(September 2006)

Fantagraphics, 2006 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
18.95 USD
Pages
192
On-sale Date
2006-11-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [double border, sans serif]
ISBN
978-1-56097-771-1; 1-56097-771-X Search at WorldCat
Barcode
?
Printer
Printed in China
Editing
Kim Thompson (credited) (editor, publisher); Kim Deitch (designed); Adam Grano (designed); Paul Baresh (scanning, production); Gary Groth (publisher)
Color
color cover; black & white with four pages in color interior
Dimensions
23 cm x 30,5 cm
Paper Stock
cardboard cover; thick white bond paper
Binding
softcover
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

Written down : “First printing: September, 2006". [Noté: “First printing: September, 2006".]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Al Ledicker / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kim Deitch
Inks
Kim Deitch
Colors
?
Letters
Kim Deitch

Genre
drama
Characters
Al Ledicker; Molly O'Dare; Toby
Keywords
carnival show [spectacle forain]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Cover interior with red patterns. [Intérieur de couverture avec motifs rouges.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kim Deitch ?
Inks
Kim Deitch ?

Indexer Notes

The cover page has the title drawn in black with hatching on white page. [La page de garde comporte le titre dessiné en noir avec hachures sur page blanche.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

List of titles by the same author. Dedication to Erwin R. Bergdoll. Below, publisher’s mentions. [Liste des titres parus du même auteur. Dédicace à Erwin R. Bergdoll. En bas, mentions éditeur.]

Shadowland (Table of Contents: 4)

Kim Deitch / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kim Deitch
Inks
Kim Deitch

Genre
drama; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Kim Deitch

Indexer Notes

Black and white drawing with hatching on white page. [Dessin en noir et blanc avec hachures sur page blanche.]

Elm Bank Echoes, Introduction by Kim Deitch (Table of Contents: 5)

Kim Deitch / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I knew it was time to get this book together so this Summer I revisited...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Kim Deitch
Keywords
Elm Bank in Virginia; John Wayne Gacy

Indexer Notes

Paginated iv, v, vi, vii. Pages iv and v illustrated with a double-page illustration. The text begins on the two illustrated pages. The next two pages are devoted entirely to the text of the preface. [Paginé iv, v, vi, vii. Pages iv et v illustrées par une illustration sur double page. Le texte commence sur les deux pages illustrées. Les deux pages suivantes sont intégralement consacrées au texte de la préface.]

Contents (Table of Contents: 6)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kim Deitch
Inks
Kim Deitch
Letters
typeset

Characters
Doc Ledicker; young Al Ledicker

Indexer Notes

With black and white illustration. [Avec illustration en noir et blanc.]

No Business like Show Business (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
1897. Somewhere in Virginia Toby perks his ears at the distant sound of a familiar tune.
Genre
drama; humor; satire-parody
Characters
Doc Ledicker; Doc Ledicker’s wife; Toby the pig; Al Ledicker
Reprints
Keywords
carnival show [spectacle forain]

Indexer Notes

Note: Page 1 to 32. [Page 1 à 32.]

Murder on the Midway (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch

First Line of Dialogue or Text
1950. Surrounded by momentoes of his long career, A. L. Ledicker Jr. hibernates in Sarasota Florida.
Genre
humor; erotica; fantasy-supernatural; satire-parody
Characters
Kewpie; Al Ledicker; Jonesy; Widget; Wagandi
Reprints
Keywords
carnival show [spectacle forain]; freaks; Kristian Karnival Klans of America; Ku Klux Klan

Indexer Notes

Page 33 to 43. Signed and dated 1988. On the first page, dedication to Stephanie Kulick. [Page 33 à 43. Signé et daté 1988. Sur la première page, dédicace à Stephanie Kulick.]

The Mystic Shrine (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
‘Leven, twelve, thirteen Baby Ruth candy bars!
Genre
humor; satire-parody; science fiction
Characters
Kewpie; Al Ledecker; Wagandi; Frank; Karl; Olaf
Reprints
Keywords
carnival show [spectacle forain]

Indexer Notes

Page 44 to 53. Signed. [Page 44 à 53. Signé.]

Pong Wook-Ee! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a space station thirty thousand miles from earth.
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; satire-parody
Characters
Kewpie; Al Ledicker; Doc Ledicker; Doc Ledicker’s wife; Pong Wook-Ee
Reprints
Keywords
carnival show [spectacle forain]; lost valley [vallée perdue]; youth potion [potion de jouvence]

Indexer Notes

Page 54 to 60. Signed. [Page 54 à 60. Signé.]

Young Ledicker (Table of Contents: 11)

Al Ledicker / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a space station thirty thousand miles from earth.
Genre
drama; fantasy-supernatural; satire-parody
Characters
Kewpie; Bobby Morton; Mayor Crafton; Al Ledicker; Doc Ledicker; Mimi Valdez
Reprints
Keywords
carnival show [spectacle forain]; rain maker machine [machine faiseur de pluie]

Indexer Notes

Page 61 to 70. Signed and dated 1987. [Page 61 à 70. Signé et daté 1987.]

