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An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, & True Stories CONTENTS Page 6 Pages 24-28 Page 49 Saul Steinberg Mack White Milt Cross Untitled (Family Group) The Nudist Nuns of Goat Island Dave's Delicatessen (1965-68) (from Snake Eyes No. 2,1993) 0933) Page 7 Pages 29-31 Page 50 Ivan Brunetti Jayr Pulga Bill Holman Introduction Thrift Shop Love Smokey Stover (from Snake Eyes No. 1,1991) (1942) Page 8 Sammy Harkham Pages 32-34 Pages 51-53 Napoleon! Renee French Harvey Kurtzman (from Crickets No. 2, 2008) ZZZ Hey Look (1948) (from Comix 2000, 1999) Genius (1951) Pages 9-13 Egghead Doodle (1950) Chris Ware Pages 35-43 Rocket Sam Kim Deitch Pages 54-55 Big Tex The Road to Rana Poona Robert Crumb Quimby the Mouse (from Raw Vol. 2, No. 2,1990) Ode to Harvey Kurtzman Tales of Tomorrow (from Harvey Kurtzman's Strange God Page 44 Adventures, 1989) (from The Acme Novelty Library, 2005, Richard Sala and Quimby the Mouse, 2003) Untitled Page 56 (from the Comicsjournal Special Edition Basil Wolverton Pages 14-15 Vol. i, 2002) Cover of Mad No. n R. Sikoryak 0954) Action Camus Page 45 (from Snake Eyes No. i, 1991) J. Bradley Johnson Page 57 The Grolo & Co. Adam Copnik Page 16 (from Kramers Ergot No. 5, 2004) Kurtzman's Mad World Michael Kupperman (from the New Yorker, 1993) excerpts from Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Page 46 Cabaret (2000) Archer Prewitt Pages 57-62 Funny Bunny Art Spiegelman Page 17 (from the Chicago Reader, 2002) H.K. (R.I.P.) Drew Friedman A Furshlugginer Genius He Had a Funny Face Page 47 (from the New Yorker, 1993) (from Raw Vol. 2, No. 2,1989) Anonymous The Malpractice Suite excerpt from Utility Sketchbook (from Arcade No. 6,1976) Page 18 (2006) Dead Dick (1990) Mark Beyer Messenger of Death Page 48 Page 63 (from A Disturbing Evening and Other H. J. Tuthill jess Stories, 1978) The Bungle Family Tricky Cad: Case V (1929) 0958) Pages 19-23 Kaz The Tragedy of Satan (from Snake Eyes No. i, 1991) Page 64 Pages 107-114 Pages 154-156 John Hankiewicz Gary Panter James McShane Dance Drama excerpt from Jimbo: Adventures in 09/12/04 (from Asthma, 2006) Paradise (1987) (from Kramers Ergot No. 6, 2006) Pages 65-67 Page 115 Page 157 Tim Hensley Paper Rad Laura Park Smooth Jazz Bad Sunday, April 4th (from the Comics Journal Special Edition (from BJ. and da Dogs, 2005) (from unpublished sketchbook, 2005) Vol. 2, 2002) Pages 116-122 Pages 158-160 Pages 68-69 Fletcher Hanks Vanessa Davis Bill Griffith Stardust, The Super Wizard September i, 2005 The Plot Thickens (1940) September 3, 2005 (from Raw Vol. l, No. 2,1980) September 5, 2005 Pages 123-129 (from Kramers Ergot No. 6, 2006) Page 70 C.F. Richard McCuire MM22 Page 161 The Thinkers (2001) Onsmith (from Raw Vol. 2, No. 2, 1990) 502 West Main Street Page 130 (unpublished, 2007) Pages 71-76 Charles Forbell Gilbert Hernandez Naughty Pete Pages 162-166 Drink, Fucker! 0913) Joe Matt Mosquito excerpts from Peepshow: The Cartoon She Sleeps with Anybody but Me Pages 131-139 Diary of Joe Matt (1992) (from Fear of Comics, 2000) Ron Rege, jr. We Must Know, We Will Know Pages 167-174 Pages 77-89 (from Drawn flf Quarterly Vol. 4, 2001) Jeffrey Brown Jim Woodring excerpts from Unlikely (2003) Particular Mind Page 140 (from The Book of Jim, 1993) Winsor McCay Page 175 Dream of the Rarebit Fiend Martin Cendreda Pages 90-97 0913) 1 Want You to Like Me David Collier (from Kramers Ergot No. 6, 2006) Artist Pages 141-145 (from Collier's No. 