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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published September 1999
Cover Price 19.95 USD
Pages 56
Editing Mark Bellis (managing editor); Robb Horan (publisher)
Notes ISBN 1-57989-026-1. Dedicated to Lucy, Liam, and Abby. Per indicia: "Vol. One." Copyright 1999 Jill Thompson. Printed by Brenner Printing, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Cover Details - "Cover"

Characters Scary Godmother
Pencils Jill Thompson
Inks Jill Thompson
Colors none (see notes)
Letters Jill Thompson (design); Mark McNabb [as McNabb Studios] (production)
Notes The cloth cover exterior is purple with green silhouette of Scary Godmother on front and green title on spine.

Cover Details - "Dustjacket"

Characters Scary Godmother; Boozle the ghost cat; Professor Toad; Harry the werewolf; Bug-A-Boo; Aloysius the amphibian; Skully Pettibone; Count Max; Orson; Hannah Marie; other denizens of the Fright Side
Genre Fantasy; Halloween; Children
Script ? (blurb; bio); Mike Mignola (quote); Paul Dini (quote)
Pencils Jill Thompson (painting) (signed) [as JT]; Dano Martin (photo)
Inks Jill Thompson (painting) (signed) [as JT]; Dano Martin (photo)
Colors Jill Thompson (painting) (signed) [as JT]; Dano Martin (photo)
Letters Jill Thompson (main logo design); Joseph Allen (logos); Mark McNabb [as McNabb Studios] (set type, production)
Notes Dustjacket features signed wraparound cover illustration. Sirius logo, barcode with ISBN, and quotes are on back portion of dustjacket. Front flap has a blurb about the book. Back flap has a photo and bio of Jill Thompson.
Reprinted in Scary Godmother (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #[nn] [as part of sketchbook]

2 page Scary Godmother illustration "Front Endpapers"

Genre Fantasy; Halloween
Script Jill Thompson
Pencils Jill Thompson
Inks Jill Thompson
Colors none (see notes)
Letters Jill Thompson; Mark McNabb [as McNabb Studios] (production)
Notes The front endpapers are checkered black and orange; inside front cover has bookplate ("This book belongs to ___") with border illustration.
Reprinted in Scary Godmother (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #[nn]

2 page Scary Godmother credits "Title Page"

Characters Scary Godmother
Genre Fantasy; Halloween
Pencils Jill Thompson
Inks Jill Thompson (painting)
Colors Jill Thompson (painting)
Letters Jill Thompson
Notes A blank orange verso page faces the title page.
Reprinted in Scary Godmother (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #[nn]

3 page Scary Godmother credits "Masthead & Indicia"

Characters Scary Godmother; Boozle the ghost cat; Bug-A-Boo; Hannah Marie
Script Jill Thompson
Pencils Jill Thompson
Inks Jill Thompson (painting)
Colors Jill Thompson (painting)
Letters Jill Thompson (design); Mark McNabb [as McNabb Studios] (set type, production)
Notes A blank verso page faces the masthead with frontispiece of cast, followed by a verso page with indicia below silhouette of Scary Godmother from cloth cover.
Reprinted in Scary Godmother (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #[nn] [frontispiece, as part of sketchbook]

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Dedication"

Script Jill Thompson
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters Jill Thompson
Notes The dedication is followed by another blank verso page before story begins.

40 page Scary Godmother story "The Mystery Date"

Characters Scary Godmother; Hannah Marie; Hannah Marie's mother; Ellie; Katie; Bert; Daryl; Bug-A-Boo; Skully Pettibone; Boozle the ghost cat; Orson; Count Max; Ruby; Harry the werewolf; Irene LeGevaudan; Madame Zazie the spider; Jimmy; Aloysius the amphibian; Professor Toad; other denizens of the Fright Side
Synopsis Hannah Marie invites her friends from the Fright Side to a Halloween block party, and a quest to find Scary Godmother's secret admirer before the big night has the Fright Side creatures acting even odder than usual.
Genre Fantasy; All-Ages; Halloween
Script Jill Thompson
Pencils Jill Thompson
Inks Jill Thompson (painting)
Colors Jill Thompson (painting)
Letters Jill Thompson; Mark McNabb (set type)
Notes Story is told in comics format, with word balloons, but narration between panels is typeset. Most of the characters on the Fright Side are not referred to by name.
Reprinted in Scary Godmother (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #[nn]

3 page illustration "Back Pages"

Characters Bug-A-Boo
Pencils Jill Thompson
Inks Jill Thompson (painting)
Colors Jill Thompson (painting)
Notes The story is followed by an illustration of Bug-A-Boo and two blank pages, one white and one green, before endpapers.
Reprinted in Scary Godmother (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #[nn] [art only]

2 page illustration "Back Endpapers"

Characters Scary Godmother
Genre Fantasy; Halloween
Pencils Jill Thompson
Inks Jill Thompson
Colors none (see notes)
Letters Jill Thompson (design); Mark McNabb (production)
Notes The back endpapers are checkered black and orange; inside back cover features silhouette of Scary Godmother from cloth cover with border illustration.