The Comics Journal 293 (Paperback)

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.