(June 1990)
Fantagraphics,
1990 Series
- 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); Dale Yarger (design)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Roger Langridge
- Inks
- Roger Langridge
- Colors
- Roger Langridge; Roberta Gregory (separations)
- Letters
- Roger Langridge; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Musk of Nun - A New Fragrance by Helena Frankenstein - Attracts Men Like Flies
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Yo Yo Pintado; Buddy Rich; Walt Disney
[Table of Contents]
table of contents / 1 page
- Pencils
- Roger Langridge; Emilie Harvey; Lindsay Arnold (credited as Linzee Arnold); Douglas Michael; Jim Siergey; André Franquin (credited as Franquin); Roberta Gregory; Kenneth Smith; Jack Jackson; Rick Geary
- Inks
- Roger Langridge; Emilie Harvey; Lindsay Arnold (credited as Linzee Arnold); Douglas Michael; Jim Siergey; André Franquin (credited as Franquin); Roberta Gregory; Kenneth Smith; Jack Jackson; Rick Geary
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
includes ten small illustrations taken from the story contents
Professor Cucumber and His Stereotyped Assistants
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Cucumber; Lunk; Miss Lizzy; Mummy of Goddaloddanerf; Uncle Scrooge (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo); Metamorpho (cameo); Simon Stagg (cameo); Sapphire Stagg (cameo); Java (cameo); Tintin (cameo); Captain Haddock (cameo); Professor Calculus (cameo); Scooby-Doo (cameo); Shaggy (cameo); Velma (cameo); Daphne (cameo); Fred (cameo); E-Man (cameo); Nova Kane (cameo); Mike Mauser (cameo); Teddy Q. (cameo); Popeye (cameo); Olive Oyl (cameo); The Gump (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The professor and his assistants encounter a mummy (and others) in a tomb.
Letters From L.A.: Grand Disillusions
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Emilie Harvey (signed as Emilie M. Harvey)
- Pencils
- Emilie Harvey (signed as Emilie M. Harvey)
- Inks
- Emilie Harvey (signed as Emilie M. Harvey)
- Letters
- Emilie Harvey (signed as Emilie M. Harvey)
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Mom; Lauren; Ex-Boyfriend; Film Director; Tanya; Lucy
Buddy's Habits
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Lindsay Arnold (credited as Linzee Arnold)
- Pencils
- Lindsay Arnold (credited as Linzee Arnold)
- Inks
- Lindsay Arnold (credited as Linzee Arnold)
- Letters
- Lindsay Arnold (credited as Linzee Arnold)
- Genre
- humor; biography
- Characters
- Buddy Rich; Lindsay Arnold (unnamed)
- Synopsis
- A transcription of the famously abusive Buddy Rich castigating his band. Recorded via audio cassette in a tour bus somewhere in the USA.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
The title is taken from the 1923 song by Arnette Nelson & Charles Straight
Adventure Ohio: The Immigrants
Adventure Ohio / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Rufus Fistula; Col. Decatheder Mall; H. Carter Sims; Giuseppe; Ma; Shopkeeper
October 24, 1947
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; biography
- Characters
- Walt Disney; Mr. Smith; Mr. Vail; Mr. McDowell
- Synopsis
- Walt Disney testifies at the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
- Keywords
- political
Indexer Notes
All dialogue taken verbatim from Walt Disney's testimony before the H.U.A.C. hearings.
[no title indexed]
Gomer Goof / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- André Franquin; Kim Thompson ? (translation)
- Pencils
- André Franquin
- Inks
- André Franquin
- Letters
- André Franquin
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Parking your car under a scaffold isn't a good idea, you know!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gomer Goof
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
Numbered #683
War of the Muses
Bitchy Bitch / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bitchy Bitch (featured) (first appearance); Little Girl; Muffy; Smudge
- Synopsis
- Roberta contrasts the artistic tension between following one's own muse and trying to please the audience.
- Reprints
-
in As Naughty As She Wants to Be! (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (July 1995)
-
Possum On a Stick
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Yoyo Pintado; Diego Gortari; Widow Guerra
- Synopsis
- Yoyo finally receives his comeuppance after he steals an older man's horse.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas / text story / 1 page
- Script
- Gustave Flaubert; ? (translation)
- Pencils
- Rick Geary
- Inks
- Rick Geary
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Raft: Always "of the Medusa."
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
From "Raft" to "Selfishness." Accompanied by an illustration for "Restaurant."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Musk of Nun - A New Fragrance by Helena Frankenstein - Attracts Men Like Flies"]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
[Table of Contents]
-
3.
Professor Cucumber and His Stereotyped Assistants
-
4.
Letters From L.A.: Grand Disillusions
-
5.
Buddy's Habits
-
6.
Adventure Ohio: The Immigrants
Adventure Ohio -
7.
October 24, 1947
-
8.
["Parking your car under a scaffold isn't a good idea, you know!"]
Gomer Goof -
9.
War of the Muses
Bitchy Bitch -
10.
Kafka
-
11.
Possum On a Stick
-
12.
["Raft: Always "of the Medusa.""]
Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas -
13.
[no title indexed]
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- Katie
- Christopher Day
- Jim Ordolis
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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