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Issue: Masterpiece Comics #[nn]
Publication Date: August 2009
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Publisher: FlagDrawn & Quarterly
Brand: Drawn & Quarterly
Indicia Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 72
ISBN: 9781897299845
UPC/EAN: 9781897299845
Price: $24.95 CAD
$19.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 35 (21 stories, 2 covers)
Editor(s): R. Sikoryak
Disclose Notes: Second printing: September 2009; Third printing: December 2009; Fourth printing: April 2010.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Colour
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Binding: Hardcover
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reprinted 5 times from some/all in other Issues.
reprinted 19 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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Where Classics and Cartoons Collide!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dante; Bronte [Emily Bronte]; The Bard [Shakespeare]; Voltaire; Wilde [Oscar Wilde]; Dostoyevsky (vignette)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is a homage to Action Comics (1938 series) #52 (September, 1942).
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Title page and Table of Contents
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Classics on Parade

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Blond Eve
Character(s): Blond Eve [Blondie Bumstead]; God [Mr. Dithers] (arm only)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover layout is an homage to the early issues of Comics on Parade (United Features, 1938 series)
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Draw Homer!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Homer
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad is based on the "Draw Skippy" ads in comics in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Blond Eve

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Blond Eve
Character(s): God [Mr. Dithers]; Adam [Dagwood Bumstead]; Blond Eve [Blondie Bumstead]; The Serpent [Daisy]; The Avenging Angel [Elmo]
Synopsis: The story of Adam and Eve from Genesis in the Bible.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Story is a homage of Chic Young and Jim Raymond's comic strip "Blondie".
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Inferno Joe and His Guide

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inferno Joe
Character(s): Inferno Joe [Bazooka Joe]; The Guide [Mort]
Synopsis: While lost, Inferno Joe meets his guide and goes to Hell.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #1 published July 1989
was Inferno Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Bazooka Joe comics by Wesley Morse and Dante's Inferno. All of the Inferno Joe comics strips listed in this index appear on the same page. Fortune is "Abandon hope, all you who enter." Includes ad #270 "Divine Love Pendant."
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Inferno Joe and The Heathens

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inferno Joe
Character(s): Inferno Joe [Bazooka Joe]; The Guide [Mort]
Synopsis: Inferno Joe and the Guide journey through the first circle of Hell.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #1 published July 1989
was Inferno Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Bazooka Joe comics by Wesley Morse and Dante's Inferno. All of the Inferno Joe comics strips appear on the same page. Fortune is "Bring a flashlight-- It's darker than you think!" Includes ad #353 "Banner of Indecision."
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Inferno Joe and The Lustful

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inferno Joe
Character(s): Inferno Joe [Joe Bazooka]; The Guide [Mort]; 2 lovers [Pesty; Jane]
Synopsis: Inferno Joe watches as two lovers mourn their love.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #1 published July 1989
was Inferno Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Bazooka Joe comics by Wesley Morse and Dante's "Inferno". All of the Inferno Joe comics strips appear on the same page. Fortune is "Wake up! More adventures await you!" Includes ad #506 "Tail of Damnation."
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Inferno Joe and the Gluttons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inferno Joe
Character(s): Inferno Joe [Bazooka Joe]; The Guide [Mort]; The Glutton [Hungry Herman]
Synopsis: The glutton pleads for Joe to remember him to the living.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #1 published July 1989
was Inferno Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Bazooka Joe comics by Wesley Morse and Dante's Inferno. All of the Inferno Joe comics strips appear on the same page. Fortune is "No one can stop your travels into the abyss." Includes ad #614 "Three headed dog collar."
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Inferno Joe and the Misers & Squanderers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R.
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inferno Joe
Character(s): Inferno Joe [Bazooka Joe]; The Miser [?]; The Squanderer [Toughie]
Synopsis: Inferno Joe meets the Miser and the Squanderer and asks them why they didn't repent.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #1 published July 1989
was Inferno Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Bazooka Joe comics by Wesley Morse and Dante's Inferno. All of the Inferno Joe comics strips appear on the same page. Fortune is "You will take a short ocean voyage." Includes ad #794 "Wheel of Change"
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Inferno Joe and the Wrathful

