Blab! #8

(Summer 1995)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:

Richard Sala [as R. Sala] (signed)

Inks:

Richard Sala [as R. Sala] (signed)

Colors:

Richard Sala [as R. Sala] (signed)

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:

Archer Prewitt

Inks:

Archer Prewitt

Letters:

typeset

Characters:

Sof' Boy

Indexer Notes

Table of contents, production credits and indicia accompanied by a background illustration

Blab-a-logue: (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script:

Monte Beauchamp ?

Letters:

typeset

Somewhere Over the Rainbow... (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Charles Berberian

Pencils:

Walter Minus

Inks:

Walter Minus

Letters:

?

Characters:

Sue; Loretta; Burt

The Mating Season! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Terry Laban (signed)

Pencils:

Terry Laban (signed)

Inks:

Terry Laban (signed)

Letters:

Terry Laban (signed)

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Potential Mate; Supervisor Ed

My Father's Brain (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Richard Sala (signed)

Pencils:

Richard Sala (signed)

Inks:

Richard Sala (signed)

Letters:

Richard Sala (signed)

Characters:

Father

Reprints:

• in Maniac Killer Strikes Again! (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (December 2003)

Steven and the Morons (Table of Contents: 7)

Steven / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils:

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks:

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters:

Doug Allen (signed)

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Steven; Junior; Uncle Jeb; Sis; Pa [Billy]; Fred

Cruisin' With the Hound (Table of Contents: 8)

Fred Toote' / comic story / 9 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'; Tex; Jocko Reese; The Hound; Chuckie's Mom; Anita; Judy; Old Timer

Reprints:

• in Cruisin' with the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote' (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (April 2012)

A Case of the Shakes (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

Jeffrey Steele

Pencils:

Jonathon Rosen

Inks:

Jonathon Rosen

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by one double-page illustration and three full-page illustrations

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Sof' Boy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Archer Prewitt

Pencils:

Archer Prewitt

Inks:

Archer Prewitt

Colors:

Archer Prewitt ?

Letters:

Archer Prewitt

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Happy day! Hello!

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Sof' Boy; Kujoe

Synopsis:

Sof' Boy climbs out of a culvert only to be decapitated and torn up by a pit bull.

Halloween (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Gary Leib (signed)

Pencils:

Gary Leib (signed) (painted ?)

Inks:

Gary Leib (signed) (painted ?)

Colors:

Gary Leib (signed) (painted ?)

Letters:

Gary Leib (signed) (painted ?)

Indexer Notes

Story told using full-page illustrations

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Chris Ware

Pencils:

Chris Ware

Inks:

Chris Ware

Colors:

Chris Ware

Letters:

Chris Ware

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

When last we left our little hero, abandoned on an uncharted island somewhere in the great Atlantic sea by his mother...

Characters:

Jimmy Corrigan; Nelson Smellpants; Jimmy's Sister; Sparky; Super-Man

Synopsis:

Jimmy, stranded on an island, spends much of his time fishing and talking to a toy mouse he created from twigs and torn cloth. He struggles with a storm while in a boat, gets attacked by a large bird of prey and gets stuck in his cave. He is then rescued by a pack of "Super-men" and then eventually again meets Super-man himself.

Reprints:

• in Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #10 (Spring 1998)

Angry Gray Robot (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Peter Hoey

Pencils:

Peter Hoey (computer artwork)

Inks:

Peter Hoey (computer artwork)

Colors:

Peter Hoey (computer artwork)

Letters:

Peter Hoey (computer artwork)

Characters:

Gray Robot; Donut Planet

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Genius + Dunce / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Gary Baseman [as Baseman] (signed)

Pencils:

Gary Baseman [as Baseman] (signed) (painting)

Inks:

Gary Baseman [as Baseman] (signed) (painting)

Colors:

Gary Baseman [as Baseman] (signed) (painting)

Letters:

Gary Baseman [as Baseman] (signed) (painting)

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

If you're such a genius, why are wearing such an asinine hat?

Characters:

Genius; Dunce

The Beaten Path (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Peter Kuper (signed)

Pencils:

Peter Kuper (signed) (stencil painting)

Inks:

Peter Kuper (signed) (stencil painting)

Colors:

Peter Kuper (signed) (stencil painting)

Letters:

Peter Kuper (signed)

Characters:

Peter Kuper; Adam; Cup O' Tea

Reprints:

• in Drawn to New York: An Illustrated Chronicle of Three Decades in New York City (PM Press, 2013 series) (2013)

Burning Love (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

David Goldin (signed)

Pencils:

David Goldin (signed) (watercolor + mixed media)

Inks:

David Goldin (signed) (watercolor + mixed media)

Colors:

David Goldin (signed) (watercolor + mixed media)

Letters:

David Goldin (signed)

Indexer Notes

The story panels have bottlecaps, matchboxes, burnt matches and bits of illustrated torn paper combined with the drawings.

