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Issue: Fred the Clown #1
Publication Date: September 2001
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Issues: #1 of 5 Issues
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Publisher: FlagHotel Fred Press
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On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: $4.45 CAD
£2.00 GBP
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Content Items: 22 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roger Langridge
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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FlagNemi #37 published May 2006 as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Fred in Love

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Colorist(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred is attracted to a woman who reminds him of a horse; she's attracted to him because he reminds her of a garbage can.
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Pages: 1
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One Good Turn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred sets a butterfly free; this sets in motion a chain of events which includes a woman being set free from railroad tracks and a newsboy kicking Fred.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Do the Idiot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred demonstrates the “idiot” dance.
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Pages: 1
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Rocket Science

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred goes to the moon, conquers aliens and returns to woo the owner of a cheese shop. He brings her the moon as a present, but in the interval she loses faith in him and leaves.
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Pages: 6
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Fool of the Desert

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown; Pandora Strains; Bisto the Wonder Horse
Synopsis: Fred is set to appear in the dramatic film “Fool of the Desert.”"
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Pages: 1
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So Near and Yet So Far

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred runs out of milk for his tea; a lady clown runs out of sugar for her coffee; they both go to the same diner but don't notice each other.
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Pages: 2
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Uncle Freddy's Comic Cuts

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred realizes his time as a female impersonator is coming to a close.
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Pages: 0.25
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The Clown Laid Low by 'Comedians'

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: While Fred is romancing a woman in a boat, some hobos heckle him, Fred takes a can of petrol and lights the hobos on fire, much to the woman's pleasure.
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Pages: 0.25
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Over the Hill in Beasley Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown; Neddy Magoo; Bearded Lady
Synopsis: Fred's pal Neddy abandons him for the Bearded Lady. Fred makes a new friend: Jack Daniels.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Parody of Noddy.
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The Witless Aphorisms of Fred the Clown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred derives aphorisms from his many experiences such as “misery loves comedy.”
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Pages: 0.5
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You're a Dirty Old Man Father Frederick

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown; Alice
Synopsis: The oafish Fred explains how he manages to succeed in life.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Parody of Lewis Carroll's “You Are Old, Father William.”
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Fruit Corner

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
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Pages: 0.5
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Little Freddy Phlegm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred sneezes, blowing phlegm everywhere.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Parody of Winsor McCay's Little Sammy Sneeze.
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The Unreliable Phrasebook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred's new phrasebook brings him into trouble with the law.
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Pages: 0.5
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Doggerel by Numbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred tries to romance a woman who is actually a man.
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Pages: 0.5
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The Pest in the Vest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred tries to make himself appealing to an animal-man, it works a little too well.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Parody of Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham.
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Returning a Deaf Ear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: As a barber, Fred cuts off a customer's ear, good man that he is, Fred offers it back.
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Pages: 1
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Scared Witless

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown; Katy Kadaver; Scab Skelloway
Synopsis: Fred wanders into a house haunted by the spirit of Katy Kadaver. Fred accidentally releases Katy from her torturous imprisonment by demonic forces and weds her, but she proves a shrewish wife.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Parody of the Max Fleischer Betty Boop cartoon “Minnie the Moocher.”
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He Dreams of Custard Pies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown; Bearded Lady
Synopsis: Fred dreams of abusing the Bearded Lady, being attacked by a mob of men with custard pies and the court ruling the men did nothing wrong to Fred.
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Pages: 2
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Pig of My Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred falls in love with a pig, but eventually the pig walks out on him, leaving a note which reads “oink oink oink oink.” Depressed, Fred eats a bacon sandwich.
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Pages: 1
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The Insult That Forced Fred to Develop a Taste for Hospital Food

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): Roger Langridge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: After being insulted on the beach by a bully, Fred sends away for a book by Oscar Wilde which teaches him various cutting remarks. The next time he meets the bully, Fred unleashes Wilde's best insults and the bully puts Fred in the hospital.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Charles Atlas advertisements.
On inside back cover.
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Freddo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Langridge
Penciller(s): Roger Langridge
Inker(s): Roger Langridge
Colorist(s): Roger Langridge
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fred the Clown
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred stars in a new board game which promises riches, murder and prison time.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Monopoly and Clue board games.
On back cover.

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