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The Comics Journal Special Edition #1

Dec 2001 · Fantagraphics · 19.95 USD; 29.95 CAD

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This special winter 2002 edition of The Comics Journal from Fantagraphics features an in-depth look at the work and career of cartoonist Joe Matt, including extensive interviews and commentary on his autobiographical comics. The volume also includes material on the character DiDi Glitz, providing a focused exploration of Matt's distinctive, confessional style within the alternative comics landscape.

Contains 39 stories

Untitled story

6 pp

A Day in the Life of a Typical Cartoonist

1 pp

Several Drawers

1 pp

Space Case

2 pp

Filler Page

1 pp

Johnny Gun

1 pp

Where Do You Get Your Ideas

4 pp

High Art Lowdown

1 pp

Didi Glitz in C'est Cheese

1 pp · Humor

Cartoonist

"Malo" Peeps

1 pp

The Golden Nib

1 pp

Untitled Humor story

1 pp · Humor

Th' Good Ol' Stuff

2 pp

Untitled story

2 pp

Little Crosshatch Mind

1 pp

Sandwich / Pho' Shop / Wet Hair/ Cacomistle on Comics

1 pp

Mr. Twee Deedle by Johnny Gruelle

2 pp

The Boy Who Loved Comics

2 pp

So You Want to be a Nationally Syndicated Cartoonist? Here's How!!

1 pp

Bill Griffith

Here's One We Made Earlier

1 pp

Publius

2 pp

The Assignment

1 pp

The Heartbreak of the Old Cartoonist

1 pp

Funnybook Folly

2 pp

Moonlight Madness!

5 pp

Human Poultry Item in "Cartoon Genius Re-visited"

3 pp · Satire-Parody

Joe SaccoHuman Poultry Item

Comics: A Young Man's Game?

1 pp

I Hate Comics

1 pp

Are Our Comics Good for Us?

2 pp

Coulton WaughJohn Mason Brown

Untitled

3 pp

Untitled Humor story

1 pp · Humor

DoofusStink Hair Stu

Fop

2 pp

Cartoonist Anonymous

2 pp

Untitled story

1 pp

Cartoon Coroner

1 pp

The Sirens of Celebrity

2 pp

It Begins

2 pp

Untitled story

1 pp

Introduction, And Apologies 10/15/2001

1 pp

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Cast · 2 characters

DiDi Glitz Joe Matt

Full credits

writer, artist, inker, letterer Bill Holman

Reprints

Reprinted in The R. Crumb Handbook #[nn] (2005), The Squirrel Mother #[nn] (2006), An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories #2 (2008), Safe Area Goražde: The Special Edition #[nn] (2011), Cruisin' with the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote' #[nn] (2012), Love and Rockets Library #12 (2016)

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