Blab! #17

(Autumn 2006)

T.G.I. Friday's (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Christian Northeast (painting)

Inks:

Christian Northeast (painting)

Colors:

Christian Northeast (painting)

Contents (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Indicia and production credits at bottom with a full-page background illustration.

While You Sleep (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Ruzzier

Pencils:

Sergio Ruzzier (watercolor)

Inks:

Sergio Ruzzier (watercolor)

Indexer Notes

A wordless story.

Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Christmas in Shacktown (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Matti Hagelberg

Pencils:

Matti Hagelberg (scratchboard)

Inks:

Matti Hagelberg (scratchboard)

Letters:

Matti Hagelberg (scratchboard)

Content Information

Characters:

Hansel; Gretel; Social Worker; Surrogate Mother; Ernst Stavro Blofeld

The Dutch Tulip (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Geoffrey Grahn

Pencils:

Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)

Inks:

Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)

Colors:

Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)

Letters:

Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)

Indexer Notes

The story is told using full-page illustrations.

Max Vesta Matchbook Artist (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steven Guarnaccia

Pencils:

Steven Guarnaccia

Inks:

Steven Guarnaccia

Letters:

Steven Guarnaccia

Content Information

Characters:

Max Vesta; Norma La Flamme

Out of Nowhere (Table of Contents)

illustration / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ?

Pencils:

Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ? (computer artwork)

Inks:

Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ? (computer artwork)

Colors:

Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ? (computer artwork)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Coleman Hawkins; Django Reinhardt

Indexer Notes

A text story combined with several illustrations

The Pungent Gaul (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Clarke

Pencils:

Greg Clarke (watercolor)

Inks:

Greg Clarke (watercolor)

Colors:

Greg Clarke (watercolor)

Letters:

Greg Clarke

Content Information

Characters:

The Pungent Gaul; Winston Churchill

Vintage Roller Skating Labels (Table of Contents)

illustration / 12 pages (report information)

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Indexer Notes

Twelve full-page illustrations. The titles for them are: "Roll-o-Rink In Sheraden;" "Pallomar Roller Rink;" "Birch Park Skating Palace;" "East Lake Skating Rink;" "Artistic Skating Roller Center;" "Ernie's Skating Arena;" "Broyles Skateland;" "Rollerdrome Atlanta Georgia;" "Cicero's Rink Fair•Grounds;" "White Plains;" "North Shore Roller Arena;" "Hartford Skating Palace"

Hurricane (Table of Contents)

illustration / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Judith Brody

Pencils:

Sue Coe (painting)

Inks:

Sue Coe (painting)

Colors:

Sue Coe (painting)

Letters:

Sue Coe (painting)

Content Information

Characters:

George W. Bush

Indexer Notes

Text combined with illustration.

["From the first time I laid eyes on you, honey, I knew you would make the perfect EX." (Blab Cartoon #1)] (Table of Contents)

Blab Cartoon / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)

Pencils:

Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)

Inks:

Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)

Colors:

Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Stone Maze (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

John Pound (painting)

Inks:

John Pound (painting)

Colors:

John Pound (painting)

The Wetter the Better (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Lou Brooks [as Brooks] (signed painting)

Inks:

Lou Brooks [as Brooks] (signed painting)

Colors:

Lou Brooks [as Brooks] (signed painting)

Monkey Love (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Amy Crehore [as Crehore] (signed painting)

Inks:

Amy Crehore [as Crehore] (signed painting)

Colors:

Amy Crehore [as Crehore] (signed painting)

Migration (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Calef Brown

Inks:

Calef Brown

Little Bug (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Fred Stonehouse (painting)

Inks:

Fred Stonehouse (painting)

Colors:

Fred Stonehouse (painting)

Sun Rays of Death (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Ryan Heshka (painting)

Inks:

Ryan Heshka (painting)

Colors:

Ryan Heshka (painting)

Haunted Eleazer Plot (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Esther Pearl Watson

Pencils:

Esther Pearl Watson (painting)

Inks:

Esther Pearl Watson (painting)

Colors:

Esther Pearl Watson (painting)

Letters:

Esther Pearl Watson (painting)

Indexer Notes

Text combined with illustration.

