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Publishers / Fantagraphics / Eightball (1989) / #17
171996
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Eightball #17

Fantagraphics · 1996

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Identification plate

Series
Eightball (Fantagraphics, 1989 series)
Issue
#17
Publication date
1996
Key date
1996
Indicia publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price
$3.95; 5.50 CAD
Pages
36
Rating
Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Ignatz Award - Outstanding Comic (1998).

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover2pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
1Eightball- Maintaining an Icy Distance Between Artist and Reader Since 1989cartoon1script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes
2Gynecologycomic story22script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel ClowesEpps; Swedish Stepfather; Bunny [Bonita]; Mrs. Ten Boom; Waiter; Myra; Dr. P.H. Ten Boom; Claudette; Claudette's Father; Claudette's Mother; Sabine; Lieberman; Mr. Peach; Art Critic; The Girl Above the Bodega; Karen Ghostlaw; Effeminate Man
3Ghost World [Part 7]comic story10script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel ClowesEnid Coleslaw; Rebecca Doppelmeyer; Josh; Mr Coleslaw

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Ghost World #[nn]
ISBN 1560972807		1997On eBay ›
Ghost World #[nn] [1st-3rd printings]
ISBN 1-56097-299-8		1998On eBay ›
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories #[1]
ISBN 9780300111705		2006On eBay ›
Caricature #[nn]
ISBN 1560974583		1998On eBay ›
Caricature #[nn]
ISBN 1560973293		1998On eBay ›
The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist #[nn]
ISBN 9781419702082		2012On eBay ›
Ghost World #[nn] [4th printings & up]
ISBN 9781560974277		2001On eBay ›
Issues 11-18
ISBN 978-1-60699-757-4		2015On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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