(June 1993)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
- Pages:
- 32
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- Fantagraphics Books
- Format:
- black and white; standard US comic size (#1-21); irregular sized (#22 & 23); saddle stitched; was ongoing series
Issue Notes
Letters page has comments from David Lasky
The Party
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Colors:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Genre:
- Slice of Life
- Characters:
- Daniel Clowes
- Synopsis:
- Dan goes to a party to meet some people, but they're not there
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Velvet Glove
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Genre:
- Slice of Life
- Characters:
- Clay; Dan Clowes; Agent
- Synopsis:
- Dan's nightmare about filming his story 'Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron'
The Fairy Frog
comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Genre:
- Folktale
- Synopsis:
- Adaptation of an Irish folk tale
The Happy Fisherman
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Genre:
- Whimsy
- Characters:
- The Happy Fisherman; Worm; Smitty the Dowser; Furburger; Comb-Boiler
- Synopsis:
- The Fisherman has trouble getting to the water
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Why I Hate Christians
comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Genre:
- Slice of Life
- Characters:
- Daniel Clowes; The Devil's Advocate; Grandmother; Mom; Girlfriend; Lonely Woman
- Synopsis:
- Why Dan hates Christians
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Ghost World
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Colors:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Genre:
- Slice of Life
- Characters:
- Enid Coleslaw; Rebecca Doppelmeyer; John Ellis; Tom; Bob Skeetes
- Synopsis:
- Enid and Rebecca slag off the world.
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Indexer Notes
The entire Ghost World story was later adapted for a movie released in 2001. Story is in black, white and blue
Ectomorph
comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Daniel Clowes
- Pencils:
- Daniel Clowes
- Inks:
- Daniel Clowes
- Colors:
- Daniel Clowes
- Letters:
- Daniel Clowes
Content Information
- Genre:
- Slice of Life
- Characters:
- Ectomorph; Miss; Bill
- Synopsis:
- The pain of being thin
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Indexer Notes
Story continues onto the back cover
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Party
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2.
Velvet Glove
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3.
The Fairy Frog
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4.
The Happy Fisherman
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5.
Why I Hate Christians
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6.
Ghost World
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7.
Ectomorph
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- Steven Samuels
- Peter Croome
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Frank Plowright
- Christopher Day
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