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The Comics Journal, often abbreviated TCJ, is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels. [1] Known for its lengthy interviews with comic creators, pointed editorials and scathing reviews of the products of the mainstream comics industry, the magazine promotes the view that comics are a fine art, meriting broader cultural respect, and ...
Young Liars used a review written by WCBR to promote issue #4, quoting and crediting them on the front page of their comic as follows, "not a panel of line of dialogue that's meaningless or wasted." [5] The comic reviews by WCBR were also cited on the backs of issues 2, 3, and 5 of Kick Ass. [6] [7] [8]
Critics gave the series positive reviews. According to the review aggregator Comic Book Roundup, the first issue scored an average 9.2/10 based on 41 reviews, the series as a whole averaged 8.9/10 based on 154 reviews, and the final issue averaged 9.6/10 based on 9 reviews. [28] The series won the 2016 Eisner Award for "Best Limited Series". [29]
Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics. It features the first appearance of several comic-book heroes—most notably the Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster creation, Superman —and sold for 10 cents (equivalent to $2 in 2023).
"The Comics ... Very Funny!", by Frederic Wertham, in the May 29, 1948, issue of The Saturday Review of Literature [7] Spencer, West Virginia held a comic-book burning on October 26, 1948. [8] After the Associated Press reported on it, copycat comic-book burnings followed around the country, particularity in Catholic parishes. [9] [10]
At the review aggregator website Comic Book Roundup, the first issue of the series has a rating of 6.9 out of 10, based on five reviews. The subsequent three issues that Smith wrote having ratings ranging from 6.6 to 7.2. His latter two issues, 8 and 10, have ratings of 9 and 7, respectively. The series overall, which lasted for 35 issues under ...
The magazine returned to its strictly comic book roots. The issue featured a Green Hornet film cover and a round table discussion with creators in the comic book film industry. Despite all these changes, however, the magazine was losing subscribers at an unsustainable rate; by December 2010, its circulation was just 17,000 copies. [5]
According to review aggregator Comic Book Roundup, the first issue of the series received an average score of 9.1/10 based on 11 critic reviews. [11] The majority of the reviews were positive. The series as a whole averages 8.4/10, based on 56 critic reviews.