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Publishers / Fantagraphics / Itchy Planet (1988) / #2

2Summer 1988
$2.25; 3.40 CAD

Itchy Planet #2

Fantagraphics · Summer 1988 · on sale 1988

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Identification plate

Series: Itchy Planet (Fantagraphics, 1988 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: Summer 1988
Key date: July 1988
On-sale date: 1988
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.25; 3.40 CAD
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Comics Warp Our Vision	cover	1	pencils: Norman Dog; inks: Norman Dog
1	Editorial	comic story	1	script: Leonard Rifas; pencils: Leonard Rifas; inks: Leonard Rifas; letters: Leonard Rifas	Leonard Rifas
2	Itchy Planet number 2	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
3	Travelling Exhibit Celebrates Universal Power of Art and Humor	text article	1	script: Leonard Rifas
4	Reviews	text article	1	script: Leonard Rifas
5	Mini • Forum	letters page	2	script: Leonard Rifas	The Avenger; Blindeye the Sailor
6	Duopoly	comic story	4	script: Nick Thorkelson; pencils: Nick Thorkelson; inks: Nick Thorkelson; letters: Nick Thorkelson	Little Lulu (unnamed single-panel silent cameo); Plastic Man (unnamed single-panel cameo); Superman; Harvey Kurtzman (small-size caption illustration); Captain Marbles; Superduperman; Spider-Man; Gardner Fox; The Shadow (single-panel cameo); Batman; Art Young (single-panel silent cameo); Tom Yeates
7	Novice in a Comics Shop	comic story	1	script: Michael Dougan; pencils: Michael Dougan; inks: Michael Dougan; letters: Michael Dougan
8	The Image of Arabs in U.S. Comic Books	text article	4	script: Leonard Rifas
9	Busted	comic story	5	script: Joyce Farmer; pencils: Joyce Farmer; inks: Joyce Farmer; letters: Joyce Farmer	Joyce Farmer; Undercover Cop; Mild-Mannered Academic; Pregnant Wife; Reporter; Evie; A.C.L.U. Attorney
10	Sexism in Comics - The Conspiracy of Regurgitation	comic story	1	script: Mary Fleener; pencils: Mary Fleener; inks: Mary Fleener; letters: Mary Fleener	Dick; Jane
11	The Mongrel Dog is Free!	comic story	1	script: D. Worden; pencils: D. Worden; inks: D. Worden; letters: D. Worden
12	Kick That Habit Maan	comic story	1	script: Marc Campos; pencils: Marc Campos; inks: Marc Campos; letters: Marc Campos	Marc Campos; Marc's Wife
13	Meanwhile: Down in the Meadow	comic story	2	script: R. Diggs; pencils: R. Diggs; inks: R. Diggs; letters: R. Diggs
14	1988: Ethiopian Famine Returns to the Headlines	text article	4	script: Leonard Rifas
15	Dog Jaw!	comic story	2	script: Steve Lafler; pencils: Steve Lafler; inks: Steve Lafler; letters: Steve Lafler	Dog Boy

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Greatest Diggs of All Time #[nn]	1991	On eBay ›
The Best Comics of the Decade #2 ISBN 0560970374; 9780560970371	1990	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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