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inferno Joe
Character(s): Inferno Joe [Bazooka Joe]; The Guide [Mort]; The Riverman Charon [?]; A bully [?]
Synopsis: While going over the river Styx, Inferno Joe recognizes a bully trapped in the river and wallops him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #1 published July 1989
was Inferno Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Bazooka Joe comics by Wesley Morse and Dante's Inferno. All of the Inferno Joe comics strips appear on the same page. Fortune is "Beware of Greek Gorgons bearing serpents." Includes ad #900 "2-way heavenly microphones."
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Inferno Joe and The Heretics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inferno Joe
Character(s): Inferno Joe [Bazooka Joe]; The Guide [Mort]; The Angel [?]
Synopsis: Inferno Joe and the Guide enter the city of Dis, only to want to leave again.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #1 published July 1989
was Inferno Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Bazooka Joe comics by Wesley Morse and Dante's Inferno. All of the Inferno Joe comics strips appear on the same page. Fortune is "You might as well get used to the smell." Includes ad #111 "Roadmap to Hell."
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Inferno Joe and the Violent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inferno Joe
Character(s): Inferno Joe [Bazooka Joe]; The Guide [Mort]; The Talking Tree [?]
Synopsis: Inferno Joe meets a suicide who now lives in Hell as a tree that wild beasts chew on.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #1 published July 1989
was Inferno Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Bazooka Joe comics by Wesley Morse and Dante's Inferno. All of the Inferno Joe comics strips appear on the same page. Fortune is "A winged beast will take you for a ride." Includes ad #161 "Franciscan Rope."
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Inferno Joe and the Deceivers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inferno Joe
Character(s): Inferno Joe [Bazooka Joe]; The Guide [Mort]; a demon; one of the damned
Synopsis: Inferno Joe and the Guide watch as the damned are put in boiling pitch for all time.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #1 published July 1989
was Inferno Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Bazooka Joe comics by Wesley Morse and Dante's Inferno. All of the Inferno Joe comics strips appear on the same page. Fortune is "Watch your step, don't kick the dead." Includes ad #221 "Devil's trumpet."
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Inferno Joe and the Traitors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Inferno Joe
Character(s): Inferno Joe [Bazooka Joe]; The Guide [Mort]; The King of Evil
Synopsis: Inferno Joe meets the King of Evil.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #1 published July 1989
was Inferno Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Bazooka Joe comics by Wesley Morse and Dante's Inferno. All of the Inferno Joe comics strips appear on the same page. Fortune is "Take the stairs and rise above evil." Includes ad #331 "Ice scraper."
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Mephistofield

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mephistofield
Character(s): Mephistofield [Garfield]; Dr. Jon Faustus [Jon Arbuckle]; an angel [Odie]; a pope; a President of the United States; Alexander the Great; Helen of Troy
Synopsis: Dr. Faustus embraces the dark arts and uses his powers to cause mayhem, all under the watch of his cat-demon, Mesphistofield.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagHotwire #1 published January 2006
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Parody of the comic strip "Garfield" by Jim Davis and Christopher Marlowe's "Faustus."
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Mac Worth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mac Worth
Character(s): Mac Worth [Macbeth]; Mrs. M [Lady Macbeth]; Mr. Duncan [King Duncan] (dies in this story)
Synopsis: A modern telling of the story of Macbeth.
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From Issue: FlagSnake Eyes #2 published January 1992
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Parody of the "Mary Worth" comic strip by Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst and Shakespeare's "Macbeth". "Mac Worth" also visually looks like Rex Morgan, M.D. a comic strip by Dal Curtis, Marvin Bradley, and Frank Edgington.
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Candiggy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Candiggy
Character(s): Candiggy [Ziggy]
Synopsis: Candiggy was taught all his life that "All is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds." Candiggy then witnesses great evil in the world and decides "We must cultivate our own garden."
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMonkeysuit #2 published August 2000
was Candiggy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Parody of "Candide" by Voltaire and the comic strip "Ziggy" by Tom Wilson.
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You can be a LIT salesman!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of the ad selling GRIT newspapers in the 1960s and 1970s.
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The Crypt of Bronte

