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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published June 1990
Cover Price $2.00
Pages 28
Notes Cover is split equally between three features. Letters page has comments from Jim Woodring.

Cover Details

Characters Dan Pussey, Sammy Loving, Toupée Guy
Pencils Daniel Clowes
Inks Daniel Clowes
Colors Daniel Clowes
Notes Cover is split equally between three features. Letters page has comments from Jim Woodring.

1 page The Eightball Profile biography (nonfictional) "Pastor Robert Tilton"

Characters Robert Tilton
Genre bio
Script Daniel Clowes
Pencils Daniel Clowes
Inks Daniel Clowes
Letters Daniel Clowes
Notes Text and illustration feature about a sleazy TV evangelist

11 page Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron story "Part Three"

Characters Clay Loudermilk, Tina Muskegon, Kitty Muskegon,
Synopsis Clay stays with the part-fish Tina and her mother
Genre Mystery
Script Daniel Clowes
Pencils Daniel Clowes
Inks Daniel Clowes
Letters Daniel Clowes
Reprinted in Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #[nn]

5 page story "The Stroll"

Synopsis A person walks home and relfects on the people and incidents they observe
Genre Slice of Life
Script Daniel Clowes
Pencils Daniel Clowes
Inks Daniel Clowes
Letters Daniel Clowes
Reprinted in Lout Rampage (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #nn

8 page Dan Pussey story "The Young Manhood Of Dan Pussey"

Characters Dan Pussey, Doctor Infinity, Ms Phalier, Gummo Bubbleman, Larry Anger,
Synopsis Dan Pussey tries to broaden his work
Genre Biography
Script Daniel Clowes
Pencils Daniel Clowes
Inks Daniel Clowes
Letters Daniel Clowes
Notes Alternately titled 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Pussey'. Gummo Bubbleman is a caricature of Art Spiegelman, and Larry Anger is a caricature of Fantagraphics publisher Gary Groth.
Reprinted in Pussey! (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) #[nn]

1 page Duplex Planet story "What Can Robots Do?"

Genre Question
Script Various
Pencils Daniel Clowes
Inks Daniel Clowes
Colors Daniel Clowes
Letters Daniel Clowes
Notes Adapts answers given by people in an old folks home and originally published in Duplex Planet. This is the back cover
Reprinted in Lout Rampage (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #nn