Jizz
#8
(November 1991)
Fantagraphics,
1991 Series
- Price
- 2.50 USD; 2.95 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1991
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [sans serif, spaced apart, uniform negative space]
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Comic contains considerable text content. First printing: December 1991
[no title indexed]
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was just looking at Jizz #7 and wincing because of how much I hate my own art.
Indexer Notes
Russo includes here an issue-by-issue print run history for this series. Indicia at bottom
Editorial
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Russo eulogizes Gene Roddenberry
My First Job
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Scott Russo; Nathan Ort
- Synopsis
- Scott's boss in a department store
- Keywords
- autobiography
Have You Felt Racism This Week?
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Glenn Westrom
- Pencils
- Glenn Westrom (photo montage); ? (photo)
- Inks
- Glenn Westrom (photo montage); ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Gus Savage (photo); Flavor Flav (photo)
- Synopsis
- Reprinted newspaper snippets- a photomontage combining newspaper text and photo clippings that focus on racial incidents
- Keywords
- Rant
[no title indexed]
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Scott Russo; ?
- Letters
- Scott Russo; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Mr. Russo, I am returning the enclosed ad to you. You sent the ad to us and requested that we run it...
- Synopsis
- A rejection letter for an ad submission Russo sent to the Comics Buyer's Guide.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Christmas was meaningless to me once again
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Scott Russo
- Synopsis
- Diary entries
- Keywords
- autobiography
Freaks of the World Unite!
text article / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- Scott Russo; typeset
- Synopsis
- Three magazine clippings and one classified ad clipping
A Poem
comic story / 0.23 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Scott Russo
- Synopsis
- Low self-esteem
- Keywords
- autobiography
Did You Know?
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Scott Russo; Tom Heyman; J. Allen Varasdi
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Miscellaneous factoids from Heyman's "On an Average Day," "The Unofficial U.S. Census" and Varadi's "Myth Information"
Smokes
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Scott Russo
- Synopsis
- Scott tries to get high on tea and oregano
- Keywords
- autobiography
Scott's Obsession With Vacuum Cleaners
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Scott Russo; Scott's Brother
- Synopsis
- Scott's love of the family's old Eureka vacuum cleaner
- Keywords
- autobiography
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ..Too late he realized the fistfulls of semen he had been packing into his open wound contained the deadly AIDS virus
[no title indexed]
Slice o' Life / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't judge him like a person. He's my brother.
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Scott Russo
- Synopsis
- Snippets of overheard bigoted conversation
- Keywords
- slice of life
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was jogging the other day and this incredibly hot chick ran by in the other direction...
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Jogger
- Synopsis
- A jogger claims to get an erection
- Keywords
- slice of life
The Party's Over
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Scott Russo; Scott's Dad; Scott's Mother
- Synopsis
- Scott cancels his Doctor's appointment
- Keywords
- autobiography
A Christmas Carol
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Carol Kalish; Stan Lee's Spirit; John; Jane
- Synopsis
- Post-death discussion about ethics
Scott Russo's Jizzbag
letters page / 5 pages
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from George Maranville, Jana Kirkman, Lynne Brady, Dennis Eichhorn, Mike Levine, Harvey Kurtzman, Doug Anderson, Jason Conlan (with enclosed cartoon strip), Rev. Rasputin, and J.F.K.
Etc.
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Scott Russo; ?
- Pencils
- Scott Russo
- Inks
- Scott Russo
- Letters
- Scott Russo; ? (typeset)
- Characters
- Scott Russo
- Synopsis
- Russo's random comments interspersed with a letter he received in the mail and a note he found in a hospital. Also includes an offer to become an official member of the Church of Jizz
The World's Best Loved Mini-Comics
advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Scott Russo
Indexer Notes
Russo mini-comics for sale: "The Manic Depressive" (1988); "The Manic Depressive" (2nd printing, 1991); "True Gossip" (1991); "Front-Line Lust" (1991); "Rights? What are Those?" (1991); "Footprints in the Sand" (1991); Lovely People and Their Lovely Little Lives (1992). Also includes a small ad for the "Film Threat Video Guide"
The Classifieds
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Scott Russo
- Letters
- Scott Russo; typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Vic Blows His Mother
-
1.
["I was just looking at Jizz #7 and wincing because of how much I hate my own art."]
-
2.
Editorial
-
3.
My First Job
-
4.
Have You Felt Racism This Week?
-
5.
["Dear Mr. Russo, I am returning the enclosed ad to you. You sent the ad to us and requested that we run it..."]
-
6.
["Christmas was meaningless to me once again"]
-
7.
Freaks of the World Unite!
-
8.
A Poem
-
9.
Shrimping
-
10.
Letters to Santa
-
11.
Did You Know?
-
12.
Smokes
-
13.
The News
-
14.
Scott's Obsession With Vacuum Cleaners
-
15.
["..Too late he realized the fistfulls of semen he had been packing into his open wound contained the deadly AIDS virus"]
-
16.
["I don't judge him like a person. He's my brother."]
Slice o' Life -
17.
["I was jogging the other day and this incredibly hot chick ran by in the other direction..."]
-
18.
The Party's Over
-
19.
A Christmas Carol
-
20.
Scott Russo's Jizzbag
-
21.
Etc.
-
22.
The World's Best Loved Mini-Comics
-
23.
The Classifieds
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24.
Fuckin' Back Issues!
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25.
Wholesome Goodness
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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