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak (signed)
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Heath [Heathcliff]; Cathy [Catherine Earnshaw]; The House-Keeper; The Governess; The Tenant
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #5 published August 2003
was The Crypt of Bronte [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Based on the EC comics of the 1950s.
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The House-Keeper's Tale: The Heights!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The House-Keeper [Nelly Dean]; Heath [Heathcliff]; Cathy [Catherine Earnshaw]; Hindley [Hindley Earnshaw]; Mr. Earnshaw (dies in this story); Frances Earnshaw (Hindley's wife; dies in this story); Edgar Linton; Isabelle Linton; Hareton Earnshaw (son of Hindley and Frances)
Synopsis: The story of Cathy and Heath, as told by the House-Keeper.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #5 published August 2003
was The Housekeeper's Tale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Parody of Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" and Al Feldstein's and Jack Davis' EC comics of the 1950s. Story continues in the next sequence.
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The Depths

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The House-Keeper [Nelly Dean]; Heath [Heathcliff]; Cathy [Catherine Earnshaw]; Hindley [Hindley Earnshaw]; Edgar Linton; Isabelle Linton; Hareton Earnshaw; Cate Linton
Synopsis: The House-Keeper finishes her dreadful tale of love, heartbreak and revenge.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Parody of Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" and Al Feldstein's and Jack Davis' EC comics of the 1950s.
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Masterpiece Queries

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Professor Scholar [R. Sikoryak]
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Inferno Joe [Bazooka Joe]; The Guide [Mort]; The Glutton [Hungry Herman]; Dr. Jon Faustus [Jon Arbuckle]; Mephistofield [Garfield the cat]; Mac Worth [Macbeth]; Mrs. M [Lady Macbeth]; The House-Keeper [Nelly Dean]; Cathy [Catherine Earnshaw]; Heath [Heathcliff]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art taken from panels from the previous stories. Letters from Gio Boccaccio (Tuscany, Italy); Val Simmes (London, England); Henry C. (London, England); J. de Fleury (Paris, France); Currer B. (Yorkshire, England.)
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Hester's Little Pearl

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Little Pearl
Character(s): Chilly [Roger Chillingworth] [Tubby Tompkins]; Little Pearl [Little Lulu Moppet]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published July 2001
was Little Pearl [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Homage to Dell's Little Lulu covers.
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Red Letter Days

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Pearl
Character(s): Hester Prynne [Martha Moppet]; Little Pearl [Little Lulu Moppet]; Roger Chillingworth (aka Chilly) [Tubby Tompkins]; Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale [George Moppet]
Synopsis: Little Pearl causes a stir being born to Hester Prynne in a Puritan village. Hester's husband was lost at sea, but a few years later Hester has Pearl, a sign of Hester's adultry. Hester is forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" to show her sin. Hester's husband shows up and is determined to find Pearl's father. But Pearl's impishness and instincts trump the community on many occasions.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published July 2001
was Little Pearl - Red Letter Days [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Parody of "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne and "Little Lulu" by Marjorie Henderson Buell, John Stanley, and Irving Tripp.
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Pequod Whaling Ship

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a childsize Pequod, the whaling ship from Herman Melville's "Moby Dick".
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Dostoyevsky Comics

