware talked to Matthias Wivel at Komiks.dk: Part One, Part Two. R. Fiore on Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty Library Vol. 20. Rob Clough looked at John Stanley’s Nancy comic books. In his Minis Monday column, Rich Kreiner traced a different kind of underground comics lineage via Colin Tedford’s Square Dance #4. R.C. Harvey close-read Jan. 35 comic strips. Our Angoulême coverage….

This past week on TCJ.com: R.C. Harvey on comic strips and “Logic Gone Sane.” Rob Clough concluded his three-part series on recent D&Q issues with a look at the final installment of Anders Nilsen’s Big Questions. Parts Four, Five and Six went up of Kristian Williams series of essays on Garth Ennis’ aerial combat comics. Rob Clough worked through his tcj.com slush pile. R.C. Harvey looked at comic strips that tackled religious subject matter. Rich Kreiner touted Tag Team. Rob Clough looked at Adrian Tomine’s Scenes from an Impending Marriage through the prism of wedding-induced psychosis. R.C. Harvey looked at…

This past week on TCJ.com: Rob Clough on World War III and Borderland. Marc Sobel on reading comics with your Android phone. Part 1 (Seth’s Palookaville #20)and Part 2 (Jason Lutes’ Berlin #17) of Rob Clough’s 3-part series on Drawn & Quarterly’s recent single issues. R.C. Harvey continues his survey of fall’s comic strips with Brett Koth’s Diamond Lil. Rich Kreiner’s  Minis Monday: The Widow Reminisces Over a Plate of Vegetables, Mimi’s Doughnut Zine #19: Health Nathan Wilson reviews The Rat Catcher by Andy Diggle and Victor Ibanez R. Fiore on Doug Wright Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3…

Coming up on The Comics Journal website: Marc Sobel and his Android read comics; Kristian Williams takes to the sky with Garth Ennis for an in-depth analysis of the writer's aerial war stories; Rob Clough tours Seth's Palookaville; Nathan Wilson looks at Andy Diggle's Rat Catcher and more! 

Coming up on The Comics Journal website: The Bob Haney interview concludes as the longtime DC writer talks about the failure of cartoonists to unionize, The Brave and the Bold and collaborating with Ramona Fradon on Metamorpho. Also: Reviews of Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter Thompson, Marvel's Strange Tales Vol. II and Pablo Holmberg's Eden. And check out The Panelists , a new blog merging the brainy best of Jared Gardner's Guttergeek and Craig Fischer and Charles Hatfield's Thought Balloonists. Image from Gonzo ©2010 SelfMadeHero