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 (signed)

Pencils

Joe Coleman (signed)

Inks

Joe Coleman (signed)

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 (signed as R. Sala)

Pencils

Richard Sala (signed as R. Sala)

Inks

Richard Sala (signed as R. Sala)

Letters

Richard Sala (signed as R. 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 (credited)

Pencils

Lloyd Dangle (credited)

Inks

Lloyd Dangle (credited)

Letters

Lloyd Dangle (credited)

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 (featured); 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

Synopsis

Necropolis on a wild bender.

Alcoholic Cartoonists (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Monte Beauchamp (credited); John Petrie (credited)

Pencils

Daniel Clowes (credited as Daniel Gillespie Clowes)

Inks

Daniel Clowes (credited as Daniel Gillespie Clowes)

Letters

typeset

Characters

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

Synopsis

Five case studies on the title subject.

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

John Petrie (credited); Carole Sobocinski (credited as Carol Sobocinski)

Pencils

Monte Beauchamp (credited); Mark Landman (credited)

Inks

Monte Beauchamp ? (credited); 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 (signed as Spain)

Pencils

Spain Rodriguez (signed as Spain)

Inks

Spain Rodriguez (signed as Spain)

Letters

Spain Rodriguez (signed as Spain)

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

Ragtime Billy; Snappy Sammy Smoot (featured); Virulita Von Bulow; 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; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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 Friedman (credited as Josh Alan Friedman)

Pencils

Richard Sala (credited)

Inks

Richard Sala (credited)

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

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Pop/Justin's Father [John Green]; Clancey Hayes; Frank Sinatra; Frank Sinatra's Friends

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)