The Acme Novelty Library #15 (2001) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics, 1993 series)
Issue: #15
Publication date: Late Summer to Early Winter 2001-2002
Key date: July 2001
On-sale date: 2001
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics
Price: $10.95; 16.50 CAD
Pages: 36
Barcode: 978156097475850995
ISBN: 1-56097-475-3

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Eisner Award - Best Publication Design (2002).

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Book of Jokes	cover	2	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
1	I Never Stopped Loving You	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam
2	Rocket Sam	comic story	0.4	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam
3	Summer Thrill Ride	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Quimby the Mouse
4	Rusty Brown	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rusty Brown
5	No 12	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
6	Number Six	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
7	Rusty Brown	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rusty Brown; Rusty's Mother
8	Number Eight	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
9	Saturday Antics	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Quimby the Mouse
10	Rusty Brown	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rusty Brown; Chalky White
11	Number Seven	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
12	-	activity	1.8	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware
13	Putty Grey	comic story	0.2	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Putty Grey; Shop Owner
14	-	comic story	2	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
15	-	activity	2	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware
16	Rusty Brown	comic story	2	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rusty Brown; Chalky White
17	Winter Walk	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Quimby the Mouse
18	No. 9	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
19	Tales of Tomorrow	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
20	Number Sixteen	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rusty Brown; Chalky White; Female Junk Table Seller
21	Number Eleven	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
22	The Rites of Spring	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Quimby the Mouse
23	No. 15	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
24	Rusty Brown	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rusty Brown; Chalky White; Mrs. White
25	Rusty Brown	comic story	0.11	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rusty Brown
26	Tales of Tomorrow	comic story	0.11	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rusty Brown; Chalky White
27	Chalky White	comic story	0.11	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Chalky White
28	I Don't Love You Any More	comic story	0.33	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Quimby the Mouse
29	I Don't Love You Any More Pt 2	comic story	0.33	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Quimby the Mouse
30	No. 27	comic story	0.8	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
31	Shipwrecked on Planet X-2000	comic story	0.2	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam
32	Our 10th Episode	comic story	2	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan
33	Rusty Brown	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rusty Brown; Chalky White; Candy White; Brittney White
34	Big Tex	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Big Tex

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes #[nn] ISBN 1-58834-183-6	2004	On eBay ›
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories #2 ISBN 9780300126716	2008	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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