([October] 2008)

Pantheon, 2008 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
27.50 USD; 32.00 CAD
Pages
84
On-sale Date
2008-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
?
ISBN
978-0-375-42395-6 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780375423956 52750
Editing
?
Color
Full color cover; Full color and black and white interior
Dimensions
10.25" x 14" (26.03 cm x 35.56)
Binding
Hardcover

Issue Notes

Reprints Breakdowns (Belier Press, 1977 series) #[nn] plus new material and an afterword.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman ?
Letters
art spiegelman ?

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover includes a small inset version of the cover of the original Breakdowns.

[end papers and title page] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman ?
Letters
Typeset

Synopsis
Inside front cover is blown-up panel from Chapter 4 of Ace Hole Midget Detective. First page is small reproduction of front cover of first edition of Breakdowns. Next page is dedication page plus copyright information and next page is title page with same illustration as on the cover but with the man slipping on a banana peel instead of a comic.

Breakdown (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Characters
art spiegelman
Synopsis
Art remembers his mother drawing with him.
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

This and the rest of the strips until the reprint of Breakdowns actually begins could be read as a continuous strip. It has been divided into sections (with approximate page counts) since parts of it were both originally printed separately and have been reprinted in various locations and different configurations.

The Insult that Made a Man out of "Mac!" (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman and his mother get beaten up by a bully.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn] (untitled there).

Hell Planet (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman draws Prisoner on the Hell Planet, about the suicide of his mother.
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Includes what look like preliminary sketches for Hell Planet. Also includes the cover of Short Order Comix #1 and part of the the first page of Just a Piece O' Shit!

Unpacking (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman remembers drawing Hell Planet, 33 years later.
Reprints
  • from ?

Cry-Baby! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman remembers being a baby and being called a girl.
Reprints
  • from ?

Mad Love [Love Mad] (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman remembers begging his mother to buy him the paperback Inside Mad.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes a close-up of Basil Wolverton's cover of Mad #11

Simplified Studies in Expression (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman remembers begging his mother to buy him a book on cartooning.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes two early strips by art spiegelman, "The Cop and the Drunk" (dated 6/60) and "The Loonies". In the version published in Virginia Quarterly Review, the old comic strips came last, in this version they are followed by a panel that came before them originally.

Genius (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman's mother tells him not to be a genius because geniuses have troubled lives.
Reprints
  • from ?

Discovering America (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman remembers getting a "frontier cabin" from the back of a comic book and being disappointed.
Reprints
  • from The Virginia Quarterly Review ? [non-comic source]

Indexer Notes

Includes original ad for Frontier Cabin. Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].

Packing (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman gets advice on packing from his father while trying to draw Tubby.
Reprints
  • from ?

Eye Ball (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman quits playing baseball because of his lazy eye.
Reprints
  • from The New Yorker, unknown date [non-comic source]

Indexer Notes

Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].

A Father's Guiding Hand (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1.2 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman remembers his dad bringing home old, pre-code comics.
Reprints
  • from The Virginia Quarterly Review ? [non-comic source]

Indexer Notes

Includes photos of covers of some EC and Fox comics. Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].

Memory Hole (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Characters
Ace Hole
Synopsis
Ace Hole trails art spiegelman through his past.
Reprints
  • from The Virginia Quarterly Review ? [non-comic source]

Indexer Notes

Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].

Li'l Pitcher (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman listens as his parents talk about being in Auschwitz.
Reprints
  • from ?

Pop Art (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 1.4 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman tells his son Dash about how Maus came about.
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Includes a reproduction of the cover of Funny Aminals where Maus originally appeared.

Mouse Birth of a Notion (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Characters
Ken Jacobs
Synopsis
art spiegelman goes to a lecture by Ken Jacobs and gets inspired to do Maus.
Reprints

Maus Haus (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman shows the first Maus strip to his father.
Reprints

Look Day (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman shows his comics to gag cartoonists.
Reprints
  • from ?

A Father's Guiding Hand (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman gives his son a treasure chest with a dragon in it.
Reprints
  • from ?

As the Mind Reels (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman watches the Dick Van Dyke Show with his parents when they get a horrible phone call.
Reprints
  • from ?

The Power of Narrative! (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman has a bad dream from being read Alice in Wonderland.
Reprints
  • from The Virginia Quarterly Review ? [non-comic source]

Indexer Notes

Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].

The Art of Fiction Illustrated (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman tries to write a story.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].

Little Signs (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Susan Sontag
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
Words and pictures fight.
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Includes two panels from the "Little Signs of Passion" story.

