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Publishers / Fantagraphics / Eightball (1989) / #5
5February 1991
$2.25; 2.95 CAD

Eightball #5

Fantagraphics · February 1991

1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Eightball (Fantagraphics, 1989 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
February 1991
Key date
February 1, 1991
Indicia publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price
$2.25; 2.95 CAD
Pages
24
Rating
For Mature Readers Only

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel ClowesGregg; Obesity Hopkins; Willie Willions; Insignificant Shrimp; Little Octagon; Pothead
1Why Do People Spit?comic story0.5pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
2Part Fivecomic story13script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel ClowesClay Loudermilk; Beatrice
3Just Another Day...comic story4script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel ClowesDaniel Clowes; Steve
4Playful Obsessioncomic story3script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel ClowesWillie Willions; Insignificant Shrimp; Gregg; Little Octagon; Obesity Hopkins; Sweet Sal; Pothead
5Paranoidcomic story1script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel ClowesGod; God's Friend; You; Perry Gnoid

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Second Printingprice 2.50 USD; 2.95 CAD

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Lout Rampage #[nn]
ISBN 1-56097-070-7		1991On eBay ›
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn]
ISBN 1560971169; 9781560971160		1998On eBay ›
Twentieth Century Eightball #[nn]
ISBN 1-56097-436-2; 978-1-56097-436-9		2002On eBay ›
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn]
ISBN 1560971185		1993On eBay ›
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron #[nn]
ISBN 1560971169		1993On eBay ›
The Daniel Clowes Reader: A Critical Edition of Ghost World and Other Stories, with Essays, Interviews, and Annotations #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-589-1		2013On eBay ›
Issues 1-10
ISBN 978-1-60699-757-4		2015On eBay ›
The Complete Eightball (Issue Numbers 1-18) #[nn]
ISBN 978-1683965503		2022On eBay ›

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Series context

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