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Issue: Pictopia #4
Publication Date: January 1993
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 76
ISBN: 1560971037
UPC/EAN: 978056097103350795
Price: $9.50 CAD
$7.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (20 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Robert Boyd; Gary Groth
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: February 1993
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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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images3
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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You Are Added With Fun

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet
?
Julie Doucet; typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
wraparound cover
Pictopia Number Four

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Julie Doucet; Dave Cooper
Julie Doucet; Dave Cooper
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Includes Doucet's logo design from the front cover and a small Cooper illustration taken from his "All Stuff Me!" story
Love Is Just

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
José Ignacio Solórzano [as Jis] ?; Trino Camacho [as Trino] ?
José Ignacio Solórzano [as Jis] ?; Trino Camacho [as Trino] ?
José Ignacio Solórzano [as Jis] ?; Trino Camacho [as Trino] ?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Oskar; The Love Bugs
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Geoffrey Seymour
Dennis Rich
typeset
Subject Matter
historical
Comrade Crovsky
Comrade Crovsky; Smerk; Olga; The Priest; Ergop
They are dismembering my father.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
Wonderful World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kevin Quigley
Kevin Quigley
Kevin Quigley
Kevin Quigley
Subject Matter
Kevin; Mr. Markisoto
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Things My Gramma Told Me...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joseph Shields
Joseph Shields
Joseph Shields
Joseph Shields
Subject Matter
Joe; Gramma; Joe's Dad
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
All Stuff Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Cooper (signed)
Dave Cooper (signed)
Dave Cooper (signed)
Dave Cooper (signed)
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Dave Cooper; Bart Simpson (single-panel TV cameo); Moose; Jewels
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Waylaid By Malaise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
L. J. Kopf [as Kopf] (signed)
L. J. Kopf [as Kopf] (signed)
L. J. Kopf [as Kopf] (signed)
L. J. Kopf [as Kopf] (signed)
Subject Matter
Sang; The Clerk
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Monkey's Paw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
W. W. Jacobs [as W. P. Jacobs]; Carlos Trillo; Robert Boyd (translation); Kim Thompson (translation)
Alberto Breccia [as Breccia] (painted)
Alberto Breccia [as Breccia] (painted)
Carole Sobocinski
Subject Matter
Father; Mother
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Griffu, Part 3

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jacques Tardi
Jacques Tardi
typeset
Subject Matter
Archimbault; Daisy Dupont; Evangeline; Theo Varlet; Griffu
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Griffu, Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jean-Patrick Manchette; Frank Wynne (translation)
Jacques Tardi
Jacques Tardi
James Greer
Subject Matter
crime, drama, mystery
Griffu
Gerard Griffu; Congressman Archimbault; Luce Minetta; Evangeline; Theophilus Varlet; Doorman; Daisy Dupont; Commissioner Grassi
Reprinting
FlagGriffu #[nn] published January 1978
was Griffu [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
17
Island of Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ida Marx (signed)
Ida Marx (signed)
Ida Marx (signed)
Ida Marx (signed)
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Ida Marx; Fifi
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Art- What's In It for Me?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steven Toornman [as Toornman] (signed)
Steven Toornman [as Toornman] (signed)
Steven Toornman [as Toornman] (signed)
Steven Toornman [as Toornman] (signed)
Subject Matter
Michael Jackson (single-panel cameo); Henri Rousseau (single-panel cameo)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Occupant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
James Sturm
James Sturm (layout); Mark Lang
Mark Lang
Mark Lang
Mark Lang
Subject Matter
Occupant
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Leave Me Alone!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet ?
Julie Doucet
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Pussy- A Real Dream

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Scott A. Gilbert
Scott A. Gilbert
Scott A. Gilbert
Scott A. Gilbert ?
Scott A. Gilbert
Subject Matter
Strange Beautiful Woman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inscrutable

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Griffith; ?
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith ?
Bill Griffith
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Toad; Shelf-Life; Zippy the Pinhead; Pianist; Valet
Reprinting
FlagBill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 #[nn] published December 2011
as Inscrutable [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
Dialogue from a brochure distributed by the Longmen Hotel, Shanghai
Blabette Takes Yet Another Vacation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Aline Kominsky-Crumb ?
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Subject Matter
humorous, non-fiction
Blabette; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Gloria
Reprinting
FlagNeed More Love A Graphic Memoir #[nn] published January 2007
as Blabette Takes Yet Another Vacation [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Deuse X Machina

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rick Trembles
Rick Trembles
Rick Trembles
Rick Trembles
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Rick Trembles; Henriette Valium; Rick's Girlfriend; M.C.; Guy Who Bought Painting
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
The title is spelled as shown on the page.
Sob Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ted Jouflas [as Jouflas]
Ted Jouflas [as Jouflas] (ink only ?)
Ted Jouflas [as Jouflas]
Ted Jouflas [as Jouflas]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Rock & Eva See a Movie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gino Wajda
Gino Wajda
Gino Wajda
Gino Wajda
Subject Matter
humorous
Rock & Eva
Rock; Eva
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Casino [as Casino]
Steve Casino [as Casino]
Steve Casino [as Casino]
Steve Casino [as Casino]
Subject Matter
Living With Death
Death; Henry; Bag Lady
High atop a building in mid-town Manhattan, Death observes a tortured soul on the verge of taking his own life...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Malted Shakes -n- Shit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stephen Itner [as Stephen Ittner] (signed)
Stephen Itner [as Stephen Ittner] (signed)
Stephen Itner [as Stephen Ittner] (signed)
Stephen Itner [as Stephen Ittner] (signed)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Pictopia

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Brief blurbs on the artists accompanied by back issue order info

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