(January 1987)
Fantagraphics,
1986 Series
- Price
- 2.25 USD; 3.40 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, with border]
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
1st printing: December 1986
[no title indexed]
Lloyd Llewellyn / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Daniel Clowes (signed)
- Inks
- Daniel Clowes (signed)
- Colors
- Daniel Clowes (signed); Teresa Moore (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Daniel Clowes (signed)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Lloyd Llewellyn; Battlin' American; Maiden Japan; The Worry Bird; The Eatniks
Lloyd Llewellyn Number 5
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Daniel Clowes (credited as Dan Clowes); Nancy Knezevic (photo)
- Inks
- Daniel Clowes (credited as Dan Clowes); Nancy Knezevic (photo)
- Letters
- Daniel Clowes (credited as Dan Clowes); typeset
- Characters
- Daniel Clowes (photo)
Indexer Notes
Production credits, table of contents, indicia and a small photo of the artist.
The Worry Bird
Ernie Hoyle / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Daniel Clowes (signed as D. Clowes); Chas. Sneider (story)
- Pencils
- Daniel Clowes (signed as D. Clowes)
- Inks
- Daniel Clowes (signed as D. Clowes)
- Letters
- Daniel Clowes (signed as D. Clowes)
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ernie Hoyle; The Worry Bird; Fatima
- Synopsis
- Ernie goes fishing and catches The Worry Bird, a telepathic depressed bird and the last of his kind.
- Reprints
in The Battlin' American
Lloyd Llewellyn / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Pencils
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Inks
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Letters
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Ernie Hoyle; Lloyd Llewellyn; Battlin' American; Jonesy; Alfred
- Synopsis
- The truth about the superhero the Battlin' American.
- Reprints
The Eatniks
Ernie Hoyle / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Daniel Clowes (signed as D. Clowes)
- Pencils
- Daniel Clowes (signed as D. Clowes)
- Inks
- Daniel Clowes (signed as D. Clowes)
- Letters
- Daniel Clowes (signed as D. Clowes)
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ernie Hoyle; Leprechaun; The Eatniks [Rip; Fang; Etta; Chew-Chew]; McGlutton twins
- Synopsis
- Ernie is careless with his three wishes after a leprechaun gives him a magic coin.
- Reprints
Color Me Red, part one: Wayfaring Strangler
Red Hoerring / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Pencils
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Inks
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Letters
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Red Hoerring; Erskine Ford
- Synopsis
- Red Hoerring wakes up from his recurring nightmare while in his hospital bed. He then gets a visit from Erskine Ford, a person he recalls as a serial killer.
- Reprints
Maiden Japan
Lloyd Llewellyn / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Pencils
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Inks
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Letters
- Daniel Clowes (credited)
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Lloyd Llewellyn; Maiden Japan; Sparky; Battlin' American [Doyle Llewellyn]
- Synopsis
- Lloyd has a shock concerning his brother Doyle.
- Reprints
Uwanna
Ernie Hoyle / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Daniel Clowes (signed)
- Pencils
- Daniel Clowes (signed)
- Inks
- Daniel Clowes (signed)
- Letters
- Daniel Clowes (signed)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Stump Hassler; Ernie Hoyle; Boyd Gans; Galileo; Honk; Uwanna (silhouette)
- Synopsis
- Ernie has to locate a female wrestling champion.
- Reprints
Lleters
letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Daniel Clowes (credited as D. Clowes) (replies)
- Pencils
- Daniel Clowes (credited as D. Clowes) (replies)
- Inks
- Daniel Clowes (credited as D. Clowes) (replies)
- Letters
- Daniel Clowes (credited as D. Clowes) (replies); typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from Nick Bundy, Petronius Bodenheim, Deacon Love, Bruce Brink. Accompanied by an illustration by Bodenheim titled "Blue Llewellyn."
Title spelled as shown on the page.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Lloyd Llewellyn -
1.
Lloyd Llewellyn Number 5
-
2.
The Worry Bird
Ernie Hoyle -
3.
The Battlin' American
Lloyd Llewellyn -
4.
The Eatniks
Ernie Hoyle -
5.
Color Me Red, part one: Wayfaring Strangler
Red Hoerring -
6.
Maiden Japan
Lloyd Llewellyn -
7.
Uwanna
Ernie Hoyle -
8.
Lleters
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