''Hogan's Alley'' is a

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devoted to comic art, published on an irregular schedule since 1994 by Bull Moose Publishing in

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, United States. Subtitled "the magazine of the cartoon arts", it covers

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. Originally planned as a quarterly, the frequency is closer to that of an annual, with 20 issues published in 22 years. The editor is Tom Heintjes, who also edits three magazines for the Federal Reserve Bank. The magazine was co-founded by Heintjes and Rick Marschall, former editor of '' Nemo, the Classic Comics Library''. The magazine's art director is David Folkman.

Publication history

Interviewed in 2004, Heintjes gave some background on the magazine's origins:

The title

In the 2004 interview, Heintjes discussed the magazine's title — and various sources of confusion about it:

Writers

The scope of the magazine ranges from historical articles to coverage of current comic strips. Contributing writers have included Ron Goulart, R. C. Harvey and Allan Holtz. In issue #12, Holtz examined the early evolution of Sunday comics supplements to the daily comic strip, notably ''The Importance of Mister Peewee'', which ran in

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's '' New York World'' in 1903-04. In that same issue, R. C. Harvey offered an in-depth profile of cartoonist Dave Breger. Interview subjects have included Gus Arriola, C. C. Beck and Will Eisner.

References

External links

* {{official website, https://www.hoganmag.com/
Craig Yoe interviews Tom Heintjes (November 8, 2007)''Hogan's Alley'' trading card
1994 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Annual magazines published in the United States Comics magazines published in the United States Magazines about comics Magazines established in 1994 Magazines published in Atlanta

Publication history

The title

Writers

See also

References

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