Publishers / Fantagraphics / Prime Cuts (1986) / #9

9October 1988
$3.95; 5.25 CAD

Prime Cuts #9

Fantagraphics · October 1988 · on sale 1988

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Identification plate

Series: Prime Cuts (Fantagraphics, 1986 series)
Issue: #9
Publication date: October 1988
Key date: October 1988
On-sale date: 1988
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $3.95; 5.25 CAD
Pages: 68
Rating: Mature Readers

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	In the Promised Land	cover	1	pencils: Gary Kwapisz; inks: Gary Kwapisz; colors: Doug Erb	Harvey Pekar
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	The Promised Land	comic story	9	script: Harvey Pekar; pencils: Gary Kwapisz; inks: Gary Kwapisz; letters: Gary Dumm	Harvey Pekar; Harvey's Wife; Assistant Editor; Jewish Agency Office Secretary; Ben Mordechai
3	What Has Gone Before	recap	1	pencils: F. Solano López; inks: F. Solano López
4	Ana	comic story	30	script: Gabriel Solano López, Kim Thompson; pencils: F. Solano López; inks: F. Solano López	Ana; Old Man; Albert; Thug; Simone de Beauvoir; Old Bastard
5	-	comic story	1	script: Franquin, Dwight R. Decker; pencils: Franquin; inks: Franquin	Gomer Goof [Gaston Lagaffe]
6	Letter to a Philistine	text story	2	script: Hermann Hesse
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	letters: typeset
8	There's Something Wrong with a Perfect Lawn	comic story	12	script: Carol Tyler; pencils: Carol Tyler; inks: Carol Tyler; letters: Carol Tyler	Harvey Alsages; Jack Zink; Margaret Alsages; Ginny; Jason; Jennifer
9	My First Car	comic story	6	script: Linzee Arnold; pencils: Linzee Arnold; inks: Linzee Arnold; letters: Linzee Arnold	Linzee Arnold [Lindsay Arnold]; Barry; Roly; Joyce
10	I	text story	1	script: Gustave Flaubert; pencils: Rick Geary; inks: Rick Geary
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	pencils: Winsor McCay, Bernie Wrightson; inks: Winsor McCay, Bernie Wrightson

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Collection	Year
Ana #[nn] ISBN 1560970669	1991	On eBay ›
Late Bloomer #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-664-0	2005	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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