The Acme Novelty Library #7 (1996) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: The Acme Novelty Library (Fantagraphics, 1993 series)
Issue: #7
Publication date: Summer 1996
Key date: July 1996
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $6.95; 9.75 CAD
Pages: 32

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Eisner Award - Best Publication Design (1997).

On the record: Harvey Award - Best Single Issue or Story (1997).

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	A Robust Congress of Sophisticated Laff-Getters Certain to Brighten Even the Saddest Last Saturday of Childhood	cover	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Metal Man; Rocket Sam; Big Tex; God
1	Big Tex	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson; Avery; Paw's daughter
2	The Acme Novelty Library. Great Big Book of Jokes	table of contents	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	God
3	Letters	letters page	0.53	script: Chris Ware
4	Our Mentorial Bureau	text story	0.51	script: Chris Ware
5	The Story of the Acme Cartoon Company	comic story	0.2	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware
6	Rocket Sam on the Mysterious Cave Planet Of Zanndor	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam
7	Rescue Mission: Planet X-9	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam
8	New Method Makes Life Easy, Simple to Learn	text story	0.67	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware
9	God	comic story	0.33	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	God
10	The Constellations	text story	1.75	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware
11	Shipwrecked	comic story	0.25	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam
12	Contract	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware	God
13	Big Tex	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson
14	Sam Makes An Acquaintance	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam
15	Exploration Mission	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam
16	Big Tex	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Big Tex Johnson
17	Rocket Sam	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam; Indigenous Tree-Dweller
18	Jimmy Corrigan	comic story	1.54	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Jimmy Corrigan; Peggy; Superman
19	Journal Miscellany (From Our Editorial Desk)	text story	0.22	script: Chris Ware
20	Weapons of War	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam
21	Big Tex	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson
22	Sam's Homemade Opponent	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam; Robot
23	Big Tex	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson; Okie Joe
24	Rocket Sam	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam; Robot; Sam's companion
25	Tis the Season of Giving on Planet X-38	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam; Robot; female robot
26	Three Pages of Cut-Outs to Busy the Little Hands and Little Head	comic story	0.25	script: Chris Ware
27	Big Tex and Okie Joe in Bear Attack	activity	0.75	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Big Tex; Okie Joe
28	Quimby The Mouse	activity	0.32	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Quimby the Mouse
29	Instructions	text article	0.18	script: Chris Ware
30	Big Tex and the Jolly Time He Had With The Chicken	activity	0.5	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Big Tex
31	Rocket Sam Needs Your Help to Get Back Home	activity	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam
32	God	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware	Superman
33	These Arms Were Made For Hugging	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Rocket Sam; Robot
34	Big Tex	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Big Tex Johnson; Paw
35	Big Tex	comic story	1	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware	Big Tex Johnson
36	Your Very Own Miniature "Novelty Library" to Fold and Assemble	activity	2	script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Second Printing	price 8.95 USD; 12.95 CAD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
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

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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