Taboo #2

(1989)

The Droolies (study for an unrealised children's book project) (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clive Barker (credited)

Pencils

Clive Barker (credited)

Inks

Clive Barker (credited)

Colors

Clive Barker (credited)

Letters

Clive Barker (credited)

Genre

horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Printed on the inside front cover. Information taken from Table of Contents.

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (biographies)

Pencils

Clive Barker (credited)

Inks

Clive Barker (credited)

Letters

Angelica Veitch (credited) (calligraphy); Ron Zalme (credited) (logo design); typeset

Indexer Notes

Table of contents page, with small illustrations by Clive Barker and descriptive information on cover painting and inside front cover art, as well as short career biographies of their respective artists.

[Indicia and Acknowledgments] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Charles Burns (credited)

Inks

Charles Burns (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Indicia page. Contains illustrations by Charles Burns.

["The Pyjama Girl's Big Night Out" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One of the oldest themes of the horror yarn, and that most associated with horror comics, is the "back-from-the-dead" revenge story.

The Pyjama Girl's Big Night Out (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eddie Campbell (credited) (signed as Eddie Campbell)

Pencils

Eddie Campbell (credited) (signed as Eddie Campbell)

Inks

Eddie Campbell (credited) (signed as Eddie Campbell)

Letters

Eddie Campbell (credited) (signed as Eddie Campbell)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The pyjama girl was hauled out of the liquid.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Pyjama Girl

Synopsis

An unsolved Australian murder from the 1930s.

Reprints

• in Little Italy (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #1 (July 1991)

["Encore" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In contrast to the story you've just read, "Encore" presents a more traditional approach to the archetypal walking-dead tale.

Encore (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

David Marshall (credited) (signed as Dave)

Pencils

David Marshall (credited) (signed as Dave)

Inks

David Marshall (credited) (signed as Dave)

Letters

David Marshall (credited) (signed as Dave)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I was only a bookkeeper.

Genre

horror-suspense

Keywords

robbery

["Mad Eyes" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The effects of the 'British Invasion' are still being felt on the American and international comics scenes.

Mad Eyes (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Andrew Elliott (credited)

Pencils

Ben Dilworth (credited)

Inks

Ben Dilworth (credited)

Letters

Ben Dilworth (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tonight, after a life in the darkness, I was given my eyes

Genre

horror-suspense

["Sweet Nothings" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One of the premises of Taboo is that there are no defined boundaries to the horror genre (or its realization through comic art).

Sweet Nothings (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Tim Lucas (credited)

Pencils

Simonida Perica-Uth (credited)

Inks

Simonida Perica-Uth (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

She began to wonder if this was normal.

Genre

horror-suspense

["Wet" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While working on the ambitious second chapter of "Throat Sprockets", artist Mike Hoffman made time to...

Wet (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

James Robert Smith (credited)

Pencils

Mike Hoffman (credited)

Inks

Mike Hoffman (credited)

Letters

Mike Hoffman (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Meg hadn't wanted to move into the duplex, but, Walter won out with his usual resolve...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Walter; Meg

["Hell's Toupeé" and "Sick Animal" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Once, delivering groceries to a nursing home, I stumbled into a mealtime scene that made me quite uncomfortable.

Sick Animal (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Rick Grimes (credited)

Pencils

Rick Grimes (credited)

Inks

Rick Grimes (credited)

Letters

Rick Grimes (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He plastered his eyebrows with purple Maybelline probably.

Genre

horror-suspense

Hell's Toupeé (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Rick Grimes (credited) (signed as Rick Grimes)

Pencils

Rick Grimes (credited) (signed as Rick Grimes)

Inks

Rick Grimes (credited) (signed as Rick Grimes)

Letters

Rick Grimes (credited) (signed as Rick Grimes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He couldn't take anymore of her endless harangue.

Genre

horror-suspense

Numbleschitz (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rick Grimes (credited)

Pencils

Rick Grimes (credited)

Inks

Rick Grimes (credited)

Letters

Rick Grimes (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey fuckley

Genre

horror-suspense

Elly (Table of Contents: 18)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Rick Grimes (signed as Grimes)

Inks

Rick Grimes (signed as Grimes)

Genre

horror-suspense

["Check-out Time" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Check-out Time" author and artist Tom Marnick (a.k.a. Julie Bortzoil) claims that his story is based on a true experience . . .

