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Issue: Yahoo #5
Publication Date: December 1991
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Issues: #5 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $3.25 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Mature Readers
Content Items: 18 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: October 1991
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 15 times as/in other Issues.
reprinted 15 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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How I Loved the War

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Norman Schwarzkopf
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration is based on a photo from the March 1991 "The Middle East." Lipstick kiss provided by Claudia Basrawi. Dated April 1991
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Yahoo number five: "How I Loved the War"

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Title page, production credits and indicia
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dedicated "To George, Saddam, and Helen." A panel from the "Notes from a Defeatist" story is included.
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Wait!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Sacco compares the anxiety of the Gulf War media buildup to being stuck in an L.A. traffic jam.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Wait! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dated May 1991
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The Human Spirit (Berlin '90)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Olga; Olga's Groupie; Joe Sacco; P; B; M
Synopsis: An anxious Sacco drinks heavily in a bar that he went to with his friends.
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as The Human Spirit (Berlin '90) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Dated March-April 1991
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Desert Sheep #1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Walt
Synopsis: Joe talks to Walt about creating a T-shirt that satirizes the Gulf War.
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Desert Sheep #1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dated April 1991
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Palestinians and Other Problems

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco; German Teacher; Ali; Mahmoud
Synopsis: Sacco chips his tooth when a case full of empty bottles falls on his head. He goes on to briefly touch on the Palestinian situation and a humorous incident that occurred in a class he was taking.
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Palestinians and Other Problems [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Dated May-June 1991
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Notes from a Defeatist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Sacco gives his feelings on the rationales given by officials in the run-up to the Gulf War.
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Notes from a Defeatist [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dated August 1991
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Save Us

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Joe's "open" long distance relationship makes him feel neurotic, while at the same time making his girlfriend feel "empowered."
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Save Us [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Desert Sheep #2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Joe has doubts about the Gulf War inspired T-Shirt he's designing.
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Desert Sheep #2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dated July 1991
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Next Tuesday After Midnight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Fulvio the Italian; Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Sacco plays poker the night before the Gulf War deadline as people's anxieties are at a fever pitch.
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Next Tuesday After Midnight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dated July-August 1991
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War Junkie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Sacco is glued to the Gulf War TV coverage, torn between self-righteousness and remembering the true meaning of the footage being broadcast.
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as War Junkie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dated August 1991
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Much Better, Thank You!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Sacco's long distance relationship collapses.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Much Better, Thank You! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dated August 1991
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Think Zinc

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Sacco is ebullient while grooving to T. Rex's "Think Zinc," while his friends are subdued. Later on, they go to a club.
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Think Zinc [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Dated August 1991
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Hate is Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Ali
Synopsis: Sacco ponders the hatefulness of the Palestinians who were cheering the Iraqi scuds that were landing in Israel, and why that hatred exists.
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Hate is Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Was I Right?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco
Synopsis: With the war over, Sacco gives his feelings on the human cost of it.
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Was I Right? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dated August-September 1991
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Goodbye to All That

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Ali
Synopsis: Sacco contrasts his personal feelings with that of his friend Ali, whose personal tragedies include his family having to flee Palestine in 1948.
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In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Goodbye to All That [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dated September 1991
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Desert Sheep #3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Feature(s): Joe Sacco
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Walt
Synopsis: Sacco's Gulf War T-Shirts have sold out.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWar Junkie #[nn] published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagNotes from a Defeatist #[nn] published January 2003
as Desert Sheep #3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dated September 1991
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Promo for Dennis Eichhorn's "Real Stuff"
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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