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Issue: The Acme Novelty Library #16
Publication Date: January 2005
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Issues: #16 of 5 Issues
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Publisher: FlagAcme Novelty Library
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: The ACME Novelty Library
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 72
ISBN: 156097513X
UPC/EAN: 978156097513751595
Price: $15.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: hardcover, no dustjacket; 24 cm x 18.5 cm (9.25" x 7.25")
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
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Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Ongoing Series
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Rusty Brown

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Chalky White; Alice White; Joanna Cole; Jason Lint; Woody Brown [W.K. Brown]; Chris Ware; Rusty Brown
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Rusty Brown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Woody Brown [W.K. Brown]; Alice White [Alison White]; Chalky White; Jason Lint; Joanna Cole; Mr. Ware [Chris Ware]; Rusty Brown; Grandma; George; John; Michelle; Sandy Brown; Matt McClintock; Jay; Brent; Supergirl; Coach; Mr. Hornslach; Stephanie; Laura; Kim
Synopsis: Chalky arrives at his new school.
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Pages: 60
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The Acme Novelty Library 16

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Chris Ware; Chris Ware's Wife; Chris Ware's Daughter
Synopsis: Chris babysits.
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Pages: 1
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Women Seeking Men- Before Winter Starts, 27, 5'7," 142 lbs.. reasonably attractive. Not a moviestar look alike...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Woman
Synopsis: Details the classified personal ad the woman placed in a singles magazine, how she got ready for the date and her fruitless wait at the designated "Corner Restaurant" for anyone to show up. Done in the artist's trademark comic-diagram style like the rest of the following "Building Stories" sequences.
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In Content Item: FlagBuilding Stories #[j] published January 2012
as Women Seeking Men- Before Winter Starts, 27, 5'7," 142 lbs.. reasonably attractive. Not a moviestar look alike... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Chicago Reader (December 12, 2002) ?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Each of the "Building Stories" sequences are accompanied by a blueprint layout of each character's respective apartment.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Unnamed Woman; Woman's Downstairs Neighbor; Neighbor's Wife
Synopsis: Shows the neighbor fantasizing about the unnamed woman, the argument with his wife and how they made up.
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In Content Item: FlagBuilding Stories #[j] published January 2012
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Reprint Notes: from Chicago Reader (April 4, 2003) ?
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Old Landlady; Lady's Mother; Unnamed Woman; Woman's Downstairs Neighbor; Neighbor's Wife
Synopsis: The old lady reminisces about an occasion in her youth when she turned back a suitor because she was tending to her dying mother.
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In Content Item: FlagBuilding Stories #[j] published January 2012
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And so, on the first warm day of our New Year...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
Character(s): Branford the Bee; Unnamed Woman; Woman's Downstairs Neighbor; Neighbor's Wife; Old Landlady
Synopsis: Shows the tenants cleaning house as Brandford is stuck inside the basement, then how he got out.
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In Content Item: FlagBuilding Stories #[j] published January 2012
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Reprint Notes: from Chicago Reader (September 6, 2002)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Back
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Building Stories
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover layout of the "Building Stories" apartment building.

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