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Issue: Scary Godmother - The Mystery Date #1
Publication Date: September 1999
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Brand: SiriusView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Sirius Entertainment Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/20/1999
Volume: 1
Pages: 56
ISBN: 1579890261
UPC/EAN: 978157989026151995
Price: $19.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Dedicated to Lucy, Liam, and Abby. Per indicia: "Vol. One." Copyright 1999 Jill Thompson.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: 8.75" x 11.5" (22.2 cm x 29.2 cm)
Paper Stock: glossy paper
Binding: hardcover with dust jacket
Publishing Format: graphic novel
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
none (see notes)
Jill Thompson (design); Mark McNabb [as McNabb Studios] (production)
Subject Matter
Scary Godmother
Scary Godmother
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Miscellaneous
2
The cloth cover exterior is purple with green silhouette of Scary Godmother on front and green title on spine.
Dustjacket

Illustration  on  Dustjacket
Credits
? (blurb; bio); Mike Mignola (quote); Paul Dini (quote)
Jill Thompson (painting) (signed) [as JT]; Dano Martin (photo)
Jill Thompson (painting) (signed) [as JT]; Dano Martin (photo)
Jill Thompson (painting) (signed) [as JT]; Dano Martin (photo)
Jill Thompson (main logo design); Joseph Allen (logos); Mark McNabb [as McNabb Studios] (set type, production)
Subject Matter
childrens, fantasy, holidays
Scary Godmother
Scary Godmother; Boozle the ghost cat; Professor Toad; Harry the werewolf; Bug-A-Boo; Aloysius the amphibian; Skully Pettibone; Count Max; Orson; Hannah Marie; other denizens of the Fright Side
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Miscellaneous
Dustjacket features signed wraparound cover illustration. Sirius logo, barcode with ISBN, and quotes are on back portion of dustjacket. Front flap has a blurb about the book. Back flap has a photo and bio of Jill Thompson.
Front Endpapers

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
none (see notes)
Jill Thompson; Mark McNabb [as McNabb Studios] (production)
Subject Matter
fantasy, holidays
Scary Godmother
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The front endpapers are checkered black and orange; inside front cover has bookplate ("This book belongs to ___") with border illustration.
Title Page

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson (painting)
Jill Thompson (painting)
Jill Thompson
Subject Matter
fantasy, holidays
Scary Godmother
Scary Godmother
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A blank orange verso page faces the title page.
Masthead & Indicia

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson (painting)
Jill Thompson (painting)
Jill Thompson (design); Mark McNabb [as McNabb Studios] (set type, production)
Subject Matter
Scary Godmother
Scary Godmother; Boozle the ghost cat; Bug-A-Boo; Hannah Marie
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A blank verso page faces the masthead with frontispiece of cast, followed by a verso page with indicia below silhouette of Scary Godmother from cloth cover.
Dedication

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jill Thompson
? (photos)
? (photos)
? (photos)
Jill Thompson
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Miscellaneous
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The dedication is followed by another blank verso page before story begins.
The Mystery Date

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson (painting)
Jill Thompson (painting)
Jill Thompson; Mark McNabb (set type)
Subject Matter
drama, fantasy, holidays
Scary Godmother
Scary Godmother; Hannah Marie; Hannah Marie's mother; Ellie; Katie; Bert; Daryl; Bug-A-Boo; Skully Pettibone; Boozle the ghost cat; Orson; Count Max; Ruby; Harry the werewolf; Irene LeGevaudan; Madame Zazie the spider; Jimmy; Aloysius the amphibian; Professor Toad; other denizens of the Fright Side
Hannah Marie invites her friends from the Fright Side to a Halloween block party, and a quest to find Scary Godmother's secret admirer before the big night has the Fright Side creatures acting even odder than usual.
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Miscellaneous
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Story is told in comics format, with word balloons, but narration between panels is typeset.
Most of the characters on the Fright Side are not referred to by name.
Back Pages

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson (painting)
Jill Thompson (painting)
Subject Matter
Bug-A-Boo
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The story is followed by an illustration of Bug-A-Boo and two blank pages, one white and one green, before endpapers.
Back Endpapers

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson
none (see notes)
Jill Thompson (design); Mark McNabb (production)
Subject Matter
fantasy, holidays
Scary Godmother
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FlagScary Godmother #[nn] published October 2010
as Back Endpapers [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The back endpapers are checkered black and orange; inside back cover features silhouette of Scary Godmother from cloth cover with border illustration.

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