Check-out Time (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Marnick (credited)

Pencils

Tom Marnick (credited)

Inks

Tom Marnick (credited)

Letters

Carrie Spiegle (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Blue Royal Motor Inn... the friendly place to stay...

Genre

horror-suspense

["Saying Grace" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

During the winter of 1981-82, I had a series of nightmares that grew out of a period of change and turmoil in Nancy's and my life together.

Saying Grace (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited) (signed as SR Bissette)

Pencils

Stephen R. Bissette (credited) (signed as SR Bissette)

Inks

Stephen R. Bissette (credited) (signed as SR Bissette)

Letters

Stephen R. Bissette (credited) (signed as SR Bissette)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Spit once.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cardinal Syn

Reprints

• in S.R. Bissette’s SpiderBaby Comix (Spiderbaby Grafix & Publications, 1996 series) #2 ([February] 1997)

Indexer Notes

Features the character Cardinal Syn, who appeared to Bissette in a dream. Character also appeared in the cover painting to Taboo #1.

["Sharks" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mark Askwith and Rick Taylor are soft-spoken, affable fellows living in Ontario, Canada...

Sharks (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Askwith (credited)

Pencils

R. G. Taylor (credited as Richard G. Taylor)

Inks

R. G. Taylor (credited as Richard G. Taylor)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the beginning there was chaos.

Genre

horror-suspense

["Life With the Vampire" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For some storytellers, their fictional characters have autonomous lives, apparently immune to the whims and schemes of their creators.

Life With the Vampire Chapter One: Oh God, It Feels Like Dying (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Cara Sherman (credited as Cara Sherman-Tereno)

Pencils

Cara Sherman (credited as Cara Sherman-Tereno)

Inks

Cara Sherman (credited as Cara Sherman-Tereno)

Letters

M. Archer

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Vampire doesn't care much for that title.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Maggie McDonnell; Barney; Ivan

Life With the Vampire Chapter Two: The Human Crux (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Cara Sherman (credited as Cara Sherman-Tereno)

Pencils

Cara Sherman (credited as Cara Sherman-Tereno)

Inks

Cara Sherman (credited as Cara Sherman-Tereno)

Letters

M. Archer ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

However. Later that night, Barney flops over on Ivan, wakes up and flees.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Maggie McDonnell; Barney; Ivan

Tom Veitch on S. Clay Wilson (1973) (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script

Tom Veitch (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The point is – ya got this piece of blank paper before you.

Reprints

• Excerpted from "Comix: How to think the unthinkable & live," The San Francisco Phoenix, Vol. 1 #17 (May 3, 1973), p. 8

Rebel Reject Robots Dally with the Bastard Daughters of Corrupt Technocrats (Table of Contents: 29)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Pencils

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Inks

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Letters

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Keywords

adult

Rotting Zombie Harpies Dispatch a Vampire (Table of Contents: 30)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Pencils

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Inks

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Letters

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Reprints

• in The Art of S. Clay Wilson (Ten Speed Press, 2006 series) (2006)

Keywords

adult

The Checkered Demon and a Vampire Messmate Race to the Bottom (Table of Contents: 31)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Pencils

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Inks

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Letters

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Characters

Checkered Demon; Vampire Messmate

Reprints

• from Cocaine Comix (Last Gasp, 1975 series) #3 (1981)

Keywords

adult

The Merry Makers Parade by... Oblivious to the Odious Acts in the Alley. (Table of Contents: 32)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Pencils

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Inks

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Letters

S. Clay Wilson (credited) (signed as S. Clay Wilson)

Keywords

adult

[Tom Veitch on S. Clay Wilson (1973)] (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script

Tom Veitch (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Like you, gentle reader, I am repulsed and sickened by the art of S. Clay Wilson.

Oh, Baby! Our love is Taboo (Table of Contents: 34)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernie Mireault (credited) (signed as BEM)

Pencils

Bernie Mireault (credited) (signed as BEM)

Inks

Bernie Mireault (credited) (signed as BEM)

Letters

Bernie Mireault (credited) (signed as BEM)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh baby! Our love is taboo.

Genre

horror-suspense

["Mercy" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 35)

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

Script

Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Roman Catholicism is organized around inherited guilt and rituals of blood...

