(January 1985)
Kitchen Sink Press,
1983 Series
- Price
- 5.95 USD; 7.85 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- four times a year
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Kitchen Sink Press Inc.
- Brand
-
Kitchen Sink Comix
- Editing
- Will Eisner (credited) (editor-in-chief); Dave Schreiner (credited as David Schreiner) (editorial/copy); Denis Kitchen (credited) (editor & publisher)
Issue Notes
Squarebound. Spine date is "Winter 1984-85" but indicia date is "January 1985".
[no title indexed]
A Life Force / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (signed as
Will Eisner) (painting) - Inks
- Will Eisner (signed as Will Eisner) (painting); Will Eisner (signed as Will Eisner) (painting)
- Colors
- Will Eisner (signed as Will Eisner) (painting); Will Eisner (signed as Will Eisner) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- drama
- Keywords
- soap opera
A Life Force: The Story Thus Far...
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Schreiner ?
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (illustration)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
A recap of the previous issues. Includes staff credits, table of contents and indicia.
Chapter 10: America, America
A Life Force / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Frieda Gold (introduction); Jacob; Angelo; Elton
- Synopsis
- Frieda arrives in America, and Elton asks Jacob if he can marry Rebeccah.
- Reprints
-
in Ilustración + Comix Internacional (Toutain Editor, 1980 series) #57 ([octubre de 1985]) -
in Livskraft (Alvglans, 1987 series) (1987) -
in Livskraft (Semic, 1987 series) ([oktober] 1987) -
in A Life Force (Kitchen Sink Press, 1988 series) (1988) which is reprinted -
in Lifeforce (Reiner-Feest-Verlag, 1988 series) (December 1988) - in A Life Force (DC, 2001 series) (August 2001)
-
in Umowa z Bogiem - trylogia (Egmont Polska, 2007 series) ([styczeń] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
The Gunfighter
A Life Force / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Willie; Max; Elton; Rebecca; Fiona; Jacob
- Synopsis
- Elton discovers the lumber yard supplier is a crook.
- Reprints
- in Ilustración + Comix Internacional (Toutain Editor, 1980 series) #58 ([noviembre 1985])
- in Livskraft (Alvglans, 1987 series) (1987)
- in Livskraft (Semic, 1987 series) ([oktober] 1987)
- in Umowa z Bogiem - trylogia (Egmont Polska, 2007 series) ([styczeń] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
[Cardin Kidnaps Elena]
Mr. Mystic / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (signed as
POWELL) - Inks
- Bob Powell (signed as POWELL)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr Mystic; Cardin; Elena
- Synopsis
- Cardin kidnaps Elena.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/4/1940 (August 4, 1940)
-
When Partners Collide
text article / 13 pages
- Script
- cat yronwode
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (illustrations)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Article about the relation between Busy Arnold and Will Eisner. Includes selected pages from Spirit stories from 6/1/41 and 6/22/41.
Storytelling in Comics
text article / 7.25 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner; Archie Goodwin; Dave Sim
- Pencils
- Dave Sim (illustrations); Will Eisner (illustrations)
- Inks
- Dave Sim (illustrations); Will Eisner (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Convention panel transcription. Includes a photo of Eisner, Goodwin and Sim.
[no title indexed]
letters page / 0.75 page
- Script
- Dave Schreiner ?
- Pencils
- Katherine Collins (illustration)
- Inks
- Katherine Collins (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Includes a letter and illustration of Neil the Horse by Arn Saba.
[The Death Dolls]
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor; superhero
- Synopsis
- The Spirit battles a monster robot.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/4/1940 (August 4, 1940)
-
Indexer Notes
in color
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
A Life Force -
1.
A Life Force: The Story Thus Far...
-
2.
Chapter 10: America, America
A Life Force -
3.
The Gunfighter
A Life Force -
4.
[Cardin Kidnaps Elena]
Mr. Mystic -
5.
When Partners Collide
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6.
Storytelling in Comics
-
7.
[no title indexed]
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8.
[The Death Dolls]
The Spirit -
9.
[no title indexed]
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10.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Hunter Johnson
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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