XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Twitter Logo Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1973
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDover Publications
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/01/1973
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: 0486213471
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: A reprint of "Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend" (Frederick. A. Stokes Co., 1905), minus one page whose "minority-group humor ... was unpalatable today [1973]". The strips (titled "Dream of the Rarebit Fiend" - singular) are from the newspaper New York Evening Telegram, October 3, 1904 through September 1, 1905.
The strips are not dated in the book, nor reprinted in any particular order.
Dates obtained from reprints at http://www.comicstriplibrary.org

Also additional illustrations in introduction.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-75868.

On sale date as listed in U.S. copyright submittal.
Original book was copyrighted Aug. 25, 1905.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: 8 3/8" x 11 1/2" (21.3 cm x 29.2 cm)
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover
Binding: Squarebound Trade Paperback
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (16 total)
Disclose Issue Images
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Winsor McCay
Inker(s): Winsor McCay
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Cover is a color tinted, more elaborate variation of a panel on page 5, from Dec. 2, 1904 strip, showing a man stuck in hot cheese.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Dover Humor Collections

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A list of other Dover reprint titles available at the time that are categorized as humor, including comic strip reprints such as Litle Nemo in the Palace of Ice, and books by authors such as Ambrose Bierce and Mark Twain.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Title and copyright pages.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
Publisher's Note - Winsor McCay

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Brief biography of Winsor McCay.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: This is new material in the 1973 book, not in the original book.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Winsor McCay
Penciller(s): Winsor McCay
Inker(s): Winsor McCay
Letterer(s): Winsor McCay
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Sammy Sneeze
Character(s): Little Sammy Sneeze; Sammy's mother
First Line: Isn't that grand?
Synopsis: Sammy disrupts a circus parade with one of his enormous sneezes.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from New York Herald newspaper, 1905
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages vi and vii of the 1973 Winsor McCay publisher note.
It was not part of the 1905 book.
Disclose
[ Publisher's Note ] Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Discussion of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. Includes two pages of photographs from the 1906 film The Dream of Rarebit Fiend, based on this strip.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This is new material in the 1973 reprint.
Disclose
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Title page
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Rarebit Symbolism

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Tongue-in-cheek explanations of "Rarebit Symbolism", "The History of the Welsh Rabbit" , and "Concerning the Symptoms" of rarebits. Attributed to "Randolph C. Lewis", "T.B. Manly" and "John W. Harrington".
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Winsor McCay [as Silas]
Penciller(s): Winsor McCay [as Silas]
Inker(s): Winsor McCay [as Silas]
Letterer(s): Winsor McCay [as Silas]
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Dream of the Rarebit Fiend
First Line: Why this is Broadway be gosh.
Synopsis: Reprint of sixty Dream of the Rarebit Fiend comic strips. Each strip shows a nightmare, brought about by eating "Welsh rarebit". There are no recurring characters, or continuing story lines. The strips are not reprinted in any particular order.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from New York Evening Telegram 1904.10.03 - 1905.09.01
Miscellaneous
Pages: 60
Disclose Notes: Most of these particular strips are at http://www.comicstriplibrary.org/, with dates listed for each strip.
Disclose
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
Dover Cartoon Collections

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A list of other Dover reprint titles available at the time that are categorized as cartoons, including comic strip reprints such as Litle Nemo in the Palace of Ice, Absolutely Mad Inventions, etc.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Back cover describing the contents of this book.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.