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Issue: Eightball #1

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Publication Date: June 1990

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Issues: #1 of 23 Issues (46 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Second Printing

Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers

Publisher: Flag

Fantagraphics

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.

On Sale Date: 1990

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN:

Price: $2.50 CAD
$2.00 USD

Indicia Frequency: Recommended for Mature Readers

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
9 (5 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): ?

Notes: Main Cover image is of Like A Velvet Glove, but secondary images include the other features.

First printing: June 1989 (2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD); 2nd printing: June 1990 (2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD).

3rd print August 1991 2.50 USD; 2.95 CAD

4th print: 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD February 1993

5th printing: 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD

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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Format

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

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Content Items (9 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron

Character(s): Clay Loudermilk; Lloyd Llewelyn; Dan Pussey; Devil Doll

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Credits on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Synopsis: indicia and production credits; table of contents

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 13

Devil Doll?

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 3

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.

The Laffin' Spittin' Man

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Lloyd Llewelyn

Character(s): Lloyd Llewellyn; Louise Ceeley; Emmett Ceeley; Laffin' Spittin' Man

Synopsis: Lloyd's philandering has unforeseen consequences

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Young Dan Pussey

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Notes: Fred Altegott given credit for help with this strip. Herm Yunick is a caricature of then Comic Buyers Guide editor Don Thompson

Puss In Booths

Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.66

Notes: Excerpt from fake porno novel 'Puss In Booths'

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Synopsis: promo for "girlie ties" hand-painted by Clowes

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.34

What Is the Most Important Invention of the Twentieth Century?

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Various

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Duplex Planet

Reprinting

Reprint Notes: from Duplex Planet (David Greenberger, 1979 series) #?

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Adapts answers given by people in an old folks home and originally published in Duplex Planet. This is the back cover