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Issue: Acme Novelty Library #11

- Attribution History

Publication Date: January 1998

Issue #11
- #1
- #2
- #3
- #4
- #5
- #6
- #7
- #8
- #9
- #10
- ✔ #11
- #12
- #13
- #14
- #15
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- The Acme Novelty Library

Detail

Issues: #11 of 15 Issues (19 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Fantagraphics

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $5.95 CAD
$4.50 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): ?

Notes: No date of publication given. Printed at 155mm x 183mm, four colour, saddle stitched. Most strips are modified from original appearance in Chicago newspaper New City.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Black and White and Color

Dimensions: Various As Described

Paper Stock:

Binding: Saddle-Stitched (#1-12; 15); Perfect Bound (#13-14)

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Format Notes:

Reprinted In1

1 Content Item
- [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted as/ in another Issue.

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images1

Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets0

Content Items (6 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Jimmy Corrigan the Smartest Kid On Earth

Character(s): Jimmy Corrigan; Jimmy's Dad; Jimmy's Grandfather; Superman

First Line: Jimmy Corrigan is the little guy who is without a father:

Reprinting

Reprint Notes: from Newcity (November 6, 1997) (Chicago weekly newspaper)

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Synopsis strip continues on the inside front cover.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Jimmy Corrigan the Smartest Kid On Earth

Character(s): Jimmy Corrigan

First Line: Meanwhile, ninety years earlier, Jimmy's Grandfather grows up in Chicago. Here are some of the things that he will do there

Reprinting

Reprint Notes: from Newcity (November 6, 1997)

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: Continues the story recap from the front cover. In the landscape format. Accompanied by the indicia and the first half of the story shown just below.

A Visit to the Acme Novelty Library

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Synopsis: Chris Ware's working day, incorporating readers' letters

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Starts and ends on the inside front and inside back covers.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: tragedy

Feature(s): Jimmy Corrigan the Smartest Kid On Earth

Character(s): Jimmy Corrigan's Grandfather; William Corrigan; Widow; Matthew McClintock; Marianne Corrigan

First Line: It could be his father's dull monotone or maybe the dumb script but the brightly colored shadows fail to capture the boy's interest.

Synopsis: The solitary life of Jimmy Corrigan's grandfather growing up in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth #[nn] [unnamed variant] published September 2000

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 32

Comic Art 101 With Dr. James Corrigan

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Dr. James Corrigan

Synopsis: Instructions on how to find the messages in Jimmy Corrigan strips

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: Strip is in black, white and red

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Rusty Brown

Character(s): Rusty Brown

First Line: Oh boy... finally! The auction results for the latest "Toy Town" bid list

Synopsis: Rusty misses out in an auction

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Strip is inverted on the back cover