Buckle up for a wild ride, as Bob Levin interviews underground-comix legend S. Clay Wilson and survives to tell the tale. This definitive profile covers Wilson’s career and artistic philosophies — but more to the point, it’s a conversation with S. Clay Motherfucking Wilson, which means that it’s anybody’s guess what he’ll say next. This is, as they say, one for the books.

Also in this issue: Box Office Poison author Alex Robinson talks comics with Tom Crippen; Noah Van Sciver presents a cartoon interview with The Poor Bastard creator Joe Matt; an extensive comics section featuring the Center for Cartoon studies’ 2008 graduating class; R.C. Harvey reports from the annual gathering of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists; Dan Vado remembers the beginning of California’s Alternative Press Expo; a preview of Yuichi Yokoyama’s forthcoming book Travel; and much, much more.

We’ve got our usual excerpts and teasers on the TCJ.com website, including bits from the S. Clay Wilson and Alex Robinson interviews, plus an excerpt from R.C. Harvey’s AAEC report.

2009 Eisner Award Nominee: Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

Video & Photo Slideshow Preview:

You may also be interested in:

Outlaws, Rebels, Freethinkers and Pirates $16.95 Add to Cart

Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975 [Revised Softcover Ed.] $34.99 Add to Cart

Most Outrageous: The Trials and Trespasses of Dwaine Tinsley and Chester the Molester [with FREE Signed Bookplate] $19.99 Add to Cart

The Comics Journal #294 $11.99 Add to Cart