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Issue: Gobbledygook #1
Publication Date: December 1986
 
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Publisher: FlagMirage
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Indicia Publisher: Mirage Studios
On Sale Date: 1986
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.90 CAD
$3.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 30 (17 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Mirage Studios Presents... Gobbledygook

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Subject Matter
science fiction
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Miscellaneous
2
Wrap-around cover.
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Don't Sleep on Main Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
A robot
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Miscellaneous
1
Along with "I'm Only A Loser" this is the first Eastman/Laird collaboration (1982).

Reprinted from Gobbledygook (Mirage, 1984 series) #2 (1984).
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I'm Only a Loser

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Loser
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2
Along with "Don't Sleep On Main Street" this is the first Eastman/Laird collaboration (1982).

Reprinted from Gobbledygook (Mirage, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
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Technofear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Deuximax (The God in the Machine)
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Miscellaneous
7
Computer graphics done using an Atari 520ST. Laird only TMNT story done especially for Gobbledygook.
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Monsters

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
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Miscellaneous
2
2 Laird illustrations inspired by the Clifford Simak novel "Exchanged Pilgrimage".
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Satyr Playing Sax

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
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Miscellaneous
1
Laird illustration originally featured on the cover of SCAT, a free comic and cartoon magazine co-founded by Laird in 1979.
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Ghost

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
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1
Illustration done for "The Technician", a novel by Mike Kirby (1980).
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Aliens

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
1984 misc. illustration.
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Miscellaneous
1
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The Crossing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
Splat And Beggar
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Miscellaneous
4
First story featuring Splat and Beggar.
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The Adventures Of Splat And Beggar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Splat And Beggar
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Miscellaneous
5
2nd Splat and Beggar story.
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The Louder The Better

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Splat And Beggar
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Miscellaneous
9
3rd Splat and Beggar story.
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Women with 8-Ball

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
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Miscellaneous
1
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Triceraton Battling Octopoid Robot

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
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Miscellaneous
1
Reprinted from Gobbledygook (Mirage, 1984 series) #1 (1984)
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Dragons

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
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Miscellaneous
3
All illustrations originally done for fanzines 1983-1985.
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You Had To Be There

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Queen Tara
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Miscellaneous
4
Originally appeared in TMNT #7 in color.
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The Cosmic Crows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
The Cosmic Crows
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Miscellaneous
7
Cosmic Crows created by Bruce Hatten.
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Before The Cola Wars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
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Halloween

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Cover for Halloween issues of Hampshire Life Magazine, 1978 & 1980.
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Corporate Executive

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
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Miscellaneous
1
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Woman Phasing Through Wall

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
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Miscellaneous
1
Done for April 1981 issue of Smith College Alumnae Quarterly.
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The Cosmic Crows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
The Cosmic Crows
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Miscellaneous
1
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Pursuit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Police Androids
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Miscellaneous
10
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Out on a Limb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
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Miscellaneous
1
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That Old Sinking Feeling

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
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Miscellaneous
1
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A Few Well Chosen Words

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
Tuke
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Miscellaneous
1
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Aliens

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
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Miscellaneous
4
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Shopping Spree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Gizmo
Gizmo Sprocket; 'Soto; World Police Inspector Chisler
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Miscellaneous
4
Originally printed in an issue of Domino Chance.
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Crazy Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
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The Further Adventures Of Jimmy & Gyro, The Cosmic Crows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Cosmic Crows
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Miscellaneous
1
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Barbarian

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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