Dude, Where's My WEF?
By Samuel Teer
It helped comics to find an audience, it helped people to find each other, and it even played its part in the formation of Ninth Art. Samuel Teer looks back at the life and death of the Warren Ellis Forum at Delphi.

Article 10: Sturm Und Drang
By Paul O'Brien
The author of the THE GOLEM'S MIGHTY SWING caused a storm last week with the announcement of his new project. Paul O'Brien explains why everyone should calm down and put their umbrellas away.

Face It, Tiger: Definitively Maybe
By Andrew Wheeler
If the bookshelf format is the future of comics, why haven't trade paperbacks evolved beyond six-issues-and-a-spine? It's time for publishers to take a tip or two from the world of the DVD, says Andrew Wheeler.

Cassandra Complex: Rock And A Hard Place
By Antony Johnston
For Antony Johnston, a week away from the bustle of daily life means letting the tide of pop culture come seeping back in - and that means coming to an important realisation about what sets comic creators apart from most other 'pop' artists.

Camera Obscura: Are You Experienced?
By Alasdair Watson
When it comes to engaging the audience, comics have a power to connect in tremendously complex ways. Alasdair Watson attempts to unravel the riddle of comics' great potential for communication.

Things To Come: Previews October for comics shipping December 2002
By Chris Ekman
Christmas comes but once a year, and when it comes it brings great comics - from the likes of Joe Sacco, Ted Naifeh, Kurt Wolfgang and Pete Milligan. But remember, kids; if you don't pre-order the good stuff, you'll get a lump of coal.

Article 10: Dead Letters
By Paul O'Brien
Should we be mourning the passing of the letters pages from our monthly comics, or are they nothing more than a publishing throwback and a home to bad poetry? Paul O'Brien dips his quill.

Salacious Illustration: Big Fish, Little Fish
By Nick Locking
The comic industry is going through a time of change. The dominance of the Big Four is under threat, both from those publishers' failings and from the smaller and often more vibrant companies chipping away at them. Nick Locking assesses the landscape.

The Friday Review: Jack Staff - Yesterday's Heroes
By Nick Brownlow
It's time for superhero fans and black-and-white indie aficionados alike to swallow their prejudices and find some common ground. Paul Grist's inventive and affectionate action adventure series is a real small press success story.

The Occidental Tourist: East Eats West
By Rob Vollmar
Rob Vollmar wraps up his exploration of the world of manga with a look back over the manga boom of the past few months, and asks whether it's a major change for the industry, or a bubble just waiting to burst. Is SAILOR MOON just a latter-day mutant turtle?

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