Mercy (Table of Contents: 36)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Zulli (credited)

Pencils

Michael Zulli (credited)

Inks

Michael Zulli (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

go ahead jimmy it's your turn now...

Genre

horror-suspense

["Hate Mail" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 37)

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

Script

Jorge Luis Borges (credited); Stephen R. Bissette (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The solution to the mystery is always inferior to the mystery itself.

Indexer Notes

Page contains a quote by Jorge Luis Borges.

Hate Mail (Table of Contents: 38)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Sala (credited) (signed as Richard Sala)

Pencils

Richard Sala (credited) (signed as Richard Sala)

Inks

Richard Sala (credited) (signed as Richard Sala)

Letters

Richard Sala (credited) (signed as Richard Sala)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The doorbell rings. It's not my usual postman who delivers the package.

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Hypnotic Tales (Kitchen Sink Press, 1992 series) (1992)

["From Hell" Introduction] (Table of Contents: 39)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From Hell.

Reprints

• in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (Noviembre 2001)

Salutation to Ganesa (Table of Contents: 40)

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

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Eddie Campbell (credited)

Inks

Eddie Campbell (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This book is dedicated to...

Reprints

• in From Hell (Mad Love Publishing, 1991 series) #1 (March 1991)
• in From Hell (Eddie Campbell Comics, 1999 series) (November 1999)
which is reprinted
• in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (Noviembre 2001)
• in From Hell: Master Edition (IDW, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

From Hell Prologue: The Old Men on the Shore (Table of Contents: 41)

From Hell / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Eddie Campbell (credited)

Inks

Eddie Campbell (credited)

Letters

Eddie Campbell (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bournemouth, September 1923

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Robert Lees; Fred Abberline

Reprints

• in From Hell (Mad Love Publishing, 1991 series) #1 (March 1991)
• in Helvetistä (Like, 1994 series) #1 (September 1994)
• in From Hell (Eddie Campbell Comics, 1999 series) (November 1999)
which is reprinted
• in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (Noviembre 2001)
• in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2000 series) #1 (marzo 2000)
• in From Hell (Top Shelf, 2004 series) (April 2004)
• in Prosto z piekła (Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2008 series) ([październik] 2008)
• in From Hell: Master Edition (IDW, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

Keywords

Bournemouth

From Hell Chapter One: The Affections of Young Mr. S (Table of Contents: 42)

From Hell / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Eddie Campbell (credited)

Inks

Eddie Campbell (credited)

Letters

Eddie Campbell (credited)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Annie Crook; Prince Eddie; Walter Sickert; John Netley; Alice Crook; Marie Kelly

Reprints

• in From Hell (Mad Love Publishing, 1991 series) #1 (March 1991)
• in Helvetistä (Like, 1994 series) #1 (September 1994)
• in From Hell (Eddie Campbell Comics, 1999 series) (November 1999)
which is reprinted
• in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) (Noviembre 2001)
• in From Hell (Planeta DeAgostini, 2000 series) #1 (marzo 2000)
• in From Hell (Top Shelf, 2004 series) (April 2004)
• in Prosto z piekła (Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2008 series) ([październik] 2008)
• in From Hell: Master Edition (IDW, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

Keywords

London

Gut Reaction (Table of Contents: 43)

Concrete / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Chadwick (credited) (signed as Paul Chadwick); ? (biography)

Pencils

Paul Chadwick (credited) (signed as Paul Chadwick)

Inks

Paul Chadwick (credited) (signed as Paul Chadwick)

Letters

Paul Chadwick (credited) (signed as Paul Chadwick); typeset

Characters

Concrete

Indexer Notes

Titles of back cover and inside back cover art, as well as a short biography of Charles Lang, also appear on this page.

Major Arcana: The Lovers and the Star (Eddie -- Annie -- The London Pentacle) (Table of Contents: 44)

From Hell / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alan Moore (credited) (signed as Alan Moore) (painting)

Inks

Alan Moore (credited) (signed as Alan Moore) (painting)

Colors

Alan Moore (credited) (signed as Alan Moore) (painting)

Indexer Notes

Printed on the inside back cover.

Home is Where the Heart is (Table of Contents: 45)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Charles Lang (credited)

Inks

Charles Lang (credited)

Colors

Charles Lang (credited)

Genre

horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Back cover.