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Issue: Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! #[nn]
Publication Date: October 2008
 
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Publisher: FlagPantheon
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On Sale Date: 10/2008
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Pages: 84
ISBN: 9780375423956
UPC/EAN: 978037542395652750
Price: $32.00 CAD
$27.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 58 (42 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Reprints Breakdowns (Belier Press, 1977 series) #[nn] plus new material and an afterword.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Full color cover; Full color and black and white interior
Dimensions: 10.25" x 14" (26.03 cm x 35.56)
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Binding: Hardcover
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman ?
art spiegelman ?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Cover includes a small inset version of the cover of the original Breakdowns.
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end papers and title page

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman ?
Typeset
Subject Matter
Inside front cover is blown-up panel from Chapter 4 of Ace Hole Midget Detective. First page is small reproduction of front cover of first edition of Breakdowns. Next page is dedication page plus copyright information and next page is title page with same illustration as on the cover but with the man slipping on a banana peel instead of a comic.
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Miscellaneous
4
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Breakdown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman
Art remembers his mother drawing with him.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
1
This and the rest of the strips until the reprint of Breakdowns actually begins could be read as a continuous strip. It has been divided into sections (with approximate page counts) since parts of it were both originally printed separately and have been reprinted in various locations and different configurations.
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The Insult that Made a Man out of "Mac!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman and his mother get beaten up by a bully.
Reprinting
from The Virginia Quarterly Review ? [non-comic source]
Miscellaneous
0.5
Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn] (untitled there).
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Hell Planet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman draws Prisoner on the Hell Planet, about the suicide of his mother.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
2
Includes what look like preliminary sketches for Hell Planet. Also includes the cover of Short Order Comix #1 and part of the the first page of Just a Piece O' Shit!
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Unpacking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman remembers drawing Hell Planet, 33 years later.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
0.2
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Cry-Baby!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman remembers being a baby and being called a girl.
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from ?
Miscellaneous
0.4
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Mad Love [Love Mad]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman remembers begging his mother to buy him the paperback Inside Mad.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Includes a close-up of Basil Wolverton's cover of Mad #11
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Simplified Studies in Expression

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman remembers begging his mother to buy him a book on cartooning.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.8
Includes two early strips by art spiegelman, "The Cop and the Drunk" (dated 6/60) and "The Loonies". In the version published in Virginia Quarterly Review, the old comic strips came last, in this version they are followed by a panel that came before them originally.
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Genius

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman's mother tells him not to be a genius because geniuses have troubled lives.
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from ?
Miscellaneous
0.2
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Discovering America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman remembers getting a "frontier cabin" from the back of a comic book and being disappointed.
Reprinting
from The Virginia Quarterly Review ? [non-comic source]
Miscellaneous
1
Includes original ad for Frontier Cabin. Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].
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Packing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman gets advice on packing from his father while trying to draw Tubby.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
0.5
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Eye Ball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman quits playing baseball because of his lazy eye.
Reprinting
from The New Yorker, unknown date [non-comic source]
Miscellaneous
0.6
Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].
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A Father's Guiding Hand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman remembers his dad bringing home old, pre-code comics.
Reprinting
from The Virginia Quarterly Review ? [non-comic source]
Miscellaneous
1.2
Includes photos of covers of some EC and Fox comics. Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].
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Memory Hole

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
Ace Hole
Ace Hole trails art spiegelman through his past.
Reprinting
from The Virginia Quarterly Review ? [non-comic source]
Miscellaneous
0.2
Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].
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Li'l Pitcher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman listens as his parents talk about being in Auschwitz.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
0.4
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Pop Art

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman tells his son Dash about how Maus came about.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
1.4
Includes a reproduction of the cover of Funny Aminals where Maus originally appeared.
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Mouse Birth of a Notion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
Ken Jacobs
art spiegelman goes to a lecture by Ken Jacobs and gets inspired to do Maus.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Maus Haus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman shows the first Maus strip to his father.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Look Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman shows his comics to gag cartoonists.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
1
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A Father's Guiding Hand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman gives his son a treasure chest with a dragon in it.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
0.5
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As the Mind Reels

