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Issue: Breakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips #[nn]

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Publication Date: December 1977

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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue

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Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Bélier Press

Brand:

Indicia Publisher:

On Sale Date: 1977

Volume:

Pages: 48

ISBN: 0914646141

UPC/EAN:

Price: $8.95 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 21 (15 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Art Spiegelman

Notes: ISSN: 0-87897-052-5

Large format anthology of comix by Art Spiegelman, without dust wrapper; first print only; reprinted with revisions as: Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! (Pantheon, 2008 series).

Whilst the main title pages list the publisher as Nostalgia Press, Inc, New York, there is a tipped-in plate, with the following disclaimer:
'DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ!...
The publishing information on the following two pages is incorrect.
This book is not published by NOSTALGIA PRESS'
it continues:
'BREAKDOWNS. Published by:
BELIER PRESS
P.O. BOX 'C'
GRACIE STATION
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10028'
ISBN: 0-914646-14-1
Library of Congress catalog card number: 77-93591

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Format

Publication Type: Hardcover

Color: Black and White interiors; colour sections; colour cover

Dimensions: 10.25" x 14.125"

Paper Stock: white interior; glossy cover

Binding: hard cover; squarebound

Publishing Format: One-shot

Format Notes:

Reprinted In8

Some/all of Issue reprinted as 6 Content Items in other Issues:

Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! #[nn] published October 2008 as Breakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! #[nn] published October 2008 as [end papers] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]

Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! #[nn] published October 2008 as Don't Believe Everything You Read!... [Credits on Interior Page(s)]

Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! #[nn] published October 2008 as Breakdowns [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]

Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! #[nn] published October 2008 as Intro [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! #[nn] published October 2008 as Breakdowns [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:

Breakdowns - retrato do artista quando jovem #[nn] published November 2009

Reprinted From14

14 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:

Funny Aminals #1 published January 1972 was Maus [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Short Order Comix #1 published January 1973 was Zip•a•Tunes and Moire Melodies featuring Skeeter Grant's Skinless Perkins [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Short Order Comix #1 published January 1973 was Prisoner on the Hell Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Short Order Comix #2 published January 1974 was Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Short Order Comix #2 published January 1974 was Ace Hole Midget Detective [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Short Order Comix #2 published January 1974 was Real Dream [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Young Lust #4 published November 1974 was Little Signs of Passion [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Arcade the Comics Revue #1 published January 1975 was Cracking Jokes: A Brief Inquiry Into Various Aspects of Humor [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Arcade the Comics Revue #3 published January 1975 was Spiegelman Moves to N.Y. "Feels Depressed". [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Arcade the Comics Revue #4 published January 1975 was As the Mind Reels [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Arcade the Comics Revue #2 published January 1975 was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Arcade the Comics Revue #1 published January 1975 was A Hand Job [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Arcade the Comics Revue #2 published January 1975 was Day at the Circuits [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Arcade the Comics Revue #6 published January 1976 was Nervous Rex, the Malpractice Suite [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (21 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

end papers

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): art spiegelman

Inker(s): art spiegelman

Colorist(s): art spiegelman

Letterer(s): art spiegelman

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Endpapers reproducing the cover in many different color schemes.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Don't Believe Everything You Read!...

Credits on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): art spiegelman

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Note from the publisher that the following credit page is not correct and that the book wasn't published by Nostalgia Press but by Belier Press.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Breakdowns

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): art spiegelman

Inker(s): art spiegelman

Colorist(s): art spiegelman

Letterer(s): art spiegelman

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Similar to cover of original book, but with man doused in ink.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Auto-Destructo Suicide Device

Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): art spiegelman

Penciller(s): art spiegelman

Inker(s): art spiegelman

Colorist(s): art spiegelman

Letterer(s): art spiegelman

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Rube Goldberg-type device for committing suicide.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Intro

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Character(s): Keith

Synopsis: Quotes from Rodolphe Töpffer about comics, and Chic Young, creator of Blondie, about what makes cartoons cartoons.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Uses panels from other art spiegelman comics as the illustrations.

Maus

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Maus

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 3

Zip•a•Tunes and Moire Melodies featuring Skeeter Grant's Skinless Perkins

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman (signed)

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman (signed)

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman (signed)

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman (signed)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Skinless Perkins

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Prisoner on the Hell Planet

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman (signed)

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman (signed)

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman (signed)

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman (signed)

Subject Matter

Character(s): Art Spiegelman; Vladek Spiegelman; Cousin; Doctor Orens; Friend of the Family; Anja Spiegelman

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

A Hand Job

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Real Dream

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Cracking Jokes

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Jack In The Box; Man; Psychiatrist

Synopsis: An investigation of humour

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 3

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Subject Matter

Genres: drama

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Little Signs of Passion

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): art spiegelman

Penciller(s): art spiegelman

Inker(s): art spiegelman

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): art spiegelman

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 3

Spiegelman Moves to N.Y. "Feels Depressed".

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Subject Matter

Genres: biography

Character(s): Art Spiegelman

Synopsis: Spiegelman's early experiences in New York

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Day at the Circuits

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Colorist(s): Art Spigelman

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Synopsis: Circular strip about drinking and depression.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Real Dream

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Colorist(s): Art Spiegelman

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

As the Mind Reels

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Chuck; Barbie; Doctor Legman; Martha

Synopsis: A surreal soap opera.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Real Dream

Character(s): Art Spiegelman

First Line: moan!

Synopsis: Art Spiegelman dreams of being at a party and his mustache washing off.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Nervous Rex, The Malpractice Suite

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: The strip cuts up old Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips and adds to them for new effect.

Ace Hole Midget Detective

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Spiegelman

Penciller(s): Art Spiegelman

Inker(s): Art Spiegelman

Letterer(s): Art Spiegelman

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Ace Hole

Synopsis: Ace trips into a warped world

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Breakdowns

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): art spiegelman

Inker(s): art spiegelman

Colorist(s): art spiegelman

Letterer(s): art spiegelman

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Back cover.

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Pages: 1