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Issue: Eightball #2
Publication Date: February 1990
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Issues: #2 of 23 Issues (46 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 1st Printing
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/04/1989
Volume: none
Pages: 28
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.50 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Pricing varies depending on print run. 1st printing: November 1990; 2nd printing: ?; 3rd printing: June 1992.

The on-sale date is the publication date for the issue reported in Daniel Clowes' copyright registrations for "Harum Scarum," "I Hate You Deeply," and "The Truth."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers, Mostly Black and White Interiors with some Color- (#1-21); Color (#22 & 23)
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US (#1-18); 7.56" x 10.25" (19.2 cm x 26 cm) (#19-22); irregular sized (#23)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants5
Disclose Reprinted In11
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Read Eightball for the Best In Family Entertainment!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Character(s): Artist; Model; Lloyd Llewellyn; Clay
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Truth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Artist
Synopsis: Commentary on the art world
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLout Rampage #[nn] [unnamed variant] published October 1991
as The Truth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTwentieth Century Eightball #[nn] published January 2002
as The Truth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Harum Scarum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron
Character(s): Clay Loudermilk; 2 policemen; Beautiful Sun; Air; Dirt; Warmth; Godfrey; Billy; Tina
Synopsis: Clay is assaulted by the police and awakens in a strange commune
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLike a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn] [unnamed variant] published May 1993
In Issue: FlagLike a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn] published May 1993
In Issue: FlagWie ein samtener Handschuh in eisernen Fesseln #[nn] published January 1994
In Content Item: FlagLike a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn] published December 1998
as Harum Scarum (Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, part two) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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I Hate You Deeply

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lloyd Llewelyn
Character(s): Lloyd Llewellyn; Emmet Ceeley
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Manly World of Lloyd Llewellyn: A Golden Treasury of His Complete Works #[nn] published May 1994
In Content Item: FlagLout Rampage #[nn] [unnamed variant] published October 1991
as I Hate You Deeply [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTwentieth Century Eightball #[nn] published January 2002
as I Hate You Deeply [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Although noted as a Lloyd Llewellyn adventure this is Clowes using Llewellyn to rant against types he hates
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Prank Phone Call Contest

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Announcement of Clowes' "Official Eightball Prank Phone Call Contest"
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Includes brief quotes of letters from Robert Crumb, Peter Bagge, Michael Gilbert and Scott McCloud.
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What Do You Think George Washington's Voice Sounded Like?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Various
Subject Matter
Genres: activity
Feature(s): Duplex Planet
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagNo More Shaves #[nn] published January 2003
In Content Item: FlagLout Rampage #[nn] [unnamed variant] published October 1991
as What Did George Washington's Voice Sound Like? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Duplex Planet (David Greenberger, 1979 series) #? (dialogue)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Adapts answers given by people in an old folks home and originally published in Duplex Planet. This is the back cover

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