Buckle up for a wild ride, as Bob Levin interviews underground-comix legend S. Clay Wilson and survives to tell the tale. This definitive profile covers Wilson s career and artistic philosophies but more to the point, it s a conversation with S. Clay Wilson, which means that it s anybody s guess what he ll say next. This is, as they say, one for the books. Also in this issue: Box Office Poison author Alex Robinson talks comics with Tom Crippen; Noah Van Sciver presents a cartoon interview with The Poor Bastard creator Joe Matt; an extensive comics section featuring the Center for Cartoon Studies 2008 graduating class; R. C. Harvey reports from the annual gathering of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists; Dan Vado remembers the beginning of California s Alternative Press Expo; a preview of Yuichi Yokoyama s forthcoming book Travel; and much, much more.

The second volume of Fantagraphics reprinting of Carl Barks s classic Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge work, like last spring s Uncle Scrooge: Only a Poor Old Man, focuses on the early 1950s, universally considered one of Barks s very peak periods. Originally published in 1951, A Christmas for Shacktown is one of Barks s masterpieces: A rare 32-pager that stays within the confines of Duckburg, featuring a storyline in which the Duck family works hard to raise money to throw a Christmas party for the poor children of the city s slums (depicted by Barks with surprisingly Dickensian grittiness), and climaxing in one of the most memorable images Barks ever created, the terrifying bottomless pit that swallows up all of Scrooge s money. But there s lots more gold to be found in this volume (literally), which features both the The Golden Helmet (a quest off the coast of Labrador for a relic that might grant the finder ownership of America, reducing more than one cast member to a state of Gollum-like covetousness) while The Gilded Man features a hunt for a rare stamp in South America two more of Barks s thrilling full-length adventure stories. But that s less than half the volume This volume also features ten of Barks s smart and funny 10-pagers, including a double whammy of yarns co-starring Donald s insufferable cousin ( Gladstone s Usual Very Good Year and Gladstone s Terrible Secret ), as well as another nine of Barks s rarely seen one-page Duck gags all painstakingly recolored to match the original coloring as exactly as possible, and supplemented with an extensive series of notes and behind-the-scenes essays by the foremost Duck experts in the world.

The definitive Comics Journal interviews with the cartoonists behind Zap Comix, featuring: Supreme 1960s counterculture/underground artist Robert Crumb on how acid unleashed a flood of Zap characters from his unconscious; Marxist brawler Spain Rodriguez on how he made the transition from the Road Vultures biker gang to the exclusive Zap cartoonists club; Yale alumnus Victor Moscoso and Christian surfer Rick Griffin on how their poster-art psychedelia formed the backdrop of the 1960s San Francisco music scene; Savage Id-choreographer S. Clay Wilson on how his dreams insist on being drawn; Painter and Juxtapoz-founder Robert Williams on how Zap #4 led to 150 news-dealer arrests; Fabulous, Furry, Freaky Gilbert Shelton on the importance of research; Church of the Subgenius founder Paul Mavrides on getting a contact high during the notorious Zap jam sessions; and much more. In these career-spanning interviews, the Zap contributors open up about how they came to create a seminal, living work of art."

The sixth volume of the acclaimed quarterly comics anthology.
This acclaimed, reasonably priced, quarterly anthology runs approximately 120 pages per volume and spotlights a regular cast of a dozen of today's most exciting cartoonists. "Mome" is quickly earning a reputation as the premiere literary anthology in comics. Think of something like "The Believer" or "Granta"--especially in regard to iconic design, format, and content--but with comics. Featuring new comics by Andrice Arp, Gabrielle Bell, Jonathan Bennett, Jeffrey Brown, Martin Cendreda, Sophie Crumb, David Heatley, Tim Hensley, Paul Hornschemeier, Anders Nilsen, Zak Sally, and Kurt Wolfgang.

Fantagraphics turns their eye to Barks' another great protagonist: the miserly, excessively wealthy Scrooge McDuck, whose giant money bin, lucky dime, and constant wrangles with his nemeses the Beagle Boys are well-known to, and beloved by, young and old.

The Comics Journal #298 is chock full of all the comicky goodness you need to get through the summer. Check it out: Diego Assis presents a full-length interview with breakout comic-book stars Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, who discuss their self-publishing apprenticeship in Brazil, their entry into the North American comics scene, their work on such titles as Casanova and The Umbrella Academy, and exactly who does what on their various projects. Shaennon Garrity sits down for a chat with Perry Bible Fellowship creator Nicholas Gurewitch, who explains how he became an Internet cartoon sensation, where he goes next after ending his weekly run on the strip, and the joys of being an envelope artist. Michel Fiffe tracks down one of the most fascinating cartoonists to rise out of the superhero-comics scene in the last three decades, Trevor Von Eeden, in a no-holds-barred conversation that illuminates Von Eeden s struggles in the New York City corporate-comics industry and the attendant racism that came with it. You will definitely not want to miss our comics section this issue, which features a massive gallery of Percy Crosby s legendary newspaper strip, Skippy the first publication of these exquisite strips in decades Bill Randall takes us through an issue of the renowned avant-garde manga anthology AX, and prepares us for the eagerly anticipated English-language collection of comics from said magazine scheduled for release later this year. Plus Jiro Taniguchi's A Distant Neighborhood previewed; a cartoon interview of Peter Bagge by Noah Van Sciver; and much more It s a wondrous bouquet of cartoon excellence The Comics Journal #298 Accept no substitutes.

