(February 1987)

Vortex, 1986 Series
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Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages
28
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1987
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vortex Comics Incorporated [CA]
Brand
Vortex Comics [compact]
Editing
William P. Marks (publisher)

The Man Who Couldn't Stop (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chester Brown
Inks
Chester Brown
Colors
Chester Brown
Letters
Chester Brown

Reprints

Joke Time [Why did the chicken cross the road?] (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

Genre
humour
Synopsis
A bizarre take on a classic joke.
Reprints

Crime and Punishment (Table of Contents: 2)

Ed the Happy Clown / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

Genre
humour; satire-parody
Characters
Chet Doodley; Ed the Happy Clown; Doc; Chief; Kline/Patrolman; Cirel; Marcy
Synopsis
Chet loses his hand.
Reprints

Adventures in Science (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Many people are writing in saying they have worms and pianos and they're having trouble telling them apart.
Genre
humour
Synopsis
How to tell worms and pianos apart.
Reprints

Garbage Day (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

Genre
humour
Characters
Madge; Hilda [Elda; Ergna; Irma]
Synopsis
Madge is taking out the garbage.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

One character's name keeps changing.

My Old Neighborhood (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

Genre
humour
Characters
New Neighbor; Mrs. Arthead
Reprints

The Man Who Couldn't Stop (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

Genre
humour
Characters
The Man Who Couldn't Stop
Synopsis
That guy's on the toilet an awful long time.
Reprints

An Authentic Innuit Folk Song (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

Genre
humour
Characters
Quin; Fifi; Young Man
Synopsis
Quin the hunter needs a pee.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Innuit authenticity may be called into question.

I Live in the Bottomless Pit (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

Genre
humour
Characters
The Anti-Christ
Synopsis
A man on the run takes a flying leap.
Reprints

Confinement (Table of Contents: 9)

Ed the Happy Clown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

Genre
humour; satire-parody
Characters
Ed the Happy Clown
Synopsis
Ed is in prison.
Reprints

Adventures in Science (Table of Contents: 10)

Ed the Happy Clown / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello. We have a really interesting science question here from Jim Ryan of Albany, New York.
Genre
humour; satire-parody
Characters
Ed the Happy Clown; The Man Who Couldn't Stop
Synopsis
Some unnamed characters from previous stories interact and Ed escapes.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chester Brown
Pencils
Chester Brown
Inks
Chester Brown
Letters
Chester Brown

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This brings to a close the reprints of the original mini-comic issues of Yummy Fur.

Indexer Notes

Brief text accompanied by two panels and the cover to Yummy Fur mini-comic #7.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Man Who Couldn't Stop
  2. 1. Joke Time [Why did the chicken cross the road?]
  3. 2. Crime and Punishment
    Ed the Happy Clown
  4. 3. Adventures in Science
  5. 4. Garbage Day
  6. 5. My Old Neighborhood
  7. 6. The Man Who Couldn't Stop
  8. 7. An Authentic Innuit Folk Song
  9. 8. I Live in the Bottomless Pit
  10. 9. Confinement
    Ed the Happy Clown
  11. 10. Adventures in Science
    Ed the Happy Clown
  12. 11. ["This brings to a close the reprints of the original mini-comic issues of Yummy Fur."]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • R. S. Martin
  • Frank Plowright
  • Steven Samuels