(December 1997)
Drawn & Quarterly,
1997 Series
Published in English
(Canada)
- Price
- 18.95 USD; 24.95 CAD
- Pages
- 116
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Drawn & Quarterly
- Brand
- Drawn & Quarterly
- ISBN
-
1-896597-10-6
- Barcode
- 9781896597102
- Editing
- Chris Oliveros
- Color
- Colour Cover; Black and White and Colour Interiors
- Dimensions
- 8.5" x 12"
- Binding
- Trade Paperback with French Flaps
- Publishing Format
- Collected edition
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Vortex (Vortex, 1982 series) #13 (1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Copyright page and thanks.
Beginnings
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Short introduction to following pages including a full page illustration of a masked woman at a ball.
The Reaper
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (drypoint etching)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (drypoint etching)
- Characters
- Death
- Synopsis
- Wordless story about death visiting families.
- Keywords
- Grim Reaper
Saved
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (drypoint etching)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (drypoint etching)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- Wordless story about a woman finding new love after having been widowed.
[Hell Weeks]
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- A man attends a showing of Greta Garbo's Ninotchka.
Indexer Notes
Title from table of contents.
Block
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- A man gets inspiration for his paintings after attending Cabaret.
The Missed Chance
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- A gay high school student fantasizes about a boy at school.
Night Creatures
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- Two girls debate talking to a man at a club.
[Art, Lust, Greed, Pain and Triumph]
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- A painter asks a waitress to pose for him but she steals all his painting.
Indexer Notes
Title from table of contents.
Work
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- People ask a woman working at a magazine stand what time it is.
Guilt and Fear Comics
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- A monk is besieged by demons plus a short introduction to the next section.
Indexer Notes
Titled "The Temptation of Saint Anonymous" in the table of contents.
Guilt Comics
comic story / 3 pages
Indexer Notes
Front and back covers and stories titled "Guilt Comics" apparently reprinted from free comics published by the Toronto art gallery Reactor.
Reproduced at 4 pages per page.
Fear Comics
comic story / 4 pages
Indexer Notes
Front and back covers and stories titled "Fear Comics" apparently reprinted from free comics published by the Toronto art gallery Reactor.
Music
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Audience watching a play plus an introduction to the next section.
Indexer Notes
Titled "Scene from La Boheme" in the table of contents.
[Elektra / Queen of Spades / The Flying Dutchman / Ortrud]
illustration / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Four illustrations. Title from the table of contents.
Parallel Universe
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Wordless story about a boy and a girl who lead similar lives except for the type of music they like to play.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #8 (April 1992)
-
The Same Old Story: The Life of Heinz-August Plotz 1899-1963
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1994 series) #1 (Autumn 1994)
-
Music
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Synopsis
- A young man listens to music and it colours his day.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #6 (October 1991)
-
Sharon: A Babe's Story
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Sharon tries Supra-Galaxy.
Indexer Notes
4 pages on one page.
Shy Girl / Badgirls in Space / Angel / Hair Styles
illustration / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Four pages printed on one.
[Three Goth girls walking in a mall]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Fabulous Babes (Drawn & Quarterly, 1995 series) #1 (Spring/Summer 1995)
-
Hunkenstein's Monster
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Characters
- Frankenstein's monster (parody); Frankenstein (parody)
- Synopsis
- Anatomically correct Frankenstein's monster is brought to life.
- Reprints
- from Fabulous Babes (Drawn & Quarterly, 1995 series) #1 (Spring/Summer 1995)
-
Soap
Supra-Galaxy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Marcello gives Xavier soap to help solve all his problems.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #10 (December 1992)
-
Work
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Painting of a park in a city with an introduction to the next section.
Indexer Notes
Title from table of contents is "Detail of Waiting."
Day of Crabby Art
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A couple complains about the artwork they see until they go to the Argo Gallery.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #8 (April 1992)
-
Artwork
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- Men working at an art gallery chat with each other.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1994 series) #6 (June 1997)
-
Art Fantasy
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- An painter of abstracts goes out to McDonald's for a Big Mac.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #9 (July 1992)
-
They're Just Like You and Me III
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- Opera singers on stage and after the show.
Pop Life or: Have You Had Your Irony Supplement Today?
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- A man lives an ironic and kitschy life.
Night Job
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Synopsis
- A woman vaccuums an office and goes home on a streetcar at night.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #10 (December 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
No dialogue.
More Than Coincidence?
comic story / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- Tracey and Steven never meet.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1994 series) #2 (December 1994)
-
Waiting
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- A park through four seasons.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1994 series) #6 (June 1997)
-
The World of Gloria Badcock
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Gloria Badcock
- Synopsis
- Gloria as Venus in Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.
Indexer Notes
Introduction to the following pages.