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman watches the Dick Van Dyke Show with his parents when they get a horrible phone call.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
0.8
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The Power of Narrative!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman has a bad dream from being read Alice in Wonderland.
Reprinting
from The Virginia Quarterly Review ? [non-comic source]
Miscellaneous
0.6
Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].
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The Art of Fiction Illustrated

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman tries to write a story.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].
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Little Signs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Susan Sontag
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
Words and pictures fight.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
0.5
Includes two panels from the "Little Signs of Passion" story.
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Short Circuit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman discusses comics.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.3
Includes panels from other art spiegelman comics, re-worked with new dialogue.
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Form and Content

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Victor Shklovsky
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
Art as experience.
Reprinting
from The Virginia Quarterly Review ? [non-comic source]
Miscellaneous
0.5
Includes panels from The Insult that Made a Man out of "Mac!", re-worked. Also reprinted in Best American Comics 2007, The (Houghton Mifflin, 2007 series) #[nn].
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Breakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
Reprinting
FlagBreakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips #[nn] published December 1977
 
Miscellaneous
1
Printed on heavy glossy stock, as if it were the outside cover of a large trade paperback.
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[end papers]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Endpapers from the original book, reproducing the cover in many different color schemes.
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FlagBreakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips #[nn] published December 1977
 
Miscellaneous
2
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Don't Believe Everything You Read!...

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Note from the publisher of the original book that the following credit page is not correct and that the book wasn't published by Nostalgia Press but by Belier Press.
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FlagBreakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips #[nn] published December 1977
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Breakdowns

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Similar to cover of original book, but with man doused in ink.
Reprinting
FlagBreakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips #[nn] published December 1977
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Auto-Destructo Suicide Device

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Rube Goldberg-type device for committing suicide.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Intro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chic Young
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Keith
Quote from Chic Young, creator of Blondie, about what makes cartoons cartoons.
Reprinting
FlagBreakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips #[nn] published December 1977
 
Miscellaneous
1
Uses panels from other art spiegelman comics as the illustrations.
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blank page

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Maus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Mickey; Poppa
Reprinting
FlagFunny Aminals #1 published January 1972
was Maus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
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Zip-a-Tunes and Moire Melodies Featuring Skeeter Grant's Skinless Perkins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Skinless Perkins
Skinless Perkins does a somersault.
Reprinting
FlagShort Order Comix #1 published January 1973
was Zip•a•Tunes and Moire Melodies featuring Skeeter Grant's Skinless Perkins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
In the afterword art spiegelman says this was "first published as a small 16-page booklet designed to look vaguely like a Thirties 'Tijuana Bible' porno comic."
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Prisoner on the Hell Planet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman; Vladek Spiegelman; Cousin; Doctor Orens; Friend of the Family; Anja Spiegelman
art spiegelman relates the story of his mother's suicide.
Reprinting
FlagShort Order Comix #1 published January 1973
was Prisoner on the Hell Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
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[black page]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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A Hand Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Real Dream
art spiegelman
art spiegelman's fingers talk to him.
Reprinting
FlagArcade the Comics Revue #1 published January 1975
was A Hand Job [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Cracking Jokes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Jack-In-the-Box; Shrink; Court Jester; Zippy the Pinhead
An investigation into aspects of humor.
Reprinting
FlagArcade the Comics Revue #1 published January 1975
was Cracking Jokes [Story on Interior Page(s)]with 1 page added
 
Miscellaneous
4
Page count of original story is only 3. One panel from page 3 (where a man is looking in a mirror and repeating a saying to himself) is repeated over and over to make an additional page.
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Reprinting
FlagShort Order Comix #2 published January 1974
was Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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black page

