Comic Art Issue 8

Here's my plug for today: Comic Art was a magazine that published seven issues from around 2002 to 2005. Each issue was nicely put together - nice production values, full-color layouts, and deep intellectual analysis of the comics medium. No other comics-related magazine really matched its style or quality.

However, after seven issues, it vanished. It was disappointing to see something so good go away.

But just a few months ago, Comic Art number 8 was released! Back from the dead, the magazine is bigger and better than ever. It's now published by Buenaventura Press on an annual basis, which is great since it will take me about a year to make my way through this sucker.

There's articles on Richard McGuire, Drew Friedman, Jim Starlin, and much more. There's even a long essay on the historical origins of the speech balloon.

As a bonus, there's even a small booklet that comes with the magazine called Forty Cartoon Books of Interest, written and drawn by Seth. It's a revealing look at Seth's favorite books that he's collected over the years from thrift stores and rummage sales.


Comic Art number 8 is available from Amazon. Try it, you'll like it.