2,1992) Matthew Thurber Page 176-177 Island of Silk and Ectoplasm Dave Kiersh Page 98 (from The Ganzfeld No. 4, 2005) Plainview Eugene Teal (from www.davekiersh.com, 2007) Frogs Sunday Funnie Pages 146-148 (from Weirdo No. 3,1981) Souther Salazar Pages 178-180 Fervler 'n' Razzle John Porcellino Pages 99-105 (from Kramers Ergot No. 5, 2004) excerpts from King-Cat Comics <? Stories Charles Burns No. 38(1993) excerpt from Black Hole Page 149 (2005) Kevin Scalzo Pages 181-186 Pie Face Carrie Golus and Patrick W. Welch Page 106 (from SPX 2000, 2000) Beachy Head, Illinois Karl Wirsum Halloween Was a Blast 3 My Eye Land Cyclops? Pages 150-153 (from Alternator: Grand Junction, 1999) O983) Megan Kelso Kodachrome Pages 187-194 (from Comix 2000, 1999) Jessica Abel Jack London (from Artbabe No. 5,1996) Page 195 Pages 254-255 Pages 311-329 Cole Johnson Elinore Norflus Robert Crumb Twigs and Stones Depressed Dora Comics That's Life (from the Chicago Reader, 2006) (from Weirdo No. 4,1982) (from Arcade No. 3,1975) Patton Pages 196-198 Pages 256-257 (from Zap Comix No. n, 1985) Lynda Barry Brian Chippendale Hunting for Old Records: A True Story Dancing Episodes 68 and 69 (from Oxford American, 1999) (from One! Hundred! Demons! 2002) (from Ninja, 2006) Pages 33O-331 Pages 199-203 Page 258 Carol Tyler Debbie Drechsler Leif Goldberg Country Music Constellations National Seashore (from Late Bloomer, 2005J (from The Best of Drawn s£ Quarterly, (from National Waste No. i, 2002) 1993) Page 332 Pages 259-267 Maurice Vellekoop Pages 204-205 David Mazzucchelli Waiting Diane Noomin Near Miss (from Drawn of Quarterly Vol. 2, Some of My Best Friends Are (from Rubber Blanket No. 2, 1991) No. 6,1997) (from Arcade No. 7,1976) Pages 268-269 Pages 333-342 Pages 206-207 Jerry Moriarty Seth Aline Kominsky-Crumb Jack Survives excerpt from Clyde Fans The Bunch, Her Baby, & Crammaw (from The Complete Jack Survives, 2008) (from Palookaville No. 16, 2002) Blabette (from Love That Bunch, 1990) Pages 270-278 Pages 343-348 Ben Katchor Adrian Tomine Page 208 excerpts from Julius Knipl, Real Estate Hazel Eyes Ariel Bordeaux Photographer: The Beauty Supply District (from Sleepwalk and Other Stories, 1998) Alike-A-Look (2000) (from Deep Girl No. 5,1995) Pages 349-354 Pages 279-282 Jaime Hernandez Pages 209-216 Frank Santoro Jerusalem Crickets Chester Brown excerpt from Storeyviile (1995) (from The Death of Speedy, 1987) My Mom Was a Schizophrenic (from The Little Man, 1998) Pages 283-290 Pages 355-371 Dan Zettwoch Daniel Clowes Pages 217-226 Cross-Fader Blue Italian Shit Anders Nilsen (from Kramers Ergot No. 6, 2006) (from Caricature, 1998) excerpt from The End No. i excerpts from Ice Haven (2005) (2007) Pages 291-300 Kevin Huizenga Pages 372-381 Pages 227-241 The Curse Chris Ware Joe Sacco (from Curses, 2006) excerpt from Building Stories and Sleep White Death (from Acme Novelty Library No. 18, (from Safe Area Gorazde, 2000) Pages 301-304 2007) Bill Griffith Pages 242-253 Is There Life After Levittown? Pages 382-397 Phoebe Gloeckner (from Lemme Outa Here! 1978) David Heatley Minnie's 3rd Love, or: "Nightmare on Portrait of My Mom Polk Street" Pages 305-310 Portrait of My Dad (from A Child's Life and Other Stories, Harvey Pekar and Robert Crumb (from My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down, 1998) How I Quit Collecting Records and 2008) Put Out a Comic Book with the Money I Saved 398-400 (from American Splendor, 1986) Contributors ?${ SLUB.
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