The Secret Life of Gloria Badcock
Supra-Galaxy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Gloria Badcock
- Synopsis
- Gloria Badcock is part of a sexual experiment.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #10 (December 1992)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Gloria Badcock in Outer Space
Gloria Badcock / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Gloria Badcock
- Synopsis
- Gloria is kidnapped by aliens who are experimenting with sex between consenting extraterrestrial races.
- Reprints
- from Fabulous Babes (Drawn & Quarterly, 1995 series) #1 (Spring/Summer 1995)
-
- Keywords
- adult
The Adventures of Gloria Badcock: Beneath the Sea
Gloria Badcock / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Gloria Badcock
- Synopsis
- Gloria has sexual adventures in the ocean.
Illustration
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Introduction to next section of book and detail of following page.
Paris Couture Diary '94
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- Behind the scenes at fashion shows in Paris.
- Reprints
- from American Vogue
Gay Life
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the following section with an untitled illustration of men dancing.
Maurice's Fairy Alphabet
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Synopsis
- Each letter of the alphabet is illustrated with an aspect of gay life.
[In the Gallery]
illustration / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A young man stands sadly alone in an art gallery.
Indexer Notes
Title from table of contents.
Lullaby of Broadway 1991
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- A young man goes out to clubs.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #5 (June 1991)
-
Homoman
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Homoman
- Synopsis
- Parody of Superman's origin as if Superman was gay.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #4 (March 1991)
-
8 Pillars of Gay Culture
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Characters
- Oscar Wilde
- Synopsis
- Eight things that gay men identify with, including Sunset Boulevard, Ancient Greece and the Wizard of Oz movie.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #7 (March 1992)
-
Side Door Lover!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Genre
- romance; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1994 series) #3 (May 1995)
-
A Day in the Life of Pierre Pouffé: Hairdresser To The Stars
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1994 series) #4 (December 1995)
-
Dora the Living Doll
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Colors
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Dora learns she's made of plastic but it comes in handy when her spaceship needs fixing in space.
- Reprints
- from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1994 series) #5 (April 1996)
-
Supra-Dello
Supra-Galaxy / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Gloria Badcock
- Synopsis
- Fake ad for a gay bordello.
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
Vellevision: A Cocktail of Comics and Pictures
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Beginnings
-
3.
The Reaper
-
4.
Saved
-
5.
[Hell Weeks]
-
6.
Block
-
7.
The Missed Chance
-
8.
Night Creatures
-
9.
[Art, Lust, Greed, Pain and Triumph]
-
10.
Work
-
11.
Think Big
-
12.
Guilt and Fear Comics
-
13.
Guilt Comics
-
14.
Fear Comics
-
15.
Music
-
16.
Jazz
-
17.
[La Traviata]
-
18.
[Woman playing small guitar on balcony]
-
19.
[Woman singing emotionally at a party]
-
20.
[The Straussians]
-
21.
Velveeta
-
22.
[Elektra / Queen of Spades / The Flying Dutchman / Ortrud]
-
23.
Parallel Universe
-
24.
The Same Old Story: The Life of Heinz-August Plotz 1899-1963
-
25.
Music
-
26.
Fabulous Babes
-
27.
Sharon: A Babe's Story
-
28.
Shy Girl / Badgirls in Space / Angel / Hair Styles
-
29.
Canadian Guys
-
30.
Canadian Girls
-
31.
[Three Goth girls walking in a mall]
-
32.
Hunkenstein's Monster
-
33.
Soap
Supra-Galaxy -
34.
Work
-
35.
Day of Crabby Art
-
36.
Artwork
-
37.
Art Fantasy
-
38.
They're Just Like You and Me III
-
39.
Pop Life or: Have You Had Your Irony Supplement Today?
-
40.
Night Job
-
41.
More Than Coincidence?
-
42.
Waiting
-
43.
The World of Gloria Badcock
-
44.
The Secret Life of Gloria Badcock
Supra-Galaxy -
45.
Gloria Badcock in Outer Space
Gloria Badcock -
46.
The Adventures of Gloria Badcock: Beneath the Sea
Gloria Badcock -
47.
Illustration
-
48.
[Comrags Scarf]
-
49.
[Drawn & Quarterly Poster]
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50.
[Back to Cool]
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51.
[Families that Collect]
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52.
Paris Couture Diary '94
-
53.
[Wagner vs Metallica]
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54.
[Wet Afternoon]
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55.
[Turandot]
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56.
Gay Life
-
57.
Maurice's Fairy Alphabet
-
58.
[Hanlan's Point]
-
59.
[In the Gallery]
-
60.
Lullaby of Broadway 1991
-
61.
Homoman
-
62.
8 Pillars of Gay Culture
-
63.
[Dear John]
-
64.
Side Door Lover!
-
65.
A Day in the Life of Pierre Pouffé: Hairdresser To The Stars
-
66.
Dora the Living Doll
-
67.
Supra-Dello
Supra-Galaxy -
68.
Maurice Vellekoop
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69.
[no title indexed]
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