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Issue: The Best of Drawn & Quarterly #[nn]
Publication Date: December 1993
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDrawn & Quarterly
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Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: 0969670141
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Price: $12.95 CAD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 39 (33 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Mixed Colour and Black and White interior
Dimensions: Large Sized Paperback
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Paperback with Dustjacket flaps
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.
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reprinted 33 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

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Endpapers

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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Half-page introduction by Peter Bagge, along with a half-page piece by Santiago Cohen.
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Night Sky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Synopsis: A man drives down a highway and sees lightning.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #6 published October 1991
was Night Sky [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Credo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Synopsis: A man is obsessed with television.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was Credo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Black Cherry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Black Cherry Man
Synopsis: Michael works in an ice-cream parlor where every day a man comes in and orders black cherry ice cream.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was Black Cherry [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
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A Folk Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #9 published July 1992
was A Folk Tale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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8 Pillars of Gay Culture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Oscar Wilde
Synopsis: Eight things that gay men identify with, including Sunset Boulevard, Ancient Greece and the Wizard of Oz movie.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #7 published March 1992
was 8 Pillars of Gay Culture [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A man gets dressed up as a woman to go out on a date.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #6 published October 1991
was Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Uses the lyrics to the 1960's song, Sh-Boom. Credits for the lyrics of the song from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh-Boom)
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Claudia

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Synopsis: Various men recount their relationships with the angelic Claudia.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Claudia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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My Darkest Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: biography
Synopsis: Joe goes to New York City and has an encounter with a prostitute in a porn theatre.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was My Darkest Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Why I'm A-Gin Southern Min!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: autobiography, biography
Synopsis: Carol explains why men from the Southern states drive her crazy.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #6 published October 1991
was Why I'm A-Gin Southern Min! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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How To Avoid The Creepy Guy Syndrome

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Synopsis: A woman relates things that men say that really bug her.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was How to Avoid the Creepy Guy Syndrome [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Talkin' Nineties

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Synopsis: A man and a woman argue about who is more inadequate and how to communicate more openly.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #7 published March 1992
was Talkin' Nineties [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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A Brief History Of Civilisation

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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #9 published July 1992
was A Brief History of Civilisation [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Life Cycle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The odd relationships between people in a family.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Life Cycle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Visitors In The Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Debbie eats too many cookies in the middle of the night to block the reality of what is happening to her.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Visitors in the Night [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Constellations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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In Issue: FlagDaddy's Girl #[nn] published February 1996
In Issue: FlagDaddy's Girl #[nn] published April 2008
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Not reprinted from an issue of Drawn & Quarterly. First appeared here.
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Within Three Seconds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Synopsis: Twelve things that could happen in three seconds.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Within Three Seconds... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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@#$*!

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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #9 published July 1992
was @#$*! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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Genres: biography
First Line: So... Your Place Or Mine
Synopsis: Julie and her boyfriend walk drunk through the snow.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #3 published January 1991
was The Fatal Kiss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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House of Angels

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Letterer(s): typeset
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #9 published July 1992
was House of Angels [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Strange Case of Ross Brown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Dennis Worden; Ross Brown; Ross Brown's Father [Popeye]
Synopsis: Dennis recounts a friend of his who got too involved in the drug culture.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was The Strange Case of Ross Brown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Last panel has a drawing that Dennis says is by Ross Brown. Ross Brown's father is drawn as Popeye.
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[untitled]

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First Line: My Father's A Brain Specialist
Synopsis: Four panels about a family and their relationships to head injuries.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #5 published June 1991
was My Father ["My father's a brain specialist"] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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At Night, Coming Home...

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Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Charlie (her cat)
Synopsis: Julie comes home to find her apartment booby-trapped with guillotines.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was At Night, Coming Home.... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Fate

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Synopsis: Sapo is hit by a car and wonders about alternate versions of his life.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Fate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Homoman

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Homoman
Synopsis: Parody of Superman's origin as if Superman was gay.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was Homoman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Geometrical Beastniks; The Beastniks

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Genres: humorous
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Beastniks Speak Out!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Beastniks
Synopsis: The Beastniks explain their philosophy.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was The Beastniks Speak Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Extreme Generation

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Genres: autobiography, biography
Synopsis: Mary blasts people who make extreme changes in their lives.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #5 published June 1991
was Extreme Generation! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Aug. 16th, 1989

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Genres: autobiography, biography
Synopsis: Joe Matt has a dream about meeting Jesus and Lennon and how he believed in each at different times.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #2 published October 1990
was Aug. 16th, 1989 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Music

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Synopsis: A young man listens to music and it colours his day.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #6 published October 1991
was Music [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Liquid

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Synopsis: The story of water in a person's life.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #6 published October 1991
was Liquid [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Why?

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Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Gary Evans
Synopsis: Seth recounts a childhood story where he was cruel to a mentally ill neighbour.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #4 published March 1991
was Why? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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A Dear John Letter From Your Dog On Moving Day

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A letter from a dog who is leaving his owner on the day he moves out of an apartment and into a house.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #1 published January 1990
was A Dear John Letter from Your Dog on Moving Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Night Job

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Synopsis: A woman vaccuums an office and goes home on a streetcar at night.
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From Content Item: FlagDrawn & Quarterly #10 published December 1992
was Night Job [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Biographies

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: biography
Synopsis: Brief biographies of the creators in the book, along with a painted piece by Santiago Cohen.
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Endpapers

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Disclose Notes: A two page illustration, beginning on final interior page and continuing onto inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: On back cover of book.

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