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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published October 1998
Cover Price 3.95 USD
Pages 68
Editing Gary Groth

Cover Details - "Untitled"

Characters Harvey Pekar
Genre Autobiography
Pencils Gary Kwapisz
Inks Gary Kwapisz
Colors Doug Erb

9 page story "The Promised Land"

Characters Harvey Pekar, Ben Mordechai
Synopsis Harvey Pekar recalls his consideringS emigrating to Israel in the 1960s
Genre Autobiography
Script Harvey Pekar
Pencils Gary Kwapisz
Inks Gary Kwapisz
Letters Gary Dumm

30 page story "Ana"

Characters Ana, old man, Albert,
Synopsis Ana returns to Paris, but can't find contentment
Genre Slice of Life
Script Gabriel
Pencils F. Solano Lopez
Inks F. Solano Lopez

1 page Gaston Lagaffe story "Untitled"

Characters Gaston
Synopsis Gaston refines the coffee machine
Genre Humour
Script Franquin
Pencils Franquin
Inks Franquin
Letters Uncredited
Notes Originally appeared in France

12 page story "There's Something Wrong With A Perfect Lawn"

Characters Harvey Alsages, Jack Zink, Margaret Alsages, Ginny, Jason, Jennifer,
Synopsis Harvey is obsesssed with moving into a planned community
Genre Humour
Script Carol Tyler
Pencils Carol Tyler
Inks Carol Tyler
Letters Carol Tyler

6 page Kaput & Zösky story "My First Car"

Characters Linzee Arnold; Barry; Roly; Joyce
Synopsis The pulling power of Linzee's 1927 car
Genre Autobiography
Script Linzee Arnold
Pencils Linzee Arnold
Inks Linzee Arnold
Letters Linzee Arnold

Half page illustration "Cartoon"

Genre Humor
Pencils Rick Geary
Inks Rick Geary
Notes Illustration of one of Flaubert's pithy sayings from The Dictionary of Received Ideas