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January 21, 2011

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TCJ.com 1/15/11 – 1/21/11 recap and preview of next week

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 (of 6) of Kristian Williams’ examination of Garth Ennis’ aerial combat comics.

R. C. Harvey contends that Chip Dunham  (Overboard) can’t draw well enough to get across his gags.

Shaenon Garrity delineates her choices for the Best Online Comics Criticism 2010.

Sean Michael Robinson talked to both lawyers after Idaho school teacher Steven Kutzner was sentenced for possession of “Obscene” images of Simpsons characters.

Roland Kelts takes a look at The Anime Contents Expo (ACE), which was formed by Japanese anime, manga and toy companies boycotting Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) in the wake of Bill 156,

And coming next week:

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From Hellblazer #71:  written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Steve Dillon. ©1993 DC Comics

Kristian Williams continues to explore the cloudy world of Garth Ennis' aerial warfare stories; Sean Michael Robinson talks to attorneys on both sides of the obscenity case of an Idaho schoolteacher imprisoned for possession of sexually explicit cartoon parodies of The Simpsons; R.C. Harvey stakes out Secret Agent Corrigan; Rob Clough tackles Anders Nislen’s Big Questions and John Brodowski's Curio Cabinet; a new Latin American blog by Jesse Tangen-Mills; and much more!