Acme Novelty Library
#7
[2nd printing]
Fantagraphics,
1993 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 8.95 USD; 12.95 CAD
- Pages
- 32
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- ISBN
- ?
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Kim Thompson
Issue Notes
Printed at 275mm x 458mm, saddle stitched
This issue is a variant of Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #7.
This issue is a variant of Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #7.
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[no title indexed]
Big Tex / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Happy birfday to me... hap-py -ung- bir-birfday...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson; Avery; Paw's daughter
- Synopsis
- Paw and Avery make a deal
The Acme Novelty Library. Great Big Book of Jokes
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- God
Indexer Notes
Table of contents, publication and indicia all written in Ware's usual mock-archaic style. Accompanied by a single illustration and the following mock articles: "1995 a "Shining Year" for Acme Novelty Library Stockholders."; "Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits Increased at Library."; "Reviving Handicrafts in America"
Letters
letters page / 0.53 page
- Script
- Chris Ware
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from Nicole Stellon, Dawn Moriarity, David Liljemark
Our Mentorial Bureau
text story / 0.51 page
- Script
- Chris Ware
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Continues on page fourteen
The Story of the Acme Cartoon Company
comic story / 0.2 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A tour of the Acme company
Rocket Sam on the Mysterious Cave Planet Of Zanndor
Rocket Sam / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocket Sam
- Synopsis
- Rocket Sam lands on a new planet
- Reprints
-
in Tegn (Tegn, 1986 series) #44 (1999) -
in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #2 ([October 21] 2008)
-
Rescue Mission: Planet X-9
Rocket Sam / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocket Sam
- Synopsis
- Sam has an assignation
[New Method Makes Life Easy, Simple to Learn]
text story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Indexer Notes
These are nine small fake old school style trade ads. Text accompanied by nine small Ware illustrations.
[no title indexed]
God / comic story / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well! I certainly hope that teaches those stupid poor people a lesson!
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- God
- Synopsis
- God takes action
The Constellations
text story / 1.75 pages
- Script
- Chris Ware
- Pencils
- Chris Ware
- Inks
- Chris Ware
- Colors
- Chris Ware (duotone)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Text and illustration article redesigning the constellations. Art is black, white and blue
Shipwrecked
Rocket Sam / comic story / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocket Sam
- Synopsis
- Rocket Sam is marooned
Indexer Notes
Art is black, white and blue
[Contract]
God / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- God
- Synopsis
- The perils of the Hollywood contract- the caped God saves a cat from a tree, signs an autograph and flies to Hollywood to film a TV series.
Indexer Notes
Strip is presented landscape and is black, white and blue
[no title indexed]
Big Tex / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All right Tex... this looks like about as good a spot as any
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson
- Synopsis
- Paw takes Tex shooting
Indexer Notes
Strip is black, white and brown
Sam Makes An Acquaintance
Rocket Sam / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocket Sam
- Synopsis
- Sam makes a new friend
Exploration Mission
Rocket Sam / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocket Sam
- Synopsis
- Sam discovers a new species
Indexer Notes
Strip is presented landscape and with no black
[no title indexed]
Big Tex / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh no! A lil' chestnut squirrel!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Big Tex Johnson
- Synopsis
- Tex goes for an ice cream at Dairy Queen. After that, he runs over a squirrel in his truck.
[no title indexed]
Rocket Sam / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Timber! A fine shelter should be fashioned from these freshly-felled limbs.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocket Sam; Indigenous Tree-Dweller
- Synopsis
- Sam underestimates the indigenous life
Indexer Notes
Strip is black, white and blue
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Corrigan / comic story / 1.54 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I mean, what are you doing with your life, anyway, Jimmy?
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Characters
- Jimmy Corrigan; Peggy; Superman
- Synopsis
- Jimmy's path in life is questioned
Indexer Notes
Centerspread printed in the landscape format. The "Our Mentorial Bureau" (continued from page 2) and "Journal Miscellany" articles are placed just below it on the page.
Weapons of War
Rocket Sam / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocket Sam
- Synopsis
- Sam creates armour
[no title indexed]
Big Tex / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- urg umph whew! There! Ain't no way Paw gone find them girlie magzeens now never!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson
- Synopsis
- Tex hides his girly magazines
Indexer Notes
Strip is black, white and blue
Sam's Homemade Opponent
Rocket Sam / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocket Sam; Robot
- Synopsis
- Sam constructs a sparring partner
[no title indexed]
Big Tex / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, Joe-- now you take that tingcan and I'll take this tingcan an you go hide in the tall grass an we will...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson; Okie Joe
- Synopsis
- Tex and Joe make a tin-can telephone
[no title indexed]
Rocket Sam / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So- it's true! Sam has made another friend.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocket Sam; Robot; Sam's companion
- Synopsis
- The robot is jealous
Indexer Notes
Strip is black, white and grey
Tis the Season of Giving on Planet X-38
Rocket Sam / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocket Sam; Robot; female robot
- Synopsis
- Christmas for Rocket Sam
Indexer Notes
Strip is black, white and blue
Three Pages of Cut-Outs to Busy the Little Hands and Little Head
comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Chris Ware
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Intro to the the following three activity cutout booklets.
