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Issue: Knockabout Comics #4
Publication Date: January 1982
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Issues: #4 of 13 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagKnockabout
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
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On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 48
ISBN:
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Price: £0.95 GBP
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US (#1-6); British A4 size (#8-14)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-6); squarebound (#8-14)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Hunt Emerson
Inker(s): Hunt Emerson
Colorist(s): Hunt Emerson
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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That's Show Biz

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Geoffrey Robinson
Penciller(s): R. Crumb
Inker(s): R. Crumb
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: An eztract from Obscenity by Geoffrey Robinson detailing the concerns of the Department of Public Prosecutions with regard to the underground press.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Publisher Knockabout was also a major importer and distributor of US underground comics in the UK. The theme of this issue was a response to their premises being raided by the police looking for obscene material.
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A.B.Seize It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tony Bennett [as Knockabout Comics]; Carol Bennett [as Knockabout Copmics]; Tym Manley
Penciller(s): Hunt Emerson
Inker(s): Hunt Emerson
Letterer(s): Hunt Emerson
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, philosophical
Synopsis: Detailing how portrayal of female mammary glands and pudenda in publications over the years has been deemed obscene.
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Pages: 7
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A Lay In The Life Of An Irregular Guy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Grt Murphy
Penciller(s): Grt Murphy
Inker(s): Grt Murphy
Letterer(s): Grt Murphy
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A lonesome guy watches the news while having sex.
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Bell
Penciller(s): Steve Bell
Inker(s): Steve Bell
Letterer(s): Steve Bell
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Prince Phillip; Norman Tebbitt
First Line: Good God! Absolutely revolting!
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Pages: 0.5
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Tropic Appetites

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Graham Higgins [as Pokketz]
Penciller(s): Graham Higgins [as Pokketz]
Inker(s): Graham Higgins [as Pokketz]
Letterer(s): Graham Higgins [as Pokketz]
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Holiday reading matter produces a result.
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Pages: 3
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Report 93b/Sub-section Z

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Willis
Penciller(s): Chris Welch
Inker(s): Chris Welch
Letterer(s): Chris Welch
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Special Agent Albert Killjoy
Synopsis: Albert spots a penile protuberance.
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Pages: 1
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Dirty Little Girls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Melinda Gebbie
Penciller(s): Melinda Gebbie
Inker(s): Melinda Gebbie
Letterer(s): Melinda Gebbie
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Girls; Detective
Synopsis: Two girls are reading a comic.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The comic is clearly identified as Carol Lay's Good Girls.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Griffith
Penciller(s): Bill Griffith
Inker(s): Bill Griffith
Letterer(s): Bill Griffith
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Griffith Observatory
Character(s): Griffy; Louie; Model; Artist
First Line: Heh,he, sniff. People are a wonder to behold Louie.
Synopsis: Griffy observes a life drawing class.
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Pages: 1
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Suzie's Savage Romance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Matthews
Penciller(s): Mike Matthews
Inker(s): Mike Matthews
Letterer(s): Mike Matthews
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bobby; Suzie; Maniac Joe Grizelli; Bobby's mother
Synopsis: Exotic dancer Suzie tags along with Maniac Joe when he robs the club she worked at.
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Pages: 7
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The Carlile Family And The Temple Of Reason

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cliff Harper
Penciller(s): Cliff Harper
Inker(s): Cliff Harper
Letterer(s): Cliff Harper
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, historical
Character(s): Richard Carlile; Judge; Jane Carlile; Mary-Anne Carlile; Davison
Synopsis: The struggle of the Carlile family to publish Thomas Paine's Age of Reason in early 19th century Britain.
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Pages: 4
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Big Boy Bug Drones On

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Slim Smith
Penciller(s): Slim Smith
Inker(s): Slim Smith
Letterer(s): Slim Smith
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Big Boy Bug; P.C. Lillywhite; Detective; Judge
Synopsis: The sorry story of how a superhero was jailed.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Antonio
Penciller(s): Antonio
Inker(s): Antonio
Letterer(s): Antonio
Subject Matter
First Line: For all you hot-blooded women out there...
Synopsis: A join the dots puzzle.
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Pages: 1
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Bop It Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Too Loose La Drek; Vicky
Synopsis: Too Loose loses it. A manic story with a series of nearly completely random occurrences.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #13 published April 1998
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. Clay Wilson
Penciller(s): S. Clay Wilson
Inker(s): S. Clay Wilson
Letterer(s): S. Clay Wilson
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Checkered Demon
Character(s): The Checkered Demon; Captain Morte
First Line: The Checkered Demon about to scoop double spoonsful of maggots from the skull of the decaying Captain Morte
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In Content Item: FlagFire Sale #[nn] published January 1989
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In Content Item: FlagThe Collected Checkered Demon #1 published January 1998
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. Clay Wilson
Penciller(s): S. Clay Wilson
Inker(s): S. Clay Wilson
Letterer(s): S. Clay Wilson
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Checkered Demon
Character(s): The Checkered Demon
First Line: The Checkered Demon's pet mutant insect sucks the dregs from the heart of a disinterred corpse.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Collected Checkered Demon #1 published January 1998
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Pages: 1
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Jerry & Sarge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Szostek
Penciller(s): George Szostek
Inker(s): George Szostek
Letterer(s): George Szostek
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry; Sarge
Synopsis: Jerry and Sarge have just been to see Attack Of The Giant Cock From Mars.
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Pages: 2
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Cynical Is Suave?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Andy
Penciller(s): Plum
Inker(s): Plum
Letterer(s): Plum
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Stefano; God
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Pages: 0.5
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The Whisky Bar Dream Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Gibson
Penciller(s): Steve Gibson
Inker(s): Steve Gibson
Letterer(s): Steve Gibson
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gilbert Shelton
Penciller(s): Gilbert Shelton
Inker(s): Gilbert Shelton
Letterer(s): Gilbert Shelton
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Character(s): Phineas; Freewheelin' Franklin; Fat Freddy
First Line: It says here the Supreme Court has decided local communites...
Synopsis: The brothers define their own standards for obscenity.
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Pages: 0.9
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gilbert Shelton
Penciller(s): Gilbert Shelton
Inker(s): Gilbert Shelton
Letterer(s): Gilbert Shelton
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fat Freddy's Cat
First Line: Mommy, can I go play with the rat kids outside?
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From Content Item: FlagThe Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #5 [unnamed variant] published May 1977
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Pages: 0.1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ralph Edney
Penciller(s): Ralph Edney
Inker(s): Ralph Edney
Colorist(s): Ralph Edney ?
Letterer(s): Ralph Edney
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lazarus Lmab
Character(s): Lazarus Lamb; Policeman
First Line: The Trouble with censorship...
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Pages: 1

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