The Crafton Curse: By Way of Introduction (Table of Contents: 12)

The Crafton Curse / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch
Pencils
Kim Deitch
Inks
Kim Deitch
Letters
Kim Deitch

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Way back in 1897, a scout ship from a mysterious alien space station crash landed on earth.
Genre
drama; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Kewpie; Al Ledicker
Keywords
carnival show [spectacle forain]

Indexer Notes

Page 71 to 72. [Page 71 à 72.]

The Crafton Curse: Part One: Lady’s Wyndham’s Secret! (Table of Contents: 13)

The Crafton Curse / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Denton Kansas 1903.
Genre
drama; crime; erotica; satire-parody
Characters
Kewpie; Mayor Crafton; Lady Emily Wyndham (Doc Ledicker’s sister); Al Ledicker; Molly Crafton; Doc Ledicker
Reprints
Keywords
carnival show [spectacle forain]; house of prostitution [maison close]; macabre [macabre]; sado-masochistic relationship [relation sado-masochiste]

Indexer Notes

Page 73 to 90. Signed and dated 1989. [Page 73 à 90. Signé et daté 1989.]

The Crafton Curse: Part Two: Last of the Ledickers! (Table of Contents: 14)

The Crafton Curse / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wyndham City, 1913.
Genre
drama; erotica; fantasy-supernatural; satire-parody
Characters
Lady Emily Wyndham; Al Ledicker; Molly Crafton; Doc Ledicker; the grey ones
Reprints
Keywords
carnival show [spectacle forain]; house of prostitution [maison close]

Indexer Notes

Page 91 to 116. Signed and dated 1989. [Page 91 à 116. Signé et daté 1989.]

Walla Walla (Table of Contents: 15)

Molly O'Dare / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
1924. Stranded movie star Molly O'Dare daydreams on a speck of island, unseen and unknown, somewhere in the South Pacific.
Genre
drama; erotica; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Molly O'Dare
Reprints
Keywords
South Pacific

Indexer Notes

Page 117 to 118. Signed. [Page 117 à 118. Signé.]

Two Old Birds (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Scene: the trooper's club, a theatrical retirement home just off Hollywood Boulevard.
Genre
drama
Characters
Larry Farrel; Puffy the parrot; Sidney Toller; Mantan Morland
Reprints
Keywords
carnival show [spectacle forain]; Hollywood

Indexer Notes

Page 119 to 123. Signed and dated 1988. [Page 119 à 123. Signé et daté 1988.]

The Strange Secret of Molly O’Dare (Table of Contents: 17)

Molly O'Dare / comic story / 41 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Movie night at Gorton's.
Genre
drama; erotica; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Molly O’Dare; Larry Farrel; Doc Ledicker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page 124 to 164. Signed. [Page 124 à 164. Signé.]

The Road to Rana Poona (Table of Contents: 18)

Doc Ledicker / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There are many roads to Rana Poona. It is a land within.
Characters
Al Ledicker; Doc Ledicker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page 165 to 173. Signed. The upper part of the drawing on the last page is in color. [Page 165 à 173. Signé. La partie haute du dessin de la dernière page est en couleur.]

Shadowland Art Gallery (Table of Contents: 19)

illustration / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Pencils
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Colors
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch (credited) (signed as Kim Deitch)

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; erotica; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Molly O’Dare; Larry Farrel; Fowlton Means; Al Ledicker; Doc Ledicker

Indexer Notes

Page 174 to 180. Signed. Black and white and colour illustrations: Record store ad ; preparatory sketches; Color Prints; Covers; Introductory summary pages for The Strange Secret of Molly O’Dare. [Page 174 à 180. Signé. Illustrations en noir et blanc et en couleur.]

Bonus Shadowland Gatefolds (Table of Contents: 20)

Doc Ledicker / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Kim Deitch (signed as Kim Deitch)
Inks
Kim Deitch (signed as Kim Deitch)
Colors
Kim Deitch (signed as Kim Deitch)
Letters
Kim Deitch

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; satire-parody
Characters
Doc Ledicker; Al Ledicker
Keywords
carnival show [spectacle forain]; freaks

Indexer Notes

The cover page, of double format 42 x 30,5 cm, is folded in half and has 2 compositions in color featuring moments of the previous stories : “The Show Goes On. Richmond Virginia, 1935.”; “Carnival Time!, Aurora Texas, 1924.” (both of them signed and dated 1985). [La page de garde, de double format 42 x 30,5 cm est pliée en deux et comporte 2 compositions en couleur mettant en scène des moments des récits précédents (les deux signées et datées 1985).]