[no title indexed]
Quimby The Mouse / activity / 0.32 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, I sure am lucky to have such a beautiful home!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby the Mouse
- Synopsis
- Quimby's night at home
Indexer Notes
Presented as a cut out and construct miniature book
Big Tex and the Jolly Time He Had With The Chicken
Big Tex / activity / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Big Tex
Indexer Notes
Presented as a cut out and construct flick book
Rocket Sam Needs Your Help to Get Back Home
Rocket Sam / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Rocket Sam
- Synopsis
- Cut out and construct Rocket Sam frieze
- Reprints
- from Chicago Newcity (October 5, 1995)
[no title indexed]
God / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help help help help help
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Superman
- Synopsis
- A day in the superhero's life- God hears a hunter's cry for help while picking a flower. He flies to see the hunter caught in a bear trap. God promptly shoots the hunter, takes his money and buys a banjo with it.
Indexer Notes
Strip is in black, white and blue
These Arms Were Made For Hugging
Rocket Sam / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rocket Sam; Robot
- Synopsis
- The Marooned Sam constructs a companion
[no title indexed]
Big Tex / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okeh, Tex-- let's git goin'
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Big Tex Johnson; Paw
- Synopsis
- Paw takes Tex for an ice cream
[no title indexed]
Big Tex / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Maw and Paw, I has brung you two presents an some flowers which I will leave fer you today.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Big Tex Johnson
- Synopsis
- Big Tex's life in reverse
- Reprints
- in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #2 ([October 21] 2008)
- from Chicago Newcity (February 23, 1995)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["Happy birfday to me... hap-py -ung- bir-birfday..."]
Big Tex -
2.
The Acme Novelty Library. Great Big Book of Jokes
-
3.
Letters
-
4.
Our Mentorial Bureau
-
5.
The Story of the Acme Cartoon Company
-
6.
Rocket Sam on the Mysterious Cave Planet Of Zanndor
Rocket Sam -
7.
Rescue Mission: Planet X-9
Rocket Sam -
8.
[New Method Makes Life Easy, Simple to Learn]
-
9.
["Well! I certainly hope that teaches those stupid poor people a lesson!"]
God -
10.
The Constellations
-
11.
Shipwrecked
Rocket Sam -
12.
[Contract]
God -
13.
["All right Tex... this looks like about as good a spot as any"]
Big Tex -
14.
Sam Makes An Acquaintance
Rocket Sam -
15.
Exploration Mission
Rocket Sam -
16.
["Oh no! A lil' chestnut squirrel!"]
Big Tex -
17.
["Timber! A fine shelter should be fashioned from these freshly-felled limbs."]
Rocket Sam -
18.
["I mean, what are you doing with your life, anyway, Jimmy?"]
Jimmy Corrigan -
19.
Journal Miscellany (From Our Editorial Desk)
-
20.
Weapons of War
Rocket Sam -
21.
["urg umph whew! There! Ain't no way Paw gone find them girlie magzeens now never!"]
Big Tex -
22.
Sam's Homemade Opponent
Rocket Sam -
23.
["Okay, Joe-- now you take that tingcan and I'll take this tingcan an you go hide in the tall grass an we will..."]
Big Tex -
24.
["So- it's true! Sam has made another friend."]
Rocket Sam -
25.
Tis the Season of Giving on Planet X-38
Rocket Sam -
26.
Three Pages of Cut-Outs to Busy the Little Hands and Little Head
-
27.
Big Tex and Okie Joe in Bear Attack
Big Tex -
28.
["Gosh, I sure am lucky to have such a beautiful home!"]
Quimby The Mouse -
29.
Instructions
-
30.
Big Tex and the Jolly Time He Had With The Chicken
Big Tex -
31.
Rocket Sam Needs Your Help to Get Back Home
Rocket Sam -
32.
["Help help help help help"]
God -
33.
These Arms Were Made For Hugging
Rocket Sam -
34.
["Okeh, Tex-- let's git goin'"]
Big Tex -
35.
["Maw and Paw, I has brung you two presents an some flowers which I will leave fer you today."]
Big Tex -
36.
[Your Very Own Miniature "Novelty Library" to Fold and Assemble]
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- Steven Samuels
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