(October 1988)

Fantagraphics, 1986 Series
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Price
3.95 USD; 5.25 CAD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1988
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
Editing
Gary Groth (credited) (editor); Kim Thompson (credited) (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

1st printing: August 1988

[In the Promised Land] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gary Kwapisz
Inks
Gary Kwapisz
Colors
Doug Erb
Genre
biography
Characters
Harvey Pekar
Keywords
autobiography
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

table of contents, indicia, production credits

The Promised Land (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Harvey Pekar
Pencils
Gary Kwapisz
Inks
Gary Kwapisz
Letters
Gary Dumm
Genre
biography
Characters
Harvey Pekar; Harvey's Wife; Assistant Editor; Jewish Agency Office Secretary; Ben Mordechai
Synopsis
Harvey Pekar recalls a time in the 1960s when he considered emigrating to Israel.
Keywords
autobiography

What Has Gone Before (Table of Contents: 3)

recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Francisco Solano López
Inks
Francisco Solano López
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Five panels from the Ana series are included

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Ana / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Gabriel Solano López; Kim Thompson (translation)
Pencils
Francisco Solano López
Inks
Francisco Solano López
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Resentment? No, I don't feel any resentment.
Genre
drama
Characters
Ana; Old Man; Albert; Thug; Simone de Beauvoir; Old Bastard
Synopsis
Ana returns to Paris, but can't find contentment
Reprints
Keywords
slice of life

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Gomer Goof / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
André Franquin; Dwight Decker (translation)
Pencils
André Franquin
Inks
André Franquin
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Instant coffee this isn't!
Genre
humor
Characters
Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]
Synopsis
Gaston refines the coffee machine
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Originally appeared in France.

Letter to a Philistine (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Hermann Hesse
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

There's Something Wrong With A Perfect Lawn (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Carol Tyler
Pencils
Carol Tyler
Inks
Carol Tyler
Letters
Carol Tyler
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Harvey Alsages; Jack Zink; Margaret Alsages; Ginny; Jason; Jennifer
Synopsis
Harvey is obsesssed with moving into a planned community
Reprints

My First Car (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Lindsay Arnold (credited as Linzee Arnold)
Pencils
Lindsay Arnold (credited as Linzee Arnold)
Inks
Lindsay Arnold (credited as Linzee Arnold)
Letters
Lindsay Arnold (credited as Linzee Arnold)
Genre
biography
Characters
Linzee Arnold [Lindsay Arnold]; Barry; Roly; Joyce
Synopsis
The pulling power of Linzee's 1927 car
Keywords
autobiography

I (Table of Contents: 10)

Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gustave Flaubert
Pencils
Rick Geary
Inks
Rick Geary
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor
Synopsis
The letter 'I' is covered this time out, from "Ice Cream" to "Ivory."

Indexer Notes

Geary illustrates Flaubert's pithy definition of "imagination."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [In the Promised Land]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. The Promised Land
  4. 3. What Has Gone Before
  5. 4. ["Resentment? No, I don't feel any resentment."]
    Ana
  6. 5. ["Instant coffee this isn't!"]
    Gomer Goof
  7. 6. Letter to a Philistine
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. There's Something Wrong With A Perfect Lawn
  10. 9. My First Car
  11. 10. I
    Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
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  • Gregory Fischer
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