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Issue: Eightball #1
Publication Date: August 1989
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Issues: #1 of 23 Issues (37 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/08/1989
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.50 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Recommended for Mature Readers
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: 1st printing: June 1989

The on-sale date is the date of publication reported for the issue in Daniel Clowes' copyright registrations for "The Laffin' Spittin' Man" and the issue's installment of "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers, Mostly Black and White Interiors with some Color- (#1-21); Color (#22 & 23)
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US (#1-18); 7.56" x 10.25" (19.2 cm x 26 cm) (#19-22); irregular sized (#23)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants5
Disclose Reprinted In12
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron
Character(s): Clay Loudermilk; Lloyd Llewelyn; Dan Pussey; Devil Doll
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: indicia and production credits; table of contents
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron
Character(s): Clay Loudermilk; Paul; 2 Policemen
Synopsis: Clay sees a strange and compelling film titled 'Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron' and attempts to discover more about it.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLike a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn] [unnamed variant] published May 1993
In Issue: FlagLike a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn] published May 1993
In Issue: FlagWie ein samtener Handschuh in eisernen Fesseln #[nn] published January 1994
In Content Item: FlagLike a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn] - [3rd printing & up] published December 1998
as Smoke (Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, part one) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Devil Doll?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Pat; Greg; Ms. Nimrod; Dr. Nimrod; Pat's Father; Margaret (Pat's Mother); Bad Bill; The Ram; Ms. Chill; Satan; Moloch
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLout Rampage #[nn] [unnamed variant] published October 1991
as Devil Doll? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTwentieth Century Eightball #[nn] published January 2002
as Devil Doll? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Fred Altegott given credit for help with this strip, which is a pastiche of the Jack Chick published religious tracts and cameos some characters from them.
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The Laffin' Spittin' Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lloyd Llewelyn
Character(s): Lloyd Llewellyn; Louise Ceeley; Emmett Ceeley; Laffin' Spittin' Man
Synopsis: Lloyd's philandering has unforeseen consequences
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Manly World of Lloyd Llewellyn: A Golden Treasury of His Complete Works #[nn] published May 1994
In Content Item: FlagThe New Comics Anthology #[nn] published January 1991
as The Laffin' Spittin' Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLout Rampage #[nn] [unnamed variant] published October 1991
as The Laffin' Spittin' Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Young Dan Pussey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Dan Pussey
Character(s): Dan Pussey; Dan Clowes; Doctor Infinity; Toothbrush Fukuda; Jackie Roth; Helmut Szucker; Chic Dusendorf; Dick Small; Herm Yunick
Synopsis: Satire about monthly mass-produced superhero comics
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagPussey! #[nn] - 3rd printing published July 2006
In Content Item: FlagPussey! #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1995
as Young Dan Pussey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Fred Altegott given credit for help with this strip. Herm Yunick is a caricature of then Comic Buyers Guide editor Don Thompson
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Puss In Booths

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.66
Disclose Notes: Excerpt from fake porno novel 'Puss In Booths'
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: promo for "girlie ties" hand-painted by Clowes
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.34
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What Is the Most Important Invention of the Twentieth Century?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Various
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Duplex Planet
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLout Rampage #[nn] [unnamed variant] published October 1991
as What is the Most Important Invention of the Twentieth Century? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Duplex Planet (David Greenberger, 1979 series) #?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Adapts answers given by people in an old folks home and originally published in Duplex Planet. This is the back cover

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