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Issue: Pictopia #3
Publication Date: January 1992
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Issues: #3 of 4 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: 1992
Volume:
Pages: 76
ISBN: 1560970944
UPC/EAN: 978156097094150795
Price: $9.50 CAD
$7.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: September 1992
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; some color but mostly black & white Interiors
Dimensions: 8.5" x 10.87" (21.59 cm x 27.6 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Subject Matter
Character(s): Quimby the Mouse; Sparky; Popeye; Nancy
First Line: Oh, Sparky, this is what life was meant to be
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: wraparound cover
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A Map of Pictopia no. 3

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by a background map illustration
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Amarillo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Colby
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Chums

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Cocaine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Son; Dad
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Character dialogue accompanied by passages from a science textbook
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A Day Spent in the Park. ~ Lost in Hopeless Infatuation.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mrs. Cat
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Ware's Fantagraphics debut. The first lines of dialogue are: "I feel terrible. Why can't I stop thinking about her? Those first few days of friendliness... But the friendlier I got..."
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Apples

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Marcus; Derrick; Dave Collier; Lynette; Ol' Farmer
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Pages: 2
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Cranky the Drunk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cranky; Bartender
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Pages: 3
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Neither Science nor Fiction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 3
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Dog at My Door

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Insomniac; Dog
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Pages: 6
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Griffu, Part 2

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Luce Minetta; Evangeline; Theo Varlet; Griffu
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Accompanied by five illustrations taken from the previous chapter
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Griffu, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, drama, mystery
Character(s): Old Lady; Max; Commissioner Grassi; Theophilus Varlet; Congressman Archimbault; Joseph; Evangeline; Ali; The Doorman; Stripper; Daisy Dupont; Luce Minetta
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From Content Item: FlagGriffu #[nn] published January 1978
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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Gunned Down in Motown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Rick Metcalf; Paula
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Pages: 6
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I Was a New York Bitch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Wendy Westchester; Psychiatrist; Melvin; Skid; Art Teacher; Chad Westchester; Tad; Rex
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Pages: 3
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21st Century Schizoid Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Masaru Kubo; Unkichi Takashi; Takashi's Mother; Yukio Minami; Baimitsu Nakada; Tokhiko Arai; The Emperor; Phimosis; Ejaculato; #1 Chef
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Nemoto's North American comics debut. Translation and lettering credits from Pictopia #4.
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: George Parsons (Nevada City, California) inked R. L. Crabb's Rockers...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Brief blurbs on the artists accompanied by small-size sample artwork taken from the story contents
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Pictopia

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Description (with small-size cover images) of all the other issues in the series. Accompanied by two small illustrations

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