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Gary Groth is an American comic book editor, publisher and critic. He is editor-in-chief of The Comics Journal, a co-founder of Fantagraphics Books, and founder the Harvey Awards.

Interview with Fantagraphics publisher, The Comics Journal co-founder, and Genius in Literature Award recipient Gary Groth by Alex Grand and Jim Thompson, covering his full publishing career starting at age 13, his greatest accomplishments and
failures, feuds and friends, journalistic influences and ideals, lawsuits and controversies. Learn which category best describes ventures like Fantastic Fanzine, Metro Con ‘71, The Rock n Roll Expo ’75, Amazing Heroes, Honk!, Eros Comics,
Peanuts, Dennis the Menace, Love and Rockets, Jacques Tardi, Neat Stuff and the famous Jack Kirby interview; and personalities like Jim Steranko, Pauline Kael, Harlan
Ellison, Hunter S. Thompson, Kim Thompson, CC Beck, Jim Shooter, Alan Light and Jules Feiffer. Plus, Groth expresses his opinions ... on everything!

🎬 Edited & Produced by Alex Grand, Thumbnail Artwork, CBH Podcast ©2021 Comic Book Historians.
Images used in artwork ©Their Respective Copyright holders, Photo ©Chris Anthony Diaz.

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Gary Groth Biographical Interview 2020
📜 Video chapters
00:00:00 Welcoming Gary Groth
00:00:25 Family background
00:02:30 Father’s support
00:06:22 Weekend movies with father
00:07:55 Childhood comics reading | Metal Men No.5
00:10:12 From DC to Marvel comics | Strange Tales
00:12:07 Passaic Book Company
00:14:58 Reading Comic Strips
00:17:34 Film Criticism 1970s | Pauline Kael and Andrew Sarris
00:20:19 Dwight Macdonald, Esquire Magazine | Writer's Magazine
00:24:04 At 17, I wanted to be a publisher
00:26:04 At 14, Fantastic Fanzine
00:29:06 Metro Con 1971 | Sal Buscema
00:31:24 Getting into journalism
00:34:23 Meeting Jim Steranko
00:46:58 Barry Smith
00:50:44 Roy Thomas, Job at Marvel
00:52:11 Rochester Institute of Technology
00:55:58 Two Community College
00:57:44 Publishing Fanatastic Fanzine, Alan Light
01:00:34 Living with Jim Steranko
01:08:41 Jim Steranko in early 1970s
01:12:29 Steranko influence on me
01:15:18 Howard Chaykin, Michael Catron
01:18:18 Nixon Death Watch
01:19:54 Majored in Journalism
01:21:17 The Rock n Roll Expo ’75
01:24:33 Hunter S Thompson
01:31:39 Rock Magazine
01:36:39 Writing movie reviews
01:37:40 New Nostalgia Journal
01:39:50 Alan Light's reaction to The Comics Journal
01:46:31 Comics Journal Formula?
01:51:00 C.C.Beck, Rick Marschall
01:53:08 Some controversies
01:56:27 Did Kim Thompson moderate you?
02:00:24 Interview with Jack Kirby 1990
02:04:44 Jim Shooter | Cancel Culture
02:09:06 Cancel Culture good or bad? | Robert Crumb
02:17:22 Amazing Heroes, X-Men Companion
02:25:05 End of Amazing Heroes, 1992
02:28:06 Howard Chaykin
02:29:18 Lawsuits | Michael Fleischer, Harlan Ellison
02:44:38 Honk Magazine
02:48:03 Interview with Jules Feiffer
02:52:24 As a journalist was it difficult...
02:55:03 Reprinting Comic Strips
02:57:49 Eros Comics
03:06:42 Peanuts, Dennis the Menace, Pogo
03:09:14 Popeye Series: Why not on sale?
03:10:07 Nell Brinkley: Why still in the sale?
03:11:48 Reprints?
03:14:19 Love and Rockets, Lloyd Llewellyn
03:17:50 Joe Sacco
03:19:04 Chris Ware
03:20:00 Women in comics 1980s
03:21:15 Groth vs. Spiegelman - publishing philosophy?
03:23:22 Fantagraphics’ targets?
03:25:58 Perramus, Alberto Breccia
03:29:41 Faced multiple financial crises
03:33:36 Digitizing interview audiotapes
03:34:37 Have any documentary people approached?
03:36:37 Mistakes while interviewing
03:38:23 Burne Hogarth
03:42:03 Carlos Giménez, Eric Reynolds
03:45:46 Intention behind the packaging
03:48:34 Jim Steranko won’t talk to me
03:53:53 Your interviews inspired us
03:57:40 Wrapping up

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