Li'l Egg Hunt (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Gary Baseman (painting)

Inks:

Gary Baseman (painting)

Colors:

Gary Baseman (painting)

High-Ku Class of 89 (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mark Todd

Pencils:

Mark Todd (painting)

Inks:

Mark Todd (painting)

Colors:

Mark Todd (painting)

Letters:

Mark Todd (painting)

Content Information

Characters:

Matt Young; Pete Cahill; Mark Cozad; Tim D.; Phil C.

My Garden of Tongue-Listing Twimericks (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lou Brooks

Pencils:

Lou Brooks

Inks:

Lou Brooks

Colors:

Lou Brooks

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Slim; Snooky; Walt

["Of course she has no idea I finished her portrait last week." (Blab Cartoon #2)] (Table of Contents)

Blab Cartoon / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Shag

Pencils:

Shag (painting)

Inks:

Shag (painting)

Colors:

Shag (painting)

Letters:

typeset

A Tribute to Bazooka Joe (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Bazooka Joe; Pesty; Herman

Indexer Notes

Four blown-up scans of "Bazooka Joe" comics selected by Monte Beauchamp.

Behold the Wave (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Marc Rosenthal

Pencils:

Marc Rosenthal

Inks:

Marc Rosenthal

Colors:

Marc Rosenthal

Letters:

Marc Rosenthal

Indexer Notes

A small center-page strip superimposed over four-full page background photo images.

I Have Dyslexia But I Don't Know Ti (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Brian Cronin (painting)

Inks:

Brian Cronin (painting)

Colors:

Brian Cronin (painting)

Indexer Notes

A wordless story. The artist mispelled the title intentionally.

Fr Hennigan (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brian Cronin

Pencils:

Brian Cronin (painting)

Inks:

Brian Cronin (painting)

Colors:

Brian Cronin (painting)

Letters:

Brian Cronin

Content Information

Characters:

Fr Hennigan

Nine Lives (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Kuper

Pencils:

Peter Kuper (painting)

Inks:

Peter Kuper (painting)

Colors:

Peter Kuper (painting)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Peter Kuper

Keywords:

autobiography

The Fetal Sunday Funnies (Table of Contents)

Fetal Elvis / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mark Landman

Pencils:

Mark Landman (computer generated)

Inks:

Mark Landman (computer generated)

Colors:

Mark Landman (computer generated)

Letters:

Mark Landman (computer generated)

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Fetal Elvis; Sid the White Corpuscle; Colonel Placenta; Li'l Abnormal; Trick Fetus; Liverface; Flat Colon; Colonel Coathangerhands; Crappy

Indexer Notes

Send-ups of the "Peanuts," "Dick Tracy," "Little Abner," and "Cathy" comic strips.

The Poker Game (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gary Taxali

Pencils:

Gary Taxali

Inks:

Gary Taxali

Letters:

Gary Taxali

Content Information

Characters:

Earl; Dr. Franz; Serj; Pepe; Bel; Misha; Gurdeep; Funly; Waste-O; XI-Pen; Del Vecchio; Wesley; Loli; Pete; Lars; Omar; Titly; Ferm; Tomiko; Harilal; Oji

High Smile Guy In a Low Smile Zone (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Spain Rodriguez

Pencils:

Spain Rodriguez

Inks:

Spain Rodriguez

Letters:

Spain Rodriguez

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Spain Rodriguez; Charlie Bolger; Elmer Dedsel; Ron Radetsky

Reprints:

• in Cruisin' with the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #[nn] (April 2012)

Keywords:

autobiography

Membrane (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)

Pencils:

Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)

Inks:

Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)

Letters:

Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)

Indexer Notes

A wordless story

Old Jewish Comedians (Table of Contents)

illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Drew Friedman (watercolor)

Inks:

Drew Friedman (watercolor)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Joe Smith [Joseph Seltzer]; Larry Fine [Louis Feinberg]; Jack Carter [Jack Chakrin]; Al Lewis [Albert Meister]

Planet Hollywood (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Christian Northeast (painting)

Inks:

Christian Northeast (painting)

Colors:

Christian Northeast (painting)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.