The Comics Journal #81 - Wm Gaines Interview Sketchbooks and the importance of having

and the importance of having faith in the nature and the world around us

and prove (as if there's any doubt) that Kirby is King

and the emerging talents of Eda Akaltun

2011's Genius

The Comics Journal #81 - Wm Gaines Interview Sketchbooks and the importance of havingInterview with EC and MAD publisher Bill Gaines. Essays by Jan Strnad, Bhob Stewart and Harlan Ellison. Kevin McConnell on the mutant menace. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Cover by William Stout. Editorial Gary Groth and Peppy White, "Editorial" (p. 6) News Newswatch (p. 8) Interview Dwight R. Decker and Gary Groth, "William Gaines" (p. 53) Reviews Ted White, "Humor, History, Drugs, War, Music, Headaches, and Eyestrain" (p. 29) Gene