The Portable Frank #[nn] (2008) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: The Portable Frank (Fantagraphics, 2008 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: 2008
Key date: August 20, 2008
On-sale date: August 20, 2008
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $16.99
Pages: 204
Barcode: 978156097978451699
ISBN: 978-1-56097-978-4

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Frank	cover	2	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring	Frank; Pupshaw; Pushpaw; Whim; Manhog
1	-	illustration	1	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring	Frank
2	The Portable Frank	credits, title page	3	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring
3	Whim Plays a Musical String Instrument	illustration	1	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring	Whim
4	So Says Justin Green	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Justin Green; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring	Frank
5	Contents	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
6	Frank Acquires Pupshaw	comic story	8	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Lucky; Manhog; Jerry Chicken; Pupshaw
7	Frank in the House of the Dead	comic story	8	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Manhog
8	Frank's High Horse	comic story	50	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Pupshaw; Whim; Manhog; Jerry Chickens
9	Frank's Faux Pa	comic story	10	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Whim; Manhog; Frank's Faux Pa
10	Frank and the Truth About Plenitude	comic story	9	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank
11	Frank in the Cave of His Ancestors	comic story	5	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Manhog
12	Frank and the Toy Without Pity	comic story	11	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Pupshaw; Manhog
13	Hi-Rise Hopper	comic story	5	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Pupshaw; Whim
14	Frank and the Sugar of Vengeance	comic story	3	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Manhog
15	Frank Obeys the Rule of Five	comic story	5	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Pupshaw
16	Frank and Why It's Good to be Clever	comic story	5	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Manhog; Frank
17	Gentlemanhog	comic story	19	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Jerry Chicken; Manhog
18	Bliss	comic story	6	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Pupshaw; Pushpaw
19	Frank's Real Pa	comic story	48	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Jerry Chicken; Pupshaw; Lucky; Whim; Manhog
20	Peas	illustration	1	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank; Manhog
21	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring	Frank; Pupshaw
22	-	illustration	1	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring	Frank

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