The Comics Journal #179 Products Illustrated by Charles Vess with

Illustrated by Charles Vess with an introduction by the award-winning editor and writer Terri Windling

yearning to "swing wild

Intimacies

in works that delight the eye as well as challenge our understanding of this prodigiously gifted artist

This 2B limited edition is a record of the artist's process and choices in creating the album

The Comics Journal #179 Products Illustrated by Charles Vess withInterviews with Scott McCloud on when a pipe is not a pipe, Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For), and Terry Zwigoff, director of the Crumb documentary. Readers Poll results. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Cover by McCloud. Letters Blood and Thunder (p. 4) News Newswatch, "Distribution Update" (p. 9) Interviews Scott McCloud (p. 52) Alison Bechdel (p. 112) Terry Zwigoff (p. 85) Reviews Gregory Cwiklik, "Buzzard #14" (p. 37) Ray