(January 1990)
Fantagraphics,
1990 Series
- Price
- 2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- eight times a year
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, borderless]
- Editing
- Kim Thompson (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
"First printing: August 1989."
[The Wizard of Ooze]
Fission Chicken / cover / 1 page
- Script
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan)
- Pencils
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan)
- Inks
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan)
- Colors
- Brad Foster (signed as B. W. Foster)
- Letters
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Fission Chicken; Ether Bunny
Intro
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan)
- Pencils
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan)
- Inks
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan)
- Letters
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan); typeset
- Characters
- Fission Chicken (cameo); The Ether Bunny (cameo); The West Side Coven (cameo); The Wizard of Ooze (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Introduction and credits with spot illustrations.
The Wizard of Ooze
Fission Chicken / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan)
- Pencils
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan)
- Inks
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan)
- Letters
- John Morgan (signed as J. P. Morgan)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Fission Chicken; The Ether Bunny (villain); The Wizard of Ooze [P. U. Evolcraft] (villain); K'Celboo (villain); The West Side Coven (villains)
- Synopsis
- Fission Chicken battles the Ether Bunny and then encounters the Wizard of Ooze who has acquired the "Amulet of K'Celboo." The amulet gets broken, releasing the slime demon K'Celboo.
Indexer Notes
The name "P. U. Evolcraft" is a takeoff on that of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft.
Bad Karma Up the Yin-Yang
Duck "Bill" Platypus / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Kyle Rothweiler (signed as K. Rothweiler)
- Pencils
- Kyle Rothweiler (signed as K. Rothweiler)
- Inks
- Kyle Rothweiler (signed as K. Rothweiler)
- Letters
- Kyle Rothweiler
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
- Characters
- Duck "Bill" Platypus; Guru Guggenheim; Mrs. Birdbrane; Rev. Froghorn; Hott Doggeth
- Synopsis
- A chaotic plot revolving around Guru Guggenheim and his efforts to censor books and provide a sacrifice for Hott Doggoth.
Indexer Notes
Duck "Bill" Platypus makes only brief appearances in the story. Signed in the last panel of the story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[The Wizard of Ooze]
Fission Chicken -
1.
Intro
-
2.
The Wizard of Ooze
Fission Chicken -
3.
Bad Karma Up the Yin-Yang
Duck "Bill" Platypus -
4.
Welcome to the Fantagraphics Menagerie
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5.
Stickboy
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