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Issue: Building Stories #[h]
Publication Date: January 2012
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Issues: #[h] of 14 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPantheon
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: none
On Sale Date: 10/02/2012
Volume:
Pages: 56
ISBN: 9780375424335
UPC/EAN: 978037542433555000
Price: none entered
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 34 (32 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Partially clothbound hardcover- 9.25" x 12.25" (23.49 cm x 31.11 cm)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: four color
Dimensions: see notes
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Binding: see notes
Publishing Format: one shot multi-volume boxed set
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Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
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I Just Want to Fall Asleep and Never Wake Up Again.

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
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was I Just Want to Fall Asleep and Never Wake Up Again. [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
First Line: Kick kick kick lick ssssshhhhhh
Synopsis: The woman sleeps, wakes up, takes a shower, goes to the market, sees a dead robin on the curb, picks a flower, sits down on her couch and tends to a basket of clothes. A wordless sequence.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
First Line: Kgnk set gklgtgtgk pgnk k-klk klk k-klk
Synopsis: The woman starts the laundry machine, switches blouses a few times, lies on her bed staring at a hook on the ceiling, and then steps out of the house while its raining. A wordless sequence.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
First Line: Once upon a time, there was a building. It was a tired, old building that nobody had ever much cared about.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
First Line: Stp chng chnglk chnglng kgnk kgnk klatg klatk chngk klk
Synopsis: The woman walks in the rain to her florist job. She opens the shop, reads a note, turns on the lights, tends to some flowers and puts on lipstick. A wordless sequence.
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My Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
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was My Life [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman; Jeffrey; Jeffrey's Mom; Jeffrey's Dad
First Line: While I was still in art school, I developed a reputation amongst some of the faculty....
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman; Jeffrey; Jeffrey's Mom; Jeffrey's Dad
First Line: Don't carry that... I can get it...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Nanna [Unnamed Young Woman]; Jeffrey; Jeffrey's Mom; Jeffrey's Dad
First Line: I guess this would've been the moment in any fiction (if I was making it all up)...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Nanna [Unnamed Young Woman]; Jeffrey; Jeffrey's Mom; Jeffrey's Dad
First Line: Christmas came and went, though, and before I knew it, I was back to work, keeping Jeffrey company...
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
First Line: Shut pgnk snp chk squp snp
Synopsis: The woman receives a delivery of flowers, builds up a bouqet, stares at the clock and clips some flowers for display. A wordless sequence.
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An Idea

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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Young Boy; The Girl Downstairs
First Line: A young boy, fingers idly wandering beneath his quilt, dreams of the future, and how he might win the heart---
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Their Words

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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
First Line: The same morning, many decades later: A young woman, her mind gone idle over the overwhelming...
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This Morning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman; Lance
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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman; Mr. Tart; Ricky; Stephanie
First Line: God... I can't do it... I can't do it! I can't do it!
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Those People

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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
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That Girl

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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman; Lance
First Line: Recently, I was looking through some of my old winter clothes, when I found something I wish I hadn't...
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Her Leg

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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
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The Day

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman; Lance; Young woman's mom
First Line: We'll sleep in my old room. You'll like it, I think...
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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman; Young Woman's Mom; Young Woman's Dad
First Line: Except the last time I was there, this really weird thing happened.
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His Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman; Lance
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was His Face [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
First Line: Every day when I get home from work, or shopping, or anywhere I'm so exhausted.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
First Line: Beep Beep Pgngk tng tng ding ding sh-shut
Synopsis: The woman works the cash register, sweeps the floor, locks the shop door, moves and waters some flowers and checks out. A wordless sequence.
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The Only People Who've Ever Seen Me Naked

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Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman; Lance
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
First Line: Klnkgk-g sh-shut squk set
Synopsis: The woman walks up the stairs, enters her apartment, lies on the couch, gives the cat food, makes some pasta, drinks some water and goes to sleep on the couch. A wordless sequence.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman; Lance
First Line: The obvious first choice always feels like my eyes, since that's how most of the world finds its way...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman; Lance
First Line: We did everything together... shopping, cooking, studying... We read books to each other...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
First Line: Who hasn't tried when passing by a building, or a home, at night to peer past half-closed shades...
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Disclose Notes: Reworked from its original appearance in nest magazine.
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A Feeling

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Young Woman
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was A Feeling [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Ends on inside back cover.

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