CARTOON CORNUCOPIA
COVER STORY
Cartoons Are King, But How Long Will They Rule?
By Ken Lieck
Plus: Interviews with Tom Snyder, creator of Dr. Katz, and Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi

The Anime Alternative
From Tezuka to Tetsuo and beyond
By Stephen R. Bissette

FILM
Smart Luck
An interview with sex, lies, and videotape director Steven Soderbergh
By Bobby Maddex

HOT SPOT
Minneapolis's First Avenue & 7th Street Entry
By Richard Abowitz

LET IT BLEED
Carl Perkins: 1932-1998
By David Dalton

FIRST WORK
Bruce Springsteen's Greetings From Asbury Park
By Richard Abowitz

ART
In Search of Cindy
A traveling Sherman exhibit
By Bobby Maddex

IDEAS
Survivor of the Fittest
The intellectual evolution of sculptor Alberto Giacometti
By Fred Schwertfeger

MUSIC
From the East through the Midwest to South by Southwest
By Jayson Whitehead

NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
New albums reviewed
By Bret Booth

MUSIC
Joy Division
By Richard Abowitz

BOOK
The Late, Great Bloomer
The life and works of Walker Percy
By William Rodney Allen

REVIEWS
Alexander Calder, good & evil in American history, Men With Guns and more