Yummy Fur #13
(November 1988)

Vortex, 1986 Series
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Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages
28
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1988
Publisher's Age Guidelines
For Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vortex Comics Incorporated [CA]
Brand
Vortex Comics [compact]
Printer
Printed in the USA
Editing
Bill Marks (credited as William Swine Marks) (editor)

Issue Notes

Publishers name given in typeset indicia with the middle name "Swine".

Saturday Morning (and Friday Evening) (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chester Brown
Pencils
Chester Brown (painting)
Inks
Chester Brown (painting)
Colors
Chester Brown (painting)
Letters
Chester Brown

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Keywords
Alternative

Ed (Table of Contents: 1)

Ed the Happy Clown / comic story / 13 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; Kari; Pris; Bick; Becky Backman; Woofer
Synopsis
Ed the Happy Clown is mistakenly brought home by Becky from the hospital after surgery when she mistakes him for her husband Bick. He is "re-introduced" to "his" children. The children are suspicous at first but then he wins them over.
Keywords
Alternative

Indexer Notes

First panel is tv with the dialogue "We can't go out there dressed like this."

Mark 12:28-14:52 (Table of Contents: 2)

The Gospels / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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

Genre
drama; biography; history; religious
Characters
Jesus; Judas Iscariot; Simon Peter [Saint Peter]; Andrew the Apostle; James, Son of Zebedee; John 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
Synopsis
The Last Supper and Judas's Kiss.
Keywords
Biblical

Indexer Notes

A comics adaptation of the Gospel According to Mark 12:28-14:52. Pages numbered as 67 to 77.

The Fur Bag (Table of Contents: 3)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Brown (reply)
Pencils
Terry LaBan (credited); ? (photo)
Inks
Terry LaBan (credited); ? (photo)
Letters
Chester Brown

Characters
Chester Brown (photo)

Indexer Notes

Handlettered by Chester Brown. Small picture of Chester Brown. Also includes a panel from Terry Laban's Unsupervised Existence minicomic. Second page is on inside back cover. Letters from Rob Walton, Robert Allan Scott, Sarah Ells

Who Said Hell and Damnation Couldn't Be Fun! (Table of Contents: 4)

Stig's Inferno / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ty Templeton
Inks
Ty Templeton
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Ad for trade paperback of Stig's Inferno from Vortex.

Indexer Notes

On back cover of comic.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Saturday Morning (and Friday Evening)
  2. 1. Ed
    Ed the Happy Clown
  3. 2. Mark 12:28-14:52
    The Gospels
  4. 3. The Fur Bag
  5. 4. Who Said Hell and Damnation Couldn't Be Fun!
    Stig's Inferno
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • R. S. Martin
  • John Pannozzi
  • Steven Samuels
  • Matt Tauber
  • Jim Van Dore