Acme Novelty Library
#2
[2nd print]
Fantagraphics,
1993 Series
- Price
- 4.95 USD; 6.50 CAD
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Letters page has comments from David Collier. Most strips were originally published in University of Texas newspaper, the Daily Texan.
This issue is a variant of Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #2.
This issue is a variant of Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #2.
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[He Was a Pale, Effete Shred of a Man --- With Nothing to Recommend Him]
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Betty; Mr. Wm. Van Melling; Mr. Wm. Costa; N. R.; Mrs. J. Smith
- Synopsis
- Pastiche of Charles Atlas ad from "The Acme Institute of Personal Interest"
Indexer Notes
Printed in blue and white. Comic story accompanied by text and photos.
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby the Mouse; Superman
- Synopsis
- Quimby is burgled by Superman and winds up hospitalised.
[no title indexed]
Quimbies the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby
- Synopsis
- Siamese Quimby.
[no title indexed]
Quimbies the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby
- Synopsis
- Quimby and his siamese twin consider past misfortunes.
[no title indexed]
Quimbies the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby
- Synopsis
- With his Siamese twin dying, the other Quimby remembers the past.
[no title indexed]
Quimbies the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby
- Synopsis
- Quimby considers how to adjust to life alone.
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Score one for the big guy! Yes, he's in! Well, ha ha, two "rights" don't make a wrong, right?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby the Mouse
- Synopsis
- A surreal conversation
- Reprints
- from The Daily Texan (August 9, 1990)
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I just can't sleep in this hotel bed. Maybe I'll take a walk to the old house
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby the Mouse
- Synopsis
- Quimby revisits his past by taking a walk to see his old house.
Traveling Blues- Part Four
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby the Mouse
- Synopsis
- Quimby crashes the car
Indexer Notes
Strip produced as if old style animated film frames- "Acme Kine-comics Cut-Out Movies"
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Put it out where the customers can see it
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- The life of household objects
- Keywords
- slice of life
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, boy! What a swell day! I wonder what I should do today
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Quimby the Mouse
- Synopsis
- Quimby decides to go swimming
Indexer Notes
Strip is presented landscape
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby
- Synopsis
- Machinery gone wild.
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby
- Synopsis
- Quimby finds a cape.
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Quimby; Superhero mouse
- Synopsis
- Quimby knocks on a door but no one answers. A leaf falls nears him, he kicks it and then chases it. His hat then flies off his head and winds up on a weather vane. He climbs up to get it but it then flies off. Annoyed, he removes his own head and tosses it to the ground. A superhero mouse helps him down to the ground.
- Reprints
- from The Daily Texan (September 22, 1990)
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby; Superhero mouse
- Synopsis
- Baby Quimby turns up.
Open House
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Quimby; Superhero Mouse
- Synopsis
- Quimby rents a hotel room after being unable to open the door to a house. Later on he goes back to the house and finds the lights on and all the doors and windows open.
- Reprints
- from The Daily Texan (October 25, 1990)
[no title indexed]
Quimbies the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Quimby; Superhero Mouse
- Synopsis
- Quimby pulls his hat and tie out. He has difficult tying the tie. After several attempts he takes it off and kicks it. It winds up on a tree. A superhero mouse flies down to give it to him.
- Reprints
- from The Daily Texan (October 18, 1990)
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a pile of vomit! That car sucks. I hate everything!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Quimby the Mouse
- Synopsis
- Life gets to Quimby
[Lunch Special]
Quimbies the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Quimby the Mouse
- Synopsis
- There's a long wait for lunch- Quimby puts out a "Lunch Special" sign but no one shows up.
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Quimby
- Synopsis
- Quimby returns to his death bed.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...so she gave me one. And on the card she wrote 'from Larry'. Larry was her cat. I guess she thought Larry wanted...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- The loser on the bus
[Acme Presents Larry the Cat Starring in a Brand New Adventure! And Introducing 'Quimby the Mouse']
Larry the Cat / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Larry the Cat; Quimby the Mouse
- Synopsis
- Larry has a bad dream.
- Reprints
- from The Daily Texan (November 29, 1990)
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Corrigan / comic story / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- =Sigh= Here I am again~ a sad lonely soul. Just waiting for something poignant and meaningful to happen
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jimmy Corrigan
- Synopsis
- Pastiche of Ware's Corrigan strips
[no title indexed]
text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- Chris Ware
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Fake ads
A Jolly Furniture Outfit for Our Little Soldier
activity / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A cut out and construct room setting for the Robot toy presented in similar fashion in 1.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
[He Was a Pale, Effete Shred of a Man --- With Nothing to Recommend Him]
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2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse -
4.
[no title indexed]
Quimbies the Mouse -
5.
[no title indexed]
Quimbies the Mouse -
6.
[no title indexed]
Quimbies the Mouse -
7.
[no title indexed]
Quimbies the Mouse -
8.
["Score one for the big guy! Yes, he's in! Well, ha ha, two "rights" don't make a wrong, right?"]
Quimby the Mouse -
9.
["I just can't sleep in this hotel bed. Maybe I'll take a walk to the old house"]
Quimby the Mouse -
10.
Traveling Blues- Part Four
Quimby the Mouse -
11.
["Put it out where the customers can see it"]
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12.
["Oh, boy! What a swell day! I wonder what I should do today"]
Quimby the Mouse -
13.
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse -
14.
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse -
15.
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse -
16.
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse -
17.
Open House
Quimby the Mouse -
18.
[no title indexed]
Quimbies the Mouse -
19.
["What a pile of vomit! That car sucks. I hate everything!"]
Quimby the Mouse -
20.
[Lunch Special]
Quimbies the Mouse -
21.
[no title indexed]
Quimby the Mouse -
22.
["...so she gave me one. And on the card she wrote 'from Larry'. Larry was her cat. I guess she thought Larry wanted..."]
-
23.
[Acme Presents Larry the Cat Starring in a Brand New Adventure! And Introducing 'Quimby the Mouse']
Larry the Cat -
24.
["=Sigh= Here I am again~ a sad lonely soul. Just waiting for something poignant and meaningful to happen"]
Jimmy Corrigan -
25.
[no title indexed]
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26.
A Jolly Furniture Outfit for Our Little Soldier
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27.
Empty Existence
Quimby the Mouse
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