Little Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Night

(2003)

HarperCollins, 2003 Series

Published in English (United States)

Price: 19.99 USD; 29.99 CAD
Pages: 56
On-sale Date: 2003
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Children's Book for All Ages
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Brand: ?
ISBN: 0-06-028628-8
Barcode: 9780060286286 51999

Editing: Art Spiegelman (credited) (editor); Françoise Mouly (credited) (editor)

Color: color cover and interior
Binding: hardcover with no dustjacket
Publishing Format: one-shot

Issue Notes

Follow-up to Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies (HarperCollins, 2000 series) and Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids (HarperCollins, 2001 series).

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Pencils: Art Spiegelman
Inks: Art Spiegelman
Colors: Art Spiegelman
Letters: Art Spiegelman ?

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Pencils: Martin Handford
Inks: Martin Handford
Colors: Martin Handford
Letters: Martin Handford

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in Big Fat Little Lit (Penguin, 2006 series) (2006)

Indexer Notes

A nighttime scene of monsters attacking a street corner, similar to Handford's Where's Waldo spreads.

Endpapers.

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Lemony Snicket; Richard Sala (adaptation)
Pencils: Richard Sala
Inks: Richard Sala
Colors: Richard Sala
Letters: Richard Sala

Synopsis

The history a the yeti.

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Script: Vivian Walsh
Pencils: J. Otto Seibold
Inks: J. Otto Seibold
Colors: J. Otto Seibold
Letters: J. Otto Seibold

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

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in Big Fat Little Lit (Penguin, 2006 series) (2006)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Tony Millionaire
Pencils: Tony Millionaire
Inks: Tony Millionaire
Colors: Tony Millionaire
Letters: Tony Millionaire

Synopsis

Put the panels about the owl in the correct order.

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in Big Fat Little Lit (Penguin, 2006 series) (2006)

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Script: William Joyce
Pencils: William Joyce
Inks: William Joyce
Colors: William Joyce
Letters: William Joyce

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in Big Fat Little Lit (Penguin, 2006 series) (2006)

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Script: Neil Gaiman
Pencils: Gahan Wilson
Inks: Gahan Wilson
Colors: Gahan Wilson
Letters: Gahan Wilson

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in Big Fat Little Lit (Penguin, 2006 series) (2006)

Jumpin' Jupiter / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Basil Wolverton
Pencils: Basil Wolverton
Inks: Basil Wolverton
Colors: ?
Letters: Basil Wolverton

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My super-sensitive magnetic ears detect emanations of discontent...

Genre

humor; science fiction

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from Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #4 (November 1952)
in Big Fat Little Lit (Penguin, 2006 series) (2006)

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Script: Joost Swarte
Pencils: Joost Swarte
Inks: Joost Swarte
Colors: Joost Swarte
Letters: Joost Swarte

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in Big Fat Little Lit (Penguin, 2006 series) (2006)

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Script: Carlos Nine
Pencils: Carlos Nine
Inks: Carlos Nine
Colors: Carlos Nine
Letters: Carlos Nine

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Script: Kaz Prapuolenis
Pencils: Kaz Prapuolenis
Inks: Kaz Prapuolenis
Colors: Kaz Prapuolenis
Letters: Kaz Prapuolenis

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in Big Fat Little Lit (Penguin, 2006 series) (2006)

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Script: Barbara McClintock
Pencils: Barbara McClintock
Inks: Barbara McClintock
Colors: Barbara McClintock
Letters: typeset

Synopsis

Teddy Bears' Picnic.

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in Big Fat Little Lit (Penguin, 2006 series) (2006)

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Script: Patrick McDonnell
Pencils: Patrick McDonnell
Inks: Patrick McDonnell
Colors: Patrick McDonnell
Letters: Patrick McDonnell

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

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in Big Fat Little Lit (Penguin, 2006 series) (2006)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Robert Sikoryak
Pencils: Robert Sikoryak
Inks: Robert Sikoryak
Colors: Robert Sikoryak
Letters: Robert Sikoryak; typeset

Synopsis: A "Mad-Libs" style science fiction story.

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils: Martin Handford
Inks: Martin Handford
Colors: Martin Handford
Letters: Martin Handford

Reprints

in Big Fat Little Lit (Penguin, 2006 series) (2006)

Indexer Notes

Same scene as front endpapers but by daylight.

Endpapers.

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1. It Was a Dark and Silly Night...
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5. It Was a Dark and Silly Night
6. It Was a Dark and Silly Night
7. ["My super-sensitive magnetic ears detect emanations of discontent..."]
Jumpin' Jupiter
8. It Was a Dark and Silly Night
9. It Was a Dark and Silly Night
10. It Was a Dark and Silly Night
11. It Was a Dark and Silly Night...
12. It Was a Dark and Silly Night
13. Make Your Own Dark and Silly Tale!
14. It Was a Bright and Silly Morning!

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It Was a Bright and Silly Morning! (Table of Contents: 14)

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Little Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Night

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