Itchy Planet #3 (1988) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: Itchy Planet (Fantagraphics, 1988 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: Fall 1988
Key date: October 1988
On-sale date: 1988
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.25; 2.90 CAD
Pages: 52

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Electoral Comics	cover	1	pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper; colors: Dale Crain
2	Itchy Planet number 3	credits, title page	1	pencils: Dan Hubig; inks: Dan Hubig
3	Reviews	text article	2	script: Leonard Rifas, Mark Alan Stamaty, Tom Toles, Gilbert Shelton, Bert Dodson, Dick Hafer; pencils: Mark Alan Stamaty, Tom Toles, Gilbert Shelton, Bert Dodson, Dick Hafer; inks: Mark Alan Stamaty, Tom Toles, Gilbert Shelton, Bert Dodson, Dick Hafer; letters: Mark Alan Stamaty, Tom Toles, Gilbert Shelton, Bert Dodson, Dick Hafer	Ronald Reagan; Bob; Ginger; Gen. "Nuke" Dukakis; Philbert Desanex
4	Winner Take All	comic story	4	script: Larry Gonick; pencils: Larry Gonick; inks: Larry Gonick; letters: Larry Gonick	Democratic Donkey; Republican Elephant; George Washington; Thomas Jefferson; Baby Bull Moose
5	Who Says You Can't Beat the Machine? - A True Story	comic story	4	script: Tom Chalkey; pencils: Tom Chalkey; inks: Tom Chalkey; letters: Tom Chalkey	Jim Barber; Vincent Hughes; Curtis Jones; Jeff Blum; Campaign Spy; Jerry Howard; Pen-Pic Staffer
6	California Scheming	comic story	4	script: R. Diggs; pencils: R. Diggs; inks: R. Diggs; letters: R. Diggs	Senator; Beer Wholesalers Lobby; Sir; Wilma; Kid
7	California Scheming Update	text article	0.75	script: Leonard Rifas
9	The Fantagraphics 500 Complete Catalogue: Winter 1988 / 89	promo (ad from the publisher)	16	script: Gary Groth, Kim Thompson
10	At Home With the Golden Bough	comic story	1	script: Joyce Brabner; pencils: Stephen DeStefano; inks: Stephen DeStefano; letters: Stephen DeStefano
11	Just Who Are Those Libertarians?	comic story	2	script: Scott Bieser; pencils: Scott Bieser; inks: Scott Bieser; letters: Scott Bieser	Ayn Rand; Herbert Spencer; John Locke; Albert Jay Nock; Murray Rothbard; Robert Nozick; Thomas Jefferson; Scott Bieser
12	Graphic Reviews	comic story	1	script: Leonard Rifas; pencils: Leonard Rifas; inks: Leonard Rifas; letters: Leonard Rifas	Leonard Rifas; Richard A. Cloward; Frances Fox Piven
13	The Vision Thing	comic story	4	script: Steve Ross; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper; letters: Peter Kuper	George Herbert Walker Bush; Beulah; Ferdinand Marcos; Russian Mechanic
14	Who Rules America?	comic story	5	script: Seth Tobocman; pencils: Seth Tobocman; inks: Seth Tobocman; letters: Seth Tobocman	Seth Tobocman
15	Democracy in Action	comic story	3	script: Spain; pencils: Spain; inks: Spain; letters: Spain	Jeane Kirkpatrick; Archbishop Obando y Bravo; President Duarte

Plus 1.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Greatest Diggs of All Time #[nn]	1991	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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