Honk! #1
(November 1986)

Fantagraphics, 1986 Series
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Price
2.75 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
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Editing
Tom Mason; Mark Waid (contributing editor); Kim Thompson (contributing editor)

Issue Notes

Issue features interviews with Don Martin and Mark Marek, including reproduction of strips and illos.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Martin
Inks
Don Martin
Colors
Don Martin

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Cover also contains a smaller Phil Elliott illustration.

Artoon (Table of Contents: 1)

Cartoon Man / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Marc Hempel
Pencils
Marc Hempel
Inks
Marc Hempel
Letters
Marc Hempel

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A play on cartoons and realistic illustration

The Gourmets from Planet X (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Brown
Pencils
Chester Brown
Inks
Chester Brown
Letters
Chester Brown

Genre
humor
Characters
Mama; Father; Daughter; Alien #1; Alien #2
Synopsis
An alien invasion where the aliens are looking for snot.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Best Comics of the Decade, the reason this was chosen was because Fantagraphics already had the film for it and Chester Brown was too lazy to send them anything else (as per Chester Brown in the notes for The Little Man).

Comic Strips For The '90s (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Boze Bell
Pencils
Bob Boze Bell
Inks
Bob Boze Bell
Letters
Bob Boze Bell

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Selection of cartoons

Grape Jam (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Whitney
Pencils
Gary Whitney
Inks
Gary Whitney
Letters
Gary Whitney

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A young grape goes bad

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Temptation / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Glenn Dakin
Pencils
Glenn Dakin
Inks
Glenn Dakin
Letters
Glenn Dakin

Genre
humor
Characters
Castaway; Devil
Synopsis
The devil is after a soul
Reprints

Laffin' Yups (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Pencils
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Inks
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Letters
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)

Genre
humor
Characters
Eddie; Steve
Synopsis
Two yuppies meet

Radio, Radio (Table of Contents: 7)

Growin' Up Weird / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Pencils
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Inks
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Letters
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
How music affects people
Reprints

Seeds Of Discontent (Table of Contents: 8)

Growin' Up Weird / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Pencils
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Inks
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Letters
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
Has Top 40 radio changed?
Reprints

The Home Front (Table of Contents: 9)

Growin' Up Weird / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Pencils
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Inks
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)
Letters
J. R. Williams (signed as JRWilliams)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
TV cartoons

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

A Tale From Gimbley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Phil Elliott
Pencils
Phil Elliott
Inks
Phil Elliott
Letters
Phil Elliott

Genre
humor
Characters
Gimbley
Synopsis
Gimbley might have found a friend

Look Out! It's The Squirt (Table of Contents: 11)

Freddy Brown, The Squirt / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Mort Todd
Pencils
Daniel Clowes
Inks
Daniel Clowes
Letters
Daniel Clowes

Genre
humor
Characters
The Squirt; Kelly; Mother; Father; Cappy
Synopsis
The Squirt's parents go for a movie

Indexer Notes

© 1983

The Fabulous Ones (Table of Contents: 12)

True Humor / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell
Pencils
Eddie Campbell
Inks
Eddie Campbell
Letters
Eddie Campbell

Genre
humor
Characters
Professor Bean
Synopsis
Thoughts about humor

Moby Dick (Table of Contents: 13)

True Humor / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell
Pencils
Eddie Campbell
Inks
Eddie Campbell
Letters
Eddie Campbell

Genre
humor
Characters
Professor Bean
Synopsis
Thoughts about humour

The Graphic Genius Of M.C. Escher (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
David Miller
Pencils
David Miller
Inks
David Miller
Letters
David Miller

Genre
biography
Characters
M.C. Escher
Synopsis
M.C. Escher's art

Rodney: The Premonition II (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Eddie Campbell
Pencils
Phil Elliott
Inks
Phil Elliott
Letters
Phil Elliott

Genre
humor
Characters
Rodney

Indexer Notes

Originally serialised as single tier strips in the British music paper Sounds

1947 (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Marc Hempel
Pencils
Marc Hempel
Inks
Marc Hempel
Letters
Marc Hempel

Genre
humor
Synopsis
What if you woke up and it was 1947

My Mother's An Alcoholic (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Brian James Riedel
Pencils
Brian James Riedel
Inks
Brian James Riedel
Letters
Brian James Riedel

Genre
humor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Artoon
    Cartoon Man
  3. 2. The Gourmets from Planet X
  4. 3. Comic Strips For The '90s
  5. 4. Grape Jam
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Temptation
  7. 6. Laffin' Yups
  8. 7. Radio, Radio
    Growin' Up Weird
  9. 8. Seeds Of Discontent
    Growin' Up Weird
  10. 9. The Home Front
    Growin' Up Weird
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    A Tale From Gimbley
  12. 11. Look Out! It's The Squirt
    Freddy Brown, The Squirt
  13. 12. The Fabulous Ones
    True Humor
  14. 13. Moby Dick
    True Humor
  15. 14. The Graphic Genius Of M.C. Escher
  16. 15. Rodney: The Premonition II
  17. 16. 1947
  18. 17. My Mother's An Alcoholic
This issue was modified by, among others
  • chris bonham
  • Pat Conolly
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Steven Samuels
  • Jim Van Dore