Comics Journal #123

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Newswatch DC offers copyrights to freelancers; Dave Sim, Alan Moore, Frank Millar and others form self-publishers coalition. Foreign News Comic Book paperbacks take off in France; Spotlights on Philippe Druillet and Jim Holiday; new releases from France. Letters Letters on R. Crumb (including one from Crumb), WAP! , and Berke Breathed. Criticism Funnybook Roulette - R. Fiore reviews Walt Kelly's Springtime Tales , Hard-Boiled Detective Stories, V for Vendetta, Blackhawk, a nd a couple Batman stories. The Dead and The Living - Rob Rode diagnoses Blood: A Tale as moribund, but Yummy Fur full of life. Books - Dale Luciano reviews A Haunt of Fears, The Cowboy Wally Show, and  Usagi Yojimbo . Rock & Roll and Comics - Peter Cashwell discusses the parallels of America's pop arts with review of Critters #23 and Tim Truman's Marauders album. Interview Kim Deitch - The son of animator Gene Deitch discusses the ins and outs and ups and downs of his career, from Gothic Blimp Works to Hollywoodland . Features Harvey Pekar on Comics - An oration by the author of American Splendor   on "The Potential of Comics'" from William Hogarth to Drew Friedman Obscenity & Freedom II - Transcripts of the Friendly Frank's obscenity trail including the testimony of Office Van Gorp and Cat Ironwode. Columns Editorial Cartoonist Diary - Jimmy Magulies on Berke Breathed the '88 Pulitzer, The Best Editorial Cartoons of 1987 , and more. Dramas of The Mind - Kenneth Smith on the crisis of American education Crusty Curmudgeon - C.C. Beck explains why old comic books like Captain Marvel were better than today's comics.