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Issue: Bad News #3
Publication Date: January 1988
 
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
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Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.50 CAD
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Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 33 (27 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Magazine size
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
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[untitled]

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Mr. Hidious

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Bad News 3 Contents

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[untitled]

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drama
Jack Survives
Jack
I'll go to the park.
Jack at the park.
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Italian Ices!

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Snippets about Ciro ice creams.
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Believe It Or Else!

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humorous
Indeterminacy
John Cage
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Quick Concerto

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humorous
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J. C.; Mr. Richard
The naive J. C. tries to persuade a concert pianist to give a private recital.
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John And Henry

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John; Henry
A substitute teacher in the oriental music class.
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No Frills

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Woman shopper; John
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Jojo

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Jojo
Jojo is not willing to commit
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Father Paul

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Father Paul; Priest
Should religion be prioritised over parents?
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Kitty Kook

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Kitty Kook; Mouse
Kitty is practicing drawing with his left hand in case his right is injured.
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Brownie

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Brownie; Fellow Student
Brownie's good at taking notes.
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Suzuki, Zen Master

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Master Suzuki; Jon
Mastr Suzuki travels from the Orient to spread wisdom.
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They'll Do Windows

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humorous
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Aunt Marge; Nephew
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The Mad Ad Man

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humorous
Indeterminacy
John Cage; Ad Men
The ad men listen to John Cage's silent work.
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Little Guys

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Indeterminacy
Is there really too much pain in the world?
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It's Very Hard To Find Her At Night

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Pedro; Gabriella; Aunt Rosa
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Monday Morning

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Nancy
Should one laugh at a funeral?
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Sitting Bull's Last Stand

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Subject Matter
biography
Sitting Bull; Buffalo Bill
When Sitting Bull's former circus horse hears gunshots it starts tricks.
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Just What Does It Mean Anyway?

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A guy over-analyses his relationship.
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Ooh, Jesus!

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Jesus; Joe E. Ross
A fake film poster
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What We Like

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Assorted things we like.
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We Like Cheese

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The perils of changing the family diet.
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Eli Whitney

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Eli Whitney; Paul Karasik
A straight biography followed by the creator considering some less savoury aspects of Whtiney's life and how history could have been so different.
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William & Percy

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William; Gary
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"Wanna Hear A Joke?"

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biography
A fond recollection of a Grandfather
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Sketchbook Page

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Sketchbook page.
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The Can You Melt The Ice? Game

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Roland; Sally
Will Roland and Sally find any compatible aspect in the other?
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Belinda's Topless Go-Go Lounge

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Chester; Bob; Mary-Anne; Mikey
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The Dot Man

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The Dot Man
The Dot Man has a dot obsession.
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Wistful and Blue

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A fairground scene.
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Draw Your Favorite!

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Cubby; Pirate; Snuffy
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