(Winter 1980)
Fantagraphics,
1977 Series
- Price
- 3.00 USD
- Pages
- ?
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Inc.
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited as Gary G. Groth) (executive editor); Kim Thompson (credited) (editor); Mike Catron (credited as J. Michael Catron) (consulting editor)
Issue Notes
Also includes a seven page interview with illustrator Kelly Freas.
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
[no title indexed]
Blood & Thunder / about comics / 12.5 pages
- Script
- Pierce Askegren (credited) (reply)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 21 - 36
Indexer Notes
Letters from John Byrne (as John L. Byrne), Andrew N. Wilson, Bryan D. Leys, Bill Mantlo, Wendy & Richard Pini, John Clifton, William Hansen, Charles Lee Jackson II, Werner Leupold, Marv Wolfman, Lynn Graeme & Ralph Macchio, Bill Henley, Jr., Jeffrey B. Gelb, William Stout, Carol Kalish (as Carol B. Kalish),
Continued on page 135.
The Brotherhood of Evil Muppets
cartoon / ? pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; Kermit the Toad; Gonzo-Mind; Quickbeaker; Blob Bear; The Scarlet Sow
Indexer Notes
On page twenty-one.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / ? pages
- Script
- Jim Newsome [as Newsome] (signed)
- Pencils
- Jim Newsome [as Newsome] (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Newsome [as Newsome] (signed)
- Letters
- Jim Newsome [as Newsome] (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- .... an' then Biotron an' Acroyear slipped through the space hole into the Planet Earth to escape the evil Baron Karza...
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Keywords
- Marvel Comics; writer
Indexer Notes
On page twenty-six.
Uh-Oh, Here Comes Jack Kirby, Now...
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Neal Adams; IRS agent
- Keywords
- Rick Buckler
The American Comic Strip At Its Finest
about comics / 2 pages
- Script
- Richard Howell (credited)
- Pencils
- Richard Howell (credited)
- Inks
- Richard Howell (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 44 - 45
Indexer Notes
Review of Comic Art Publishing Company's Steve Canyon collected editions.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
- Pencils
- Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
- Inks
- Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
- Letters
- Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jeepers, Trina why do you always put that funny black shadow under my nose?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
On page forty-six.
An Interview With Trina Robbins- The First Lady of Underground Comix
about comics / 11 pages
- Script
- Trina Robbins (credited); Bill Sherman (credited)
- Pencils
- Trina Robbins (credited); ? (photo)
- Inks
- Trina Robbins (credited); ? (photo)
- Letters
- Trina Robbins (credited)
- Characters
- Trina Robbins (photo)
- Pages
- 47 - 58
The 7 Deadly Comics Cliches
about comics / 6 pages
- Script
- John Clifton (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Sinardi (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Sinardi (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 59 - 64
Indexer Notes
"How, By Bowing Under to the Demands of Hardcore Fans, Comics Writers Are Locking Themselves Into..."
Accompanied by four illustrations.
The Comics Journal's First Annual Future Events Contest
about comics / 3 pages
- Pages
- 65 - 67
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by a single illustration.
The Harlan Ellison Interview
about comics / 33 pages
- Script
- Harlan Ellison (credited); Gary Groth (credited)
- Pencils
- Dennis Fujitake (signed as Fujitake); Eliot R. Brown (credited as Eliot Brown) (photo)
- Inks
- Dennis Fujitake (signed as Fujitake); Eliot R. Brown (credited as Eliot Brown) (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Harlan Ellison (photo)
- Pages
- 68 - 107
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by two illustrations and eight photos.
Postscript from Ellison
about comics / 2 pages
- Script
- Harlan Ellison (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 108 - 109
Indexer Notes
The author's thoughts on the Rick Marschall interview from the previous issue.
Stahlmann The Man of Steel: Adolf Hitler's Comic Masterpiece
about comics / 7 ? pages
- Script
- Dwight Decker (credited as Dwight R. Decker)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Stahlmann; Adolf Hitler
- Synopsis
- A satirical recounting of Adolf Hitler's supposed comics career in Germany drawing a Superman-analog character called Stahlmann.
- Pages
- 122 - 129
An Interview With Murray Boltinoff
about comics / 3.5 ? pages
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff (credited); Robin Snyder (credited)
- Pencils
- Scott Pellegrini (signed)
- Inks
- Scott Pellegrini (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Robin Snyder (credited)
- Pages
- 132 - 135
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by two illustrations
Neal Adams, Comics Premier Realist
about comics / 6 pages
- Script
- Greg Potter (credited)
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (credited)
- Inks
- Neal Adams (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 139 - 144
Indexer Notes
139- 144
Accompanied by eight sample pieces of Adams' work.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
[no title indexed]
Blood & Thunder -
2.
The Brotherhood of Evil Muppets
-
3.
[".... an' then Biotron an' Acroyear slipped through the space hole into the Planet Earth to escape the evil Baron Karza..."]
-
4.
Uh-Oh, Here Comes Jack Kirby, Now...
-
5.
The American Comic Strip At Its Finest
-
6.
["Jeepers, Trina why do you always put that funny black shadow under my nose?"]
-
7.
An Interview With Trina Robbins- The First Lady of Underground Comix
-
8.
The 7 Deadly Comics Cliches
-
9.
The Comics Journal's First Annual Future Events Contest
-
10.
The Harlan Ellison Interview
-
11.
Postscript from Ellison
-
12.
Stahlmann The Man of Steel: Adolf Hitler's Comic Masterpiece
-
13.
An Interview With Murray Boltinoff
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14.
Neal Adams, Comics Premier Realist
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