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Issue: The Best of Drawn & Quarterly #[nn]
Publication Date: December 1993
 
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Publisher: FlagDrawn & Quarterly
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On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: 0969670141
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Price: $12.95 CAD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 39 (33 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chris Oliveros; Marina Lesenko; Steve Solomos
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Mixed Colour and Black and White interior
Dimensions: Large Sized Paperback
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Binding: Paperback with Dustjacket flaps
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.
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reprinted 33 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
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Miscellaneous
1
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Endpapers

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
?
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Endpaper illustrations, thematically linked to the cover and back cover art.
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Peter Bagge
Santiago Cohen (painting)
Santiago Cohen (painting)
Santiago Cohen (painting)
typeset
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Half-page introduction by Peter Bagge, along with a half-page piece by Santiago Cohen.
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Night Sky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Seth
Seth
Seth
Seth
Subject Matter
drama
A man drives down a highway and sees lightning.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #6 published October 1991
was Night Sky [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
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Credo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Sala
Richard Sala
Richard Sala
Richard Sala
Richard Sala
Subject Matter
A man is obsessed with television.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was Credo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Black Cherry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael Dougan
Michael Dougan
Michael Dougan
Michael Dougan
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Michael Dougan; Black Cherry Man
Michael works in an ice-cream parlor where every day a man comes in and orders black cherry ice cream.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was Black Cherry [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A Folk Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Seth
Seth (painting)
Seth (painting)
Seth (painting)
Seth
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #9 published July 1992
was A Folk Tale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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8 Pillars of Gay Culture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Subject Matter
Oscar Wilde
Eight things that gay men identify with, including Sunset Boulevard, Ancient Greece and the Wizard of Oz movie.
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FlagDrawn & Quarterly #7 published March 1992
was 8 Pillars of Gay Culture [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
James Keyes; Claude Feaster; Carl Feaster; Floyd F. McRae; James Edwards (all uncredited)
Carel Moiseiwitsch
Carel Moiseiwitsch
Carel Moiseiwitsch
Subject Matter
A man gets dressed up as a woman to go out on a date.
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FlagDrawn & Quarterly #6 published October 1991
was Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Uses the lyrics to the 1960's song, Sh-Boom. Credits for the lyrics of the song from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh-Boom)
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Claudia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Marti; Kate Sibbald (translation)
Marti
Marti
?
Subject Matter
Various men recount their relationships with the angelic Claudia.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Claudia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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My Darkest Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Matt
Joe Matt
Joe Matt
Joe Matt
Joe Matt
Subject Matter
biography
Joe Matt
Joe goes to New York City and has an encounter with a prostitute in a porn theatre.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was My Darkest Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Why I'm A-Gin Southern Min!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carol Tyler
Carol Tyler
Carol Tyler
Carol Tyler
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Carol Tyler
Carol explains why men from the Southern states drive her crazy.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #6 published October 1991
was Why I'm A-Gin Southern Min! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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How To Avoid The Creepy Guy Syndrome

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael Dougan
Michael Dougan
Michael Dougan
Michael Dougan
Subject Matter
A woman relates things that men say that really bug her.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was How to Avoid the Creepy Guy Syndrome [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Talkin' Nineties

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Roberta Gregory
Roberta Gregory
Roberta Gregory
Roberta Gregory
Subject Matter
A man and a woman argue about who is more inadequate and how to communicate more openly.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #7 published March 1992
was Talkin' Nineties [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A Brief History Of Civilisation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Mazzucchelli
David Mazzucchelli
David Mazzucchelli
David Mazzucchelli
David Mazzucchelli
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #9 published July 1992
was A Brief History of Civilisation [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Black-&-white, with brown tones.
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Life Cycle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Santiago Cohen
Santiago Cohen
Santiago Cohen
Santiago Cohen
typeset
Subject Matter
The odd relationships between people in a family.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Life Cycle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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1
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Visitors In The Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Debbie Drechsler
Debbie Drechsler
Debbie Drechsler
Debbie Drechsler
Subject Matter
Debbie eats too many cookies in the middle of the night to block the reality of what is happening to her.
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FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Visitors in the Night [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Constellations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Debbie Drechsler
Debbie Drechsler
Debbie Drechsler
Debie Dreschsler
Debbie Drechsler
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FlagDaddy's Girl #[nn] published February 1996
FlagDaddy's Girl #[nn] published April 2008
 
