Dirk Deppey is a comics journalist and critic. He is best known as the writer of ''

The Comics Journal ''The Comics Journal'', often abbreviated ''TCJ'', is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels. Known for its lengthy interviews with comic creators, pointed editorials and scathing r ...

''s news blog Journalista!. He was managing editor of ''The Comics Journal'' from 2004 to 2006.

Career

Deppey spent almost twelve years in a number of graphic-related jobs in

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

and for two years he was in charge of websites for a sporting newspaper, which he did not enjoy. He later worked for

Fantagraphics Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and (formerly) the Erotic comics, erotic Eros Comix imprint. They have managed sev ...

in early 1999 for over ten years. After working for Journalista! for four years, Deppey was laid off from ''The Comics Journal'' in December 2010.

References

External links

''¡Journalista!''
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