(1987)
Knockabout,
1987 Series
Published in English
(United Kingdom)
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 4.95 GBP
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- ISBN
- ?
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Carol Bennett; Tony Bennett
Issue Notes
This book was Knockabout's response to constant legal harrassment regarding allegedly obscene publications.
Creation
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A poem about the creatures of the world and their function.
Gandalf's Garden
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Gandalf; Man; Woman
- Synopsis
- A re-casting of Adam and Eve's story.
Sodom And Gomorrah
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Dave Gibbons (adapter); Moses (traditional author, dialogue, Book of Genesis chapters 18-19)
- Pencils
- Dave Gibbons
- Inks
- Dave Gibbons
- Letters
- Dave Gibbons
- Characters
- Abraham; The Lord; Lot
- Synopsis
- The destruction pf Sodom and Gomorrah.
Leviticus Chapter 20
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Alan Moore (adapter); Moses (traditional author, Leviticus chapter 20)
- Pencils
- Hunt Emerson
- Inks
- Hunt Emerson
- Letters
- Hunt Emerson
- Genre
- humour; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Moses
- Synopsis
- Moses has trouble conveying the commandments.
- Reprints
- in Rapid Reflexes! (Knockabout, 1990 series) (1990)
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in Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths (Avatar Press, 2003 series) #3 (November 2003)
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The Book Of Judges
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman; Samuel (traditional author)
- Pencils
- Mike Matthews
- Inks
- Mike Matthews
- Letters
- Mike Matthews
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Angel of the Lord; King Eglon; Ehud; Shamgar; Deborah
- Synopsis
- The violent delivery of Israel.
Indexer Notes
Two pages start and finish the sequence of stories from the Book of Judges.
Jael And Sisera
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman; Samuel (traditional author)
- Pencils
- Julie Hollings (credited as Jewelz)
- Inks
- Julie Hollings (credited as Jewelz)
- Letters
- Julie Hollings (credited as Jewelz)
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Jael; Sisera; Barak; Sisera's mother
- Synopsis
- Sisera pickes the wrong place for refuge.
Jephthah And His Daughter
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jephthah
- Synopsis
- Jephthah sets about the Ammonites, but there's a price to be paid.
Samson
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Graham Higgins; Samuel (traditional author, The Book of Judges chapters 13-16)
- Pencils
- Graham Higgins
- Inks
- Graham Higgins
- Letters
- Graham Higgins
- Genre
- humour; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Samson; Manoah; Manoah's wife; Philistines; Dawn; Captain; Delilah
- Synopsis
- Samson was a wild one.
Journey To Bethlehem
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman; Samuel (traditional author The Book of Judges, Chapter 19)
- Pencils
- Steve Gibson
- Inks
- Steve Gibson
- Letters
- Steve Gibson
- Genre
- humour; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Arnold; Tracey; Mr Benzorah; Inkeeper
- Synopsis
- Tracey puts it about a bit, and Arnold has had enough.
The Prophet Who Came To Dinner
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman; ? (traditional author, I Kings chapter 13, verses 1-32)
- Pencils
- Dave McKean
- Inks
- Dave McKean
- Letters
- Dave McKean
- Genre
- humour; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Prophet; King Jereboam; Second Prophet
- Synopsis
- When prophets clash.
The Story Of Job
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Kim Deitch; Moses (traditional author)
- Pencils
- Kim Deitch
- Inks
- Kim Deitch
- Letters
- Kim Deitch
- Genre
- humour; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Job; God; Satan; Eliphaz; Bildad; Zophar
- Synopsis
- And so it came to pass that the Lord he did make a wager with Satan and Job was sorely put to the test.
Daddy Dear
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Julie Hollings (credited as Jewelz); Ben Sirah (traditional author, Ecclesiasticus chapter 42, verses 9-11)
- Pencils
- Julie Hollings (credited as Jewelz)
- Inks
- Julie Hollings (credited as Jewelz)
- Letters
- Julie Hollings (credited as Jewelz)
- Genre
- humour; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- How to control a daughter!
A Miracle Of Elisha
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Brian Bolland (adapter); ? (traditional author, dialogue, II Kings chapter 2, verses 23-25)
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland
- Inks
- Brian Bolland
- Letters
- Brian Bolland
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Elisha
- Synopsis
- Some old testament style vengeance.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Creation
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2.
Gandalf's Garden
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3.
Sodom And Gomorrah
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4.
Leviticus Chapter 20
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5.
The Book Of Judges
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6.
Jael And Sisera
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7.
Jephthah And His Daughter
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8.
Samson
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9.
Journey To Bethlehem
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10.
The Prophet Who Came To Dinner
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11.
The Story Of Job
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12.
Daddy Dear
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13.
A Miracle Of Elisha
This issue was modified by, among others
- Jochen G.
- Frank Plowright
- Matthew Thompson
- Jim Van Dore
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