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Issue: The Best Comics of the Decade #1
Publication Date: June 1990
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
On Sale Date: 1990
Volume: 1
Pages: 132
ISBN: 1560970359
UPC/EAN: 978056097035751295
Price: $13.95 CAD
$12.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 44 (35 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color covers, Black & White interiors
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Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Character(s): Zippy the Pinhead; Mickey Rat; Cerebus; Lloyd Llewellyn
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Disclose Notes: A large Griffith drawing is accompanied by small background drawings from thirty-two artists
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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[untitled]

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Life's a Bitch and Then You Die!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Husband; Wife; Darleen; Alfonse; Manager
Synopsis: A husband spends the afternoon at a mall.
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From Content Item: FlagNeat Stuff #5 [unnamed variant] published December 1986
was Life's a Bitch and Then You Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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The Saga of Frank Sinatra Jr.

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Frank Sinatra Jr.; Frank Sinatra; Mike Douglas; Rex Reed
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From Content Item: FlagNational Lampoon Magazine #10/1985 published October 1985
was The Saga of Frank Sinatra Jr. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Daily Strip

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bill Griffith; Lady; Zippy the Pinhead; Toll Booth Operator
Synopsis: Griffith confesses his ambivalence about the mainstream's lack of interest in his strip.
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From Content Item: FlagWeirdo #24 [unnamed variant] published January 1988
was Daily Strip [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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How Can I Write a Story About Fashion- Now That My Toy Boy is Gone?

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From Content Item: FlagWimmen's Comix #11 published April 1987
was How Can I Write a Story About Fashion - Now That My Toy Boy Is Gone? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 3
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Cynicism- A Series of Cartoons on a Philosophical Theme

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Genres: historical
Character(s): Antisthenes; Diogenes; Alexander the Great; Plato; Speusippos; Aristotle
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From Content Item: FlagPrime Cuts #7 published March 1988
was Cynicism - A Series of Cartoons on a Philosophical Theme [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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The Sequel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hercules Amongst the North Americans
Character(s): Hercules
Synopsis: Hercules gets hazed at a college fraternity.
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From Content Item: FlagHercules Amongst the North Americans #[nn] published January 1986
was The Sequel [Story on Interior Page(s)]original printing still to be indexed
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Rude Interlude

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mickey Rat
Character(s): Mickey Rat
Synopsis: An evangelist family knocks on Mickey's door.
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From Issue: FlagMickey Rat #4 [unnamed variant] published January 1982
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In Pictopia

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sammy Sleephead; Nocturno the Necromancer; Red Dimstead; South Sea Sullivan; Flexible Flynn; Old Dog Man; Kadhafy; Cactus Face
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From Content Item: FlagAnything Goes! #2 published December 1986
was In Pictopia! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Dead Dick

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From Content Item: FlagRaw #1 published July 1989
was Dead Dick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: “Originally published in a somewhat different form in Raw vol. 2 no. 1. Finished color version also published as a lithograph by The Print Club, 1990.”
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Rapture

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Genres: opinion, political
Character(s): Jerry Falwell
Synopsis: An excerpt from a Falwell radio sermon is used in this anti-fundamentalist screed.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld War 3 Illustrated #5 published January 1986
was Rapture [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pud + Spud
Character(s): Pud; Spud
First Line: Where's the puffed wheat?
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From Content Item: FlagRaw #6 published May 1984
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Of What Use is a Bunch?

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Genres: autobiography, biography, humorous
Character(s): The Bunch [Aline Kominsky-Crumb]; Mother; Nanny
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From Content Item: FlagThe Bunch's Power Pak Comics #2 published January 1981
was Of What Use Is a Bunch? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Raging Skinboy

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Feature(s): Skinboy
Character(s): Skinboy
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Pages: 4
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Chicago '68 part I

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Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Spain Rodriguez; Allen Ginsburg; Mayor [Richard J. Daley]; Jean Genet; Ed Sanders
Synopsis: Spain recounts his adventures during the 1968 Democratic convention
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From Content Item: FlagGates of Eden #1 published May 1982
was Chicago '68 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Chicago '68 part II

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Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Spain Rodriguez; Jerry Rubin; Red Cross Girl
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From Content Item: FlagPrime Cuts #6 published January 1988
was Chicago '68 part II [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Gourmets from Planet X

