Twentieth Century Eightball #[nn] (2002) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: Twentieth Century Eightball (Fantagraphics, 2002 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: [2002]
Key date: 2002
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $19.00; 29.95 CAD
Pages: 104
Barcode: 978156097436951900
ISBN: 1-56097-436-2; 978-1-56097-436-9

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Harvey Award - Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work (2003).

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	Krazy Komics	cover	1	pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Gregg; Pogeybait; Sensual Santa; Ectomorph; Feldman; Squirrel Girl; Peace Bear
1	Little Enid	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Little Enid [Enid Coleslaw]; Hal Hoffenkamp; Bill; Mom; Chad Chumley; Spokesman; Mrs. Ogelsby
2	Twentieth Century Eightball (continued from back cover)	comic story	3	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Mr. Clowes; Phillips; Reynolds; Erika
3	Art School Confidential	comic story	4	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
4	Cool Your Jets	comic story	4	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Stew; Lew
5	Ectomorph	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Ectomorph; Miss; Bill
6	The Truth	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Artist
7	Ink Studs	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
8	The Stroll	comic story	5	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Toupee Guy; Lisa
9	Devil Doll?	comic story	3	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Pat; Pat's Father; Margaret (Pat's Mother); Dad; Ms. Nimrod; The Ram; Bad Bill; Ms. Chill; Dr. Nimrod; Greg; Satan; Moloch
10	Needledick the Bug-Fucker	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Needle-Dick; Slugger
11	Feldman	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Feldman
12	I Hate You Deeply	comic story	5	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Lloyd Llewellyn; Clowes; Felix
13	Zubrick and Pogeybait	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Zubrick; Pogeybait
14	Frankie and Johnnie	comic story	3	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Frankie; Johnnie; Bartender; Alice Bly; Sergeant
15	Marooned on a Desert Island with the People on the Subway…	comic story	4	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
16	Question Authority	comic story	3	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Hippypants; Peace Bear; Whiskey John; Frog
17	Just Another Day…	comic story	4	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Daniel G. Clowes; Steve
18	Zubrick	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Zubrick; Pogeybait
19	Chicago	comic story	4	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Daniel Clowes; Jim Belushi; Bruce Willis
20	Why I Hate Christians	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Daniel Clowes; The Devil's Advocate; Grandmother; Mom; Girlfriend; Lonely Woman
21	Zubrick's Pal, Pogeybait	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Zubrick; Pogeybait; Cherry
22	On Sports	comic story	5	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Coach Patlak; Football Widow; Clouse; Dave Wickersham; Ted Williams
23	Sexual Frustration	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
24	The Operator	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Freddy Brown; Sandy; Joan
25	A Message to the People of the Future	comic story	3	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Daniel Clowes
26	The Happy Fisherman	comic story	5	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	The Happy Fisherman; Worm; Smitty the Dowser; Furburger; Comb-Boiler
27	Give it Up!	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
28	Grist for the Mill	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Daniel Clowes; Bill
29	Ugly Girls	comic story	3	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Charlie
30	Curtain of Sanity	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Garbage-Throwing Misanthrope; The "Mom-Hater"
31	Playful Obsession	comic story	3	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Willie Willions; Insignificant Shrimp; Gregg; Little Octagon; Obesity Hopkins; Sweet Sal; Pothead
32	Squirrel Girl and Candy-Pants	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Squirrel Girl; Candy-Pants; The Filthy Chicken; Feldman
33	Paranoid	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	God; God's Friend; Perry Gnoid
34	I Love You Tenderly	comic story	4	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Lloyd Llewellyn; Wallflower-Type; Honest-to-God Eccentric; Mason Reese; Fat Slob Dork; Ben; Jerry
35	The Party	comic story	5	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Daniel Clowes
36	The Sensual Santa	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	The Sensual Santa
37	My Suicide…	comic story	3	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
38	Eightball	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Sir God Eightball [Daniel Clowes]; Dan Pussey; Gregg; Lloyd Llewellyn
39	Man-Child	comic story	0.25	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Man-Child
40	Wallace Wood	comic story	0.25	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Wallace Wood
41	Tits	comic story	0.25	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Mom; Tits; Dad; Otto
42	Tom Pudd	comic story	0.25	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Tom Pudd
43	Grip Glutz and Shamrock Squid	comic story	0.5	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Grip Glutz; Shamrock Squid
44	You	comic story	0.25	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
45	About the Author	comic story	0.25	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Rummy
46	20th Century Eightball	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Mr. Clowes; Chief

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Ghost World: Special Edition #[nn] ISBN 978-1-56097-890-9	2008	On eBay ›
The Daniel Clowes Reader: A Critical Edition of Ghost World and Other Stories, with Essays, Interviews, and Annotations #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-589-1	2013	On eBay ›

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Sources

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