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Issue: Graphic Story Monthly #1
Publication Date: January 1990
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Issues: #1 of 7 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
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Pages: 52
ISBN:
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Price: $3.50 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gary Groth; Kim Thompson (Consulting Editor)
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: December 1989
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: 10.75" x 8.25" (27.3 cm x 20.95 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Fog Over Tolbiac Bridge

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jacques Tardi
Inker(s): Jacques Tardi
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Nestor Burma; Belita Morales
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was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: ads for "Steadman's America," "The Complete Feiffer" and "The Complete Crumb"
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jacques Tardi; Keith Mann; Ward Kimball; Paul Ollswang; Scott Nickel; Douglas Michael; Craig Maynard; Franquin; Rick Geary
Inker(s): Jacques Tardi; Keith Mann; Ward Kimball; Paul Ollswang; Scott Nickel; Douglas Michael; Craig Maynard; Franquin; Rick Geary
Letterer(s): typeset
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Jacques Tardi

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kim Thompson
Penciller(s): Jacques Tardi
Inker(s): Jacques Tardi
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jacques Tardi; Leo Malet
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Malet; Jacques Tardi; Kim Thompson (translation) (uncredited)
Penciller(s): Jacques Tardi
Inker(s): Jacques Tardi
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Fog Over Tolbiac Bridge
Character(s): Nestor Burma; Belita Morales; Nurse; Inspector Fabre; Abel Benoit [Albert Lenantais]; Floromond Faroux; Lacorre; Camille Bernis; Jean “L'Insoumis”
First Line: Paris. Night. A man is pacing on Tolbac bridge. There is madness in his eyes
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was Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Letters from the Rim

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Mann
Penciller(s): Keith Mann
Inker(s): Keith Mann
Letterer(s): Keith Mann
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Ward Kimball's Asinine Alley

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Fiore [as R. Fiore]
Penciller(s): Ward Kimball
Inker(s): Ward Kimball
Letterer(s): typeset
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1937 -1987 50th HCCA Anniversary

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ward Kimball
Inker(s): Ward Kimball
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science and technology
Feature(s): Asinine Alley
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Now and Then...

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ward Kimball
Inker(s): Ward Kimball
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Asinine Alley
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Invention of the Spark Plug

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Kimball
Penciller(s): Ward Kimball
Inker(s): Ward Kimball
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science and technology
Feature(s): Great Moments in Automobile History
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Invention of the Radiator!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Kimball
Penciller(s): Ward Kimball
Inker(s): Ward Kimball
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science and technology
Feature(s): Great Moments in Automotive History
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Classified Advertising

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Kimball
Penciller(s): Ward Kimball
Inker(s): Ward Kimball
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science and technology
Feature(s): The Hazards of Collecting...
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Disclose Notes: Six illustrations- the titles are “Mint Condition,” “Partially Restored,” “Excellent Running Condition,” “Body Not Original,” “Parts Missing” and “Needs Work”
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ward Kimball
Penciller(s): Ward Kimball
Inker(s): Ward Kimball
Letterer(s): Ward Kimball
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science and technology
Feature(s): Asinine Alley
First Line: Now- to release the jack, we push down on this little lever...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Ollswang
Penciller(s): Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter [as Jim Carpenter]
Inker(s): Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter [as Jim Carpenter]
Letterer(s): Paul Ollswang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bar-Talk-Duets
Character(s): Mr. Slocni; Rube
First Line: Mr. Slocni__ I think I have ALL of the Protestant-America's ethics reduced to one sentence.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Ollswang
Penciller(s): Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter [as Jim Carpenter]
Inker(s): Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter [as Jim Carpenter]
Letterer(s): Paul Ollswang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slocni and Rube
Character(s): Mr. Slocni; Rube
First Line: -No. 2- Conversations that could have been avoided...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Ollswang
Penciller(s): Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter [as Jim Carpenter]
Inker(s): Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter [as Jim Carpenter]
Letterer(s): Paul Ollswang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bar-Talk-Duets
Character(s): Mr. Slocni; Rube
First Line: Y'know, pal-- it's all predetermined, see?--
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Ollswang
Penciller(s): Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter [as Jim Carpenter]
Inker(s): Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter [as Jim Carpenter]
Letterer(s): Paul Ollswang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bar-Talk-Duets
Character(s): Mr. Slocni; Rube
First Line: --And now a word from our sponsor --
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Ollswang
Penciller(s): Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter [as Jim Carpenter]
Inker(s): Paul Ollswang; James Carpenter [as Jim Carpenter]
Letterer(s): Paul Ollswang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bar-Talk-Duets
Character(s): Mr. Slocni; Rube
First Line: --Hey pal-- didn't you say ya ain't had any nookie for a whole year?
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I've Got a Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Scott Nickel
Penciller(s): Scott Nickel
Inker(s): Scott Nickel
Letterer(s): Scott Nickel
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Chapter One: The Settlers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Douglas Michael
Penciller(s): Douglas Michael
Inker(s): Douglas Michael
Letterer(s): Douglas Michael
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Adventure Ohio
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From Content Item: FlagPrime Cuts #10 published December 1988
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Chapter Two: The Great Debaters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Douglas Michael
Penciller(s): Douglas Michael
Inker(s): Douglas Michael
Letterer(s): Douglas Michael
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Adventure Ohio
Character(s): Pastor Frick; Father Frack [Claire]; Deever McGleese; Pulton Fuller; Maude Shanker; Peiter Vendleiver; Heckler; President Lincoln
Synopsis: A send-up of reactionary morality in this fictional account of an 1860s Ohio slavery debate.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Craig Maynard
Penciller(s): Craig Maynard
Inker(s): Craig Maynard
Letterer(s): Craig Maynard
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Feature(s): Minor Memories and the Art of Adolescence
Character(s): Craig Maynard; Cheryl Maynard; Mom; Father
First Line: When I first discovered my brothers' comic books, new worlds opened up for me.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franquin; Dwight R. Decker (translated by)
Penciller(s): Franquin
Inker(s): Franquin
Letterer(s): Bill Spicer
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gomer Goof
Character(s): Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]; Mr. Groff
First Line: What? The Cactus? His big cactus?!
Synopsis: Gomer has been growing super-large cactus in his office.
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gustave Flaubert
Penciller(s): Rick Geary
Inker(s): Rick Geary
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas
First Line: Keepsake: Should be found on every drawing-room table.
Synopsis: From “keepsake” to “nature”
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Disclose Notes: promos for “Graphic Story Monthly” and Catalan Communication graphic novels

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