He s faster than a speeding arrow... more powerful than the Sheriff of Nottingham... able to leap high taxes in a single bound He s Mickey Mouse He s back in color and traveling back in time: battling evil medievals in our second book of Floyd Gottfredson s Sunday classics. Donald Duck, Goofy, and mischievous Morty and Ferdie are invited along too... if they dare Standout stories in this volume include The Robin Hood Adventure, in which Mickey joins the Merry Men: swordfighting, jousting, and risking his life to rob the rich Then Mickey faces Gold Rush gunslingers as the Sheriff of Nugget Gulch and outwits the ever-sneaky Mortimer Mouse in Mickey s Rival Restored from Studio art sources and enhanced with a meticulous recreation of the strips original color, Robin Hood Rides Again also includes more than 30 pages of swashbuckling extra features. You ll enjoy coveted non-Mouse Disney comics by Gottfredson; rare behind-the- scenes art; and commentary by a Round Table of Mickey scholars."

A complete, thorough, and pragmatic guide to clinical assessment, this authoritative book meets a key need for both students and practitioners. T. Mark Harwood, Larry E. Beutler, Gary Groth-Marnat, and their associates describe how to construct a "moving picture" of each patient by integrating data from a variety of sources. Included are detailed, systematic reviews of widely used instruments together with strategies for selecting the best methods for particular referral questions. Readers learn to conduct integrated assessments that take the complexities of the individual personality into account, serve as the basis for developing an effective treatment plan, and facilitate meaningful reporting and client feedback. New to This Edition *Incorporates the latest research findings and assessment/treatment planning tools. *Chapters on the Personality Assessment Inventory and the NEO-PI-R and NEO-PI-3. *A new extended case example runs throughout the chapters. *Critically evaluates the recently published MMPI-2-RF.

With this volume, The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library loops back to Barks s earlier days, collecting the entirety of Barks s (astounding) 1948 output. The title story, The Old Castle s Secret, is notable not just for being the first full-length 32-page adventure instigated by Scrooge McDuck (in his second-ever appearance), but for featuring some of Barks s spookiest, lushest settings in old Clan McDuck castle of Dismal Downs. The other long story, The Sheriff of Bullet Valley, plunks Donald and the nephews in the Wild West, with Donald as an overconfident deputy having to deal with some high-tech rustlers. The book also includes the less-known In Darkest Africa, originally published in a giveaway and unreleased for decades. This volume also features an even 10 of Barks s dynamic Walt Disney s Comics and Stories 10-pagers, including Wintertime Wager (the first appearance of a not-yet-lucky-but-still-obnoxious Gladstone Gander); Spoil the Rod (in which the exquisitely named educational professor Pulpheart Clabberhead is brought in to help tame the nephews); Rocket Race to the Moon (a rare full-on adventure interplanetary, no less in the short form); Gladstone Returns and Links Highjinks (two more Gladstone yarns); and five more stories... plus a half-dozen hilarious one-page gags. Of course, once again all the stories have been shot from crisp originals, then re-colored (and printed) to match, for the first time since their original release over 60 years ago, the colorful yet soft hues of the originals and of course the book is rounded off with essays about Barks, the Ducks, and these specific stories by Barks experts from all over the world.

Barely old enough to drink when he joined the EC Comics stable, Al Williamson may have been the new kid on the block, but a lifetime of studying such classic adventure cartoonists as Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon) and Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) had made him a kid to reckon with as he proved again and again in the stories he created for EC s legendary New Trend comics, in particular Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. As a result of Williamson s focus, it s possible to compile all of Williamson s New Trend EC work into one book which Fantagraphics is finally doing here. Sci-fi aficionados should note that although most of the stories were written by Al Feldstein, 50 Girls 50 features three of EC s legendary Ray Bradbury adaptations, including I, Rocket and A Sound of Thunder and a unique curiosity, a strip adapted from a short story submitted by a teenage Harlan Ellison. Williamson ran with a gang of like-minded young Turks dubbed the Fleagle Gang, who would help one another out on assignments. Thus this book includes three stories upon which Williamson was joined by the legendary Frank Frazetta, and one story ( Food for Thought ) where Roy Krenkel provided his exquisite alien landscapes, to make it one of the most gorgeous EC stories ever printed. As a supplementary bonus, 50 Girls 50 includes three stories drawn by Fleagles sans Williamson: Frazetta s Shock SuspenStories short Squeeze Play; Krenkel s meticulous Time to Leave; and Angelo Torres s An Eye for an Eye, an EC story that famously fell prey to censorship and was not released until the 1970s. As with other Fantagraphics EC titles, 50 Girls 50 will also include extensive story notes by EC experts."

Graham Ingels' loving depictions of the endless corruption of flesh and nature made him the go-to guy for stories involving swamps, maniacs and dismemberment. This collection features 25 classic stories.