Publishers / Kitchen Sink Press / Will Eisner's Quarterly (1983) / #1
1Winter 1983
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Will Eisner's Quarterly #1

Kitchen Sink Press · Winter 1983 · on sale December 1, 1983

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Identification plate

Series
Will Eisner's Quarterly (Kitchen Sink Press, 1983 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
Winter 1983
Key date
December 1, 1983
On-sale date
December 1, 1983
Indicia publisher
Kitchen Sink Press Inc.
Price
$2.95; 3.50 CAD
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0A Life Forcecover1pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; colors: Will Eisner
1-credits, title page1script: Denis Kitchen; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner
2Izzy the Cockroach and the Meaning of Life (Chapter 1)comic story19script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Will EisnerJacob Shtarkah (intro); Rifka Shtarkah (intro); Izzy the Cockroach (intro)
3Escapee (Chapter 2)comic story8script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Will EisnerDaniel Shtarkah (intro); Rifka (intro); Jacob (intro)
4Queen Ranacomic story5script: Will Eisner; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellMr. Mystic, Kenneth St. Germain
5Neal Adams Interviewtext article16script: Will Eisner; pencils: Neal Adams, Will Eisner; inks: Neal Adams, Will Eisner
6On the Top Floor, Back, Lived God (Chapter 3)comic story6script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Will EisnerRabbi Bensohn (intro); Beckelah Bensohn (intro); Jacob Shtarkah
7-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner
8-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner

Where to read it

CollectionYear
A Life Force #[nn]
ISBN 0-87816-039-6		1988On eBay ›
The New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes #[nn]
ISBN 1-58834-183-6		2004On eBay ›
Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017 #[nn]
ISBN 1-50670-355-0; 978-1-50670-355-8		2017On eBay ›
Will Eisner's Shop Talk #[nn]
ISBN 1-56971-536-X		2001On eBay ›

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Series context

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