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Raskol
Character(s): Raskol [Batman]; the Pawnbroker [Joker]; Dostoyesky
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #3 published May 2000
was [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Homage to the covers of Detective Comics from the 1940s and 1950s.
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Crime and Punishment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak (signed Bob Sik)
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak (signed Bob Sik)
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak (signed Bob Sik)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak (signed Bob Sik)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Raskol
Character(s): Raskol [Batman]; the town drunk; The Pawnbroker [Joker]; Liz (The pawnbroker's daughter); the porter [Alfred Pennyworth]; Sonny [Robin]; Inspector Forfiry [Commissioner Gordon]
Synopsis: In need of money, Raskol dons a strange garb and murders two women -- the evil pawnbroker and her daughter.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #3 published May 2000
was Dostoyevski Comics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Parody of Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment" and the Batman comics of the 1940s and 1950s by Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Jerry Robinson and Dick Sprang.
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For the Finest in Classic Entertainment

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Hawthorne [Nathanial Hawthorne]; Dostoyevsky [Fyodor Dostoyevsky]; Emily Bronte; Marlowe [Christopher Marlowe]; Voltaire; Kafka [Franz Kafka]; Camus [Albert Camus]; Beckett [Samuel Beckett]; Dante; Wilde [Oscar Wilde]; King James; The Bard [William Shakespeare]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for AC comics done in the style of DC Comics house ads from the 1950s and 1960s.
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Masterful Funnies

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Dori
Character(s): Little Dori [Little Nemo]
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagHotwire #2 published January 2008
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Little Dori in Pictureland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Dori
Character(s): Little Dori [Little Nemo]; Basil Hallward [Dr. Pill]; Lord Henry Wotton [Flip]
Synopsis: Little Dori gets his portrait painted by Basil. In looking at it, Dori wishes he would remain young and goodlooking forever, while the picture grows old instead. He then meets Lord Henry, who inspires Dori to live a life of debauchery-- all of which is reflected in the picture.
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From Issue: FlagHotwire #2 published January 2008
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Parody of "Little Nemo in Slumberland" by Winsor McKay and "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde.
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Good Ol' Gregor Brown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak (signed)
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak (signed)
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gregor Brown
Character(s): Gregor Brown [Charlie Brown]; Chief Clerk [Linus Van Pelt]; Grete Brown [Lucy Van Pelt]; the Maid [Snoopy]
Synopsis: Gregor Brown inexplicabily finds himself turned into a "mosterous vermin" and tries to live a normal life with his family without success.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRaw #2 published May 1990
was Good ol' Gregor Brown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Parody of "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka and "Peanuts" by Charles Shultz.
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Action Camus covers

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Stranger
Character(s): The Stranger [Superman]; Miss Marie [Lois Lane]; The Chaplain [Lex Luthor]
Synopsis: 8 covers for Action Camus comics, all featuring the indifferent Stranger.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagSnake Eyes #1 published January 1990
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Parody of "The Stranger" by Albert Camus and "Superman" by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring, and Fred Ray.
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Waiting To Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. Sikoryak
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): R. Sikoryak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gogo and Didi
Character(s): Gogo [Beavis]; Didi [Butthead]; a man [Pozzo]; his burdened slave [Lucky]
Synopsis: Didi and Gogo are waiting for Go-dot.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagReveal #1 published November 2002
was Waiting To Go [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" and Mike Judge's cartoon "Beavis and Butthead".
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Masterpiece Queries

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Professor Scholar [R. Sikoryak]
Penciller(s): R. Sikoryak
Inker(s): R. Sikoryak
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Little Pearl [Little Lulu Moppet]; Hester Prynne [Martha Moppet]; Roger Chillingworth [Chilly] [Tubby Thompkins]; Raskol [Batman]; Gregor Brown [Charlie Brown]; The Stranger [Superman]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from E.A. Duck (New York, NY); Nik Strakhov (St. Petersburg, RU); Joe M. S. (Philadelphia, PA); Max B., (Prague, CZ); Gaston G. (Paris, FR); R. Blin (Paris, FR)

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