• "Ephemera vs. the Apocalypse" by Art Spiegelman
• Political cartoonist Tim Kreider interviews Jules Feiffer
• A special op/ed comics section reprints four pages of election season comics by Joe Sacco and two pages by Art Spiegelman
• Marc Singer's analysis of comics drawn by Petter Bagge ("Hate") for Reason, a libertarian magazine
• Bill Kartalopoulos's essay on the depiction of groups and types in comics by Spiegelman, Sacco, Marjane Satrapi and others
• Jeremey Dennis's photo-journal from the GRRR! 3 comics festival in Pancevo, Serbia a gallery of narrative paintings by Jerry Moriarty.
• Reviewed books include "The Bush Junta," "Chris Ware," and "Mail Order Bride"

"This fee is currently $2.95/month or $19.95/year, for the ability to post an unlimited number of listings, which will be advertised and cross-promoted on every site in the Modern Tales family. The price will go up to $4.95/month or $49.95/year for any sellers who sign up after November 25, 2004 (one month from the launch of SmallPressSwapmeet.com), but sellers who sign up now will never have to pay more than the charter amount, as long as their Seller Accounts remain active."

"This my testimony. The Book Of Mormon is a true and inspired record. I know this to be as real and true as the keyboard with which I type these words. Every human being can and must discover that truth for themselves."

"This 96 page, full color, work of Christian Fiction will break new ground in the U.S. comic book market, as it will cross over traditional boundaries between comics stores and bookstores and churches. This story of mystery and intrigue has a fully illustrated presentation of the Passion story of Jesus at its core that will appeal to not only those who love Christian Fiction, but anyone who likes a good mystery, and ever wondered...why did Jesus have to die that way?"

"There's no question that young people do read graphic novels; local mainstream bookstores have considerable space devoted to such series as "The Punisher" and "Sin City." Also, numerous recent movies --- "The Crow," "The Punisher," "Hellboy" and "Road To Perdition" among them --- were adapted from graphic novels."

"Written by Joshua (Swamp Thing, Violent Messiahs) Dysart with art by Brad (Catwoman, True Adult Fantasy) Rader , Tex! tears apart the last four years of the Bush Administration with a smile. The perfect gift for your Bush supporter friends! Tex! contains a five page appendix of irrefutable information. Read. Enjoy. Learn."

"Dysart said that he approached Avatar Press, but they were unwilling to publish something which could be seen as extremely polarizing."

"[it]comes with a free CD, and, perhaps even more surprising, contains a five-page appendix in the back, providing facts to back up the satire in the front."

"As a former NYC resident, art school dropout, and practitioner of what used to be the least respected art form of all (comic books), my feelings towards the contemporary fine art world have always been a mix of bemusement, resentment, and contempt."

"To be fair, I do come across some amazing exhibits from time to time, like the collection of tea sets designed by various architects I saw at the Wexner Center in Columbus, OH..."

"If you look at any given GLOBAL FREQUENCY issue, it's a little harder to tell what's going on inside. This is what I call Bradstreet Syndrome. While viewed individually, each cover that Tim Bradstreet has produced for HELLBLAZER and PUNISHER has been glorious, but viewed together, they're all pretty much identical."

"Batman/Danger Girl is $5, and it is not J. Scott Campbell. Leinil Yu is a good artist, but I think I’ll go on the lower side of Batman 48 pagers and go with 12 copies. We did pretty poorly on “Viva Las Danger”, the last DG comic. Also, there’s a 50/50 variant here. This is an impact on the low/conservative order. If it had been a choice, I would have ordered 16 Campbell covers. That’s more commercial, to me.

The Incredibles #2 is a movie adaptation. These usually do really lousy, and it’s not done in CG, but in regular pen and ink, so I put down a token 1 copy.

Mighty Man #1 reprints a backup from Savage Dragon (which sells 4 copies) for… ulp? $8? Are you high? 1 copy ordered."

NRAMA: Have you seen any evidence in your orders after the show that it damaged the number of copies that were going to retailers?

JS: No. Initial orders were for 11 thousand. In two months, we’ve had reorders for 4 thousand more, and we’ve been to press three times. All the stores I’ve spoken to have sold out twice, and are waiting for more. And we’ll have more November 24th, by the way.

NRAMA: That said though, how important is convention selling to the smaller press and independent publishers such as yourself?

JS: Very important. An independent cartoonist or a small publisher can’t afford marketing on a scale anything like Marvel or DC. Believe it or not, indy publishers survive on narrower profit margins than comic shop owners. They have to spend their money wisely. They have to bring their book to a place where the whole industry can see it at once. And if you get lucky, like I did, or Top Shelf did with Blankets, or the Flight Crew at Image did with Flight, you can have the Buzz Book of the convention. If it works, then more books will be sold overall by everyone.

"Manic D Press was founded by Jennifer Joseph in 1984 as an alternative outlet for young writers seeking to bring their work into print. We are an award-winning literary press based in San Francisco, California publishing fiction (novels and short stories), poetry, art, narrative-oriented comix, and alternative travel trade paperbacks."

"I believe that despite all the comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam, there is one substantial difference: George W. Bush had a definite plan for getting out of Vietnam."

"NRAM: Since they were mentioned earlier, can you say what’s going on with Sentinel and Mary Jane? Both were said to be on something of a “wait and see” in regards to future installments. What does the future look like for either property?

DG: Time will still tell. Sentinel 2 is just coming out and the Mary Jane digest has not hit yet."

"The Escalade EXT, which starts at $53,665, debuted in 2002. Owners often add custom wheels and spinning rims that can increase the vehicle's cost by more than $10,000 — and help make it seven to eight times more likely to be stolen than the average new vehicle."

"Princeton, NJ – October 18, 2004, - 360ep, the well-rounded entertainment property management company, today announced the appointment of Teresa Focarile as Director of Development. 360ep provides turnkey creative services for toy, game, and publishing companies that want to turn their concepts, characters and stories into viable entertainment and merchandising properties. Teresa will be responsible for recruiting freelance designers, design studios, artists and writers to work with 360ep's full-service creative group."

"...one of the flaws of comics history thus far is that it usually tries to separate comic books from the bigger world that gave birth to them and reacted to them. So there are things to learn about David Dubinsky, the head of the Ladies Garment Workers' Union, and William Randolph Hearst, and Frank Costello the "Prime Minister" of the mob, and Hugo Gernsback the father of science fiction, and even Margaret Sanger, the leader of the birth control movement.

The interconnections, the way America used to work, are fascinating, and they go way beyond the questions of whether the mob was involved in this or that."

"Good Omens will not be turned into a movie with Terry Gilliam as director. Terry Gilliam couldn't find a studio willing to do a comedy about the end of the world after 9/11. Johnny Depp was slated to play Crowley. The film company is talking to other directors."