Yahoo
#2
(October 1989)
Fantagraphics,
1988 Series
- Price
- 2.25 USD; 2.80 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1989
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Mature Readers
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- Editing
- Kim Thompson
Issue Notes
This issue details the goings-on of the West Coast band "The Miracle Workers" during a European tour. While the band member's first names are used, the band's name itself is never mentioned. 1st printing: June 1989
In the Company of Long Hair
cover / 1 page
- Characters
- The Miracle Workers [Gerry Mohr; Matt Rogers; Gene Trautmann; Robert Butler]
- Reprints
-
in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995) - in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Title page, table of contents, publishing & production credits, indicia.
I Gotta Right
Yahoo / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Gerry; Hutch; Matt; Robert; Lurch; Gene
- Synopsis
- Joe tags along with an American rock band during their European tour.
- Reprints
- in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995)
- in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (2003)
- in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated December 1988
I Called the Doctor
Yahoo / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Gerry; Robert; Gene
- Synopsis
- The band has a few shows cancelled because Gerry is sick.
- Reprints
- in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995)
- in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (2003)
- in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Dated December 1988
Looking at You
Yahoo / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Gerry; Hutch; Matt; Robert; Lurch; Gene
- Synopsis
- The story details the band's customs hassles when going through several different European borders.
- Reprints
- in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995)
- in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (2003)
- in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated December 1988
Oh My and Boo Hoo
Yahoo / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Gerry; Matt; Robert; Gene; Swiss Groupie
- Synopsis
- Joe meets a Swiss groupie, but his flirtations don't get very far.
- Reprints
- in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995)
- in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (2003)
- in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated December 1988-January 1989
[no title indexed]
Untold Fables... / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's go now on an empty stomach, while we're mean.
- Characters
- Gerry; Matt; Robert; Gene; Tony
- Synopsis
- The band confronts their manager when their concert requirements aren't met.
- Reprints
- in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995)
- in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (2003)
- in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Dated January 1989
Magic Slide
Yahoo / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Gerry; Hutch; Matt; Robert; Lurch; Gene
- Synopsis
- The band deals with tour routine and the logistical problems in playing a show while still being able to get enough rest for the next one.
- Reprints
- in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995)
- in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (2003)
- in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated January 1989
You've Got Your Head on Backwards
Yahoo / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Gerry; Hutch; Matt; Robert; Lurch; Gene; Italian Fan
- Synopsis
- Joe and Gene try to stay polite with an Italian fan they don't feel like hanging around with.
- Reprints
- in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995)
- in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (2003)
- in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated January 1989
[”Robert, your bass playing was Einstein...”]
Untold Fables / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Gerry; Hutch; Matt; Robert; Gene
- Synopsis
- A few brief depictions of band disagreements.
- Reprints
- in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995)
- in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (2003)
- in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Dated January 1989
No Fun to Hang Around
Yahoo / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Gerry; Matt; Robert; Gene
- Synopsis
- Matt angers most of the other band members when he takes the touring van for a band errand without telling anyone.
- Reprints
- in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995)
- in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (2003)
- in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated January 1989
Nothing More to Say
Yahoo / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Matt; Robert; Gene
- Synopsis
- The guys muse about their current broke state of affairs.
- Reprints
- in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995)
- in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (2003)
- in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
Slow Death
Yahoo / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Gerry; Hutch; Matt; Robert; Gene
- Synopsis
- The band confronts Joe about his inability to score
- Reprints
- in War Junkie (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (May 1995)
- in Notes from a Defeatist (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (2003)
- in But I Like It (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated February 1989
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
In the Company of Long Hair
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
I Gotta Right
Yahoo -
3.
I Called the Doctor
Yahoo -
4.
Looking at You
Yahoo -
5.
[no title indexed]
-
6.
Oh My and Boo Hoo
Yahoo -
7.
["Let's go now on an empty stomach, while we're mean."]
Untold Fables... -
8.
Magic Slide
Yahoo -
9.
You've Got Your Head on Backwards
Yahoo -
10.
[”Robert, your bass playing was Einstein...”]
Untold Fables -
11.
No Fun to Hang Around
Yahoo -
12.
Nothing More to Say
Yahoo -
13.
Slow Death
Yahoo -
14.
[no title indexed]
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