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Little Signs of Passion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman; Jack Woodford
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman ?
art spiegelman
Reprinting
FlagYoung Lust #4 published November 1974
was Little Signs of Passion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
Some text (about half) taken from "Trial and Error. A Key to the Secret of Writing and Selling" by Jack Woodford, 1933.
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Spiegelman Moves to N.Y. "Feels Depressed!!!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman ?
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
art spiegelman
Reprinting
FlagArcade the Comics Revue #3 published January 1975
was Spiegelman Moves to N.Y. "Feels Depressed". [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Day At the Circuits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Circular strip about drinking.
Reprinting
FlagArcade the Comics Revue #2 published January 1975
was Day at the Circuits [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman ?
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Real Dream
art spiegelman; Girl; Louie; The Clerk
art spiegelman rents 8 rooms for one hour each.
Reprinting
FlagShort Order Comix #2 published January 1974
was Real Dream [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Soap Opera Strip. notes (cont'd) "As the Mind Reels" (tentative title)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Chuck; Martha; Doctor Legman
Notes and panels from a surreal soap opera.
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FlagArcade the Comics Revue #4 published January 1975
was As the Mind Reels [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Real Dream
art spiegelman
moan!
art spiegelman dreams of being at a party and his mustache washing off.
Reprinting
FlagArcade the Comics Revue #2 published January 1975
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Nervous Rex the Malpractice Suite

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman; Nicholas Dallis
art spiegelman; Marvin Bradley
art spiegelman; Frank Edgington
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Keith; Valerie; Mrs. Simons
Collage of Rex Morgan, M.D. strips.
Reprinting
FlagArcade the Comics Revue #6 published January 1976
was Nervous Rex, the Malpractice Suite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
art spiegelman has even changed the signature on the original strips to read "Bragley and Eggington". One strip is dated 12-18.
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black page

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Ace Hole Midget Detective: The Short Goodbye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
mystery
Ace Hole Midget Detective
Ace Hole; Greta; Al Floogleman; Laurence Potato-Head; Pablo Picasso (brief cameo)
Reprinting
FlagShort Order Comix #2 published January 1974
was Ace Hole Midget Detective [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Divided into 5 chapters but always appears to be printed together.
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black page

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover
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Breakdowns

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Back cover of the original Breakdowns.
Reprinting
FlagBreakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips #[nn] published December 1977
 
Miscellaneous
1
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%@!*!! An Afterword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman ?
typeset; art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Art Spiegelman (photo)
Essay on how some of the strips for Breakdowns were done and how it came to be published originally. Also includes some new illustrations and older drawings and stories.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5.69
Accompanied by the following, most printed small-size: A brand new illustration of Spiegelman with Ace Hole; Spiegelman's self-portrait from his intro to "The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics" (1974); "A Flash of Insight," a three-page story from 1965-66; Two flyers from 1967- "This is a Sheet of Paper! Look at it and Touch It!," "Yes, Play With Your Cells, and Become Your Own Food!;" Two 1969 "East Village Other" covers - vol. 4 #10; vol. 4 #44; A Spiegelman photo from 1969; A reprint of the Bijou Funnies #7 cover; A Belier Press flyer (1977); Zipatone overlays used for the original "Breakdowns" covers
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Some Boxes for the Salvation Army

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Art Spiegelman; Shrink; Shorty
Reprinting
FlagArcade the Comics Revue #5 published January 1976
was Some Boxes for the Salvation Army [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1.31
Included in the final two pages of the previous section. The last two columns of the essay are on either side of it. The first page of the story is broken up over two pages.
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Synopsis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman ?
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
biography
art spiegelman
A six panel walk through art spiegelman's life.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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endpapers

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Black page signed by art spiegelman, followed by two pages of a slightly more close-up version of the front endpapers with Ace Hole.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
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I'm being shadowed!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
art spiegelman; ?
art spiegelman
art spiegelman
art spiegelman ?
Typeset; art spiegelman
Subject Matter
Two panels from Ace Hole with promotional text about the book.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover of book.

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