Yummy Fur
#4
(April 1987)
Vortex,
1986 Series
- Price
- 1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1987
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vortex Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Vortex Comics [compact]
- Editing
- Bill Marks (publisher)
Issue Notes
This is the first issue made up of new material. The previous three issues featured reprinted work.
[no title indexed]
Ed the Happy Clown / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Ed the Happy Clown
- Reprints
-
in Ed the Happy Clown: The Definitive Ed Book (Vortex, 1992 series) (May 1992) [the art, without logo or other matter, of the cover, with new Title Page information]
-
Forgiven
Ed the Happy Clown / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
- Pencils
- Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
- Inks
- Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
- Letters
- Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
- Genre
- drama; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; satire-parody
- Characters
- Chet Doodley; Ed the Happy Clown; Josie; Saint Justin; Annie Doodley; Mrs. Doodley (Chet and Annie's mother); Doc Cooper; Ned
- Reprints
- in Ed the Happy Clown (Vortex, 1989 series) (August 1989)
- in Ed the Happy Clown: The Definitive Ed Book (Vortex, 1992 series) (May 1992) [original title: "Forgiven"]
- in Ed the Happy Clown (Drawn & Quarterly, 2005 series) #2 (May 2005) [Originally titled "Forgiven", first 7 pages only]
-
Indexer Notes
A panel on the third page was partially censored. It depicted an ejaculating penis. Chester Brown includes a note saying that readers wanting a copy of the uncropped drawing can send a self-addressed envelope in care of the publisher.
Mark Part One
The Gospels / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Chester Brown (signed as CWDB) (adaptation); Mark the Evangelist (original scripture)
- Pencils
- Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
- Inks
- Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
- Letters
- Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
- Genre
- drama; biography; history; religious
- Characters
- Jesus Christ; John the Baptist; The Angels; Simon [Saint Peter]; Andrew [Andrew the Apostle; James; Zebedee; Simon's Mother-in-Law
Indexer Notes
A comics adaptation of the Gospel According to Mark 1:1-1:39. It is the beginning of a projected comics adaptation of all four gospels. The feature continues through the subsequent issues of Yummy Fur and Chester Brown's follow-up series Underwater.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Ed the Happy Clown -
1.
Forgiven
Ed the Happy Clown -
2.
Mark Part One
The Gospels
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- R. S. Martin
- Steven Samuels
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