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Issue: Pictopia #4
Publication Date: January 1993
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Issues: #4 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 76
ISBN: 1560971037
UPC/EAN: 978056097103350795
Price: $9.50 CAD
$7.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (20 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Robert Boyd; Gary Groth
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: February 1993
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Black & White with some Color
Dimensions: 8.5" x 10.87" (21.59 cm x 27.6 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
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You Are Added With Fun

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): Julie Doucet
Inker(s): Julie Doucet
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Julie Doucet; typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: wraparound cover
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Pictopia Number Four

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Julie Doucet; Dave Cooper
Inker(s): Julie Doucet; Dave Cooper
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes Doucet's logo design from the front cover and a small Cooper illustration taken from his "All Stuff Me!" story
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Love Is Just

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): José Ignacio Solórzano [as Jis] ?; Trino Camacho [as Trino] ?
Penciller(s): José Ignacio Solórzano [as Jis] ?; Trino Camacho [as Trino] ?
Inker(s): José Ignacio Solórzano [as Jis] ?; Trino Camacho [as Trino] ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Oskar; The Love Bugs
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Geoffrey Seymour
Penciller(s): Dennis Rich
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Comrade Crovsky
Character(s): Comrade Crovsky; Smerk; Olga; The Priest; Ergop
First Line: They are dismembering my father.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Wonderful World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kevin Quigley
Penciller(s): Kevin Quigley
Inker(s): Kevin Quigley
Letterer(s): Kevin Quigley
Subject Matter
Character(s): Kevin; Mr. Markisoto
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Things My Gramma Told Me...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph Shields
Penciller(s): Joseph Shields
Inker(s): Joseph Shields
Letterer(s): Joseph Shields
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe; Gramma; Joe's Dad
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Pages: 1
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All Stuff Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Cooper (signed)
Penciller(s): Dave Cooper (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Cooper (signed)
Letterer(s): Dave Cooper (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Dave Cooper; Bart Simpson (single-panel TV cameo); Moose; Jewels
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Waylaid By Malaise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): L. J. Kopf [as Kopf] (signed)
Penciller(s): L. J. Kopf [as Kopf] (signed)
Inker(s): L. J. Kopf [as Kopf] (signed)
Letterer(s): L. J. Kopf [as Kopf] (signed)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sang; The Clerk
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Monkey's Paw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): W. W. Jacobs [as W. P. Jacobs]; Carlos Trillo; Robert Boyd (translation); Kim Thompson (translation)
Penciller(s): Alberto Breccia [as Breccia] (painted)
Inker(s): Alberto Breccia [as Breccia] (painted)
Letterer(s): Carole Sobocinski
Subject Matter
Character(s): Father; Mother
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Griffu, Part 3

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jacques Tardi
Inker(s): Jacques Tardi
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archimbault; Daisy Dupont; Evangeline; Theo Varlet; Griffu
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Pages: 1
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Griffu, Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jean-Patrick Manchette; Frank Wynne (translation)
Penciller(s): Jacques Tardi
Inker(s): Jacques Tardi
Letterer(s): James Greer
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, drama, mystery
Feature(s): Griffu
Character(s): Gerard Griffu; Congressman Archimbault; Luce Minetta; Evangeline; Theophilus Varlet; Doorman; Daisy Dupont; Commissioner Grassi
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagGriffu #[nn] published January 1978
was Griffu [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Island of Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ida Marx (signed)
Penciller(s): Ida Marx (signed)
Inker(s): Ida Marx (signed)
Letterer(s): Ida Marx (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Ida Marx; Fifi
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Pages: 2
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Art- What's In It for Me?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steven Toornman [as Toornman] (signed)
Penciller(s): Steven Toornman [as Toornman] (signed)
Inker(s): Steven Toornman [as Toornman] (signed)
Letterer(s): Steven Toornman [as Toornman] (signed)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Michael Jackson (single-panel cameo); Henri Rousseau (single-panel cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Occupant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Sturm
Penciller(s): James Sturm (layout); Mark Lang
Inker(s): Mark Lang
Colorist(s): Mark Lang
Letterer(s): Mark Lang
Subject Matter
Character(s): Occupant
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Leave Me Alone!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julie Doucet
Penciller(s): Julie Doucet
Inker(s): Julie Doucet
Colorist(s): Julie Doucet ?
Letterer(s): Julie Doucet
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Pussy- A Real Dream

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Scott A. Gilbert
Penciller(s): Scott A. Gilbert
Inker(s): Scott A. Gilbert
Colorist(s): Scott A. Gilbert ?
Letterer(s): Scott A. Gilbert
Subject Matter
Character(s): Strange Beautiful Woman
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Pages: 1
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Inscrutable

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Griffith; ?
Penciller(s): Bill Griffith
Inker(s): Bill Griffith
Colorist(s): Bill Griffith ?
Letterer(s): Bill Griffith
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Toad; Shelf-Life; Zippy the Pinhead; Pianist; Valet
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In Content Item: FlagBill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 #[nn] published December 2011
as Inscrutable [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Dialogue from a brochure distributed by the Longmen Hotel, Shanghai
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Blabette Takes Yet Another Vacation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Penciller(s): Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Inker(s): Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Colorist(s): Aline Kominsky-Crumb ?
Letterer(s): Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, non-fiction
Character(s): Blabette; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Gloria
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagNeed More Love A Graphic Memoir #[nn] published January 2007
as Blabette Takes Yet Another Vacation [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Deuse X Machina

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rick Trembles
Penciller(s): Rick Trembles
Inker(s): Rick Trembles
Letterer(s): Rick Trembles
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Rick Trembles; Henriette Valium; Rick's Girlfriend; M.C.; Guy Who Bought Painting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The title is spelled as shown on the page.
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Sob Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ted Jouflas [as Jouflas]
Penciller(s): Ted Jouflas [as Jouflas] (ink only ?)
Inker(s): Ted Jouflas [as Jouflas]
Letterer(s): Ted Jouflas [as Jouflas]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Rock & Eva See a Movie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gino Wajda
Penciller(s): Gino Wajda
Inker(s): Gino Wajda
Letterer(s): Gino Wajda
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rock & Eva
Character(s): Rock; Eva
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Casino [as Casino]
Penciller(s): Steve Casino [as Casino]
Inker(s): Steve Casino [as Casino]
Letterer(s): Steve Casino [as Casino]
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Living With Death
Character(s): Death; Henry; Bag Lady
First Line: High atop a building in mid-town Manhattan, Death observes a tortured soul on the verge of taking his own life...
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Pages: 3
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Malted Shakes -n- Shit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stephen Itner [as Stephen Ittner] (signed)
Penciller(s): Stephen Itner [as Stephen Ittner] (signed)
Inker(s): Stephen Itner [as Stephen Ittner] (signed)
Letterer(s): Stephen Itner [as Stephen Ittner] (signed)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Pictopia

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Brief blurbs on the artists accompanied by back issue order info

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