Pictopia
#4
(Winter 1993)
Fantagraphics,
1992 Series
- Price
- 7.95 USD; 9.50 CAD
- Pages
- 76
- Indicia Frequency
- published occasionally
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [sans serif, single border]
- ISBN
-
1-56097-103-7
- Barcode
- 9780560971033 50795
- Editing
- Robert Boyd (credited) (editor); Gary Groth (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
1st printing: February 1993
Pictopia Number Four
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Includes Doucet's logo design from the front cover and a small Cooper illustration taken from his "All Stuff Me!" story
Love Is Just
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jis ?; Trino Camacho ? (credited as Trino)
- Pencils
- Jis ?; Trino Camacho ? (credited as Trino)
- Inks
- Jis ?; Trino Camacho ? (credited as Trino)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Oskar; The Love Bugs
[no title indexed]
Comrade Crovsky / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They are dismembering my father.
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Comrade Crovsky; Smerk; Olga; The Priest; Ergop
All Stuff Me!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dave Cooper (signed)
- Pencils
- Dave Cooper (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Cooper (signed)
- Letters
- Dave Cooper (signed)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Dave Cooper; Bart Simpson (single-panel TV cameo); Moose; Jewels
Waylaid By Malaise
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- L. J. Kopf (signed as Kopf)
- Pencils
- L. J. Kopf (signed as Kopf)
- Inks
- L. J. Kopf (signed as Kopf)
- Letters
- L. J. Kopf (signed as Kopf)
- Characters
- Sang; The Clerk
The Monkey's Paw
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carlos Trillo; Robert Boyd (translation); Kim Thompson (translation); William Wymark Jacobs (credited as W. P. Jacobs)
- Pencils
- Alberto Breccia (credited as Breccia) (painted)
- Inks
- Alberto Breccia (credited as Breccia) (painted)
- Letters
- Carole Sobocinski
- Characters
- Father; Mother
- Reprints
-
from Fierro a fierro (Ediciones de la Urraca, 1984 series) #10 [as El Pata del Mono]
-
Griffu, Part 3
Griffu / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Jean-Patrick Manchette; Frank Wynne (translation)
- Pencils
- Jacques Tardi
- Inks
- Jacques Tardi
- Letters
- James Greer
- Genre
- drama; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Gerard Griffu; Congressman Archimbault; Luce Minetta; Evangeline; Theophilus Varlet; Doorman; Daisy Dupont; Commissioner Grassi
- Reprints
-
from Griffu (Éditions du Square, 1978 series) (1978) which is reprinted - from BD : L'hebdo de la B.D. (Éditions du Square, 1977 series) #21, #27, #1 (10 Octobre 1977), #2 (17 octobre 1977), #3 (24 octobre 1977), #4 (31 octobre 1977), #5 (7 novembre 1977), #6 (14 novembre 1977), #7 (21 novembre 1977), #8 (28 novembre 1977), #9 (5 decembre 1977), #10 (12 decembre 1977), #12 (26 decembre 1977), #13 (2 janvier 1978), #14 (9 janvier 1978), #15 (16 janvier 1978), #16 (23 janvier 1978), #17 (30 janvier 1978), #19 (13 fevrier 1978)
-
Art- What's In It for Me?
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Steve Toornman (credited as Toornman) (signed)
- Pencils
- Steve Toornman (credited as Toornman) (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Toornman (credited as Toornman) (signed)
- Letters
- Steve Toornman (credited as Toornman) (signed)
- Characters
- Michael Jackson (single-panel cameo); Henri Rousseau (single-panel cameo)
Occupant
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- James Sturm
- Pencils
- James Sturm (layout); Mark Lang
- Inks
- Mark Lang
- Colors
- Mark Lang
- Letters
- Mark Lang
- Characters
- Occupant
Pussy- A Real Dream
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Scott Gilbert (credited as Scott A. Gilbert)
- Pencils
- Scott Gilbert (credited as Scott A. Gilbert)
- Inks
- Scott Gilbert (credited as Scott A. Gilbert)
- Colors
- Scott Gilbert ?
- Letters
- Scott Gilbert (credited as Scott A. Gilbert)
- Characters
- Strange Beautiful Woman
Inscrutable
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Bill Griffith; ?
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith
- Inks
- Bill Griffith
- Colors
- Bill Griffith ?
- Letters
- Bill Griffith
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mr. Toad; Shelf-Life; Zippy the Pinhead; Pianist; Valet
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Dialogue from a brochure distributed by the Longmen Hotel, Shanghai
Blabette Takes Yet Another Vacation
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb
- Pencils
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb
- Inks
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb
- Colors
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb ?
- Letters
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- Blabette; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Gloria
- Reprints
in Deuse X Machina
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Rick Trembles; Henriette Valium; Rick's Girlfriend; M.C.; Guy Who Bought Painting
Indexer Notes
The title is spelled as shown on the page.
Sob Story
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Ted Jouflas (credited as Jouflas)
- Pencils
- Ted Jouflas (credited as Jouflas)
- Inks
- Ted Jouflas (credited as Jouflas)
- Letters
- Ted Jouflas (credited as Jouflas)
[no title indexed]
Living With Death / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Steve Casino (credited as Casino)
- Pencils
- Steve Casino (credited as Casino)
- Inks
- Steve Casino (credited as Casino)
- Letters
- Steve Casino (credited as Casino)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- High atop a building in mid-town Manhattan, Death observes a tortured soul on the verge of taking his own life...
- Characters
- Death; Henry; Bag Lady
Malted Shakes -n- Shit
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Stephen Itner (signed as Stephen Ittner)
- Pencils
- Stephen Itner (signed as Stephen Ittner)
- Inks
- Stephen Itner (signed as Stephen Ittner)
- Letters
- Stephen Itner (signed as Stephen Ittner)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[You Are Added With Fun]
-
1.
Pictopia Number Four
-
2.
Love Is Just
-
3.
["They are dismembering my father."]
Comrade Crovsky -
4.
Wonderful World
-
5.
Things My Gramma Told Me...
-
6.
All Stuff Me!
-
7.
Waylaid By Malaise
-
8.
The Monkey's Paw
-
9.
Griffu, Part 3
-
10.
Griffu, Part 3
Griffu -
11.
Island of Fear
-
12.
Art- What's In It for Me?
-
13.
Occupant
-
14.
Leave Me Alone!
-
15.
Pussy- A Real Dream
-
16.
Inscrutable
-
17.
Blabette Takes Yet Another Vacation
-
18.
Deuse X Machina
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19.
Sob Story
-
20.
Rock & Eva See a Movie!
Rock & Eva -
21.
["High atop a building in mid-town Manhattan, Death observes a tortured soul on the verge of taking his own life..."]
Living With Death -
22.
Malted Shakes -n- Shit
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23.
Pictopia
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- Karsten S.
- Steven Samuels
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