The Comics Journal #311

This issue features an in-depth, personal conversation between Kate Beaton and Sarah Glidden about depicting history, humor, and social issues in comics form; a profile of Gilbert Shelton; an interview with musician and cartoonist Jeffrey Lewis and much more.

Publisher Marketing: Featured in this issue: An in-depth, personal conversation between Kate Beaton ( Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands , Hark! A Vagrant ) and Sarah Glidden ( Rolling Blackouts ), from the Pizza Island comics collective, about depicting history, humor, and social issues in comics form; a profile of Gilbert Shelton ( Zap, Fabulous Furry Freak Bros .), which includes a never-before-published-in-English "Shelton Hagiography" by French cartoonist Pic; and an interview with musician and cartoonist Jeffrey Lewis ( 12 Crass Songs, Fuff ). Plus: "An Imaginary Publication Cover Gallery" by Marc Bell ( Hot Potatoe ); a new manga column that puts classic and contemporary manga ( Kamen Rider and Hunter X Hunter ) in concert; a publishing roundtable on how to grow the adult audience for comics; a deep dive into an underdiscussed Charlton cartoonist, Enrique Nieto; a case for fine artist Dorothy Iannone's work as comics, and much more.

Format: Paperback | Pages: 220 | Publication Date: 2025-06-10