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Issue: Ed the Happy Clown #[nn]
Publication Date: August 1989
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagVortex
Brand:
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 212
ISBN: 0921451040
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $11.95 CAD
$9.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 25 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William P. Marks (publisher)
Disclose Notes: Collects the Ed the Happy Clown stories from issues 1-12 of Yummy Fur.

Cover also states "A Yummy Fur Book".
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: 6 1/2" x 9" (16.5 cm x 22.9 cm)
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
A Yummy Fur Book

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown ?
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
How This Foreword Got Written

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Pekar
Chester Brown [as Chester]
Chester Brown [as Chester]
Chester Brown [as Chester]
Subject Matter
autobiography
Harvey Pekar; Chester Brown; Man with Ponytail; Bill Marks; Zany Doctor
A history of Harvey Pekar and Chester Brown meeting each other.
Reprinting
FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
as How This Foreword Got Written [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Chester draws himself as a bunny.
Author's Preface

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
How Chester Brown came to publishing comics.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
States that "the first Ed story and the first Adventures in Science story were drawn before I started Yummy Fur. Chapter One and the rest of the stories in the Introductory Pieces section were drawn for the Yummy Fur mini comic and Chapter Two and up were drawn for the Vortex issues."
Introductory Pieces

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown; Frankenstein's Monster
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #5 published January 1984
was Frankenstein Escapes! Ed Returns! [Illustration on Cover, Front]as chapter illustration
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ed the Happy Clown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed tries to help out, but everything goes wrong.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #2 published July 1983
was Ed the Happy Clown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Adventures in Science

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
A professor and his assistants study the masturbation techniques of giant squids.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #4 published September 1983
was Adventures in Science [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Ed and the Beanstalk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Jack; Ed; Frankenstein's monster [noted as Frankenstein]; Christian; Tim
Satire of Jack and the Beanstalk [English fairy tale].
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #5 published January 1984
was Ed and the Beanstalk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Adventures is Science

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Scientists find the face of Jesus on masking tape.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #6 published April 1984
was Adventures in Science [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2.33
Crime and Punishment with Ed the Happy Clown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown; Chet Doodley
Chet Doodley loses his hand and Ed the Happy Clown goes to jail.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #6 published April 1984
was Crime and Punishment with Ed the Happy Clown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3.66
Adventures in Science

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
A scientist demonstrates the difference between an earthworm and a piano.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #7 published September 1985
was Adventures in Science [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
In Yummy Fur (Chester Brown, 1983 series) #7, last panel is printed as-is with "Tortured Canoe" in the address, in Ed the Happy Clown (Vortex, 1989 series) #nn, the address is simply "Toronto Ontario".
The Man Who Couldn't Stop

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
A man sitting on a toilet just can't stop.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #7 published September 1985
was The Man Who Couldn't Stop [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Ed the Happy Clown in Confinement

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed gets his makeup wiped off and his head shaved.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #7 published September 1985
was Ed the Happy Clown in Confinement [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown
The man who couldn't stop is put in jail and accidentally helps everyone break out.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #7 published September 1985
was Adventures in Science [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Reprint has slightly different formatting for first page than original. Also first page includes image from Yummy Fur (Chester Brown, 1983 series) #7's cover of a woman being attacked by a werewolf.
Chapter Two

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
Ed the Happy Clown
Mary and the baby Jesus, with Jesus holding a severed hand.
Reprinting
FlagEd the Happy Clown #2 published May 2005
as Chapter Two [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
from promotional material from around the time that the original issue was published (1987) ?
Miscellaneous
1
Dated "20.12.87"
Chapter Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Chet Doodley; Ed the Happy Clown
Chet remembers stories about St. Justin and follows Ed to the bookstore.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #4 published April 1987
 
Miscellaneous
19
In Yummy Fur (Vortex, 1986 series) #4, panel showing masterbation was censored. Here it is shown.
Chapter Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown; Marcy; Cirel
Cirel takes Ed out to the woods. Chet leaves Josie out in the woods. Pygmies take both Ed and Josie down to the sewers.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #5 published June 1987
was The Disease [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
18
First panel deleted in reprint (warning to the reader that this story includes adult content, with picture of knife stabbing a table). Last panel also slightly re-drawn (omitting "Next issue...").
Chapter Four

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown; Chet; Annie; Josie
The pygmy hunters go out hunting. Josie meets Annie, Chet's dead sister. Josie gets killed again.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #6 published August 1987
 
Miscellaneous
17
First page redrawn (small pictures of Josie and Ed taken out). Last panel taken out (Chester Brown as a bunny saying the story is too long and has to be continued). 2nd last panel redrawn to cover last panel being missing.
Chapter Five

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
The Professor; President Reagan; Nancy Reagan;
Dimension X is found and President Reagan's head gets stuck in it.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #7 published January 1987
was My Bum Was a Gateway To Another World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
17
First and last panels slightly redrawn for reprint.
Chapter Six

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown; Josie; Ronald Reagan; The Professor
Ed and Josie are lost beneath the sewers. Josie gets shot. The Professor and Ronald Reagan meet. Ed goes on the Adventures In Science TV Show.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #8 published November 1987
was Lost Beneath the Sewers Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
Reformatted from the original publication. Title page to story is from cover of Yummy Fur (Vortex, 1986 series) #8. First panel of reprint taken from detail of first page of original story. All panels have been shifted down the page and the last panel of the story ("Next Issue...") has been omitted.
Chapter Seven

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
Ed the Happy Clown
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #7 published January 1987
was Invasion of the Micro-Men! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Reprints cover without "graphitti".
Chapter Seven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown; The Professor
Ed and the Professor appear on Good Morning Canada. The Adventures In Science people find out everyone from the Professor's dimension are homosexual and they kill him.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #9 published March 1988
 
Miscellaneous
17
Chapter Eight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Quincy and Quincy, Vampire Killers; Josie; Ed the Happy Clown
Josie finds out she's a vampire and goes back into her body. The Vampire Killers kill the Pygmy hunter. Ed and Josie escape from the Adventures in Science building.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #10 published May 1988
was Destroy All Vampires [Story on Interior Page(s)]Originally titled "Destroy All Vampires"
 
Miscellaneous
18
First panel of story modified to read "Chapter Eight" instead of "Destroy All Vampires"
Chapter Nine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown; Chet; Josie; Brian Mulroney
Josie hunts down Chet at the hospital so she can have sex with him and then kill him. She does this so he will go to Hell. Ed talks to his penis.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #11 published July 1988
was How He Went To Hell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15
Title page image is similar to the background of the cover of Yummy Fur (Vortex, 1986 series) #11.
Chapter Ten

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
adult, humorous
Ed the Happy Clown
Ed the Happy Clown; Bick; Mrs. Backman; Gerry
Bick and Ed get their penis's switched. Mrs. Backman brings Ed home from the hospital thinking it is her husband. Gerry tells the RCMP that he's seen Ed. The RCMP come and take away Bick.
Reprinting
FlagYummy Fur #12 published September 1988
was Going Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Chester Brown
Subject Matter
a landmark in Canadian comics...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Photo of Chester Brown with reviews of the book.

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