(August 1989)
- Price:
- 2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- Published three times a year
- Indicia Publisher:
- Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
- Brand:
- Fantagraphics Books
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- black and white; standard US comic size (#1-21); irregular sized (#22 & 23); saddle stitched; was ongoing series
Issue Notes
Main Cover image is of Like A Velvet Glove, but secondary images include the other features. First printing: June 1989; 2nd printing: ?
[no title indexed]
credits / 1 page
Credits
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes; typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- indicia and production credits; table of contents
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Characters:
- Clay Loudermilk; Paul; 2 Policemen
- Synopsis:
- Clay sees a strange and compelling film titled 'Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron' and attempts to discover more about it.
- Reprints:
Devil Doll?
comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Characters:
- Pat; Greg; Ms. Nimrod; Dr. Nimrod; Pat's Father; Margaret (Pat's Mother); Bad Bill; The Ram; Ms. Chill; Satan; Moloch
- Reprints:
- in Lout Rampage (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #[nn] (October 1991)
- in Twentieth Century Eightball (Fantagraphics, 2002 series) #[nn] ([2002])
Indexer Notes
Fred Altegott given credit for help with this strip, which is a pastiche of the Jack Chick published religious tracts and cameos some characters from them.
The Laffin' Spittin' Man
Lloyd Llewelyn / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Characters:
- Lloyd Llewelyn; Emmet Ceeley
- Synopsis:
- Lloyd's philandering has unforseen consequences
- Reprints:
- in The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
- in Lout Rampage (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #[nn] (October 1991)
Young Dan Pussey
Dan Pussey / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Genre:
- Biography
- Characters:
- Dan Pussey; Dan Clowes; Doctor Infinity; Toothbrush Fukuda; Jackie Roth; Helmut Szucker; Chic Dusendorf; Dick Small; Herm Yunick
- Synopsis:
- Satire about monthly mass-produced superhero comics
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Fred Altegott given credit for help with this strip. Herm Yunick is a caricature of then Comic Buyers Guide editor Don Thompson
Puss In Booths
illustration / 0.66 page
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Indexer Notes
Excerpt from fake porno novel 'Puss In Booths'
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.34 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- promo for "girlie ties" hand-painted by Clowes
What Is the Most Important Invention of the Twentieth Century?
Duplex Planet / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Various
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Colors:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Reprints:
- in Lout Rampage (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #[nn] (October 1991)
- from Duplex Planet (David Greenberger, 1979 series) #?
Indexer Notes
Adapts answers given by people in an old folks home and originally published in Duplex Planet. This is the back cover
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron -
3.
Devil Doll?
-
4.
The Laffin' Spittin' Man
Lloyd Llewelyn -
5.
Young Dan Pussey
Dan Pussey -
6.
Puss In Booths
-
7.
[no title indexed]
-
8.
What Is the Most Important Invention of the Twentieth Century?
Duplex Planet
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- Steven Samuels
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- Christopher Day
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