Short Circuit (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
art spiegelman discusses comics.

Indexer Notes

Includes panels from other art spiegelman comics, re-worked with new dialogue.

Form and Content (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Victor Shklovsky
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Synopsis
Art as experience.
Reprints
  • from The Virginia Quarterly Review ? [non-comic source]

Indexer Notes

Includes panels from The Insult that Made a Man out of "Mac!", re-worked. Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].

Breakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips (Table of Contents: 27)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Printed on heavy glossy stock, as if it were the outside cover of a large trade paperback.

[end papers] (Table of Contents: 28)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Synopsis
Endpapers from the original book, reproducing the cover in many different color schemes.
Reprints

Don't Believe Everything You Read!... (Table of Contents: 29)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
art spiegelman

Synopsis
Note from the publisher of the original book that the following credit page is not correct and that the book wasn't published by Nostalgia Press but by Belier Press.
Reprints

Breakdowns (Table of Contents: 30)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Synopsis
Similar to cover of original book, but with man doused in ink.
Reprints

Auto-Destructo Suicide Device (Table of Contents: 31)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Synopsis
Rube Goldberg-type device for committing suicide.
Reprints

Intro (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chic Young
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Characters
Keith
Synopsis
Quote from Chic Young, creator of Blondie, about what makes cartoons cartoons.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Uses panels from other art spiegelman comics as the illustrations.

[blank page] (Table of Contents: 33)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Maus (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Characters
Mickey; Poppa
Reprints

Zip-a-Tunes and Moire Melodies Featuring Skeeter Grant's Skinless Perkins (Table of Contents: 35)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Characters
Skinless Perkins
Synopsis
Skinless Perkins does a somersault.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

In the afterword art spiegelman says this was "first published as a small 16-page booklet designed to look vaguely like a Thirties 'Tijuana Bible' porno comic."

Prisoner on the Hell Planet (Table of Contents: 36)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Characters
art spiegelman; Vladek Spiegelman; Cousin; Doctor Orens; Friend of the Family; Anja Spiegelman
Synopsis
art spiegelman relates the story of his mother's suicide.
Reprints

[black page] (Table of Contents: 37)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


A Hand Job (Table of Contents: 38)

Real Dream / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Characters
art spiegelman
Synopsis
art spiegelman's fingers talk to him.
Reprints

Cracking Jokes (Table of Contents: 39)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Characters
Jack-In-the-Box; Shrink; Court Jester; Zippy the Pinhead
Synopsis
An investigation into aspects of humor.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page count of original story is only 3. One panel from page 3 (where a man is looking in a mirror and repeating a saying to himself) is repeated over and over to make an additional page.

Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Table of Contents: 40)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Reprints

[black page] (Table of Contents: 41)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Little Signs of Passion (Table of Contents: 42)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman; Jack Woodford
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman ?
Letters
art spiegelman

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Some text (about half) taken from "Trial and Error. A Key to the Secret of Writing and Selling" by Jack Woodford, 1933.

Spiegelman Moves to N.Y. "Feels Depressed!!!" (Table of Contents: 43)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman ?
Letters
art spiegelman

Characters
art spiegelman
Reprints

Day At the Circuits (Table of Contents: 44)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Synopsis
Circular strip about drinking.
Reprints

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Table of Contents: 45)

Real Dream / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman ?
Letters
art spiegelman

Characters
art spiegelman; Girl; Louie; The Clerk
Synopsis
art spiegelman rents 8 rooms for one hour each.
Reprints

Soap Opera Strip. notes (cont'd) "As the Mind Reels" (tentative title) (Table of Contents: 46)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Characters
Chuck; Martha; Doctor Legman
Synopsis
Notes and panels from a surreal soap opera.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

Real Dream / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

First Line of Dialogue or Text
moan!
Characters
art spiegelman
Synopsis
art spiegelman dreams of being at a party and his mustache washing off.
Reprints

Nervous Rex the Malpractice Suite (Table of Contents: 48)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman; Nicholas Dallis
Pencils
art spiegelman; Marvin Bradley
Inks
art spiegelman; Frank Edgington
Letters
art spiegelman

Characters
Keith; Valerie; Mrs. Simons
Synopsis
Collage of Rex Morgan, M.D. strips.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

art spiegelman has even changed the signature on the original strips to read "Bragley and Eggington". One strip is dated 12-18.

