EXTRA

BY THE SAVANTS
Bonus columns from issues past. Feel the love.

EXTRA: RETAIL: THE SINGLE SYNAPSE THEORY
In which Al Stuart tells us why stocking comics is kinda like being a goldfish.

DOUBLE EXTRA: HOW YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
In which Josh Buchin preaches the SAVANT word, one person at a time.

EXTRA: UPON FURTHER REVIEW
In which Jeff Chon does a double take on Vertigo's 100 BULLETS.

EXTRA: RETAIL (YEAR ZERO)
In which Al Stuart ruminates on starting a comics shop in today's market.

EXTRA: ACADEMIA (I FEEL BETTER THAN JAMES BROWN)
In which Gus Dahlberg feels that empathy is the hallmark of Good Comics.

EXTRA: YOU DON'T NEED THEM
In which Harris O'Malley reminds us Where Good Comics Really Come From.

EXTRA: ACADEMIA (TIME WON'T LET ME)
In which Gus Dahlberg hits the books and talks about time in comics.

EXTRA: SAVE TOP SHELF

In which you can help out the good guys by supporting a quality publisher.

EXTRA REVIEW
In which Alec and Dave review the 2001 Oni Color Special.

EXTRA LETTER
In which John Cecil brings Matt Terl back into the fold.

EXTRA INTERVIEW: RYAN SOOK [PART I]
In which Jason D. Crowe chats with Ryan Sook about art, life, comics, and Buffy.

EXTRA INTERVIEW: RYAN SOOK [PART II]
In which Jason D. Crowe's excellent interview is continued.

EXTRA INTERVIEW: RENEE FRENCH MAKES ME FEEL OOGIE
In which Matt Fraction waxes poetic (and occasionally incoherent) about how Renee's art makes him feel oogie.

EXTRA INTERVIEW: WARREN ELLIS BOUGHT ME TEA
In which Monte Williams sits down with Stalin at
San Francisco's Comix Experience during his recent
October Revolution tour.

EXTRA: AN INTERVIEW WITH LEA HERNANDEZ
In which SAVANT REX Alec Austin talks to Diva Lea about Rumble Girls, Poppy, Cathedral Child, and more. Long, and yet somehow not long enough.

EXTRA #6: MR. APPLEBAUM GOES TO BETHESDA
In which Savant Ken Applebaum goes
hog-wild at SPX 2000. Cameos abound.

EXTRA #5: OPEN LETTERS TO JOE QUESADA
By Dave Potter and Matt Fraction
In which two of the three SAVANTS REX
offer up ideas for Joe's reign at Marvel.

EXTRA #4: UNCLE SCROOGE, HIS LIFE AND TIMES
By Zack Smith
In which Carl Barks is mourned, remembered,
and missed.

EXTRA #3: STAN LEE-- EXPOSED!
By Patrick Keller
In which the full transcript of Stan Lee's appearance
on Larry King Live is reprinted.

EXTRA #2: I GOTS THE FEAR
By Matt Terl
In which Matt Terl takes his girlfriend to see X-Men.

EXTRA #1: POINT/COUNTERPOINT: JOHN CECIL
DOES HE ROCK, OR SUCK?
By Dan Curtis Johnson and Brian Wood
In which the all-important issue of Cecil's rockingness
or suckingness is brought to light.

EXTRA #0: A PRESS RELEASE
In which we announced that Larry Young's TRUE FACTS
was becoming a regular column. The first bunch
of EXTRAS are the first five TF columns, and are
archived as such. This is here just for the sake of
being pedantic.

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