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Issue: A Fine Mess #1
Publication Date: September 2002
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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAlternative Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $3.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles Orr (graphic design); Jeff Mason (publisher)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: duotone cover; black and white and duotone interior
Dimensions: 7.75 inches by 9.25 inches
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
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Guard Tindell goes drinking

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Colorist(s): Matt Madden ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Guard Tindell
Character(s): Guard Tindell
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover with wordless story about Guard Tindell going into a bar, getting drunk and getting kicked out. Story ends where it begins, so it can be read continuously.
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A Fine Mess #1: Deluxe Twentieth Century Revue

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden (credited)
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Short description of stories in the book and whether they were originally published elsewhere or not. Includes an image of Guard Tindell that appears to be a blow-up of a panel.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Also includes indicia. Inside front cover.
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Aranda's Coat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Letterer(s): Matt Madden
Subject Matter
Character(s): Smagula; Aranda
Synopsis: Aranda steals Smagula's coat by drawing it.
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From Issue: FlagExpo 2001 #[nn] published January 2001
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Also reprinted in Schizzo Presenta (Centro Fumetto Andrea Pazienza, 1996 series) #21, in Italian.
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The Frustrated Transmogrificationist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden (dry point print)
Inker(s): Matt Madden (dry point print)
Letterer(s): Matt Madden (dry point print)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A man attempts to change a cup of coffee but doesn't notice everything else around him changing.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Originally published as limited edition print.
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House Music

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Letterer(s): Matt Madden
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The music a house makes.
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Reprint Notes: from Pulse! Magazine (edited by Marc Weidenbaum) May 1996
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Matt Madden gives the date of publication as 1995 in the intro (which is the date on the strip), but in Marc Weidenbaum's index of comics in Pulse! Magazine, the date is given as May 1996 (http://disquiet.com/2009/02/26/index-pulse-comics-1992-2002/)
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Night of the Grossinator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Colorist(s): Matt Madden (two colors)
Letterer(s): Matt Madden
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Guard Tindell
Character(s): Guard Tindell
Synopsis: Guard Tindell gets drunk and flirts.
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From Issue: FlagSchizzo Presenta #21 published ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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Template

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Letterer(s): Matt Madden
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Exercises in Style
Character(s): Matt Madden
Synopsis: Basic set-up of Matt closing his lap-top, telling Jessica what time it is and not remembering what he was looking for in the fridge.
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In Issue: Flag99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style #[nn] published January 2004
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All the Exercises in Style strips tell the same story, just in different genres, perspectives and styles.
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Monologue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Letterer(s): Matt Madden
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Exercises in Style
Character(s): Matt Madden
Synopsis: Matt tells the audience about closing his computer, telling Jessica the time and forgetting what he wanted from the fridge.
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In Issue: Flag99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style #[nn] published January 2004
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All the Exercises in Style strips tell the same story, just in different genres, perspectives and styles.
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Upstairs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Letterer(s): Matt Madden
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Exercises in Style
Character(s): Matt Madden
Synopsis: Jessica, upstairs, asks Matt what time it is and gets a response.
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In Issue: Flag99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style #[nn] published January 2004
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All the Exercises in Style strips tell the same story, just in different genres, perspectives and styles.
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Subjective

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Letterer(s): Matt Madden
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Exercises in Style
Character(s): Matt Madden
Synopsis: We see through Matt's eyes as he closes his laptop, tells Jessica the time and looks in the fridge.
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In Issue: Flag99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style #[nn] published January 2004
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All the Exercises in Style strips tell the same story, just in different genres, perspectives and styles.
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Voyeur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Letterer(s): Matt Madden
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Exercises in Style
Character(s): Matt Madden
Synopsis: Someone across the alley spies on Matt and Jessica.
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In Issue: Flag99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style #[nn] published January 2004
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All the Exercises in Style strips tell the same story, just in different genres, perspectives and styles.
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Sound FX Blackout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Letterer(s): Matt Madden
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Exercises in Style
Character(s): Matt Madden
Synopsis: Just the sound effects and dialogue from the strip.
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In Issue: Flag99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style #[nn] published January 2004
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All the Exercises in Style strips tell the same story, just in different genres, perspectives and styles.
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Photo Comic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Exercises in Style
Character(s): Matt Madden
Synopsis: Same layout as the basic strip, but with photos instead of drawings.
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In Issue: Flag99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style #[nn] published January 2004
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All the Exercises in Style strips tell the same story, just in different genres, perspectives and styles.
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Dailies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Penciller(s): Matt Madden
Inker(s): Matt Madden
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Exercises in Style
Synopsis: Three daily comic strips, MacHinery, P.I., Life with Biggsie and Poopsie the Cat tell the basic story.
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In Issue: Flag99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style #[nn] published January 2004
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All the Exercises in Style strips tell the same story, just in different genres, perspectives and styles. Strips are credited as "copyright 1999 Oubapo Features Syndicate, Inc.".
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About Exercises in Style

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Madden
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Matt explains the ideas behind Oubapo and Oulipo.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

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