Beyond Borders: Children Of The Revolution
By Marcos Castrillón
Ninth Art's series looking beyond the borders of the familiar Anglophone comics market returns with a profile of the great Argentinean cartoonist Quino, and his most famous creation, the outspoken child Mafalda.

Article 10: Teenage Kicks
By Paul O'Brien
Holy sidekicks, Batman! Paul O'Brien asks what place a brightly-clad teenager has in today's grim 'n' gritty world of BATMAN, and finds the answer is all too mundane.

Comment: Threads
By Matthew Craig
On a journey back to his former home of Sheffield, Matthew Craig ponders the Morrisonisation of the DC Universe, boggles at the big city bookstore market, and gets a little editorial input from a fellow train passenger.

Article 10: Please Release Me
By Paul O'Brien
Selling out is headline news, everyone's got an exclusive and nothing in comics will ever be the same again. Paul O'Brien delves into the tired and tawdry world of the publisher's press release.

Things To Come: Previews July for comics shipping September 2005
By Greg McElhatton
Is originality such a rare commodity in comic? Greg McElhatton goes looking for invention, and finds promising notions from Ted Naifeh, Warren Ellis and Naoki Urasawa, but precious little else.

Comment: Appointments With Disappointment
By John Fellows
From the boring plod of the new Batman movie to the latest scheduling fiasco at Marvel; John Fellows reflects on how, even with the lowest of expectations, the world of comics still manages to let him down.

Comment: The Europeans
By Alex de Campi
Europe loves the ninth art, and Ninth Art loves Europe, but with a whole continent of comics to choose from, how do you know which books to read? Get some expert advice from European artists Igor Kordey, JJ Dzialowski and Simon Fraser.

Article 10: Confronting The Unknown
By Paul O'Brien
Acclaimed novelist Jonathan Lethem plans to bring back OMEGA THE UNKNOWN, to creator Steve Gerber's consternation. Gerber wants to know why Lethem can't just create a new character. It's a fair question, says Paul O'Brien.

Article 10: Behind The Times
By Paul O'Brien
A recent article in the Times of London caused a stir among comic fans by calling them socially maladjusted misogynists. It was a poor piece of journalism, says Paul O'Brien, but was there a grain of truth to its claims?

Things To Come June for comics shipping August 2005
By Greg McElhatton
Summer loving happens so fast in the world of comics solicitations. It's August there already, which means new books from Alex Robinson and Chynna Clugston, and new books without Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman.

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