The Comics Journal #309

The Comics Journal #309 arrives for Winter-Spring 2023 packed with editorial energy, its striking cover a dense, playful assembly of art tools, pipes, and contraptions rendered in bold red, black, and white against a cool light-blue background — a visual metaphor for the machinery of comics creation. This issue puts a spotlight on international small-press publishing and distribution, featuring conversations with publishers Annie Koyama and Gary Groth, John Porcellino's interview with Inés Estrada, and coverage ranging from Henriette Valium's lost sketches to Sharon Smith's Buttons An Beaux and a Nick Drnaso overview. For readers who care deeply about the craft, business, and culture of comics, this is exactly the kind of thoughtful, wide-ranging issue that makes the Journal essential reading.