Eightball #22 (2001) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: Eightball (Fantagraphics, 1989 series)
Issue: #22
Publication date: October 2001
Key date: October 2001
On-sale date: 2001
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $5.95; 8.95 CAD
Pages: 40

Match the book in your hand against this plate before paying an edition-specific price.

Why this issue matters

On the record: Eisner Award - Best Single Issue (2002).

On the record: Harvey Award - Best Single Issue or Story (2002).

On the record: Ignatz Award - Outstanding Comic (2002).

On the record: Squiddy Award - Best Comics Novella (2001).

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	-	cover	2	pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Violet Vanderplatz; Penrod Pulaski; David Goldberg; Harry Naybors; Mr. Joe Ames; George; Random Wilder; Paula; Charles; Carmichael; Vida; Mrs. Ida Wentz
1	Around Ice Haven with Random Wilder	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Random Wilder; Carmichael; Mrs. Ida Wentz
2	Our Children and their Friends	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	David Goldberg; Charles; Carmichael; Paula
3	The True Story of Leopold And Loeb	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Bobby Franks; Jacob Franks; Richard Loeb; Nathan Leopold, Jr.; Clarence Darrow
4	Melancholy Serenade	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Random Wilder; Mr. Knudson; Mrs. Ida Wentz; Vida
5	Seventeen	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Violet Vanderplatz; Penrod Pulaski; Dagmar; Paul
6	David Goldberg is Missing	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Charles; Carmichael; Paula; David Goldberg; Officer Kaufman
7	Vida and Her Grandmother	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Vida; Mrs. Ida Wentz; Random Wilder
8	Mr. & Mrs. Ames: Detectives For Hire	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Mr. Joe Ames; Mrs. Ames; Officer Kaufman
9	Charles	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Charles; George; Violet Vanderplatz
10	Violet in Love	comic story	3	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Violet Vanderplatz; Dagmar; Penrod Pulaski; Paul
11	Harry Naybors: Comic Book Critic	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Harry Naybors; Mr. Joe Ames
12	Rocky: 100,000 B.C.	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Rocky; Ogg
13	The Hole	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Carmichael; Charles
14	Seersucker	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Vida; Random Wilder
15	Julie Patheticstein	comic story	0.25	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Julie Patheticstein [Julie Rathman]; Mr. Joe Ames
16	Mrs. Ames	comic story	0.25	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Mrs. Ames; Mr. Joe Ames
17	Kim Lee	comic story	0.25	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Kim Lee; Mr. Joe Ames
18	Officer Kaufman	comic story	0.25	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Mr. Joe Ames; Officer Kaufman
19	"Mosquito"	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Charles; George
20	Blue Bunny	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Blue Bunny; Grammaw; Officer Kaufman
21	Random Wilder in Toilet Time	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Random Wilder
22	Charles and his Therapist	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Charles; Paula; Carmichael; Doctor Saul; Paul; Violet Vanderplatz; Dagmar
23	The Ransom Note	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Mr. Joe Ames; Mrs. Ames; Vida
24	Random Wilder, Again	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Random Wilder
25	David Goldberg is Alive	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Vida; Julie Patheticstein [Julie Rathman]; Kim Lee
26	Our Children, Revisited	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Charles; Carmichael
27	Violet: Alone Forever	comic story	2	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Violet Vanderplatz; Paul; Julie Patheticstein [Julie Rathman]; Dagmar; Charles
28	Vida Goes to Hollywood	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Vida; Mrs. Ida Wentz
29	Harry Naybors Explains Everything	comic story	1	script: Daniel Clowes; pencils: Daniel Clowes; inks: Daniel Clowes; colors: Daniel Clowes; letters: Daniel Clowes	Harry Naybors

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Ice Haven #[nn] ISBN 0-375-42332-X	2005	On eBay ›
The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist #[nn] ISBN 9781419702082	2012	On eBay ›
Original Art: Daniel Clowes (Studio Edition) #[nn] ISBN 9781683962588	2020	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Confirm which printing is being sold; later printings usually carry changed cover marks or indicia lines.
For variant covers, match the listing photo against the variant list on this page before paying a ratio-variant price.
Pressable defects (spine stress, corner blunting) matter to graders; ask for photos at an angle.

Series context

‹ #2122 of 23#23 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Found an error in this file? corrections@comicrecord.com