(June 1990)
- Price:
- 2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages:
- 28
- Indicia frequency:
- Published Thrice Yearly
- 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
This issue has variants.
Cover is split equally between three features. Letters page has comments from Jim Woodring. 1st printing: ? 1990; 2nd printing: August 1991
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Pastor Robert Tilton
The Eightball Profile / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Genre:
- biography
- Characters:
- Robert Tilton
Indexer Notes
Text and illustration feature about a sleazy TV evangelist
Part Three
Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron / comic story / 11 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Characters:
- Clay Loudermilk; Tina Muskegon; Kitty Muskegon
- Synopsis:
- Clay stays with the part-fish Tina and her mother
- Reprints:
The Stroll
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Characters:
- Toupée Guy; Lisa
- Synopsis:
- A person walks home and relfects on the people and incidents they observe
- Reprints:
-
in Lout Rampage (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #[nn] (October 1991) - in Twentieth Century Eightball (Fantagraphics, 2002 series) #[nn] ([2002])
-
The Young Manhood Of Dan Pussey
Dan Pussey / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Genre:
- Biography
- Characters:
- Dan Pussey; Doctor Infinity; Ms. Phalier; Gummo Bubbleman; Larry Anger
- Synopsis:
- Dan Pussey tries to broaden his work
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Alternately titled 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Pussey'. Gummo Bubbleman is a caricature of Art Spiegelman, and Larry Anger is a caricature of Fantagraphics publisher Gary Groth.
Postal Intercourse
letters page / 0.4 page
Credits
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Letters section and a "plug corner" promoting the album "Split" by Victor Banana
Prank Phone Call Contest Final Results
text article / 0.6 page
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Announcing the winner of the contest; small promo for other Clowes books.
What Can Robots Do?
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) #?
-
- Keywords:
- Question
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
-
0.
The Return of Young Dan Pussey
The Stroll / Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron / Dan Pussey -
1.
Pastor Robert Tilton
The Eightball Profile -
2.
Part Three
Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron -
3.
The Stroll
-
4.
The Young Manhood Of Dan Pussey
Dan Pussey -
5.
Postal Intercourse
-
6.
Prank Phone Call Contest Final Results
-
7.
What Can Robots Do?
Duplex Planet
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