This issue of the renowned Comics Journal, the first in its new twice-a-year format, covers the 'new mainstream' in American comics - how the marketplace and overall perception of the medium has drastically shifted since the 'graphic novel boom' of the early 2000s and massive hits like Persepolis and Fun Home. It also includes sketchbook pages from French-born cartoonist Antoine Cosse, an introduction to homoerotic gag cartoons out of the U.S. Navy, cartoonist Ben Passmore's examination of the role art and comics, and much more.