The Art of the Valmor Label (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Monte Beauchamp

Pencils:

? (anonymous)

Inks:

? (anonymous)

Colors:

? (anonymous)

Letters:

? (anonymous); typeset

Indexer Notes

Thirty-two images of Valmor product labels are shown. Accompanied by a brief text intro. Terry Zwigoff did an article on the same topic in Weirdo #18.

My Coke is Flat (Table of Contents: 18)

Enjoy or Suffer / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Gary Baseman [as Baseman] (signed)

Pencils:

Gary Baseman [as Baseman] (signed) (painting)

Inks:

Gary Baseman [as Baseman] (signed) (painting)

Colors:

Gary Baseman [as Baseman] (signed) (painting)

Letters:

Gary Baseman [as Baseman] (signed) (painting)

No Hope No Fear: The Unraveling of Caravaggio's Career (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Stack

Pencils:

Frank Stack; Caravaggio (single-page illustration)

Inks:

Frank Stack

Letters:

Frank Stack; typeset

Characters:

Caravaggio [Michelangelo Merisi]; Lena; Ranuccio Tommasini; Mario Minniti (single-panel silent cameo)

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

The first page has a blown-up image of a Caravaggio figure study (unknown date)

Snake Doctor Blues (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

J. D. Short [as Jaydee Short]; Jess Johnson [as Jeff Johnson]

Pencils:

Jess Johnson [as Jeff Johnson]

Inks:

Jess Johnson [as Jeff Johnson]

Letters:

Jess Johnson [as Jeff Johnson]

Characters:

Snake Doctor

Synopsis:

An adaptation of the titular Mississippi Delta blues song includes the original lyrics.

Indexer Notes

Story told using full-page illustrations

Square Publisher (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Denis Kitchen (signed)

Pencils:

Denis Kitchen (signed)

Inks:

Denis Kitchen (signed)

Letters:

Denis Kitchen (signed)

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Denis Kitchen

Reprints:

• in The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen (Dark Horse, 2010 series)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Tales from the Land of Plenty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Marc Trujillo

Pencils:

Marc Trujillo

Inks:

Marc Trujillo

Letters:

Marc Trujillo

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Do Laundry, Change Tire, Eat Egg, Make Date with Cindy, Get Ice Cream

Ideas & Images: The Art of Drew Friedman (Table of Contents: 23)

illustration / 18 pages (report information)

Script:

Monte Beauchamp ?; Drew Friedman

Pencils:

Drew Friedman

Inks:

Drew Friedman

Letters:

typeset

Characters:

David Letterman; Jay Leno; Ted Koppel; Chevy Chase; Conan O'Brien; Arsenio Hall; Menendez Brothers [Lyle Menendez; Erik Menendez]; Joe Franklin; Roseanne Barr [as Roseanne Arnold]; Tom Cruise; Bela Lugosi; Captain DeZita; Tor Johnson; Kenne Duncan; Ed Wood; Vampira; Orson Welles; David Byrne; Paul Simon; Michael Moriarity

Reprints:

• in The Fun Never Stops: An Anthology of Comic Art 1991-2006 (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) (June 2007)
• from Entertainment Weekly (1993)
• from Buzz #? (1994)
• from The New York Times magazine (1994)
• from The Village Voice (1994)
• from The New York Times magazine (1993)
• from Entertainment Weekly (1993)
• from The Ed Wood, Jr. Players trading card set
• from The Worst (Josh Alan Friedman CD cover, 1994)
• from Entertainment Weekly Guide to the Greatest Movies Ever Made (1994)
• from Spy magazine (1989)
• from Dartmouth Alumni magazine (1993)

Indexer Notes

Eleven full-page illustrations accompanied by an interview.

The Elevator Ride (Table of Contents: 24)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Josh Alan Friedman

Pencils:

Richard Sala (scratchboard)

Inks:

Richard Sala (scratchboard)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by a single-small illustration

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis [as Kaz] (signed)

Inks:

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis [as Kaz] (signed)

Colors:

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis [as Kaz] (signed) ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

illustration / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

Drew Friedman ?

Pencils:

Drew Friedman

Inks:

Drew Friedman

Letters:

Drew Friedman

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

When baby grows up, he'll read Blab.

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Jim Nabors

Indexer Notes

Back cover image