(July 1992)
Fantagraphics,
1992 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 3.50 USD; 4.25 CAD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- Editing
- Kim Thompson
- Color
- Color cover; Black and White interior
- Dimensions
- Magazine size
- Paper Stock
- Glossy cover; White paper interior
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- One-shot
Issue Notes
Stories largely collected from assorted other publications.
[no title indexed]
Shakespeare / comic story / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Shakespeare
- Synopsis
- Shakespeare writes to his creditors.
Indexer Notes
Single tier gag strip of new material
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1.75 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The parts of this collection have little in common...
- Synopsis
- An essay on where each strip included came from and how they came to be written.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover and on page 29.
The Crow
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Charlie; Suzie; Mr Campbell; Mrs Campbell
- Synopsis
- The introduction of the new boyfriend is a disaster.
- Reprints
-
from Escape (Escape Publishing, 1983 series) #9 (1986)
-
That Awful Borgia Pope - the Early Years
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Roderigo Borgia
- Synopsis
- Alleged early incidents in the life of Roderigo Borgia
- Reprints
- from Knockabout Comics (Knockabout, 1980 series) #12 (1986)
-
Dead End Job
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; biography
- Characters
- Eddie Campbell
- Synopsis
- Campbell recalls a job in a fish and chip shop
- Reprints
- from Splat! (Mad Dog Graphics, 1987 series) #2 (March 1987)
-
- Keywords
- Autobiographical
True Humour
Professor Bean Lectures / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Bean
- Synopsis
- Insights into humour
- Reprints
- from !Gag! (Harrier, 1987 series) #4 (January 1988)
-
True Humour
Professor Bean Lectures / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Bean
- Synopsis
- Gag strip dissecting humour
- Reprints
- from !Gag! (Harrier, 1987 series) #4 (January 1988)
-
True Humour
Professor Bean Lectures / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Bean
- Synopsis
- Gag strip dissecting humour
- Reprints
- from !Gag! (Harrier, 1987 series) #4 (January 1988)
-
True Humour
Professor Bean Lectures / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Bean
- Synopsis
- Gag strip dissecting humour
- Reprints
- from !Gag! (Harrier, 1987 series) #4 (January 1988)
-
Curriculum Vitae
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; biography
- Characters
- Eddie Campbell
- Synopsis
- Campbell recalls his school days
- Reprints
- from !Gag! (Harrier, 1987 series) #6 (August 1988)
-
- Keywords
- Autobiographical
How To Avoid Sex
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Bean; Alec MacGarry; Danny Grey
- Synopsis
- Methods of ruining sex
Indexer Notes
Strip originally intended for an educational book, but rejected.
No 1. Jack Mytton
Great Wasters From History Not Counting Dave Sim / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; biography
- Characters
- Jack Mytton
- Synopsis
- Biography of British eccentric Mytton
- Reprints
-
from Cerebus Bi-Weekly (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1988 series) #7 (February 24, 1989)
-
No 2. George 'Beau' Brummel
Great Wasters From History Not Counting Dave Sim / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; biography
- Characters
- Beau Brummel
- Synopsis
- Biography of British fop Brummel
- Reprints
- from Cerebus Bi-Weekly (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1988 series) #25 (November 3, 1989)
-
Aw No, It's More Of Them Bloody Great Wasters
Great Wasters From History Not Counting Dave Sim / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; biography
- Synopsis
- Assorted great men of the 18th century
- Reprints
- from Cerebus: High Society (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1990 series) #4 (March 1990)
-
Great Monsters From History Not Counting Godzilla
Great Wasters From History Not Counting Dave Sim / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; biography
- Characters
- Caligula
- Synopsis
- Biography of Caligula
- Reprints
Great Fictional Saints Not Counting Bob Geldof
Great Wasters From History Not Counting Dave Sim / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; biography
- Synopsis
- Assorted fictional saints
- Reprints
- from Cerebus: High Society (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1990 series) #4 (March 1990)
-
Johker's Wild...
text article / 4 pages
- Script
- Eddie Campbell; Sean Leahy
- Pencils
- Sean Leahy (political cartoons)
- Inks
- Sean Leahy (political cartoons)
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Eddie Campbell interviews Australian political cartoonist Sean Leahy.
Indexer Notes
Originally intended for Dogsbody.
The Unknown Muses
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Modern-day muses
Indexer Notes
Strip is credited to S.Stamatiadis and I.Gould, with no indication of who's responsible for what.
The Toogoolawah Gazette
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Wes Kublick
- Pencils
- Eddie Campbell; John Passfield ("Mindless Violence"); ?
- Inks
- Eddie Campbell; John Passfield ("Mindless Violence"); ?
- Letters
- Eddie Campbell; John Passfield ("Mindless Violence"); ?; typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two pages of comics from a fake newspaper.
Au Restaurant
Abe Sapien / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Abe Sapien
- Synopsis
- A run though the menu of life
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
Shakespeare -
2.
["The parts of this collection have little in common..."]
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3.
The Crow
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4.
That Awful Borgia Pope - the Early Years
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5.
Dead End Job
-
6.
True Humour
Professor Bean Lectures -
7.
True Humour
Professor Bean Lectures -
8.
True Humour
Professor Bean Lectures -
9.
True Humour
Professor Bean Lectures -
10.
Curriculum Vitae
-
11.
How To Avoid Sex
-
12.
No 1. Jack Mytton
Great Wasters From History Not Counting Dave Sim -
13.
No 2. George 'Beau' Brummel
Great Wasters From History Not Counting Dave Sim -
14.
Aw No, It's More Of Them Bloody Great Wasters
Great Wasters From History Not Counting Dave Sim -
15.
Great Monsters From History Not Counting Godzilla
Great Wasters From History Not Counting Dave Sim -
16.
Great Fictional Saints Not Counting Bob Geldof
Great Wasters From History Not Counting Dave Sim -
17.
Johker's Wild...
-
18.
For Your Futher Eddie-fication
-
19.
The Unknown Muses
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20.
The Toogoolawah Gazette
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21.
Au Restaurant
Abe Sapien -
22.
[no title indexed]
Shakespeare -
23.
Dogsbody
Eyeball Kid
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