Id #3 - First Appearance of Bo Bo Bolinski, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Id (Fantagraphics, 1990 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: 1991
Key date: 1991
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $2.50; 3.00 CAD
Pages: 36
Rating: Adults Only

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bo Bo Bolinski - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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	It's the Bad Boys' Comic!	cover	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; colors: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	The Id
1	Id, Super-Ego, Ego:	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	The Id
2	Id	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	The Id
3	Things That Really Happened!	cartoon	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
4	-	comic story	3	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Robert Crumb, Devil Girl
5	Nancy	illustration	1	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Nancy
6	Mary	illustration	1	pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Mary
7	Bo Bo Bolinski Relaxing on a Saturday Afternoon	cartoon	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Bo Bo Bolinski First
8	Great Moments	illustration	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
9	Why Can't I... Get With the Program?!?	illustration	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Robert Crumb
10	R. Crumb's Grotesque Burlesque Presents Championship Wrestling	comic story	20.5	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Sonny Jim
11	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Robert Crumb
12	Mr. Defective	cartoon	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Mr. Defective
13	What's His Problem?	cartoon	0.5	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
14	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
15	Fun	cartoon	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; colors: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Vulture Demoness; Sonny Jim

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Second Printing	price 2.95 USD; 3.95 CAD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Cave Wimp ISBN 1-56097-536-9	2005	On eBay ›
Bible of Filth #[nn] ISBN 9781941701706	2017	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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