(1986)
Picture Story,
1986 Series
- Price
- 5.95 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Editing
- Ben Katchor
Issue Notes
ISSN 088590188. "Printed in New York City on December 15, 1986."
[no title indexed]
cover / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Inks
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Colors
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An American Indian is delivering apples and oranges to people's cellars.
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
Jack Survives (part 1)
Jack Survives / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Inks
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Colors
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Letters
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Characters
- Jack
- Synopsis
- Jack changes a light bulb.
Picture Story 2 Contents
credits, title page / 0.66 page
- Script
- Rodolphe Töpffer; Jerry Moriarty; Havelock Ellis; Marquis de Sade; Anita M. Mühl; Paul Valéry (credited as P. Valery); J. Gautier; Howard Wolf
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Table of contents, indicia and a series of brief quotes from the listed writers.
Spoilt Milk
illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- Jerry Moriarty
- Pencils
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Inks
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Illustration accompanied by a brief text piece.
Christian Morgenstern Chronology
text story / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by eleven small illustrations
Sex Is a Memory
illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- Jerry Moriarty
- Pencils
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Inks
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Colors
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Letters
- Jerry Moriarty (painting); typeset
Indexer Notes
Illustration accompanied by a brief text piece.
The Sense Barrier
text article / 0.29 page
- Script
- Jerry Moriarty
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by a small illustration
Sounds Drawn by Hand
text article / 0.36 page
Indexer Notes
Brief quotes from Ralph A. Wolfe (Art Instruction, 1939); Popular Science (November 1937) and Downbeat magazine (May 5, 1940). Two small illustrations are shared with the following article.
Written Noises for Film
text article / 0.35 page
Indexer Notes
Brief quotes from "The London Illustrated News" (December 24, 1932), True magazine (October 1950 and September 1947) and Downbeat magazine (March 1939).
Az Di Furst Avek / Wartime Experiences / The Naked Shakespeare / Sozoro Crash Show / The Toy Cigarette
advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- Ben Katchor; Peter Blegvad; Martin Millard; Sozoro-Chan
- Pencils
- Ben Katchor; Peter Blegvad; Martin Millard; Sozoro-Chan
- Inks
- Ben Katchor; Peter Blegvad; Martin Millard; Sozoro-Chan
- Letters
- Ben Katchor; Peter Blegvad; Martin Millard; Sozoro-Chan
Indexer Notes
Five small ads
Tenement of Evil
illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- Jerry Moriarty
- Pencils
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Inks
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Colors
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Letters
- Jerry Moriarty (painting); typeset
Indexer Notes
Illustration accompanied by a brief text piece.
The Printer's Disease
comic story / 26 pages
- Characters
- Cook; Doctor [Dr. V. Paskudniak]; Raphael; Sailor
Christian Morgenstern as an Expression Artist
comic story / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by a Morgenstern poem titled "The Great Lalula" and a brief quote from Hugo Weber.
Killer Waitress
illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- Jerry Moriarty
- Pencils
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Inks
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Colors
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Letters
- Jerry Moriarty (painting); typeset
Indexer Notes
Illustration accompanied by a brief text story.
Mean Men
illustration / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
An uninked illustration accompanied by a brief text story.
The Insane Meter Man
illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- Jerry Moriarty
- Pencils
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Inks
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Colors
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Letters
- Jerry Moriarty (painting); typeset
Indexer Notes
Illustration accompanied by a brief text story.
Christian Morgenstern as a Sofa Cushion
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Dirk Zimmer (translation); Christian Morgenstern; Bayard Quincy Morgan (translation); Erich P. Hofacker (translation)
- Pencils
- Dirk Zimmer
- Inks
- Dirk Zimmer
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Christian Morgenstern
Indexer Notes
Eight poems, thirteen "classified ads" and one brief text piece by Morgenstern. Reprinted from Morgenstern's "Galgenlieder" (1905) and "Christian Morgenstern" (1978). Accompanied by a single illustration.
A Trip to Wales
comic story / 4 pages
- Synopsis
- A two-hundred mile train trip to Wales from London to Milford.
Jack Survives (part 2)
Jack Survives / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Inks
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Colors
- Jerry Moriarty (painting)
- Characters
- Jack
- Synopsis
- Jack's light bulb is falling while he's on the chair.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["An American Indian is delivering apples and oranges to people's cellars."]
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1.
Jack Survives (part 1)
Jack Survives -
2.
Picture Story 2 Contents
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3.
The Nomad
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4.
Spoilt Milk
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5.
Christian Morgenstern Chronology
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6.
Truck Journey
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7.
Sex Is a Memory
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8.
The Sense Barrier
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9.
Sounds Drawn by Hand
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10.
Written Noises for Film
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11.
Az Di Furst Avek / Wartime Experiences / The Naked Shakespeare / Sozoro Crash Show / The Toy Cigarette
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12.
Tenement of Evil
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13.
Imagined, Observed, Remembered
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14.
The Printer's Disease
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15.
Christian Morgenstern as an Expression Artist
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16.
Killer Waitress
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17.
Mean Men
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18.
The Insane Meter Man
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19.
Christian Morgenstern as a Sofa Cushion
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20.
Destiny
Tony Target -
21.
A Trip to Wales
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22.
Jack Survives (part 2)
Jack Survives
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