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ROBERT SIKORYAK – artist of Seduction of Mike, has new story “The Scarlet Letter” in Drawn & Quarterly Volume 4

Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman, George Herriman et al., Abradale Press (1999) W Little Nemo in Slumberland, Winsor McCay, several collections available (introduced 1905) W MAD About the Fifties: The Best of the Decade, The Usual Gang of Idiots, Little Brown & Company (1997) W The Best of Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy, Brian Walker, Comicana/Henry Holt (1988) W Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz, Schulz & Kidd, Pantheon (2001)

BILL SMITH – reads comics in the bathroom

Prince Valiant, Hal Foster (1937-1971) & John Cullen Murphey (1971-present), King Features Syndicate W Gilgamesh 1-4, Starlin & Oliff, DC Comics (1989) W Lobo, especially by Grant, Semeiks & Dell, DC Comics (starting 1993) W Black Hole, Charles Burns, Kitchen Sink Press & now Fantagraphics Books (introduced 1995) W Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Chris Ware, Pantheon (2000) W The Who’s-the-Punk-That-Limited-This-to-Five List: Palookaville, Louis Reil, Palestine, Love & Rockets, Maus, Understanding Comics, The Badger, Why Did Pete Duel Kill Himself?, Captain Marvel (Marvel version), Watchmen, OMAC(John Byrne’s 4-part), Elektra Lives Again, Sin City, A Shroud for Waldo, The Complete Crumb, Snake ‘n’ Bacon’s Cartoon Cabaret, Barnaby, Sock Monkey, Bloom County& Daniel Clowes’ Caricature(Eightballreally)

SPAIN – Trashman Lives!, My True Story & artist of Rocky DeVito’s Starlight Alleysin L.A. Weekly

Captain Marvel, Parker, Beck & many others, Fawcett Comics then DC Comics (introduced 1940) W Weird Science & Weird Fantasy, Ellison, Feldstein & others, EC Comics (1950s) W MAD, The Usual Gang of Idiots, (introduced 1952) W Airboy, Dixon, Truman, Courtney & Yeates, Eclipse Comics (introduced 1986) W Two Fisted Tales, by Harvey Kurtzman, EC Comics (1950 original)

JAMES STURM – Hundreds of Feet Below Daylight & The Golem’s Mighty Swing

Eightball #22, Dan Clowes, Fantagraphics Books (2001) W The comics of Jason, a Norwegian cartoonist, American debut Hey . . . Wait (2001) is turning heads and isn’t even close to his best work, Fantagraphics Books W Palookaville (introduced 1991) and Vernacular Drawings: The Collected Sketchbook Drawing of Seth (2001) Seth, Drawn & Quarterly W Non, Jordan Crane, Red Ink (introduced 1997) W Maakies, Tony Millionaire, Fantagraphics Books (2000)

JONATHAN VANKIN – author of The Big Book of Bad, The Big Book of Scandal & The Seventy Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

Stray Bullets, David Lapham, El Capitan (introduced 1994) W Badlands, Grant & Giarrano, Dark Horse Comics (1995) W Panorama of Hell, Hideshi Hino, Blast Books (1990) W Batman in the Seventies, Bob Kane creator/editor, DC Comics (2000) W Deadenders: Stealing the Sun, Brubaker & Pleece, DC Comics (2000)

STEVEN WEISSMAN – Champs & Don’t Call Me Stupid!: A “Yikes” Collection

New Elements That Shake the World, Shunji Enomoto, published in Japan, Italy, Spain (2000) W Banks/Eubanks, Tom Hart, Top Shelf Productions (2000) W The Stratoship H.22, Hergé (Georges Remi), serialized in The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko, Mammoth (1990 reprint, 1930s original) W Love & Rockets, the Hernandez Bros., Fantagraphics Books (introduced 1982) W Eightball, Daniel Clowes, Fantagraphics Books (introduced 1989)