The Comics Journal #272

The Steve Bell interview; the Jeff Danziger interview; Jerry Robinson & political activism; Diamond purges smallest publishers; John Stanley's 'Thirteen.'Letters Blood & Thunder (p. 9) News Michael Dean, "At the Threshold" (p. 12) Michael Dean, "Online Comics Journalism: Does It Exist? Part 9" (p. 22) Greg Stump and staff, Journal Datebook (p. 29) Interviews Kent Worcester, The Steve Bell Interview (p. 68) Kent Worcester, The Jeff Danziger Interview (p. 83) Gary Groth, The Jerry Robinson Interview, Pt. 2 (p. 104) Reviews Adam Stephanides, "Live In Disorder" (p. 44) Rob Vollmar, "YHVH YMMV" (p. 48) Chris Mautner, "Frayed at the Seams" (p. 52) R.C. Harvey, "The Hilarious Relationship Between Art and Cartooning" (p. 54) Tom Crippen, "The Big Dumb Dream" (p. 56) Mark Campos, "Blue Notes" (p. 60) Alan David Doane, "Justified by a Cat" (p. 62) Tom Underhill, "Wanksta's Paradise" (p. 64) Bullet Reviews, "Elsewhere #1", "Solo #3", "The New Yorker 80th Anniversary Issue", "Four Letter Worlds" (p. 65) Essays Seth, "Thirteen Going on Eighteen" (p. 128) Alison Mandaville, "Why I Teach Comics Literature" (p. 168) Columns Steven Grant, Fun! Fun! Fun!: Post-Superheroes Aren't Hard to Find" (p. 179) Fighting Words (p. 181) Tim O'Neil, Ctrl-Alt-Delete: "Diff'rent Strokes" (p. 182) R.C. Harvey, Comicopia: "Copy Rites and the Rewards of Piracy" (p. 186) Kenneth Smith, Time Out of Joint (p. 193)