Blab! #9
(Fall 1997)

Fantagraphics, 1997 Series
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Price
18.95 USD; 25.95 CAD
Pages
116
On-sale Date
1997
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Brand
?
ISBN
1-56097-284-X Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781560972846 51895
Link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAB!
Editing
Monte Beauchamp (credited) (editor)

Blab 9 (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gary Baseman (signed)
Inks
Gary Baseman (signed)
Colors
Gary Baseman (signed)
Letters
Gary Baseman (signed)

[Dogs] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charise Mericle Harper (credited as Cherise Mericle) (painted)
Inks
Charise Mericle Harper (credited as Cherise Mericle) (painted)
Colors
Charise Mericle Harper (credited as Cherise Mericle) (painted)
Letters
Charise Mericle Harper (credited as Cherise Mericle) (painted)

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by production credits and indicia and several Archer Prewitt background illustrations.

The Prestigious Blanket (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Sala (credited)
Pencils
Richard Sala (credited)
Inks
Richard Sala (credited)
Letters
Richard Sala (credited)

Priscilla (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Minus (signed as W. Minus)
Pencils
Walter Minus (signed as W. Minus)
Inks
Walter Minus (signed as W. Minus)
Letters
Walter Minus (signed as W. Minus)

Characters
Priscilla

Double for Danger (Table of Contents: 5)

Steven / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Allen (signed)
Pencils
Doug Allen (signed)
Inks
Doug Allen (signed)
Letters
Doug Allen (signed)

Characters
Steven; Boss

Valse Mecanique (The Mechanical Waltz) (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Paul Freund (credited)
Pencils
Peter Hoey (credited)
Inks
Peter Hoey (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Peter Hoey (credited) (typeset)

Characters
Maria
Reprints

Dirty Boulevard (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Fitzpatrick (credited)
Pencils
Tony Fitzpatrick (credited)
Inks
Tony Fitzpatrick (credited)
Letters
Tony Fitzpatrick (credited)

Characters
Crack Baby; Clocker Girl; Shooter; Crank Bug; The Fixer; The Snitch; The Boy Drug

Indexer Notes

Seven illustrations drawn on lined grade school-type paper. The titles are the same as the character names.

Enjoy or Suffer (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gary Baseman (credited as Baseman) (painting)
Pencils
Gary Baseman (credited as Baseman) (painting)
Inks
Gary Baseman (credited as Baseman) (painting)
Colors
Gary Baseman (credited as Baseman) (painting)
Letters
Gary Baseman (credited as Baseman) (painting)

Reprints

Goodnight Irene (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Christian Northeast (credited)
Pencils
Christian Northeast (credited) (painting)
Inks
Christian Northeast (credited) (painting)
Colors
Christian Northeast (credited) (painting)
Letters
Christian Northeast (credited)

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Three full-page paintings

The Quiet Man (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Jeffrey Steele (credited)
Pencils
Steve Campbell (credited) (raw pencil); Teresa Mucha (credited) (pastel)
Inks
Teresa Mucha (credited) (pastel)
Colors
Teresa Mucha (credited) (pastel)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by four full-page illustrations- one by Mucha and three by Campbell.

The Fighting Poets (Table of Contents: 11)

Fred Toote' / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)
Pencils
Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)
Inks
Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)
Letters
Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)

Genre
biography
Characters
Spain Rodriguez; Helen; Jocko Reese; Fred Toote'; Goose Mundain; Shelly; Tex
Reprints
Keywords
autobiography

New Version of Love (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stéphane Blanquet (signed as blanquet)
Inks
Stéphane Blanquet (signed as blanquet)
Letters
Stéphane Blanquet (signed as blanquet)

Park (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Terry LaBan
Pencils
Terry LaBan (signed)
Inks
Terry LaBan (signed)
Letters
Terry LaBan (signed)

