(December 2003)
Dark Horse,
2003 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 14.95 USD
- Pages
- 108
- On-sale Date
- 2003
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dark Horse Books
- Brand
-
Dark Horse Books [facing left]
- ISBN
-
1-59307-038-1
- Barcode
- 9781593070380 51495
- Editing
- Diana Schutz (editor); Paul Hornschemeier (designer)
- Color
- color cover; black and white interior
- Dimensions
- 6 in. x 9 in.
- Paper Stock
- white paper
- Binding
- bound
- Publishing Format
- graphic novel
Issue Notes
Printed in Canada.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
The inside front and back cover, as well as front and back cover flaps, feature artwork from the Will Eisner story "The Day I Became A Professional." It is unclear if this is preliminary artwork, or if it has just been treated digitally.
Man with Pen in Head
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Frank Miller
- Synopsis
- Frank Miller relates the story of the filming of his cameo in the movie version of Daredevil.
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Time I Met Richard Nixon
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Sergio Aragonés; Mark Evanier; Richard Nixon
- Synopsis
- Sergio Aragonés meets Richard Nixon during a visit to Warner Publishing.
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Day I Became a Professional
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Will Eisner; Ludwig Bemelmans
- Synopsis
- A young Will Eisner receives his first professional rejection.
- Reprints
- in Life, in Pictures: Autobiographical Stories (W. W. Norton, 2007 series) (2007)
-
in Mein erster Tag als Profi (Edition Alfons, 2010 series) ([Dezember 2010])
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Rules to Live By
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Jason Lutes
- Synopsis
- Jason Lutes ponders his time living in Asheville.
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Building Didn't Explode
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Paul Chadwick
- Synopsis
- Paul Chadwick remembers a time early in his career when he worked in an apartment complex with numerous other artists.
- Reprints
- in Concrete (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #6 - Strange Armor (July 2006)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Eyes
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- William Stout
- Synopsis
- Working as a portrait painter at Disneyland in the late 1960s.
- Keywords
- autobiography
My Life As a Bat
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Bill Morrison
- Synopsis
- A child's obsession with Batman and the Batman TV show in the late 1960s.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Recess!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Linda Medley
- Synopsis
- The creator visits a playground with a friend.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Tuesday Night At the Jazz Club
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Watching jazz musicians play.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Comic Book Chef
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Matt Wagner
- Synopsis
- Matt Wagner demonstrates how to cook chicken parmigiana.
- Keywords
- autobiography
I Have Lost My Sense of Humour
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Eddie Campbell
- Synopsis
- Eddie Campbell contemplates humour.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Qu'est-ce Que C'est?
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Fábio Moon; Gabriel Bá
- Pencils
- Fábio Moon; Gabriel Bá
- Inks
- Fábio Moon; Gabriel Bá
- Letters
- Fábio Moon; Gabriel Bá
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Fábio Moon; Gabriel Bá
- Synopsis
- Brothers Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá take the Paris Metro.
- Keywords
- autobiography
France
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Stan Sakai
- Synopsis
- Stan Sakai visits France for the Angouléme comics festival.
- Keywords
- autobiography
A Traveller's Tale: An Astounding Lie About What One Professes to Have Seen Abroad
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Traveling by bus.
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Tree
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- A young man helps an old lady plant a tree.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Of This Much We Are Certain
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Paul Hornschemeier contemplates comics and life.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Man with Pen in Head
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3.
The Time I Met Richard Nixon
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4.
The Day I Became a Professional
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5.
Rules to Live By
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6.
The Building Didn't Explode
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7.
Eyes
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8.
My Life As a Bat
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9.
Recess!
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10.
Tuesday Night At the Jazz Club
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11.
Comic Book Chef
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12.
I Have Lost My Sense of Humour
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13.
Qu'est-ce Que C'est?
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14.
France
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15.
A Traveller's Tale: An Astounding Lie About What One Professes to Have Seen Abroad
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16.
The Tree
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17.
Of This Much We Are Certain
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18.
Afterword
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19.
AutobioBios
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Christopher Day
- Gregory Fischer
- Jim Ordolis
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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