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Issue: Blab! #17
Publication Date: January 2006
 
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 124
ISBN: 97815609777661560977760
UPC/EAN: 978156097776651995
Price: $19.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 34 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Monte Beauchamp
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color with some Black & White
Dimensions: 10" x 10" (25.4 cm x 25.4 cm)
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Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Blab 17

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
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Jonathon Rosen (graphic and acrylic ?)
Jonathon Rosen (graphic and acrylic ?)
Jonathon Rosen (graphic and acrylic ?)
Jonathon Rosen (graphic and acrylic ?)
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Wraparound cover
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T.G.I. Friday's

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Christian Northeast (painting)
Christian Northeast (painting)
Christian Northeast (painting)
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Contents

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While You Sleep

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Sergio Ruzzier
Sergio Ruzzier (watercolor)
Sergio Ruzzier (watercolor)
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A wordless story.
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Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Christmas in Shacktown

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Matti Hagelberg
Matti Hagelberg (scratchboard)
Matti Hagelberg (scratchboard)
Matti Hagelberg (scratchboard)
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Hansel; Gretel; Social Worker; Surrogate Mother; Ernst Stavro Blofeld
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The Dutch Tulip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Geoffrey Grahn
Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)
Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)
Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)
Geoffrey Grahn (scratchboard)
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Max Vesta Matchbook Artist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Steven Guarnaccia
Steven Guarnaccia
Steven Guarnaccia
Steven Guarnaccia
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Max Vesta; Norma La Flamme
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Out of Nowhere

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Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ?
Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ? (computer artwork)
Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ? (computer artwork)
Peter Hoey ?; Maria Hoey ? (computer artwork)
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Coleman Hawkins; Django Reinhardt
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A text story combined with several illustrations
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The Pungent Gaul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Greg Clarke
Greg Clarke (watercolor)
Greg Clarke (watercolor)
Greg Clarke (watercolor)
Greg Clarke
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The Pungent Gaul; Winston Churchill
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Vintage Roller Skating Labels

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Twelve full-page illustrations. The titles for them are: "Roll-o-Rink In Sheraden;" "Pallomar Roller Rink;" "Birch Park Skating Palace;" "East Lake Skating Rink;" "Artistic Skating Roller Center;" "Ernie's Skating Arena;" "Broyles Skateland;" "Rollerdrome Atlanta Georgia;" "Cicero's Rink Fair•Grounds;" "White Plains;" "North Shore Roller Arena;" "Hartford Skating Palace"
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Hurricane

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Judith Brody
Sue Coe (painting)
Sue Coe (painting)
Sue Coe (painting)
Sue Coe (painting)
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George W. Bush
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"From the first time I laid eyes on you, honey, I knew you would make the perfect EX." (Blab Cartoon #1)

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Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)
Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)
Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)
Walter Minus [as W. Minus] (signed)
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Blab Cartoon
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Stone Maze

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John Pound (painting)
John Pound (painting)
John Pound (painting)
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The Wetter the Better

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Lou Brooks [as Brooks] (signed painting)
Lou Brooks [as Brooks] (signed painting)
Lou Brooks [as Brooks] (signed painting)
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Monkey Love

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Amy Crehore [as Crehore] (signed painting)
Amy Crehore [as Crehore] (signed painting)
Amy Crehore [as Crehore] (signed painting)
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Migration

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Calef Brown
Calef Brown
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Little Bug

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Fred Stonehouse (painting)
Fred Stonehouse (painting)
Fred Stonehouse (painting)
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Sun Rays of Death

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Ryan Heshka (painting)
Ryan Heshka (painting)
Ryan Heshka (painting)
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Haunted Eleazer Plot

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Esther Pearl Watson
Esther Pearl Watson (painting)
Esther Pearl Watson (painting)
Esther Pearl Watson (painting)
Esther Pearl Watson (painting)
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Li'l Egg Hunt

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Gary Baseman (painting)
Gary Baseman (painting)
Gary Baseman (painting)
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High-Ku Class of 89

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Mark Todd
Mark Todd (painting)
Mark Todd (painting)
Mark Todd (painting)
Mark Todd (painting)
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Matt Young; Pete Cahill; Mark Cozad; Tim D.; Phil C.
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My Garden of Tongue-Listing Twimericks

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Lou Brooks
Lou Brooks
Lou Brooks
Lou Brooks
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Slim; Snooky; Walt
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"Of course she has no idea I finished her portrait last week." (Blab Cartoon #2)

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Shag
Shag (painting)
Shag (painting)
Shag (painting)
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Subject Matter
Blab Cartoon
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A Tribute to Bazooka Joe

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Bazooka Joe; Pesty; Herman
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Four blown-up scans of "Bazooka Joe" comics selected by Monte Beauchamp.
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Behold the Wave

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Marc Rosenthal
Marc Rosenthal
Marc Rosenthal
Marc Rosenthal
Marc Rosenthal
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A small center-page strip superimposed over four-full page background photo images.
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I Have Dyslexia But I Don't Know Ti

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Brian Cronin (painting)
Brian Cronin (painting)
Brian Cronin (painting)
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Fr Hennigan

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Brian Cronin
Brian Cronin (painting)
Brian Cronin (painting)
Brian Cronin (painting)
Brian Cronin
Subject Matter
Fr Hennigan
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Nine Lives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Peter Kuper
Peter Kuper (painting)
Peter Kuper (painting)
Peter Kuper (painting)
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Subject Matter
biography
Peter Kuper
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The Fetal Sunday Funnies

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Mark Landman
Mark Landman (computer generated)
Mark Landman (computer generated)
Mark Landman (computer generated)
Mark Landman (computer generated)
Subject Matter
humorous
Fetal Elvis
Fetal Elvis; Sid the White Corpuscle; Colonel Placenta; Li'l Abnormal; Trick Fetus; Liverface; Flat Colon; Colonel Coathangerhands; Crappy
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Send-ups of the "Peanuts," "Dick Tracy," "Little Abner," and "Cathy" comic strips.
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The Poker Game

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Gary Taxali
Gary Taxali
Gary Taxali
Gary Taxali
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Earl; Dr. Franz; Serj; Pepe; Bel; Misha; Gurdeep; Funly; Waste-O; XI-Pen; Del Vecchio; Wesley; Loli; Pete; Lars; Omar; Titly; Ferm; Tomiko; Harilal; Oji
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High Smile Guy In a Low Smile Zone

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Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
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biography
Spain Rodriguez; Charlie Bolger; Elmer Dedsel; Ron Radetsky
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FlagCruisin' with the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote' #[nn] published April 2012
 
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Membrane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)
Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)
Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)
Paco Alcazar [as Alcazar] (signed)
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Old Jewish Comedians

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Drew Friedman (watercolor)
Drew Friedman (watercolor)
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Subject Matter
Joe Smith [Joseph Seltzer]; Larry Fine [Louis Feinberg]; Jack Carter [Jack Chakrin]; Al Lewis [Albert Meister]
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Planet Hollywood

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Christian Northeast (painting)
Christian Northeast (painting)
Christian Northeast (painting)
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