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Issue: Fred the Clown #1
Publication Date: September 2001
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Issues: #1 of 5 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHotel Fred Press
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On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: $4.45 CAD
£2.00 GBP
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Content Items: 22 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roger Langridge
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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FlagNemi #37 published May 2006 as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Fred in Love

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred is attracted to a woman who reminds him of a horse; she's attracted to him because he reminds her of a garbage can.
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Pages: 1
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One Good Turn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred sets a butterfly free; this sets in motion a chain of events which includes a woman being set free from railroad tracks and a newsboy kicking Fred.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Do the Idiot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred demonstrates the “idiot” dance.
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Pages: 1
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Rocket Science

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred goes to the moon, conquers aliens and returns to woo the owner of a cheese shop. He brings her the moon as a present, but in the interval she loses faith in him and leaves.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: No dialogue.
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Fool of the Desert

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown; Pandora Strains; Bisto the Wonder Horse
Synopsis: Fred is set to appear in the dramatic film “Fool of the Desert.”"
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Pages: 1
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So Near and Yet So Far

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred runs out of milk for his tea; a lady clown runs out of sugar for her coffee; they both go to the same diner but don't notice each other.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: No dialogue.
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Uncle Freddy's Comic Cuts

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred realizes his time as a female impersonator is coming to a close.
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Pages: 0.25
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The Clown Laid Low by 'Comedians'

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: While Fred is romancing a woman in a boat, some hobos heckle him, Fred takes a can of petrol and lights the hobos on fire, much to the woman's pleasure.
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Pages: 0.25
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Over the Hill in Beasley Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown; Neddy Magoo; Bearded Lady
Synopsis: Fred's pal Neddy abandons him for the Bearded Lady. Fred makes a new friend: Jack Daniels.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Parody of Noddy.
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The Witless Aphorisms of Fred the Clown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred derives aphorisms from his many experiences such as “misery loves comedy.”
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Pages: 0.5
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You're a Dirty Old Man Father Frederick

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown; Alice
Synopsis: The oafish Fred explains how he manages to succeed in life.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Parody of Lewis Carroll's “You Are Old, Father William.”
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Fruit Corner

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
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Pages: 0.5
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Little Freddy Phlegm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred sneezes, blowing phlegm everywhere.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Parody of Winsor McCay's Little Sammy Sneeze.
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The Unreliable Phrasebook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred's new phrasebook brings him into trouble with the law.
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Pages: 0.5
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Doggerel by Numbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred tries to romance a woman who is actually a man.
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Pages: 0.5
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The Pest in the Vest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred tries to make himself appealing to an animal-man, it works a little too well.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Parody of Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham.
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Returning a Deaf Ear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: As a barber, Fred cuts off a customer's ear, good man that he is, Fred offers it back.
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Pages: 1
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Scared Witless

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown; Katy Kadaver; Scab Skelloway
Synopsis: Fred wanders into a house haunted by the spirit of Katy Kadaver. Fred accidentally releases Katy from her torturous imprisonment by demonic forces and weds her, but she proves a shrewish wife.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Parody of the Max Fleischer Betty Boop cartoon “Minnie the Moocher.”
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He Dreams of Custard Pies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown; Bearded Lady
Synopsis: Fred dreams of abusing the Bearded Lady, being attacked by a mob of men with custard pies and the court ruling the men did nothing wrong to Fred.
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Pages: 2
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Pig of My Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred falls in love with a pig, but eventually the pig walks out on him, leaving a note which reads “oink oink oink oink.” Depressed, Fred eats a bacon sandwich.
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Pages: 1
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The Insult That Forced Fred to Develop a Taste for Hospital Food

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: After being insulted on the beach by a bully, Fred sends away for a book by Oscar Wilde which teaches him various cutting remarks. The next time he meets the bully, Fred unleashes Wilde's best insults and the bully puts Fred in the hospital.
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Charles Atlas advertisements.
On inside back cover.
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Freddo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred the Clown
Synopsis: Fred stars in a new board game which promises riches, murder and prison time.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of Monopoly and Clue board games.
On back cover.

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