Journey
#1
(March 1983)
Aardvark-Vanaheim,
1983 Series
- Price
- 1.60 CAD; 1.40 USD
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- six times a year
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Aardvark-Vanaheim Inc.
- Brand
-
Aardvark-Vanaheim Presents [banner]
- Editing
- William Messner-Loebs; Nadine C. Messner (research and production); Deni Sim (publisher)
Issue Notes
Prominent cover price is in Canadian dollars and smaller text notes $1.40 U.S.
[no title indexed]
Journey / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
- Inks
- William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
- Colors
- William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
- Letters
- William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- Wolverine MacAlistaire
[no title indexed]
A Note From The Publisher / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome to the first issue of Journey.
- Synopsis
- Deni recounts when she and Dave met Bill Loebs. Mentions that Journey is a "six-part mini-series".
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Chapter 1: Chase
Journey / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
- Pencils
- William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
- Inks
- William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
- Letters
- William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- Wolverine MacAlistaire
- Synopsis
- 19th Century frontiersman Joshua MacAlistaire is chased by a bear.
- Reprints
-
in Journey (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 - Tall Tales (February 1987) - in Journey (IDW, 2008 series) #1 (July 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Character first appears in back-up strips in Cerbebus The Aardvark 48-49. He is generally referred to as Joshua MacAlistaire.
Chapter 2: Duel
Journey / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
- Pencils
- William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
- Inks
- William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
- Letters
- William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- Wolverine MacAlistaire; Three-Finger Pierre
- Synopsis
- MacAlistaire meets some trappers and agrees to deliver a package.
- Reprints
- in Journey (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #1 - Tall Tales (February 1987)
- in Journey (IDW, 2008 series) #1 (July 2008)
-
[no title indexed]
Journey / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
- Inks
- William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
- Letters
- William Messner-Loebs [as William F. Loebs]
- Synopsis
- Map of the Northwest Territories, circa 1810, showing the area around the Great Lakes.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover of comic.
Containing: True Histories, Pioneer Surrealism, and a Bear Hunt!
Journey / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
- Inks
- William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
- Colors
- William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
- Letters
- William Messner-Loebs [as Wm. Francis Loebs]
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- Wolverine MacAlistaire
Indexer Notes
On back cover of comic.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Journey -
1.
["Welcome to the first issue of Journey."]
A Note From The Publisher -
2.
Chapter 1: Chase
Journey -
3.
Chapter 2: Duel
Journey -
4.
The Animated Cerebus Portfolio
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5.
[no title indexed]
Journey -
6.
Containing: True Histories, Pioneer Surrealism, and a Bear Hunt!
Journey
This issue was modified by, among others
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Peter Croome
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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