Schizo #4 - First Appearance of Louise Brooks, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Schizo (Fantagraphics, 1995 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: January 2006
Key date: January 10, 2006
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $9.95
Pages: 32

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Louise Brooks - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

On the record: Ignatz Award - Outstanding Comic (2006).

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	Wither Shermy?	cover	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
1	-	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti
2	-	cover	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
3	The Unbearable Lightness Of Bidding	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
4	Great Moments In The History Of Western Civilization	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
5	You Wanna Fight Me?	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
6	P. Mondrian, Paris 1920	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
7	S. Kierkegaard	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
8	Shakyamuni	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
9	An Unfunny Comic Strip	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
10	Cartooning Will Destroy You	comic story	0.9	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
11	Mad Hugs, Everybody...	comic story	0.1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
12	Erik Satie: Compositeur de Musique	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
13	How To Draw Cartoons	comic story	0.75	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
14	22 Panels That Always Work (sometimes)	comic story	0.25	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
15	Françoise Hardy	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
16	-	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti
17	Louise Brooks	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti	Louise Brooks First
18	a brief history of my life from roughly August 2001 to, I dunno, like july 2002	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
19	My 2002 The Year In Review	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
20	-	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti
21	-	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti
22	The Horror Of Simply Being Alive	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
23	Ivan Vs. Girls	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
24	Joris-Karl Huysmans	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
25	-	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti
26	Six Things I Like About My Girl Friend	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
27	Iris, ie., My Antique Mannequin, 1997-2002 R.I.P.	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
28	Boogie Nite	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
29	-	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
30	My Bumbling, Corpulent Mass	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
31	-	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti
32	Produced By Val Lewton	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti
33	A Little World Made Cunningly	comic story	1	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; colors: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Best American Comics #2007 ISBN 978-0-618-71876-4; 0-618-71876-1	2007	On eBay ›
Raw, Boiled and Cooked: Comics on the Verge #[nn] ISBN 0-86719-593-2	2004	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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