(March 2014)
Victoria University Press,
2014 Series
Published in English
(New Zealand (Aotearoa))
- Price
- ?
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Brand
- VUP
- ISBN
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978-0-86473-922-3
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Color cover; Mainly black and white interior
- Paper Stock
- White
- Binding
- Trade paperback
- Publishing Format
- Collected edition
Little Death
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Abraham; Geoffrey; James Dean Mills; Girl
- Synopsis
- Abraham and Geoffrey leave a dull party.
- Reprints
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from Fox Comics (Fox Comics, 1984 series) #18 (January-February 1988)
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- Keywords
- slice of life
Unwritten Stories
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dylan Horrocks [as Kupe]
- Pencils
- Dylan Horrocks [as Kupe]
- Inks
- Dylan Horrocks [as Kupe]
- Letters
- Dylan Horrocks [as Kupe]
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- Musings on misery.
- Reprints
- from Fox Comics (Fox Comics, 1984 series) #17 (November-December 1987)
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- Keywords
- slice of life; soap opera
Men That Perish
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- Poem about sex.
- Reprints
- from Fox Comics (Fox Comics / Fantagraphics Books, 1989 series) #27 (Late 1990)
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- Keywords
- poetry
Incomplete Works. By Kupe
comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Mr. Lupicinus; Cynthia; Sam; Guidance Consellor; Mysterio; Death-Dealer; Cartoonist; Moxie; Toxie; Mikahail; Cecilia; Roger; Devil; Captain Justice; Professor Westwood-Rees
- Synopsis
- Sam just can't finish Lupicinus and Cynthia's story.
- Reprints
-
from The Dead Muse (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) (July 1990)
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The Last Fox Story
comic story / 27 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Documents Dylan Horrocks' difficulty with doing comics.
- Reprints
-
from Pickle (Black Eye, 1993 series) #3 (January 1994) which is reprinted - from Pickle: The Last Fox Story (Dylan Horrocks, 1990 series) #nn
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Beata
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Beata; Lucy
- Synopsis
- Notes about a guardian angel.
- Reprints
- from Pickle (Tragedy Strikes Press, 1992 series) #1 (December 1992)
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- Keywords
- slice of life
Indexer Notes
Dated London 1/91 - Auckland 7/92. Dedicated to Eleanor
Opposite Equinoxes
comic story / 9 pages
- Reprints
- from Opposite Equinoxes (Dylan Horrocks, 1991 series)
Indexer Notes
Originally a 32 page minicomic, printed at 4 pages per page (with the front cover on its own page). Title is on last page/back cover.
Western Wind
comic story / 6 pages
- Reprints
- from Dark Horse Maverick 2000 (Dark Horse, 2000 series) (July 2000)
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Indexer Notes
Title given in index of original as "Western Winds", unknown if this is an indexer's typo or if the title was actually changed.
Summoning
comic story / 6 pages
- Reprints
- from Le Roquet (original 1991 version)
- from Elfworld (redone 2011 version)
Letter from Catwoman
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- Letter from Catwoman to Batman, mentioning Robin.
- Reprints
- from Pickle (Black Eye, 1993 series) #2 (October 1993)
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- Keywords
- slice of life
Indexer Notes
dedicated For Ed Pinsent, dated 14/8/91
Captain Cook's Comic Cuts
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Cook
- Synopsis
- Supposedly an essay on the comic books that Captain Cook wrote and published back in 1771.
- Reprints
- from Pickle (Black Eye, 1993 series) #4 (April 1994)
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Tabula Rasa
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dylan Horrocks
- Pencils
- Dylan Horrocks
- Inks
- Dylan Horrocks
- Colors
- Dylan Horrocks
- Letters
- Dylan Horrocks
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Classical Pulse (Tower Records) (1994)
Indexer Notes
Small amount of colour.
The State of Things
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Cornelius Stone's UFO magazine (1994)
[His Language Was a Hissing Sound]
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Title from Notes. Excerpt from an unfinished cartoon history of New Zealand. Previously unprinted?
L'il Ainjil
comic story / 6 pages
- Synopsis
- About the death of Krazy Kat creator George Herriman.
- Reprints
Pickle Comics #1, c. 1945
comic story / 1 page
- Reprints
- from the Armageddon Expo booklet (1997)
Indexer Notes
Loosely based on the cover of Supreme Feature Comics #1.
