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Issue: Scary Godmother Holiday Spooktacular #1
Publication Date: November 1998
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Brand: SiriusView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Sirius Entertainment, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?; Robb Horan (publisher)
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1998 Jill Thompson per indicia.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 6.625" x 10.25" (16.8 cm x 26.0 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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untitled

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Jill Thompson (signed)
Jill Thompson (painting) (signed)
Jill Thompson (painting) (signed)
Jill Thompson (logo design); ?
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, supernatural
Scary Godmother
Scary Godmother; Boozle the ghost cat; Hannah Marie; Mister Boogeylegs; Count Max; Ruby; Harry the werewolf; Bug-A-Boo; Skully Pettibone; Orson
Reprinting
FlagScary Godmother: Spooktakular Stories #[nn] published August 2004
as The Holiday Spooktakular [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]inset only, without logo, grayscaled
 
Miscellaneous
2
News and Notes

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jill Thompson (signed)
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson (logo design); ?
Subject Matter
Scary Godmother; Boozle the ghost cat
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Miscellaneous
1
The inside front cover includes handwritten news and notes from Thompson, the indicia, and an illustration of Scary Godmother at the computer.
The Fright Side

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, supernatural
Scary Godmother
Scary Godmother; Hannah Marie; Count Max; Ruby; Harry the werewolf; Irene LeGevaudan; Skully Pettibone; Orson; Bug-A-Boo; Boozle the ghost cat
A rhyming sequence recaps the feature's premise.
Reprinting
FlagScary Godmother: Spooktakular Stories #[nn] published August 2004
as The Fright Side [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The Search for Mister Boogeylegs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jill Thompson (signed)
Jill Thompson (signed)
Jill Thompson (signed)
Jill Thompson (signed)
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, supernatural
Scary Godmother
Scary Godmother; Hannah Marie; Skully Pettibone; Boozle the ghost cat; Count Max; Ruby; Orson; Bug-A-Boo; Hannah Marie's mother (cameo); Hannah Marie's father (cameo); Irene LeGevaudan; Harry the werewolf; Mister Boogeylegs (introduction); Professor Toad (cameo); Madame Zazie the spider (cameo); Ellie (cameo); Miss Crystal [of skelevision's Spectral Six] (introduction; cameo); other denizens of the Fright Side
Hannah Marie and Orson the vampire boy decide to earn money shoveling snow before the Fright Side's annual Solstice Ball, but soon the whole gang is on a quest through Ackerman Forest for the Last Autumn Leaf and an encounter with Mister Boogeylegs.
Reprinting
FlagScary Godmother: Spooktakular Stories #[nn] published August 2004
as The Search for Mister Boogeylegs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
24
Byline is dated September 1998. On Pg. 8 the story segues into another edition of Treats, with Hannah Marie and Bug-A-Boo showing the reader how to make "Swedish spiders".
Tricks or Treats

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mark McNabb ? (greyscale effects)
P. Craig Russell
Reprinting
FlagScary Godmother: Bloody Valentine #1 published February 1998
was Tricks or Treats [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]title lettering only
 
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Lettering is excerpted and enlarged from P. Craig Russell pinup in previous one-shot, with new background grayscale effects. It is likely intended as umbrella title for following pinup section, but pinups are indexed individually due to density of content.
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Evan Dorkin (signed)
Evan Dorkin (signed)
Evan Dorkin (signed)
Evan Dorkin (signed)
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, supernatural
Scary Godmother; Action Girl; Milk & Cheese
Action Girl; Milk & Cheese [Milk; Cheese]; Scary Godmother; Boozle the ghost cat; Hannah Marie; Bug-A-Boo; Orson; Skully Pettibone
Costumes?!
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Miscellaneous
1
untitled

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Fingerman (signed)
Bob Fingerman (signed)
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, supernatural
Scary Godmother; Minimum Wage
Jill Thompson; Bob Fingerman; Scary Godmother; Bug-A-Boo; Rob Hoffman (as zombie); Sylvia Fanucci (as zombie)
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1
The Broomstick Train

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Oliver Wendell Holmes (see Notes)
Terry LaBan (signed)
Terry LaBan (signed)
Terry LaBan (signed)
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, supernatural
Scary Godmother
Scary Godmother; Hannah Marie
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Miscellaneous
1
The first verse of Holmes' poem "The Broomstick Train" is included.
untitled

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dan Brereton (signed)
Dan Brereton (graytone painting) (signed)
Dan Brereton (graytone painting) (signed)
Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, supernatural
Scary Godmother; Nocturnals
Scary Godmother; Evening Horror [Halloween Girl]; Bug-A-Boo; Skully Pettibone; Boozle the ghost cat
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Scary Stuff

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jill Thompson (on various items)
Jill Thompson (on various items)
Jill Thompson (on various items)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
This ad from Graphitti Designs for Scary Godmother T-shirts, tumblers, and magnets featuring Thompson's artwork.
Spend the Most Romantic Holiday of the Year with Ruby and the Count

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson (painting; grayscaled)
Jill Thompson (painting; grayscaled)
?
Subject Matter
Scary Godmother
Scary Godmother; Count Max; Ruby; Skully Pettibone; Bug-A-Boo; Boozle the ghost cat
Reprinting
FlagScary Godmother: Bloody Valentine #1 published February 1998reduced, grayscaled
 
Miscellaneous
1
The last interior page is a house ad for rerelease of Scary Godmother: Bloody Valentine #1, also promoting the publisher's retail partner Cosmic Therapy.
Scary Godmother [Merchandise]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
various
various
various
typeset
Subject Matter
Scary Godmother; Cosmic Therapy
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Miscellaneous
1
The Inside back cover advertises Scary Godmother merchandise and other tiems available from retailer Cosmic Therapy.

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