The Actress and the Bishop #1

(May 2009)

[Credits] (Table of Contents)

credits / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

Brian Bolland (logo); typeset; Nate Pride (production)

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover has logo, Bolland's byline, Desperado masthead, and indicia.

[The Actress and the Bishop on the Couch] (Table of Contents)

The Actress and the Bishop / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Inks:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Letters:

Brian Bolland (signed; logo)

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

The Actress; The Bishop

Reprints:

• from ?

Indexer Notes

The indexer's only known publication of this piece is in Comicology (TwoMorrows, 2000 series) #4, where a caption dates it 1989.

[The Actress and the Bishop's First Appearance] (Table of Contents)

The Actress and the Bishop / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Inks:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Letters:

Brian Bolland (signed; logo)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

The Actress; The Bishop

Reprints:

• from Brian Bolland's Editions Déesse portfolio (1985)

Keywords:

whimsy

Indexer Notes

This was the first printed appearance of "The Actress and the Bishop".

The Actress and the Bishop Go Boating (Table of Contents)

The Actress and the Bishop / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Pencils:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Inks:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Letters:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

The Actress; The Bishop; God [indeterminate] (flashback)

Synopsis:

Our story rewinds time to when the duo got together,
While in the present they avail themselves of pleasant weather.

Reprints:

• from A1 (Atomeka Press, 1989 series) #1 (1989)

Indexer Notes

Dialogue and narration are presented exclusively in rhyming captions.

The Actress and the Bishop Throw a Party (Table of Contents)

The Actress and the Bishop / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Pencils:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Inks:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Letters:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

The Actress; The Bishop; Ethyl White; Henry Pugh (flashback); God [indeterminate]

Synopsis:

The duo hosts a wingding (as the title says) in which
Some old flames are encountered and the irony is rich.

Reprints:

• from A1 (Atomeka Press, 1989 series) #3 (1990)

Indexer Notes

Dialogue and narration are presented exclusively in rhyming captions.

The Actress and the Bishop and the Thing in the Shed (Table of Contents)

The Actress and the Bishop / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Pencils:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Inks:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Colors:

Brian Bolland (signed; graytones only)

Letters:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

The Actress; The Bishop; the Thing in the Shed

Synopsis:

The Bishop sees the couple's next-door neighbour's disappeared;
The Actress must confront the backyard shed that she has feared.

Reprints:

• from Bolland Strips! (Knockabout, 2005 series) #[nn] (March 2005)

Keywords:

whimsy

Indexer Notes

Dialogue and narration are presented exclusively in rhyming captions, save for one word balloon, also in rhyme.

[The Actress and the Bishop Pose for Friends] (Table of Contents)

The Actress and the Bishop / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Inks:

Brian Bolland (signed)

Letters:

Brian Bolland (signed; dedication)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

The Actress; The Bishop

Reprints:

• from Bolland Strips (Knockabout, 2005 series) ?

Keywords:

whimsy

Indexer Notes

This illustration is dated 2005 with "thanks to June, Roy, and Joe".

[Promo Pages] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

various

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

various

Letters:

typeset; Nate Pride (production)

Indexer Notes

"The Actress and the Bishop" material is followed by two-page "Desperado Library" catalog and promo page for adaptation of Clive Barker's Age of Desire. The inside back cover promotes CGC as "the Official Grading Service of Desperado Publishing". The back cover promotes Brian Bolland's Burma Diary as "coming soon" from Desperado.