If I Were a Pop Star
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dylan Horrocks
- Pencils
- Dylan Horrocks
- Inks
- Dylan Horrocks
- Colors
- Dylan Horrocks
- Letters
- Dylan Horrocks
- Characters
- Dylan Horrocks
- Reprints
- from Pulse (Tower Records) (1999)
[There Are No Words in My Mouth]
comic story / 16 pages
- Reprints
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from Comix 2000 (L'Association, 1999 series) (November 1999)
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Indexer Notes
Title is in Cornucopian and was taken from the Notes. Original is indexed at 15 pages, reprint has 16 pages.
from Siso
comic story / 10 pages
- Reprints
- from Les Belles Etrangeres: Douze Ecrivains Neo-Zelandais (France 2006) (in French)
- from Pictozine (David Bradbury, New Zealand) (in English)
Indexer Notes
Cute animal characters based on Tiny Folks by Jack Raeburn.
The Physics Engine
comic story / 14 pages
- Reprints
- from Are Angels Ok? The Parallel Universes of New Zealand Writers and Scientists (VUP) 2006
Indexer Notes
Page count includes a title page and two pages of notes.
To the I-Land: The Comics of Barry Linton
comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Dylan Horrocks
- Pencils
- Dylan Horrocks; Barry Linton
- Inks
- Dylan Horrocks; Barry Linton
- Letters
- Dylan Horrocks; Barry Linton
- Reprints
- from Look This Way: New Zealand Writers on New Zealand Artists (AUP) 2007
Indexer Notes
Uses reprints of panels and covers by Barry Linton.
Cornucopia
comic story / 8 pages
- Reprints
- from The Lifted Brow (Australia) special "Atlas" issue 2009
Indexer Notes
Title from table of contents. First line "I meet this girl at a party."
Things I Have Done at the Mall.
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dylan Horrocks
- Pencils
- Dylan Horrocks
- Inks
- Dylan Horrocks
- Colors
- Dylan Horrocks
- Letters
- Dylan Horrocks
- Reprints
- from Metro Magazine special issue Auckland 2010
Sometimes You Feel
comic story / 3 pages
- Reprints
- from Darkest Day: Comics for Christchurch (Funtime Comics) 2011
A Cartoonist's Diary
comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Dylan Horrocks
- Pencils
- Dylan Horrocks
- Inks
- Dylan Horrocks
- Colors
- Dylan Horrocks
- Letters
- Dylan Horrocks
- Reprints
- from Comics Journal website 2012 (Cartoonist's Diary feature)
Notes
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3.5 pages
Indexer Notes
Short notes on each of the comics, why they were drawn and where they were published.
[no title indexed]
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Dylan Horrocks ?
- Pencils
- Dylan Horrocks; Grant Maiden (photograph)
- Inks
- Dylan Horrocks; Grant Maiden (photograph)
- Colors
- Dylan Horrocks; Grant Maiden (photograph)
- Letters
- Dylan Horrocks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dylan Horrocks was born in 1966...
Indexer Notes
Author biography with 5 self portraits and a photo.
Inside back cover.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Little Death
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2.
Unwritten Stories
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3.
Men That Perish
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4.
Incomplete Works. By Kupe
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5.
The Last Fox Story
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6.
Beata
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7.
Opposite Equinoxes
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8.
Western Wind
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9.
Summoning
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10.
Letter from Catwoman
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11.
Captain Cook's Comic Cuts
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12.
Tabula Rasa
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13.
The State of Things
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14.
Maungarei
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15.
[His Language Was a Hissing Sound]
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16.
L'il Ainjil
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17.
Pickle Comics #1, c. 1945
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18.
If I Were a Pop Star
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19.
[Alma-Larissine's Kisses]
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20.
[There Are No Words in My Mouth]
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21.
10-7
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22.
Dull Care
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23.
Siso
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24.
The Physics Engine
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25.
To the I-Land: The Comics of Barry Linton
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26.
Cornucopia
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27.
My World
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28.
Things I Have Done at the Mall.
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29.
Sometimes You Feel
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30.
A Cartoonist's Diary
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31.
Notes
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32.
Thanks
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33.
["Dylan Horrocks was born in 1966..."]
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34.
["This hand-picked selection..."]
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