(Fall 1992)

Fantagraphics, 1992 Series
Price
7.95 USD; 9.50 CAD
Pages
76
Indicia Frequency
Quarterly
On-sale Date
1992
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [double border, sans serif]
ISBN
1-56097-094-4 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781560970941 50795
Editing
Robert Boyd (credited) (editor); Gary Groth (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

1st printing: September 1992

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Ware (credited)
Pencils
Chris Ware (credited)
Inks
Chris Ware (credited)
Colors
Chris Ware (credited)
Letters
Chris Ware (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, Sparky, this is what life was meant to be
Characters
Quimby the Mouse; Sparky; Popeye; Nancy

Indexer Notes

wraparound cover

A Map of Pictopia no. 3 (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by a background map illustration

Amarillo (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Gilbert (signed as Scott A. Gilbert)
Pencils
Scott Gilbert (signed as Scott A. Gilbert)
Inks
Scott Gilbert (signed as Scott A. Gilbert)
Letters
Scott Gilbert (signed as Scott A. Gilbert)

Characters
Colby

Chums (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
George Parsons (credited as Parsons)
Pencils
George Parsons (credited as Parsons)
Inks
George Parsons (credited as Parsons)
Letters
George Parsons (credited as Parsons)

Cocaine! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Howard Rigberg (credited); ?
Pencils
Howard Rigberg (credited)
Inks
Howard Rigberg (credited)
Letters
Howard Rigberg (credited)

Characters
Son; Dad

Indexer Notes

Character dialogue accompanied by passages from a science textbook

[A Day Spent in the Park. ~ Lost in Hopeless Infatuation.] (Table of Contents: 5)

Quimby the Mouse / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Ware (credited)
Pencils
Chris Ware (credited)
Inks
Chris Ware (credited)
Colors
Chris Ware (credited)
Letters
Chris Ware (credited)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Quimby the Mouse; Mrs. Cat

Indexer Notes

Ware's Fantagraphics debut. The first lines of dialogue are: "I feel terrible. Why can't I stop thinking about her? Those first few days of friendliness... But the friendlier I got..."

Apples (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
David Collier (credited)
Pencils
David Collier (credited as Dave Collier)
Inks
David Collier (credited as Dave Collier)
Colors
?
Letters
David Collier (credited as Dave Collier)

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Marcus; Derrick; Dave Collier; Lynette; Ol' Farmer

Cranky the Drunk (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Allen (signed)
Pencils
Doug Allen (signed)
Inks
Doug Allen (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Doug Allen (signed)

Genre
humor
Characters
Cranky; Bartender

Neither Science nor Fiction (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Garret Izumi (credited as Garrett Izumi)
Pencils
Garret Izumi (credited as Garrett Izumi)
Inks
Garret Izumi (credited as Garrett Izumi)
Letters
Garret Izumi (credited as Garrett Izumi)

Dog at My Door (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
James Sturm (credited)
Pencils
James Sturm (credited)
Inks
James Sturm (credited)
Letters
James Sturm (credited)

Characters
Insomniac; Dog

Griffu, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 10)

recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jacques Tardi
Inks
Jacques Tardi
Letters
typeset

Characters
Luce Minetta; Evangeline; Theo Varlet; Griffu

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by five illustrations taken from the previous chapter

Griffu, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 11)

Griffu / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Jean-Patrick Manchette (credited as Manchette); Frank Wynne (translation)
Pencils
Jacques Tardi (credited as Tardi)
Inks
Jacques Tardi (credited as Tardi)
Letters
?

Genre
drama; crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Gerard Griffu; Old Lady; Max; Commissioner Grassi; Theophilus Varlet; Congressman Archimbault; Joseph; Evangeline; Ali; The Doorman; Stripper; Daisy Dupont; Luce Minetta
Reprints

Gunned Down in Motown (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Rick Metcalf (credited as 'Sailor' Rick Metcalf)
Pencils
Kent Myers (credited as Kent 'Slat' Myers)
Inks
Kent Myers (credited as Kent 'Slat' Myers)
Letters
Kent Myers (credited as Kent 'Slat' Myers)

Characters
Rick Metcalf; Paula

I Was a New York Bitch! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Eben Dodd (credited)
Pencils
Eben Dodd (credited)
Inks
Eben Dodd (credited)
Letters
Eben Dodd (credited)

Characters
Wendy Westchester; Psychiatrist; Melvin; Skid; Art Teacher; Chad Westchester; Tad; Rex

21st Century Schizoid Man (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
根本敬 (credited as Takashi Nemoto); Kevin Quigley (credited) (translation); Hiroko Quigley (credited) (translation)
Pencils
根本敬 (credited as Takashi Nemoto)
Inks
根本敬 (credited as Takashi Nemoto)
Letters
Jason Lutes (credited)

Characters
Masaru Kubo; Unkichi Takashi; Takashi's Mother; Yukio Minami; Baimitsu Nakada; Tokhiko Arai; The Emperor; Phimosis; Ejaculato; #1 Chef
Reprints
  • from ?
Keywords
manga

Indexer Notes

Nemoto's North American comics debut. Translation and lettering credits from Pictopia #4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Parsons; Doug Allen; Jacques Tardi; David Collier (credited as Dave Collier); James Sturm; 根本敬 (credited as Takashi Nemoto); Scott Gilbert; Chris Ware; Eben Dodd; Kent Myers; Howard Rigberg; Garret Izumi (credited as Garrett Izumi)
Inks
George Parsons; Doug Allen; Jacques Tardi; David Collier (credited as Dave Collier); James Sturm; 根本敬 (credited as Takashi Nemoto); Scott Gilbert; Chris Ware; Eben Dodd; Kent Myers; Howard Rigberg; Garret Izumi (credited as Garrett Izumi)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
George Parsons (Nevada City, California) inked R. L. Crabb's Rockers...

Indexer Notes

Brief blurbs on the artists accompanied by small-size sample artwork taken from the story contents

Pictopia (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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