(April 1990)

Fantagraphics, 1990 Series
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Price
2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Recommended for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
Editing
Gary Groth (credited) (editor-In-chief); Kim Thompson (credited) (consulting)

[A Tale of Lust, Murder, and Madness] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Jackson (signed as Jaxon)
Inks
Jack Jackson (signed as Jaxon)
Colors
Jim Woodring
Letters
typeset

Characters
Yoyo Pintado
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mark Lewis; Jack Jackson; Scott Saavedra; Craig Maynard; Jacques Tardi; André Franquin (credited as Franquin); Rick Geary; Jared Osborn
Inks
Mark Lewis; Jack Jackson; Scott Saavedra; Craig Maynard; Jacques Tardi; André Franquin (credited as Franquin); Rick Geary; Jared Osborn
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

table of contents, production credits, indicia; eight small drawings from the story contents

The Big Quake (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Lewis
Pencils
Mark Lewis
Inks
Mark Lewis
Letters
Mark Lewis

The Good Life (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Jackson (signed as Jaxon)
Pencils
Jack Jackson (signed as Jaxon)
Inks
Jack Jackson (signed as Jaxon)
Letters
Jack Jackson (signed as Jaxon)

Genre
historical
Characters
Yoyo Pintado; Rita
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

I've Cut My Thumb! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Saavedra
Pencils
Scott Saavedra
Inks
Scott Saavedra
Letters
Scott Saavedra

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Minor Memories and the Art of Adolescence / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Maynard
Pencils
Craig Maynard
Inks
Craig Maynard
Letters
Craig Maynard

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On my first day of elementary school, I wanted to stay home.
Genre
biography
Characters
Craig Maynard; Fred Maynard; Mom; Cheryl; Principal
Keywords
autobiography

Organics (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Jared Osborn
Pencils
Jared Osborn
Inks
Jared Osborn
Letters
Jared Osborn

What Has Gone Before (Table of Contents: 9)

recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
Kim Thompson
Pencils
Jacques Tardi
Inks
Jacques Tardi
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

text is accompanied by a page from the previous issue's story and an illustration from one of the earlier chapters

Fog Over Tolbiac Bridge [Part 4] (Table of Contents: 10)

Nestor Burma / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Léo Malet; Jacques Tardi; Kim Thompson (translation)
Pencils
Jacques Tardi
Inks
Jacques Tardi
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Doctor Couderat's practice was located in an elegant little hotel on boulevard Arago
Genre
drama; detective-mystery
Characters
Nestor Burma; Doctor Couderat; Guard; Charles Baurenot; Secretary; Jean “L'Insoumis” Deslandes
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Gomer Goof / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
André Franquin (credited as Franquin); Dwight Decker (credited as Dwight R. Decker) (translation)
Pencils
André Franquin (credited as Franquin)
Inks
André Franquin (credited as Franquin)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Some days I jus' gotta get muhself outta the pollootted air o' the big city!
Genre
humor
Characters
Gomer Goof; Mr. Groff
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Numbered #681

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gustave Flaubert
Pencils
Rick Geary
Inks
Rick Geary
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
ODALISK: All Oriental women are Odalisks (See NAUTCH-GIRL.)
Genre
humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

From “Odalisk” to “Plant.” Geary illustrates the definition for “Ostrich.”

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)