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Issue: Blab! #8
Publication Date: January 1995
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Issues: #8 of 7 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagKitchen Sink Press
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Indicia Publisher: Kitchen Sink Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 1995
Volume: none
Pages: 116
ISBN: 0878163646
UPC/EAN: 978087816364951695
Price: $21.95 CAD
$16.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 27 (16 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: This issue has two different versions- one with inside front and back covers by Richard Sala and Kaz; the other version has inside front and back covers by David Goldin
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers, black & white interiors (#1,3-7); color & black & white (#8)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 5.5" (21.59 cm x 13.97 cm)- #3-7; 10" x 10" (25.4 cm x 25.4 cm)- #8
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1); squarebound (#3-8)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Emblematic Readers Prefer Cartoon Books of Quality

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[untitled]

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Contents

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Subject Matter
Character(s): Sof' Boy
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Blab-a-logue:

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow...

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Character(s): Sue; Loretta; Burt
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The Mating Season!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Potential Mate; Supervisor Ed
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My Father's Brain

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Character(s): Father
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In Issue: FlagManiac Killer Strikes Again! #[nn] published December 2003
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Steven and the Morons

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Junior; Uncle Jeb; Sis; Pa [Billy]; Fred
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Cruisin' With the Hound

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Character(s): Tex; Jocko Reese; The Hound; Chuckie's Mom; Anita; Judy; Old Timer
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In Issue: FlagCruisin' with the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote' #[nn] published April 2012
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A Case of the Shakes

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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Kujoe
First Line: Happy day! Hello!
Synopsis: Sof' Boy climbs out of a culvert only to be decapitated and torn up by a pit bull.
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Halloween

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[untitled]

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Character(s): Nelson Smellpants; Jimmy's Sister; Sparky
First Line: When last we left our little hero, abandoned on an uncharted island somewhere in the great Atlantic sea by his mother...
Synopsis: Jimmy, stranded on an island, spends much of his time fishing and talking to a toy mouse he created from twigs and torn cloth. He struggles with a storm while in a boat, gets attacked by a large bird of prey and gets stuck in his cave. He is then rescued by a pack of "Super-men" and then eventually again meets Super-man himself.
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Angry Gray Robot

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Character(s): Gray Robot; Donut Planet
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Genius + Dunce
Character(s): Genius; Dunce
First Line: If you're such a genius, why are wearing such an asinine hat?
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The Beaten Path

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Character(s): Peter Kuper; Adam; Cup O' Tea
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Burning Love

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The Art of the Valmor Label

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Colorist(s): ? (anonymous)
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Disclose Notes: Thirty-two images of Valmor product labels are shown. Accompanied by a brief text intro. Terry Zwigoff did an article on the same topic in Weirdo #18.
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My Coke is Flat

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Feature(s): Enjoy or Suffer
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No Hope No Fear: The Unraveling of Caravaggio's Career

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Penciller(s): Caravaggio (single-page illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Caravaggio [Michelangelo Merisi]; Lena; Ranuccio Tommasini; Mario Minniti (single-panel silent cameo)
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Snake Doctor Blues

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Writer(s): J. D. Short [as Jaydee Short] (lyrics)
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Character(s): Snake Doctor
Synopsis: An adaptation of the titular Mississippi Delta blues song includes the original lyrics.
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Square Publisher

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Denis Kitchen
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In Issue: FlagThe Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen #[nn] published January 2010
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[untitled]

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First Line: Do Laundry, Change Tire, Eat Egg, Make Date with Cindy, Get Ice Cream
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Ideas & Images: The Art of Drew Friedman

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Character(s): David Letterman; Jay Leno; Ted Koppel; Chevy Chase; Conan O'Brien; Arsenio Hall; Menendez Brothers [Lyle Menendez; Erik Menendez]; Joe Franklin; Roseanne Barr [as Roseanne Arnold]; Tom Cruise; Bela Lugosi; Captain DeZita; Tor Johnson; Kenne Duncan; Ed Wood; Vampira; Orson Welles; David Byrne; Paul Simon; Michael Moriarity
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In Issue: FlagThe Fun Never Stops: An Anthology of Comic Art 1991-2006 #[nn] published June 2007
Reprint Notes: from Entertainment Weekly (1993); from Buzz #? (1994); from The New York Times magazine (1994); from The Village Voice (1994); from The New York Times magazine (1993); from Entertainment Weekly (1993); from The Ed Wood, Jr. Players trading card set; from The Worst (Josh Alan Friedman CD cover, 1994); from Entertainment Weekly Guide to the Greatest Movies Ever Made (1994); from Spy magazine (1989); from Dartmouth Alumni magazine (1993)
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Pages: 18
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The Elevator Ride

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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jim Nabors
First Line: When baby grows up, he'll read Blab.
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