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Issue: God's Bosom and Other Stories: The Historical Strips of Jack Jackson #[nn]
Publication Date: May 1995
 
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 1995
Volume: none
Pages: 140
ISBN: 9781560971719
UPC/EAN: 9781560971719
Price: $19.95 CAD
$14.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 28 (19 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover and Black & White Interior
Dimensions: 8.43" x 10.75" (21.4 cm x 27.3 cm)
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Binding: Softcover
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God's Bosom and Other Stories

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Yoyo Pintado
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FlagGraphic Story Monthly #4 published April 1990
was A Tale of Lust, Murder, and Madness [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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God's Bosom and Other Stories: The Historical Strips of Jack Jackson

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typeset
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title page; publisher, production and copyrights credit page; title and publisher page; table of contents pages with a double-page blown-up panel from page twenty-five of the first story.
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Jaxon's Illustrated Tales no. 1

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FlagJaxon's Illustrated Tales #1 published January 1984
 
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Introduction

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Accompanied by three panels- one from page ninety of "The Colt Revolver and the Texas Rangers" story; two from page 128-9 of the "Why Do Texans Hate the Yankees so Much?" story
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Part 1. ~ Old Tejas ~

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Includes a blown-up panel from ? (1991)
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Camino Real Comics - The King's Highway Across Texas

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historical, western
Louis XIV; Sieur de La Salle; General Alonso de Leon; Domingo Teran; Saint-Denis; Philip Nolan; Gutierrez; Magee; General Joachin de Arrendondo; Colonel Ignacio Elizondo; Moses Austin; Stephen Austin; Jose; Señor; Pa; President Mirabeau Lamar; Brigadier General John. E. Wool; Claudia Norvell; V.N. Zivley
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Previously unpublished. Originally intended to be a junior high school educational comic published in conjunction with the Texas Highway Department
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God's Bosom

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Graham Ward
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adventure, historical
Fray Marcos de Mena; Admiral; Pedro Mendez; Captain General; Maria; Don Diego; Lady Isabella; Ramon; Negress; Villager
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FlagJaxon's Illustrated Tales #1 published January 1984
 
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Lettering credit from Jaxon's Illustrated Tales #1.
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The Good Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
historical
Yoyo Pintado; Rita Pintado; Rita's Lover [Jaraname Indian Vaquero]
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FlagGraphic Story Monthly #4 published April 1990
was The Good Life [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Savage Within

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historical
Placido Gutierrez; Fray Camarena; Rita's Lover [Jaraname Indian Vaquero]; Rita's Daughter; Rita Pintado; Father Garcia; Francisco Rojas; Yoyo Pintado
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FlagGraphic Story Monthly #5 published May 1990
was The Savage Within [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Possum On a Stick

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historical
Yoyo Pintado; Diego Gortari; Sleepy
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FlagGraphic Story Monthly #6 published June 1990
was Possum On A Stick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Colt Revolver and the Texas Rangers

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historical, western
John Coffee "Jack" Hays; Svante M. Swenson; John Fuller; Mirabeau B. Lamar; Sam Houston; Samuel Walker; Samuel Colt
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Nits Make Lice

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historical, western
Col. J.M. Chivington; Major Anthony; Capt. Soule; Grey Blanket Smith; Pvt. Louderback; Black Kettle; Elwood
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FlagSlow Death #7 published January 1976
was 'Nits Make Lice' [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Part II. ~ Modern Times ~

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Rip Off Press- The Golden Era

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Subject Matter
biography
Fred Todd; Gilbert Shelton; Dave Moriaty; Jack Jackson
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FlagRip Off Comix #21 published January 1988
was Rip Off Press The Golden Era [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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You Gotta Have a Lotta' Soul.. To Attend a Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic!

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humorous
Billy Bob; Neal; Debbie; Local Resident Tick
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from The Austin Sun (July 24 - August 6 1975) ?
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Great Moments in Austin Music at Houston Prices: R&B Star Puts it to His Loyal Fans at $10 a Whack

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Subject Matter
humorous
Ol' Freeloader; Massa Dahl
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from ? (1982)
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Cozmic Cowboy!

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humorous
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from The Austin Sun (March 11, 1976) ?
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[untitled]

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humorous
The Rise and Rapid Decline of Austin Tacious
A.C. Allen; Sam Houston; Mirabeau B. Lamar
Way back in 1837 the capital of Texas was a tent city thrown up in a pestilence-ridden bayou area by A.C. Allen
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[untitled]

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humorous
The Rise and Rapid Decline of Austin Tacious
Bertha
Used to be, approaching Austin from any direction, two and only two monuments broke the flat skyline- one dedicated to...
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[untitled]

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humorous
The Rise and Rapid Decline of Austin Tacious
Money Hungry Developer
Then, slowly at first, Austin's skyline began to change. The large-breasted dome and the phallic-tower become lost...
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[untitled]

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humorous
The Rise and Rapid Decline of Austin Tacious
No place, no matter how pretty, is sacred to the real estate hustlers- not even Barton Springs, once described as the most beautiful
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from The Austin Sun ? (1977)
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Silent Invasion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Clyde; Virgil; Shorty
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Why Do Texans Hate Yankees so Much? (Let Me Count the Ways...)

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humorous
Buddy; Friend; Bug; Mama; Baron de Ripperdaa; Tex
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from ? (1983)
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Sutherly Breeze

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Subject Matter
humorous
Virgil; Emma Jo
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Oat Willie's Mid-Life Crisis

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Subject Matter
humorous
Oat Willie
Oat Willie; God Nose; Jesus Christ (one-panel silent cameo)
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FlagThe Adventures of Oat Willie #1 published January 1987
 
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Jack Jackson a.k.a. "Jaxon," was born in Pandora, Texas, on May 15, 1941.
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Brief text bio accompanied from a panel from ?
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Doug Sahm and the Texas Tornados, illustration for "Texas Rock for Country Rollers"

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Doug Sahm; The Texas Tornados
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On the back cover. From 1976. Made for a T-shirt and poster promoting the titular LP
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[untitled]

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This collection is drawn from nearly twenty years' work by the well-known cartoonist-historian Jack Jackson.
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back cover

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