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mama; Father; Daughter
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From Content Item: FlagHonk! #1 published November 1986
was The Gourmets from Planet X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): The Treacherous Tot
Character(s): Shakey Sheke; Crazy Lady; Treacherous Tot
First Line: The Hotel Scumbag, 2:26 a.m. Shakey Sheke was getting ready for bed when he heard a pounding coming from the room next door.
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From Content Item: FlagBad News #2 published January 1984
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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A Night on the Town

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cerebus
Synopsis: Cerebus walks drunkenly through town. A wordless story.
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From Content Item: FlagSwords of Cerebus #6 published January 1984
was A Night On The Town [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Th' Consumption Came to Mill's End Village

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Genres: drama, historical
Character(s): Mayor
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From Content Item: FlagStrip AIDS U.S.A. #[nn] published January 1988
was Th' Consumption Came to Mill's End Village [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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O Canada Our Home and Native Land

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Genres: historical
Character(s): Masumi Mitsui; Evacuation Officer
Synopsis: The Canadian mistreatment of Japanese-Canadians during WWII is touched on in this story.
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From Content Item: FlagPrime Cuts #10 published December 1988
was O Canada Our Home and Native Land [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Jerry Mack

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Genres: drama
Character(s): Jerry Mack Wyatt; Evan Bond; Ollie Bond; Brother Riley; Shirley; Tom
Synopsis: An incisive portrait of a minister in denial of his own homosexuality.
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From Content Item: FlagGay Comix #2 published November 1981
was Jerry Mack [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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First Line: Right wing Republicans were out of power for fifty years.
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Reprint Notes: from The Village Voice (?, 1955 series)
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[untitled]

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First Line: Once I was out of law school I acted on my ideals.
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[untitled]

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Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Jules Feiffer
First Line: Roy Cohn was my cousin
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[untitled]

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First Line: I wrote a story on sex on campus for my high school newspaper.
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Dinosaurs at the Bar

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two dinosaurs sat at a bar....
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From Content Item: FlagCritters #11 published April 1987
was At the Bar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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A Family Heirloom

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Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Michael Dougan; Barber; Emily Dugan
Synopsis: Dougan searches his family tree to find out the history of his last name in Texas.
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From Issue: FlagEast Texas: Tales from behind the Pine Curtain #[nn] published January 1988
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I Think I Was an Alcoholic Waiting to Happen

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Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): John Callahan; Jay
Synopsis: The artist relates the history of his extremely serious drinking problem.
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Reprint Notes: from Clinton Street Quarterly #v9#2 (Summer 1987)
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Pages: 4
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God's Bosom

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Genres: historical
Character(s): Fray Marcos de Mena; Captain General; Ramon; Negress; Juana
Synopsis: A true story from 1554 about the crew from the shipwrecked Espiritu Santo who were nearly completely slaughtered by a group of Indians.
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From Issue: FlagJaxon's Illustrated Tales #1 published January 1984
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: “Originally published in a somewhat longer form in Jaxon's Illustrated Tales, 1984.”
Lettering credit from Jaxon's Illustrated Tales #1.
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Parental Brain Twisters

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Genres: humorous
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Reprint Notes: from Los Angeles Reader (?, 1978 series)
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bongo
First Line: All right, Bongo, because you've been so quiet, we're letting you out of detention early.
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What Not to Say During Moments of Intimacy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Binky
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Reprint Notes: from Los Angeles Reader (?, 1978 series)
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C.I.A. Also Linked to a Comic Book

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Genres: humorous
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Reprint Notes: from Los Angeles Reader (?, 1978 series)
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Pages: 1
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Jimbo Erectus

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Character(s): Jimbo
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From Content Item: FlagRaw #4 published March 1982
was Jimbo Erectus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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American Splendor Assaults the Media

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Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: Harvey rants about his difficulty getting published in The Village Voice.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #8 published January 1983
was American Splendor Assaults the Media [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Biographical Notes

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Acknowledgements

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Character(s): Mickey Rat
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[untitled]

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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Fat Freddy's Cat; Reid Fleming; John Callahan; Wonder Wart-Hog; Jerry Mack
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Disclose Notes: Back cover promo includes a large Groening drawing and small background drawings from thirty-four artists

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