The Comics Journal #96 Fall 2025 Layout & Background includes famous

Layout & Background includes famous as well as unpublished work of the great layout artists and background painters such as Eyvind Earle

loved Fantômas more than most

Featuring the stunning work of Kiyotaka Haimura

he made Nemo

Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911) was born just two years after the inaugural release of Harper's Monthly Magazine

The Comics Journal #96 Fall 2025 Layout & Background includes famousInterview with Howard Nostrand (EC Comics, Harvey) on being the mystery artist. The alternative comics movement known as Newave comix is examined in detail. Canadian comics. Plus reviews, columns, letters, and news. Editorial Gary Groth, "Paradise Lost" (p. 6) Letters Blood and Thunder (p. 25) News Newswatch (p. 11) Interviews Bhob Stewart, "The Mystery Artist: Howard Nostrand Interviewed" (p. 93) Reviews R. C. Harvey, "Origins of the Dragon Lady" (p.