(January 1990)
Fantagraphics,
1990 Series
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited) (editor); Kim Thompson (credited) (consulting editor)
Issue Notes
1st printing: December 1989
Fog Over Tolbiac Bridge
cover / 1 page
- Characters
- Nestor Burma; Belita Morales
- Reprints
-
from (À Suivre) (Casterman, 1977 series) #40 (mai 1981)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
ads for "Steadman's America," "The Complete Feiffer" and "The Complete Crumb"
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jacques Tardi; Ward Kimball; Paul Ollswang; Scott Nickel; Douglas Michael; Craig Maynard; André Franquin; Rick Geary; Keith Mann
- Inks
- Jacques Tardi; Ward Kimball; Paul Ollswang; Scott Nickel; Douglas Michael; Craig Maynard; André Franquin; Rick Geary; Keith Mann
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
table of contents, production credits, indicia; nine small drawings taken from the story contents
Jacques Tardi
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages
- Characters
- Jacques Tardi; Leo Malet
Indexer Notes
two photographs and one drawing accompany the text
[no title indexed]
Nestor Burma / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Léo Malet; Jacques Tardi; Kim Thompson (translation) (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Jacques Tardi
- Inks
- Jacques Tardi
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Paris. Night. A man is pacing on Tolbac bridge. There is madness in his eyes
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Nestor Burma; Belita Morales; Nurse; Inspector Fabre; Abel Benoit [Albert Lenantais]; Floromond Faroux; Lacorre; Camille Bernis; Jean “L'Insoumis”
- Reprints
- from Nestor Burma (Casterman, 1982 series) #1 - Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac (1982) which is reprinted
- from (À Suivre) (Casterman, 1977 series) #43 (aout 1981), #40 (mai 1981), #41 (juin 1981), #42 (juillet 1981), #44 (septembre 1981)
-
in Fog over Tolbiac Bridge: A Nestor Burma Mystery (Fantagraphics, 2017 series) (2017)
-
Ward Kimball's Asinine Alley
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Fiore (credited as R. Fiore)
- Pencils
- Ward Kimball
- Inks
- Ward Kimball
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
A single illustration accompanies the text
1937 -1987 50th HCCA Anniversary
Asinine Alley / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; car
- Reprints
- from ?
Invention of the Spark Plug
Great Moments in Automobile History / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; car
- Reprints
- from ?
Invention of the Radiator!
Great Moments in Automotive History / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; car
- Reprints
- from ?
Classified Advertising
The Hazards of Collecting... / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; car
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
Six illustrations- the titles are “Mint Condition,” “Partially Restored,” “Excellent Running Condition,” “Body Not Original,” “Parts Missing” and “Needs Work”
[no title indexed]
Asinine Alley / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now- to release the jack, we push down on this little lever...
- Genre
- humor; car
- Reprints
- from ?
[no title indexed]
Bar-Talk-Duets / comic story / 0.3 page
- Script
- Paul Ollswang
- Pencils
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter (credited as Jim Carpenter)
- Inks
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter (credited as Jim Carpenter)
- Letters
- Paul Ollswang
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Slocni__ I think I have ALL of the Protestant-America's ethics reduced to one sentence.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Slocni; Rube
[no title indexed]
Slocni and Rube / comic story / 0.7 page
- Script
- Paul Ollswang
- Pencils
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter (credited as Jim Carpenter)
- Inks
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter (credited as Jim Carpenter)
- Letters
- Paul Ollswang
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- -No. 2- Conversations that could have been avoided...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Slocni; Rube
[no title indexed]
Bar-Talk-Duets / comic story / 0.6 page
- Script
- Paul Ollswang
- Pencils
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Inks
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Letters
- Paul Ollswang
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Y'know, pal-- it's all predetermined, see?--
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Slocni; Rube
[no title indexed]
Bar-Talk-Duets / comic story / 0.4 page
- Script
- Paul Ollswang
- Pencils
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Inks
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Letters
- Paul Ollswang
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- --And now a word from our sponsor --
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Slocni; Rube
[no title indexed]
Bar-Talk-Duets / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Ollswang
- Pencils
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Inks
- Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter
- Letters
- Paul Ollswang
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- --Hey pal-- didn't you say ya ain't had any nookie for a whole year?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Slocni; Rube
Chapter One: The Settlers
Adventure Ohio / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Prime Cuts (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #10 (December 1988)
-
Chapter Two: The Great Debaters
Adventure Ohio / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Pastor Frick; Father Frack [Claire]; Deever McGleese; Pulton Fuller; Maude Shanker; Peiter Vendleiver; Heckler; President Lincoln
- Synopsis
- A send-up of reactionary morality in this fictional account of an 1860s Ohio slavery debate.
[no title indexed]
Minor Memories and the Art of Adolescence / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I first discovered my brothers' comic books, new worlds opened up for me.
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Craig Maynard; Cheryl Maynard; Mom; Father
- Keywords
- autobiography
[no title indexed]
Gomer Goof / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- André Franquin (credited as Franquin); Dwight Decker (credited as Dwight R. Decker) (translated by)
- Pencils
- André Franquin (credited as Franquin)
- Inks
- André Franquin (credited as Franquin)
- Letters
- Bill Spicer
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What? The Cactus? His big cactus?!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]; Mr. Groff
- Synopsis
- Gomer has been growing super-large cactus in his office.
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
In these reprints of the Gaston Lagaffe series the title character has been renamed “Gomer Goof.”
[no title indexed]
Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Keepsake: Should be found on every drawing-room table.
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- From “keepsake” to “nature”
Indexer Notes
Geary illustrates Flaubert's definition of “lion.”
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
promos for “Graphic Story Monthly” and Catalan Communication graphic novels
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Fog Over Tolbiac Bridge
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
[no title indexed]
-
3.
Jacques Tardi
-
4.
["Paris. Night. A man is pacing on Tolbac bridge. There is madness in his eyes"]
Nestor Burma -
5.
Letters from the Rim
-
6.
Ward Kimball's Asinine Alley
-
7.
1937 -1987 50th HCCA Anniversary
Asinine Alley -
8.
Now and Then...
Asinine Alley -
9.
Invention of the Spark Plug
Great Moments in Automobile History -
10.
Invention of the Radiator!
Great Moments in Automotive History -
11.
Classified Advertising
The Hazards of Collecting... -
12.
["Now- to release the jack, we push down on this little lever..."]
Asinine Alley -
13.
["Mr. Slocni__ I think I have ALL of the Protestant-America's ethics reduced to one sentence."]
Bar-Talk-Duets -
14.
["-No. 2- Conversations that could have been avoided..."]
Slocni and Rube -
15.
["Y'know, pal-- it's all predetermined, see?--"]
Bar-Talk-Duets -
16.
["--And now a word from our sponsor --"]
Bar-Talk-Duets -
17.
["--Hey pal-- didn't you say ya ain't had any nookie for a whole year?"]
Bar-Talk-Duets -
18.
I've Got a Secret
-
19.
Chapter One: The Settlers
Adventure Ohio -
20.
Chapter Two: The Great Debaters
Adventure Ohio -
21.
["When I first discovered my brothers' comic books, new worlds opened up for me."]
Minor Memories and the Art of Adolescence -
22.
["What? The Cactus? His big cactus?!"]
Gomer Goof -
23.
["Keepsake: Should be found on every drawing-room table."]
Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas -
24.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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