(October 1995)

Fantagraphics, 1977 Series
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Price
5.95 USD; 7.95 CAD
Pages
132
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Barcode
074470741145 11
Editing
Gary Groth (credited) (editor); Tom Spurgeon (credited) (managing editor); Pat Moriarity (credited as Patrick Moriarity) (art director); Jordan Raphael (credited) (news editor (interim))

Issue Notes

Flip covers. Front cover is by Angelo Bronzino, back cover is by Milo Manara. All text is aligned with front cover. Interviews with Terry Gilliam, Milo Manara, and Howard Cruse. Obituaries for Oliver Harrington and Russell Johnson. Letters from Charles Hatfield and Kaz Prapuolenis.

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.

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Manara (Table of Contents: 1)

about comics / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Milo Manara (credited) (interviewee); Graziano Origa (credited) (interviewer)
Pencils
Milo Manara (credited)
Inks
Milo Manara (credited)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Milo Manara is best known in the U.S. as one of comics great erotic artists.
Pages
26 - 30

Indexer Notes

Interview with Milo Manara, conducted by Graziano Origa.

Terry Gilliam (Table of Contents: 2)

about comics / 29 pages (report information)

Script
Terry Gilliam (credited) (interviewee); Paul Wardle (credited) (interviewer)
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Terrry Gilliam has had one of the most varied and interesting careers in the entertainment business.
Pages
64 - 92

Indexer Notes

Interview with Terry Gilliam, conducted by Paul Wardle in London on June 2 and June 5, 1995.

[Help #24 (1965) Cover] (Table of Contents: 3)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Terry Gilliam (photograph)
Inks
Terry Gilliam (photograph)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Down with topless bathing suits! Let us dress for the water!
Genre
humor
Characters
John Massey (photograph)
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Indexer Notes

The model is John Massey, a friend of Terry Gilliam's.
Photographer and model credits from a Facebook post by Steven Thompson on July 29, 2020.

Matters of Conscience: A Howard Cruse Interview (Table of Contents: 4)

about comics / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Howard Cruse (credited) (interviewee); Anne Rubenstein (credited) (interviewer)
Pencils
Howard Cruse (credited)
Inks
Howard Cruse (credited)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Howard Cruse (self-portrait)
Pages
106 - 118

Indexer Notes

Interview with Howard Cruse, conducted by Anne Rubenstein.

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 1. Manara
  2. 2. Terry Gilliam
  3. 3. [Help #24 (1965) Cover]
  4. 4. Matters of Conscience: A Howard Cruse Interview
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