[black page] (Table of Contents: 49)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Ace Hole Midget Detective: The Short Goodbye (Table of Contents: 50)

Ace Hole Midget Detective / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Ace Hole; Greta; Al Floogleman; Laurence Potato-Head; Pablo Picasso (brief cameo)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Divided into 5 chapters but always appears to be printed together.

black page (Table of Contents: 51)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside back cover

Breakdowns (Table of Contents: 52)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Synopsis
Back cover of the original Breakdowns.
Reprints

%@!*!! An Afterword (Table of Contents: 53)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5.69 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman ?
Letters
typeset; art spiegelman

Characters
Art Spiegelman (photo)
Synopsis
Essay on how some of the strips for Breakdowns were done and how it came to be published originally. Also includes some new illustrations and older drawings and stories.

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by the following, most printed small-size: A brand new illustration of Spiegelman with Ace Hole; Spiegelman's self-portrait from his intro to "The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics" (1974); "A Flash of Insight," a three-page story from 1965-66; Two flyers from 1967- "This is a Sheet of Paper! Look at it and Touch It!," "Yes, Play With Your Cells, and Become Your Own Food!;" Two 1969 "East Village Other" covers - vol. 4 #10; vol. 4 #44; A Spiegelman photo from 1969; A reprint of the Bijou Funnies #7 cover; A Belier Press flyer (1977); Zipatone overlays used for the original "Breakdowns" covers

Some Boxes for the Salvation Army (Table of Contents: 54)

comic story / 1.31 pages (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Characters
Art Spiegelman; Shrink; Shorty
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Included in the final two pages of the previous section. The last two columns of the essay are on either side of it. The first page of the story is broken up over two pages.

Synopsis (Table of Contents: 55)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
art spiegelman
Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman ?
Letters
art spiegelman

Genre
biography
Characters
art spiegelman
Synopsis
A six panel walk through art spiegelman's life.

endpapers (Table of Contents: 56)

illustration / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils
art spiegelman
Inks
art spiegelman
Colors
art spiegelman
Letters
art spiegelman

Synopsis
Black page signed by art spiegelman, followed by two pages of a slightly more close-up version of the front endpapers with Ace Hole.

[I'm being shadowed!] (Table of Contents: 57) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [end papers and title page]
  3. 2. Breakdown
  4. 3. The Insult that Made a Man out of "Mac!"
  5. 4. Hell Planet
  6. 5. Unpacking
  7. 6. Cry-Baby!
  8. 7. Mad Love [Love Mad]
  9. 8. Simplified Studies in Expression
  10. 9. Genius
  11. 10. Discovering America
  12. 11. Packing
  13. 12. Eye Ball
  14. 13. A Father's Guiding Hand
  15. 14. Memory Hole
  16. 15. Li'l Pitcher
  17. 16. Pop Art
  18. 17. Mouse Birth of a Notion
  19. 18. Maus Haus
  20. 19. Look Day
  21. 20. A Father's Guiding Hand
  22. 21. As the Mind Reels
  23. 22. The Power of Narrative!
  24. 23. The Art of Fiction Illustrated
  25. 24. Little Signs
  26. 25. Short Circuit
  27. 26. Form and Content
  28. 27. Breakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips
  29. 28. [end papers]
  30. 29. Don't Believe Everything You Read!...
  31. 30. Breakdowns
  32. 31. Auto-Destructo Suicide Device
  33. 32. Intro
  34. 33. [blank page]
  35. 34. Maus
  36. 35. Zip-a-Tunes and Moire Melodies Featuring Skeeter Grant's Skinless Perkins
  37. 36. Prisoner on the Hell Planet
  38. 37. [black page]
  39. 38. A Hand Job
    Real Dream
  40. 39. Cracking Jokes
  41. 40. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  42. 41. [black page]
  43. 42. Little Signs of Passion
  44. 43. Spiegelman Moves to N.Y. "Feels Depressed!!!"
  45. 44. Day At the Circuits
  46. 45. The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
    Real Dream
  47. 46. Soap Opera Strip. notes (cont'd) "As the Mind Reels" (tentative title)
  48. 47. ["moan!"]
    Real Dream
  49. 48. Nervous Rex the Malpractice Suite
  50. 49. [black page]
  51. 50. Ace Hole Midget Detective: The Short Goodbye
    Ace Hole Midget Detective
  52. 51. black page
  53. 52. Breakdowns
  54. 53. %@!*!! An Afterword
  55. 54. Some Boxes for the Salvation Army
  56. 55. Synopsis
  57. 56. endpapers
  58. 57. [I'm being shadowed!]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Peter Croome
  • Steven Samuels
  • Jim Van Dore