Yummy Fur #12
([September 1988])

Vortex, 1986 Series
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Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages
28
On-sale Date
1988
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Adults Only
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
[none printed]
Brand
Vortex Comics [compact]
Editing
Bill Marks (publisher)

Issue Notes

No indicia in comic (looks like space was left on inside back cover but it wasn't printed). Date of September 1988 based on bi-monthly publication and previous and next issue dates.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ed the Happy Clown / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chester Brown
Pencils
Chester Brown
Inks
Chester Brown
Colors
Chester Brown ?
Letters
Chester Brown

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm back!
Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Ronald Reagan (of the Micro-Dimension); Nancy Reagan of the Micro-Dimension
Keywords
Alternative

Going Home (Table of Contents: 1)

Ed the Happy Clown / comic story / 15 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; Ronald Reagan; Bick; Mrs. Backman; Gerry; Lucy; Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Synopsis
Bick and Ed get their penis's switched. Mrs. Backman brings Ed home from the hospital thinking it is her husband. Gerry tells the RCMP that he's seen Ed. The RCMP come and take away Bick.
Reprints
Keywords
Alternative

Indexer Notes

Starts on inside front cover.

Mark 10:35-12:27 (Table of Contents: 2)

The Gospels / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB) (adaptation); Mark the Evangelist (original scripture)
Pencils
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB) (adaptation)
Inks
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB) (adaptation)
Letters
Chester Brown (signed as CWDB) (adaptation)

Genre
drama; biography; history; religious
Characters
Jesus Christ; James, Son of Zebedee; John the Apostle; Bartimaeus; Simon Peter [Saint Peter]; Andrew the Apostle; Philip the Apostle; Bartholomew the Apostle; Thomas the Apostle; Matthew the Apostle; James, Son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus [Jude the Apostle]; Simon the Zealot; Judas Iscariot; the Pharisees
Synopsis
Jesus preaches, heals Bartimaeus the blind man, enters Jerusalem on a colt. He also curses a fig tree and throws the money traders out of the temple.
Keywords
Biblical

Indexer Notes

A comics adaptation of the Gospel According to Mark 10:35-12:27.

The Fur Bag (Table of Contents: 3)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (credited) (replies)
Pencils
Chester Brown (masthead)
Inks
Chester Brown (masthead)
Letters
Chester Brown

Indexer Notes

Handlettered by Chester Brown. Notes on Mark. Mention of Yummy Fur minicomics with prices. Issues 1 to 7 and the compilation of issues 1-6. Stated that they were reprinted in first 3 issues of Yummy Fur. Inside back cover.

Letters from Edgar "Bolt" Upright, Glenn Jones, John Bruce Jones, Jim Hofman, Mel Taylor, Gary Reynolds

Strip Aids USA (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I'm back!"]
    Ed the Happy Clown
  2. 1. Going Home
    Ed the Happy Clown
  3. 2. Mark 10:35-12:27
    The Gospels
  4. 3. The Fur Bag
  5. 4. Strip Aids USA
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • R. S. Martin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Steven Samuels
  • Matt Tauber
  • Jim Van Dore