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Issue: Heck!: Comic Art of the Late 1980's #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1989
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagRip Off Press
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Rip Off Press Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 100
ISBN: 0896201120
UPC/EAN: 978089620112550795
Price: $11.50 CAD
$7.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 39 (29 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: According to Don Donahue in the introduction, this is the first ever collection of all-new underground material in book form.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers, Black & White Interiors
Dimensions: 10.81" x 8.31" (27.45 cm x 21.10 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Softcover
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: endpage filled with small negative-image illustrations taken from the story contents
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Heck!: Comic Art of the Late 1980s

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: title and publisher page; copyright and dedications page; table of contents page with eight small illustrations taken from the story contents
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Introduction

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.75
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[untitled]

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First Line: Magnifique
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: A four-panel vertical strip
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In Heck

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: brief blurbs on all the artists
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim; Jean; Jean; Johnny; Vera; Charlie; Chuck; Hannah
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In Issue: FlagLate Bloomer #[nn] published August 2005
In Content Item: FlagThe Best Comics of the Decade #2 published July 1990
as Saturday Night and Sunday Morning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Acid Rain Chronicles

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In Issue: FlagFlash Marks #[nn] published June 1989
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Pages: 1
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Bootin' Toons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dog Boy
Character(s): Dog Boy; George Herbert Walker Bush
Synopsis: Dog Boy makes a plan to bite the President where he least expects it.
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Pages: 2
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Life and Times of Thomas House

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Character(s): Thomas House; Grandmother
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Pages: 4
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The Other Day

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Dirty Father Harry, Private Celibate Dick: “Idle Hands, Idle Glands”

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dirty Father Harry
Character(s): Dirty Father Harry
Synopsis: A tough-talking pastor who uses extreme methods to punish sins.
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Pages: 7
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One Day At the Bank

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Character(s): Leah Louise; Ashley
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Behind the 8-Ball

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Character(s): Doctor; 8-Ball; Planarian Fmu
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Dave the Death Chef

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Character(s): Dave; Jake
Synopsis: The secret ingredient for Dave's famous chili.
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Shithead & Winky: “What's Wrong With the Youth?”

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Feature(s): Shithead & Winky
Character(s): Shithead; Winky
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Fine Art My Ass!

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Character(s): Artist; Model
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In this jam strip Dan drew the artist and Krystine drew the model.
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Mike

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Character(s): Mike
Synopsis: Mike can't stand the swimming pool's cold water.
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Pages: 3
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Skulls n' Stiffs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: autobiography, biography, humorous
Character(s): Mary Fleener; Mary's Friend; Dad
Synopsis: Mary talks about the time her friend's dad, a mortician, took them to his mortuary to make a plaster cast of a corpse's head.
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In Content Item: FlagTwisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art #[nn] published January 1991
as Skulls n' Stiffs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLife of the Party: The Complete Autobiographical Collection #[nn] published December 1996
as Skulls n' Stiffs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Cool Jerk

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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: A Painful Five Pig Blat
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Barb'ra-Ann

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: autobiography, biography
Character(s): John Tulip; Steve Ross; Norm Emerson; Hunt Emerson; Pete Reynolds
Synopsis: The artist talks about one particular performance of his mid-sixties covers band.
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Hello?

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Pages: 4
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A Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Julie
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In Content Item: FlagDirty Plotte #3 [unnamed variant] published April 1991
as A Night [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Family Party

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In Issue: FlagDirty Plotte #3 [unnamed variant] published April 1991
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Pages: 1
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In the Fridge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Kirk; Ed; Chuck; Ranger; Stan
Synopsis: A night with the fridge man at the convenience store.
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Pages: 5
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Shades

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Pete
Synopsis: Pete's worldview changes after he gets a new pair of shades.
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Anatomy Class or "The Cutting Edge"

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Synopsis: A nude model slowly loses his limbs.
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Ultra Science!

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Pages: 3
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The Party Girls Cook Up a Warm Welcome At...

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Character(s): Miss Judd; Mr. Furgeson; Miss Beasly
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The Chalk Artist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Greg; Girl
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In Content Item: FlagBrain Capers #1 published August 1993
as The Chalk Artist [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Honeymoon

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Character(s): Brenda; Otto; Mother; Neville
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Pages: 6
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Va-Va-Voom!

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Post War Jerks

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In Content Item: FlagLove That Bunch #[nn] published July 1990
as Tips for Living / Post War Jerks [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Comic Book Adventures of Captain Krygo! America's Real Action Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Captain Krygo; Corporal Walensky; Private Goylem; Juan; Fatima; Stevens; Jimmy
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Pages: 3
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Zoot Suit

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Henry
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Checkered Demon
Character(s): Checkered Demon
First Line: Last Call! or: The Checkered Demon and his toadies thump the bartender...
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In Content Item: FlagThe Collected Checkered Demon #1 published January 1998
as Last Call! or: The Checkered Demon and His Toadies Thump the Bartender... [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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BZZT!

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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: A helluva cross-section of the new generation of commix-scrawlers.
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Disclose Notes: This back cover features quotes from Art Spiegelman, Paul Krassner and Harvey Pekar; accompanied by a nearly full-page illustration.

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