In the Land of Plenty (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Marc Trujillo (credited)
Pencils
Marc Trujillo (credited)
Inks
Marc Trujillo (credited)
Letters
Marc Trujillo (credited)

Characters
Harry

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Snoot Grolo / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
J. Bradley Johnson (credited as Brad Johnson)
Pencils
J. Bradley Johnson (credited as Brad Johnson)
Inks
J. Bradley Johnson (credited as Brad Johnson)
Letters
J. Bradley Johnson (credited as Brad Johnson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bang! Bang! Pal! I got one! Dinner is in the bag! I know. You want your rock salt!
Characters
Snoot Grolo; Pal; Jill; Wild Bill Hickok; Snoot's Mom

Exorcise (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Kuper (credited)
Pencils
Peter Kuper (signed as Kuper) (painted)
Inks
Peter Kuper (signed as Kuper) (painted)
Colors
Peter Kuper (signed as Kuper) (painted)
Letters
Peter Kuper (signed as Kuper) (painted)

Genre
biography
Characters
Peter Kuper; Wilton; Linda Blair (cameo)
Keywords
autobiography

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Sof' Boy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Archer Prewitt (credited)
Pencils
Archer Prewitt (credited)
Inks
Archer Prewitt (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Archer Prewitt (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Zzzzzzz Zzzzzaaww
Characters
Sof' Boy
Synopsis
A drunk man urinates and vomits on Sof' Boy while he sleeps in an alleyway.

The Art of the Dell Mystery (Table of Contents: 18)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Monte Beauchamp (credited)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by nineteen images of Dell mass market paperbacks.

Late Night Walk (Table of Contents: 19)

Little Baby Gumba / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
David Goldin (credited as Nidlog)
Pencils
David Goldin (credited as Nidlog)
Inks
David Goldin (credited as Nidlog)
Colors
?
Letters
David Goldin (credited as Nidlog) (typeset)

Characters
Baby Gumba; Whore; Pimp

Tales of Tomorrow Number Eight (Table of Contents: 20)

Tales of Tomorrow / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Ware (credited)
Pencils
Chris Ware (credited)
Inks
Chris Ware (credited)
Colors
Chris Ware (credited)
Letters
Chris Ware (credited)

Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first few lines in the story are "Hey Fellas! Wouldn't you like to know how to play banjo? It's easy!"

The Nostalgia Rapist (Table of Contents: 21)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Josh Friedman (credited as Josh Alan Friedman)
Pencils
Randee Ladden (credited) (painting)
Inks
Randee Ladden (credited) (painting)
Colors
Randee Ladden (credited) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Text is accompanied by a single full-page painting.

Boris Artzybasheff - Visual Thunder: A Retrospective (Table of Contents: 22)

illustration / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Monte Beauchamp (credited)
Pencils
Борис Арцыбашев (credited as Boris Artzybasheff) (painting)
Inks
Борис Арцыбашев (credited as Boris Artzybasheff) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

A brief text piece is accompanied by the following illustrations: "Modern War Machines;" "Spring Forming Presses;" "The Red Mill;" "The Witches' Sabbath;" "Hydraulic Press;" "Tapping a Heat of Steel;" "The Pied Piper of Berchtesgaden;" "Weaving a Fence Fabric;" "Making of Steel: Charging the Open Hearth;" "The Blooming Mill."

[Parking receipt: Not valid Unless Stamped. Not a Claim Check] (Table of Contents: 23)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
David Goldin (painting)
Inks
David Goldin (painting)
Colors
David Goldin (painting)

Indexer Notes

A mixed media montage piece combining newspaper, painting, advertising cutouts and other flotsam

Blab #9 (Table of Contents: 24)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gary Baseman (credited as Baseman) (painting)
Inks
Gary Baseman (credited as Baseman) (painting)
Colors
Gary Baseman (credited as Baseman) (painting)
Letters
Gary Baseman (credited as Baseman) (painting)

Indexer Notes

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