(August 1994)

Avon Books, 1994 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
12.00 USD; 14.00 CAD
Pages
148
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
1994-08-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Avon Books
Brand
?
ISBN
0-380-77108-X Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780380771080
Editing
Bob Callahan (series editor); Art Spiegelman (series designer); Robert Mecoy (Avon Books senior editor)
Color
Black and White
Dimensions
8.25" x 5.125"
Binding
Trade Paperback
Publishing Format
Graphic Novel

Issue Notes

The book was the first of two graphic novels published by Avon under the "Neon Lit" imprint.

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office registration filing.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Paul Auster's City of Glass (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
David Mazzucchelli (painted)
Inks
David Mazzucchelli (painted)
Colors
David Mazzucchelli (painted)
Letters
typeset

Genre
drama; crime; detective-mystery
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The "Neon Lit" insignia is in the upper-left-hand corner.

"On Neon Lit" (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Callahan
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
A description of the mission of the "Neon Lit" imprint.

Indexer Notes

This is the inside front cover.

[title page] (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

[copyright page] (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Wrong Number (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Callahan
Letters
typeset

Reprints

City of Glass (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 138 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Auster (original novel); Paul Karasik (adaptation); David Mazzucchelli (adaptation)
Pencils
David Mazzucchelli; Paul Karasik (layouts)
Inks
David Mazzucchelli
Letters
David Mazzucchelli

Genre
drama; detective-mystery
Synopsis
A comics adaptation of Paul Auster's 1985 novel City of Glass.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

According to David Mazzucchelli in his interview in The Comics Journal #194 (March 1997), Paul Karasik provided layouts for the story's abstract sequences.

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

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)


The Suspects (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
David Mazzucchelli; Paul Karasik; Art Spiegelman
Inks
David Mazzucchelli; Paul Karasik; Art Spiegelman
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Short biographies of Paul Auster, Paul Karasik, David Mazzucchelli, Bob Callahan, and Art Spiegelman.

Indexer Notes

The illustrations are tongue-in-cheek cartoon portraits of Auster, Karasik, Mazzucchelli, Callahan, and Spiegelman. Karasik, Mazzucchelli, and Spiegelman draw themselves. The portrait of Auster is from a panel in the story. The portrait of Callahan is a line drawing of an unidentified country or island.

"Quinn writes mysteries" (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

This is the book's back cover. It includes a teaser synopsis, a listing of the authors, and a brief description of Paul Auster's original novel.

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Paul Auster's City of Glass
  2. 1. "On Neon Lit"
  3. 2. [title page]
  4. 3. [copyright page]
  5. 4. Wrong Number
  6. 5. City of Glass
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. The Suspects
  9. 8. "Quinn writes mysteries"
This issue was modified by, among others
  • R. S. Martin
  • Jim Van Dore