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Issue: It's Only a Game #[nn]
Publication Date: November 2004
 
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Publisher: FlagAbout Comics
Brand: About Comics
Indicia Publisher: About Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 244
ISBN: 0971633894
UPC/EAN: 978097163389651495
Price: $14.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 14 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Derrick Bang
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: 13.9 cm x 16.7 cm
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Derrick Bang ?
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] (concept sketch); Jim Sasseville [James Frederick Sasseville] (finished art)
Jim Sasseville [James Frederick Sasseville]
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Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] ? (title logo); typeset (text)
Subject Matter
humorous, sports
It's Only a Game
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Miscellaneous
1
Colourized version of June 29, 1958 baseball-themed cartoon printed without speech balloon. Cover title logo is the logo for the original newspaper strip.
Blank pages

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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2
Inside front cover and inside back cover are blank.
It's Only a Game

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] ?
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] ?
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] ? (title logo)
Subject Matter
humorous, sports
It's Only a Game
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Half-title page. Illustrated with a bowling-themed header cartoon from an undated Sunday strip. Title logo is the logo for the original newspaper strip.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] ?
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] ?
Subject Matter
humorous, sports
It's Only a Game
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Miscellaneous
1
frontispiece; illustrated with an ice fishing-themed header cartoon from an undated Sunday strip
It's Only a Game

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Derrick Bang ?
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] ? (title logo); typeset (text)
Subject Matter
humorous, sports
It's Only a Game
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Miscellaneous
1
title page; no art; title logo is the logo for the original newspaper strip
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Derrick Bang ?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, sports
It's Only a Game
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1
Copyright page. Back of title page. No art.
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Derrick Bang
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, sports
It's Only a Game
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1
introduction; describes the original format and publishing history of the newspaper strip
It's Only a Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] (gag-writing for most cartoons); Jim Sasseville [James Frederick Sasseville] (gag-writing for Jan. 26, Apr. 20, May 25, Nov. 9 1958 cartoons & some header cartoons, text comments); Ben Kern (newspaper column)
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] (full art on Nov. 3 1957-Jan. 12 1958 cartoons & a few later header cartoons, concept sketches for most later cartoons); Jim Sasseville [James Frederick Sasseville] (finished art for later cartoons); ? (photo)
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] (full art on Nov. 3 1957 - Jan. 12 1958 cartoons & a few later header cartoons); Jim Sasseville [James Frederick Sasseville] (finished art for later cartoons)
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] (Nov. 3 1957 - Jan. 12 1958 cartoons); Jim Sasseville [James Frederick Sasseville] (later cartoons); typeset (commentary text)
Subject Matter
humorous, sports
It's Only a Game
Reprints the entire run of the It's Only a Game newspaper strip with comments by Jim Sasseville. Includes a B&W photo of fans acting out a bowling cartoon & a Minneapolis Tribune column explaining the same cartoon. Also several Schulz concept sketches.
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From It's Only a Game (United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) 1957.11.03 - 1959.01.11
Miscellaneous
225
Original strips syndicated on Monday, Wednesday, & Friday as (mostly) single-panel B&W gag cartoons or a Sunday colour strip of 3 cartoons with gag cartoon in title header. Some panels divided in 4 for sequential art stories or split into 2 gag cartoons.
Index by sport

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Derrick Bang ?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, sports
It's Only a Game
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Miscellaneous
2
List of pages that cartoons about different sports, games, and hobbies can be found on.
About the Authors

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Derrick Bang
typeset
Subject Matter
biography
Charles M. Schulz; Jim Sasseville
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5
biographies of Charles M. Schulz & Jim Sasseville; page count includes story title page
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Aaugh.com
For information on the works of Charles M. Schulz...
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Ad for AAUGH.com (Charles M. Schulz website.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
About Comics offers an amazing array...
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House ad for About Comics website.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Charles M. Schulz; ? (photos)
Charles M. Schulz; ? (photos)
typeset
Subject Matter
Charles M. Schulz Museum
Charlie Brown; Snoopy; Woodstock
At the Charles M. Schulz Museum...
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Ad for Charles M. Schulz Museum, Santa Rosa, Calif. Two drawings and four photographs are depicted.
It's Only a Game

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] (gag-writing); Derrick Bang ? (promotional blurb)
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz]
Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz]
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Charles M. Schulz [Charles Monroe Schulz] (title logo ?, speech balloons); typeset (text)
Subject Matter
humorous, sports
It's Only a Game
Reprinting
From It's Only a Game (United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) 1957.10.10
Miscellaneous
1
Illustrated with an example of a colour Sunday strip as it first appeared. Back cover.

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