Eightball #1 (1989) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: Eightball (Fantagraphics, 1989 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: August 1989
Key date: August 8, 1989
On-sale date: August 8, 1989
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.00; 2.50 CAD
Pages: 36
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Harvey Award - Best Story or Single Issue (1990).

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	-	cover	1	pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Clay Loudermilk; Lloyd Llewelyn; Dan Pussey; Devil Doll
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: Daniel Clowes
2	Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron	comic story	13	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Clay Loudermilk; Paul; 2 Policemen
3	Devil Doll?	comic story	3	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Pat; Greg; Ms. Nimrod; Dr. Nimrod; Pat's Father; Margaret (Pat's Mother); Bad Bill; The Ram; Ms. Chill; Satan; Moloch
4	The Laffin' Spittin' Man	comic story	6	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Lloyd Llewellyn; Louise Ceeley; Emmett Ceeley; Laffin' Spittin' Man
5	Young Dan Pussey	comic story	10	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Dan Pussey; Dan Clowes; Doctor Infinity; Toothbrush Fukuda; Jackie Roth; Helmut Szucker; Chic Dusendorf; Dick Small; Herm Yunick
6	Puss In Booths	illustration	0.66	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.34	pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
8	What Is the Most Important Invention of the Twentieth Century?	comic story	1	pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Second Printing	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Third Printing	price 2.50 USD; 2.95 CAD
Fourth Printing	price 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
Fifth Printing	price 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
Sixth Printing	price 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
Seventh Printing	price 3.95 USD; 5.95 CAD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Lout Rampage #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-070-7	1991	On eBay ›
The New Comics Anthology #[nn] ISBN 0-02-009361-6	1991	On eBay ›
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn] ISBN 1560971169; 9781560971160	1998	On eBay ›
Pussey! #[nn] ISBN 1560971835	1995	On eBay ›
Twentieth Century Eightball #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-436-2; 978-1-56097-436-9	2002	On eBay ›
The Manly World of Lloyd Llewellyn: A Golden Treasury of His Complete Works #[nn] ISBN 1560971452	1994	On eBay ›
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn] ISBN 1560971185	1993	On eBay ›
Pussey! #[nn] ISBN 9781560971832; 1560971835	2006	On eBay ›
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn] ISBN 1560971169	1993	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Confirm the UPC box: a publisher mark instead of a barcode means direct edition, a barcode means newsstand.
Glossy covers of this era show edge chipping easily. Check black edges closely in the photos.
Check the staples and centerfold; heavily read anniversary and key issues loosen there first.

Series context

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Sources

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

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