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Issue: Pictopia #3
Publication Date: January 1992
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Issues: #3 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 76
ISBN: 1560970944
UPC/EAN: 978156097094150795
Price: $9.50 CAD
$7.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Robert Boyd; Gary Groth
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: September 1992
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Black & White with some Color
Dimensions: 8.5" x 10.87" (21.59 cm x 27.6 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Writer(s): Chris Ware
Penciller(s): Chris Ware
Inker(s): Chris Ware
Colorist(s): Chris Ware
Letterer(s): Chris Ware
Subject Matter
Character(s): Quimby the Mouse; Sparky; Popeye; Nancy
First Line: Oh, Sparky, this is what life was meant to be
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: wraparound cover
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A Map of Pictopia no. 3

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a background map illustration
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Amarillo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Scott Gilbert [as Scott A. Gilbert] (signed)
Penciller(s): Scott Gilbert [as Scott A. Gilbert] (signed)
Inker(s): Scott Gilbert [as Scott A. Gilbert] (signed)
Letterer(s): Scott Gilbert [as Scott A. Gilbert] (signed)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Colby
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Chums

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Parsons [as G. Parsons]
Penciller(s): George Parsons [as G. Parsons]
Inker(s): George Parsons [as G. Parsons]
Letterer(s): George Parsons [as G. Parsons]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Cocaine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Howard Rigberg; ?
Penciller(s): Howard Rigberg
Inker(s): Howard Rigberg
Letterer(s): Howard Rigberg
Subject Matter
Character(s): Son; Dad
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Character dialogue accompanied by passages from a science textbook
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A Day Spent in the Park. ~ Lost in Hopeless Infatuation.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chris Ware
Penciller(s): Chris Ware
Inker(s): Chris Ware
Colorist(s): Chris Ware
Letterer(s): Chris Ware
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Quimby the Mouse
Character(s): Quimby the Mouse; Mrs. Cat
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Ware's Fantagraphics debut. The first lines of dialogue are: "I feel terrible. Why can't I stop thinking about her? Those first few days of friendliness... But the friendlier I got..."
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Apples

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Collier
Penciller(s): Dave Collier
Inker(s): Dave Collier
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dave Collier
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Marcus; Derrick; Dave Collier; Lynette; Ol' Farmer
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Pages: 2
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Cranky the Drunk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Doug Allen (signed)
Penciller(s): Doug Allen (signed)
Inker(s): Doug Allen (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Doug Allen (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cranky; Bartender
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Pages: 3
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Neither Science nor Fiction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Garrett Izumi
Penciller(s): Garrett Izumi
Inker(s): Garrett Izumi
Letterer(s): Garrett Izumi
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Dog at My Door

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Sturm
Penciller(s): James Sturm
Inker(s): James Sturm
Letterer(s): James Sturm
Subject Matter
Character(s): Insomniac; Dog
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Griffu, Part 2

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jacques Tardi
Inker(s): Jacques Tardi
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Luce Minetta; Evangeline; Theo Varlet; Griffu
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by five illustrations taken from the previous chapter
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Griffu, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jean-Patrick Manchette; Frank Wynne (translation)
Penciller(s): Jacques Tardi
Inker(s): Jacques Tardi
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, drama, mystery
Feature(s): Griffu
Character(s): Gerard Griffu; Old Lady; Max; Commissioner Grassi; Theophilus Varlet; Congressman Archimbault; Joseph; Evangeline; Ali; The Doorman; Stripper; Daisy Dupont; Luce Minetta
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From Content Item: FlagGriffu #[nn] published January 1978
was Griffu [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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Gunned Down in Motown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rick Metcalf [as 'Sailor' Rick Metcalf]
Penciller(s): Kent Myers [as Kent 'Slat' Myers]
Inker(s): Kent Myers [as Kent 'Slat' Myers]
Letterer(s): Kent Myers [as Kent 'Slat' Myers]
Subject Matter
Character(s): Rick Metcalf; Paula
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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I Was a New York Bitch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eben Dodd
Penciller(s): Eben Dodd
Inker(s): Eben Dodd
Letterer(s): Eben Dodd
Subject Matter
Character(s): Wendy Westchester; Psychiatrist; Melvin; Skid; Art Teacher; Chad Westchester; Tad; Rex
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Pages: 3
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21st Century Schizoid Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Takashi Nemoto; Kevin Quigley (translation); Hiroko Quigley (translation)
Penciller(s): Takashi Nemoto
Inker(s): Takashi Nemoto
Letterer(s): Jason Lutes
Subject Matter
Character(s): Masaru Kubo; Unkichi Takashi; Takashi's Mother; Yukio Minami; Baimitsu Nakada; Tokhiko Arai; The Emperor; Phimosis; Ejaculato; #1 Chef
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Nemoto's North American comics debut. Translation and lettering credits from Pictopia #4.
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Parsons; Doug Allen; Garrett Izumi; Jacques Tardi; Eben Dodd; Kent Myers; Dave Collier; Howard Rigberg; Chris Ware; James Sturm; Takashi Nemoto; Scott Gilbert
Inker(s): George Parsons; Doug Allen; Garrett Izumi; Jacques Tardi; Eben Dodd; Kent Myers; Dave Collier; Howard Rigberg; Chris Ware; James Sturm; Takashi Nemoto; Scott Gilbert
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: George Parsons (Nevada City, California) inked R. L. Crabb's Rockers...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Brief blurbs on the artists accompanied by small-size sample artwork taken from the story contents
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Pictopia

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jis
Inker(s): Jis
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Description (with small-size cover images) of all the other issues in the series. Accompanied by two small illustrations

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