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    Year’s End
    BY Dan Nadel Dec 20, 2016

    We’ve gone fishing until January 3rd. Here’s our year in review to keep you busy. See you in 2017.

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    2016 Year in Review

    BY The Editors Dec 20, 2016

    Revisiting some highlights from TCJ’s 2016. Continue reading →

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    Fantagraphics vs. Everyone (Part Two)

    BY Tom Spurgeon with Michael Dean Dec 16, 2016

    In this excerpt from We Told You So: Comics as Art, the long-awaited oral history of Fantagraphics Books, the topics covered include: the uncanonization of a direct sales manager, criticizing Will Eisner, the mole in the Journal, Fiore vs. Pekar, and Capital City vs. Diamond. Continue reading →

    Fantagraphics vs. Everyone (Part One)

    BY Tom Spurgeon with Michael Dean Dec 15, 2016

    Another excerpt from We Told You So: Comics as Art, the long-awaited and exhaustive oral history of Fantagraphics Books. This section’s leading characters include Barry Windsor-Smith, Jim Shooter, Helena Harvilicz, Frank Young, Eric Reynolds, and Tom Spurgeon. Continue reading →

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