(June 1988)

Fantagraphics, 1986 Series
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Price
3.95 USD; 5.50 CAD
Pages
76
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1988
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
Editing
Gary Groth (credited) (editor); Kim Thompson (credited) (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

1st printing: April 1988

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Peter Kuper (signed as Kuper)
Inks
Peter Kuper (signed as Kuper)
Colors
?

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Franz Kafka's Fratricide (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Kuper
Pencils
Peter Kuper
Inks
Peter Kuper
Letters
Peter Kuper

Characters
Schmar; Pallas; Mrs. Wese; Policeman
Reprints

What Has Gone Before (Table of Contents: 3)

recap / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Francisco Solano López
Inks
Francisco Solano López
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

five panels from the series are included

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Ana / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Gabriel Solano López; Kim Thompson (translated by)
Pencils
Francisco Solano López
Inks
Francisco Solano López
Letters
Bill Spicer

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ana, it's not much, I know, but let me tell you once again that I'm here to obey you
Genre
drama
Characters
Ana; The Cop; Salesman; The Fiancee; Indian Girl
Reprints

Down in the Dark (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Sala
Pencils
Richard Sala
Inks
Richard Sala
Letters
Richard Sala

Characters
The Night Man; Merphex Bucephalus; The Wayward Hypnotist; The Ape

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 8 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

ads for various Fantagraphics publications

Guys Without Penises (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Douglas Michael
Pencils
Douglas Michael
Inks
Douglas Michael
Letters
Douglas Michael

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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
This is a very personal story.
Genre
biography
Characters
Craig Maynard; Mom; Local Pediatrician; Cheryl; Dad
Keywords
autobiography

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

promo for back issues of “Prime Cuts”

Letter to a Young Poet 1910 (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Hermann Hesse
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
André Franquin; Dwight Decker (translated by)
Pencils
André Franquin
Inks
André Franquin
Letters
Bill Spicer

First Line of Dialogue or Text
C'mon, Mr. Groff! You can't pass up seeing this!
Genre
humor
Characters
Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]; Mr. Groff
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Page numbered #671

Survival (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
William Messner-Loebs
Pencils
William Messner-Loebs
Inks
William Messner-Loebs
Letters
William Messner-Loebs

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Angeldot; Uncledaddy [Wizard Roark]; Toto; Harold George Wells; Tess

Literary Circles (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
L. J. Kopf
Pencils
L. J. Kopf
Inks
L. J. Kopf
Letters
L. J. Kopf

Characters
Thomas

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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
Guests: Hold them up as examples to your son.
Synopsis
from “Guests” to “Hysteria”

Indexer Notes

Geary illustrates Flaubert's definition of "hasheesh"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

promo for “The Complete Crumb Comics”