Article 10: No End In Sight
By Paul O'Brien
The new orthodoxy dictates that closed arcs are good, ongoing stories are bad. Yet while there may be economic advantages to the book-driven format, the artistic justifications aren't as conclusive as we've come to believe.

Things To Come: Previews July for comics shipping September 2003
By Chris Ekman
It's a mad, mad, mad MAD month this September, with retrospectives on comics legends Will Elder, Bernie Krigstein, Wally Wood and Basil Wolverton all on their way. Don't worry, though, there's new stuff too, like a CD version of Graig Weich's CIVILIAN JUSTICE!

Conventional Wisdom: Pac-A-Wac-A-Wowie
By Alistair Kennedy
To mark this summer's convention season, Ninth Art has turned to some of its contributors to discover their reminiscences of convention seasons gone by, beginning with Alistair Kennedy's encounters with the costumed con-goers of San Diego.

Editorial: Face It, Tiger - Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
By Andrew Wheeler
It seems that just about everyone who reads comics also wants to create them, but is it the craft that appeals, or is it just that fans are too caught up in their fandoms? Andrew Wheeler fears the worst for the future of the industry.

Article 10: Return To Sim City
By Paul O'Brien
Ninth Art's lead columnist returns to one of his most popular subjects; the crazy world of Dave Sim. As CEREBUS heads in to an increasingly incomprehensible home strait, Paul O'Brien wonders at the artistic merits of Sim's meandering comic book thesis.

Editorial: Camera Obscura - Café Society
By Alasdair Watson
A company that normally specialises in personalised T-shirts and mousemats is looking to move into the publishing sector - by letting customers publish their own books. Is this a revolution in the making for the mini-comics crowd?

Rage & Responsibility
By Brent Keane
Brent Keane offers a closer reading of the motivations and heroic impulses of three classic Marvel characters. These guys really are your father's superheroes, but are they their father's sons?

Editorial: Cassandra Complex - Festivals & Finds
By Antony Johnston
Returned from this year's UK Comics Festival, Antony ponders the nature of conventions in a country that no longer has an industry of its own; and points readers to a few comics that don't need or care about the industry, anyway.

Things To Come: Previews June for comics shipping August 2003
By Chris Ekman
If you have a predilection for Tina or you've ever wanted to enjoy an endless night; if you're fascinated by malevolent nuns or feel like dunking your bread in some heartbreak soup, then it's time to fill in your August orders.

Article 10: One For The Team
By Paul O'Brien
The Comic Journal's Tom Spurgeon attacked last year's Top Shelf rescue drive as an example of 'Team Comics'. Paul O'Brien argues that it was nothing of the sort. As readers flock to help Fantagraphics, it's clear that 'community' isn't the only way to muster good will.

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