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THE COMICS INTERPRETER Vol. 2, #1
(Robert Young,
http://tci.homestead.com)
Have you seen this magazine yet? Any reader of
The Comics Journal or the recently-relaunched
Indy Magazine should give this one a try. Interviews comprise the bulk of
TCI, this time with Hans Rickheit, Paul Pope and Glenn Fabry. The interviews were conducted via e-mail and I think they suffer for it (just a personal prejudice, you understand), but the quality of questions and knowledge of the interviewers (Chad Parenteau, Robert Young) make up for it. And it's obvious from the back-and-forth discussion that these aren't simple Q&As. Still, they don't have the natural flow that in-person or phone interviews often produce. That said, my favorite is with Glenn Fabry, an artist whose work I enjoy but haven't seen all that much of. All three interviews succeed at being interesting and examining the subjects both as artists and as people. Other features in the issue include a number of indepth reviews (of alternative and related mainstream work), Gene Phillips' "Defining the Superhero", a Q&A with Alex Pardee (an artist/self-publisher who's apparently been pretty successful even without Diamond's help), "The Most Interesting Person in Comics?" (a bunch of industry folks offer their picks) and reviews of zines and mini-comics. All of this comes wrapped in an attractive cover by Rickheit. If you haven't seen this in your local comics shop, check with Tower Records (or buy it directly from the
TCI website).
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