The Portable Frank

(2008)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Frank

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The Portable Frank (Table of Contents: 2)

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Title page; Indicia with production credits; Title and publisher page with an illustration of Frank

[Whim Plays a Musical String Instrument] (Table of Contents: 3)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Whim

So Says Justin Green (Table of Contents: 4)

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Justin Green (credited as J. G.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Frank

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Accompanied by a single illustration

Contents (Table of Contents: 5)

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Frank Acquires Pupshaw (Table of Contents: 6)

Frank / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Frank; Lucky; Manhog; Jerry Chicken; Pupshaw

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• from Tantalizing Stories (Tundra, 1992 series) #2 (December 1992)

Frank in the House of the Dead (Table of Contents: 7)

Frank / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Frank; Manhog

Synopsis

Frank is observed by Manhog as he checks on his garden and goes out on a picnic excursion. While sitting near a tree, he dreams that he is crushed by it. Frank then goes back to his house and finds an invitation to a party in honor of the dead at the House of Mystery. He goes there and after a while comes back to find someone made a complete mess in his kitchen.

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• from Tantalizing Stories (Tundra, 1992 series) #1 (October 1992)

Frank's High Horse (Table of Contents: 8)

Frank / comic story / 50 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Frank; Pupshaw; Whim; Manhog; Jerry Chickens

Reprints

• from The Frank Book (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) ([June] 2003)
which is reprinted
• from Frank (Fantagraphics, 1996 series) #3 (March 2000), #4 (February 2001)

Frank's Faux Pa (Table of Contents: 9)

Frank / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Frank; Whim; Manhog; Frank's Faux Pa

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• from Tantalizing Stories (Tundra, 1992 series) #5 ([July] 1993)

Frank and the Truth About Plenitude (Table of Contents: 10)

Frank / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Frank

Reprints

• from Tantalizing Stories (Kitchen Sink Press, 1993 series) #6 (1993)

Frank in the Cave of His Ancestors (Table of Contents: 11)

Frank / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Frank; Manhog

Reprints

• from Jim (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #4 (December 1994)

Frank and the Toy Without Pity (Table of Contents: 12)

Frank / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Frank; Pupshaw; Manhog

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• from Jim (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #4 (December 1994)

Hi-Rise Hopper (Table of Contents: 13)

Frank / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Frank; Pupshaw; Whim

Reprints

• from Frank (Fantagraphics, 1996 series) #1 (September 1996)

Frank and the Sugar of Vengeance (Table of Contents: 14)

Frank / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Frank; Manhog

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• from Jim (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #5 (May 1995)

Frank Obeys the Rule of Five (Table of Contents: 15)

Frank / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Frank; Pupshaw

Reprints

• from Frank (Fantagraphics, 1996 series) #2 (December 1997)

Frank and Why It's Good to be Clever (Table of Contents: 16)

Frank / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Manhog; Frank

Reprints

• from Jim (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #3 (July 1994)

Gentlemanhog (Table of Contents: 17)

Frank / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Jim Woodring (signed)

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Frank; Jerry Chicken; Manhog

Reprints

• from Frank (Fantagraphics, 1996 series) #1 (September 1996)

Bliss (Table of Contents: 18)

Frank / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Frank; Pupshaw; Pushpaw

Reprints

• from Frank (Fantagraphics, 1996 series) #3 (March 2000)

Frank's Real Pa (Table of Contents: 19)

Frank / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Jim Woodring

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Frank; Jerry Chicken; Pupshaw; Lucky; Whim; Manhog

Reprints

• from Jim Special #1: Frank's Real Pa (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) #1 (August 1995)
which is reprinted
• from The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog: Access to Tools & Ideas for the Twenty-First Century (HarperCollins, 1994 series) #1994 (1994)

[Peas] (Table of Contents: 20)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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Frank; Manhog

Synopsis

Frank, hanging on a rope, uses a peashooter on Manhog.

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• from ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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?

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Jim Woodring (signed as J. W.)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jim Woodring was born in Los Angeles in 1952 and enjoyed a childhood full of poetry and perturbation...

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Frank; Pupshaw

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Brief artist bio accompanied by an illustration

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

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