Blab! #6

(Summer 1991)

As American as Mom, Apple Pie and Martinis (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Mary Fleener (signed)

Pencils:

Mary Fleener (signed)

Inks:

Mary Fleener (signed)

Letters:

Mary Fleener (signed)

Characters:

Mary Fleener; Grandpa; Grandmother; Father

Reprints:

• in Life of the Party: The Complete Autobiographical Collection (Fantagraphics, 1996 series) (December 1996)

Indexer Notes

Starts and ends on inside front and inside back covers

Blab #6 (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

table of contents, production credits, indicia

You Can't Win: The Autobiography of Jack Black (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script:

Joe Coleman

Pencils:

Joe Coleman

Inks:

Joe Coleman

Letters:

typeset

Characters:

Jack Black; Thomas the Coachman; Smiler; "Foot-and-a-half" George; The Sanctimonious Kid; Soldier Johnnie; Bat Masterson; Gold Tooth; Salt Chunk Mary

Reprints:

• in Muzzlers, Guzzlers and Good Yeggs (Fantagraphics, 2005 series) (February 2005)

Indexer Notes

Single-page illustrations accompanied by a text story

Where Is Christine Brooder? (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

Richard Sala

Pencils:

Richard Sala

Inks:

Richard Sala

Letters:

Richard Sala

Characters:

Christine Brooder; Pillow-Killer; The Grocer; Barber; Pharmacist; Captain McGraw; Local Librarian; Inky; Johnny Gluepot; Pet-Shop Manager

Reprints:

• in Black Cat Crossing (Kitchen Sink Press, 1993 series) (October 1993)

Mixture for Murder - A True Story of Debasement (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Lloyd Dangle

Pencils:

Lloyd Dangle

Inks:

Lloyd Dangle

Letters:

Lloyd Dangle

Characters:

John Brown; Mary Brown; Earle; Jaques Harper; The Cop; The Neighbor; Norman; The Eldest Daughter; The Pathologist; The Prison Nun; Mary's Lawyer

The Showdown (Table of Contents: 6)

Steven / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script:

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils:

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks:

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters:

Doug Allen (signed)

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Steven; The Drinking Cactus; Woodrow; Brock; Bartender; Fifi Doodle

[He Drank to Forget and Forgot to Stop Drinking] (Table of Contents: 7)

Necropolis Keester / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Skip Williamson (signed)

Pencils:

Skip Williamson (signed)

Inks:

Skip Williamson (signed)

Letters:

Skip Williamson (signed)

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Characters:

Necropolis Keester

Alcoholic Cartoonists (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Monte Beauchamp; John Petrie

Pencils:

Daniel Clowes [as Daniel Gillespie Clowes]

Inks:

Daniel Clowes [as Daniel Gillespie Clowes]

Letters:

typeset

Characters:

Bob Wood; Bill Everett; Graham Ingels; Wally Wood; Roger Brand

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by eight illustrations of varied sizes

The Lying Ear - Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gaugin in Arles (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Stack (signed)

Pencils:

Frank Stack (signed)

Inks:

Frank Stack (signed)

Letters:

Frank Stack (signed)

Characters:

Vincent Van Gogh; Paul Gaugin; Angel of Justice / Immortal Self; Rachel

Reprints:

• in Foolbert Funnies: Histories and Other Fictions (Fantagraphics, 2015 series) (January 2015)

Blab! Dating Depot (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Carol Sobocinski; John Petrie

Pencils:

Monte Beauchamp; Mark Landman

Inks:

Monte Beauchamp; Mark Landman

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Shecky Golecky; John Wayne Speck; Ms. A Doll Phlitter; Lucretia Lugosi; Uncle Studsy; Ophelia Overbyte; Bang U. Plenty; Dr. Metzger

Indexer Notes

Single-page illustrations accompanied by text captions

Down at the Kitty Kat (Table of Contents: 11)

Fred Toote' / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain] (signed)

Pencils:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain] (signed)

Inks:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain] (signed)

Letters:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain] (signed)

Characters:

Spain Rodriguez; Fred Toote'; The Vibraharps [Donald Duck; Timmy Charles; Hargroves; Lester Phipps]

Reprints:

• in The New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes (Smithsonian Institution / New College Press, 2004 series) (2004)
• in Cruisin' with the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote' (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (April 2012)

[Travail, Misery, Disillusionment and Pending Oblivion With Snappy Sammy Smoot] (Table of Contents: 12)

Snappy Sammy Smoot / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Skip Williamson (signed)

Pencils:

Skip Williamson (signed)

Inks:

Skip Williamson (signed)

Letters:

Skip Williamson (signed)

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Characters:

Snappy Sammy Smoot; Virulita Von Bulow; Ragtime Billy; Geraldo Rivera (single-panel cameo)

Reprints:

• in Smoot (Skip Williamson, 1995 series) #1 (1995)

Pets That Drink (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Gary Leib (signed)

Pencils:

Gary Leib (signed)

Inks:

Gary Leib (signed)

Letters:

Gary Leib (signed)

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Wayne

Babes on Broadway (Chapter Two from a Work in Progress) (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Josh Alan Friedman

Pencils:

Richard Sala

Inks:

Richard Sala

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by nine illustrations of varied sizes

Great Moments in Alcoholism - Last Vegas, 1967 (Table of Contents: 15)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Justin Green (signed)

Pencils:

Justin Green (signed)

Inks:

Justin Green (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Characters:

Pop; Clancey Hayes

Reprints:

• in Justin Green's Binky Brown Sampler (Last Gasp, 1995 series) (1995)

[In This Crazy Issue: Alcohol-Drenched Tales, Featuring:] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)