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Not reprinted from an issue of Drawn & Quarterly. First appeared here.
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Within Three Seconds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Marti; Kate Sibbald (translation)
Marti
Marti
?
Subject Matter
Twelve things that could happen in three seconds.
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FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Within Three Seconds... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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@#$*!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Peter Kuper
Peter Kuper (painting)
Peter Kuper (painting)
Peter Kuper (painting)
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FlagDrawn & Quarterly #9 published July 1992
was @#$*! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet
Subject Matter
biography
Julie Doucet
So... Your Place Or Mine
Julie and her boyfriend walk drunk through the snow.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #3 published January 1991
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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House of Angels

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Santiago Cohen
Santiago Cohen
Santiago Cohen
typeset
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #9 published July 1992
was House of Angels [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Strange Case of Ross Brown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dennis Worden
Dennis Worden; Ross Brown
Dennis Worden
Dennis Worden
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Dennis Worden; Ross Brown; Ross Brown's Father [Popeye]
Dennis recounts a friend of his who got too involved in the drug culture.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was The Strange Case of Ross Brown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Last panel has a drawing that Dennis says is by Ross Brown. Ross Brown's father is drawn as Popeye.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Luc Giard
Luc Giard (painting)
Luc Giard (painting)
Luc Giard (painting)
Luc Giard
Subject Matter
My Father's A Brain Specialist
Four panels about a family and their relationships to head injuries.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #5 published June 1991
was My Father ["My father's a brain specialist"] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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At Night, Coming Home...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Julie Doucet; Charlie (her cat)
Julie comes home to find her apartment booby-trapped with guillotines.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was At Night, Coming Home.... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Fate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Francisco Torres Linhart [as Linhart]; Kate Sibbald (translation)
Francisco Torres Linhart [as Linhart]
Francisco Torres Linhart [as Linhart]
Francisco Torres Linhart [as Linhart]
?
Subject Matter
Sapo is hit by a car and wonders about alternate versions of his life.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Fate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Homoman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Subject Matter
humorous
Homoman
Parody of Superman's origin as if Superman was gay.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was Homoman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Geometrical Beastniks; The Beastniks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
J. D. King
J. D. King
J. D. King
J. D. King
J. D. King
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Beastniks Speak Out!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
J. D. King
J. D. King
J. D. King
J. D. King
Subject Matter
humorous
The Beastniks
The Beastniks
The Beastniks explain their philosophy.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was The Beastniks Speak Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Extreme Generation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mary Fleener
Mary Fleener
Mary Fleener
Mary Fleener
Mary Fleener
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Mary Fleener
Mary blasts people who make extreme changes in their lives.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #5 published June 1991
was Extreme Generation! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Aug. 16th, 1989

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Matt
Joe Matt
Joe Matt
Joe Matt
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Joe Matt; Jesus Christ; John Lennon
Joe Matt has a dream about meeting Jesus and Lennon and how he believed in each at different times.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was Aug. 16th, 1989 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Music

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
Maurice Vellekoop (painting)
Maurice Vellekoop
Subject Matter
A young man listens to music and it colours his day.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #6 published October 1991
was Music [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Liquid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Clara Bayliss Collier
David Collier
David Collier
David Collier
Subject Matter
The story of water in a person's life.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #6 published October 1991
was Liquid [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Why?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Seth
Seth
Seth
Seth
Seth
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Seth; Gary Evans
Seth recounts a childhood story where he was cruel to a mentally ill neighbour.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was Why? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A Dear John Letter From Your Dog On Moving Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Philip Fine
John Oliveros
John Oliveros
John Oliveros
Subject Matter
humorous
A letter from a dog who is leaving his owner on the day he moves out of an apartment and into a house.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #1 published January 1990
was A Dear John Letter from Your Dog on Moving Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Night Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Subject Matter
A woman vaccuums an office and goes home on a streetcar at night.
Reprinting
FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Night Job [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
No dialogue.
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Santiago Cohen (painting)
Santiago Cohen (painting)
Santiago Cohen (painting)
typeset
Subject Matter
biography
Brief biographies of the creators in the book, along with a painted piece by Santiago Cohen.
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1
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Endpapers

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
A two page illustration, beginning on final interior page and continuing onto inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On back cover of book.

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