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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published August 1989
Cover Price 2.00 USD
Pages 36
Notes Main Cover image is of Like A Velvet Glove, but secondary images include the other features.

Cover Details

Characters Clay Loudermilk, Lloyd Llewelyn, Dan Pussey, Devil Doll
Pencils Daniel Clowes
Inks Daniel Clowes
Colors Daniel Clowes
Letters Daniel Clowes
Notes Main Cover image is of Like A Velvet Glove, but secondary images include the other features.

13 page Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron story "Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron"

Characters Clay Loudermilk, Paul, 2 policemen
Synopsis Clay sees a strange and compeling film titled 'Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron' and attempts to discover more about it.
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]

3 page story "Devil Doll"

Characters Pat, Greg, Ms Nimrod, Dr Nimrod, Pat's father, Pat's mother (Margaret), Bad Bill, The Ram,
Genre Morality Tale
Script Daniel Clowes
Pencils Daniel Clowes
Inks Daniel Clowes
Letters Daniel Clowes
Notes Fred Altegott given credit for help with this strip, which is a pastiche of the Jack Chick published religious tracts and cameos some characters from them.
Reprinted in Lout Rampage (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #nn

6 page Lloyd Llewelyn story "The Laffin' Spittin' Man"

Characters Lloyd Llewelyn, Emmet Ceeley,
Synopsis Lloyd's philandering has unforseen consequences
Script Daniel Clowes
Pencils Daniel Clowes
Inks Daniel Clowes
Letters Daniel Clowes
Reprinted in Lout Rampage (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #nn

10 page Dan Pussey story "Young Dan Pussey"

Characters Dan Pussey, Dan Clowes, Doctor Infinity, "Toothbrush" Fukuda, Jackie Roth, Helmut Szucker, Chic Dusendorf, Dick Small, Herm Yunick
Synopsis Satire about monthly mass-produced superhero comics
Genre Biography
Script Daniel Clowes
Pencils Daniel Clowes
Inks Daniel Clowes
Letters Daniel Clowes
Notes Fred Altegott given credit for help with this strip. Herm Yunick is a caricature of then Comic Buyers Guide editor Don Thompson
Reprinted in Pussey! (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) #[nn]

Half page illustration "Puss In Booths"

Script Daniel Clowes
Pencils Daniel Clowes
Inks Daniel Clowes
Letters Daniel Clowes
Notes Excerpt from fake porno novel 'Puss In Booths'

1 page Duplex Planet story "What Is the Most Important Invention Of the Twentieth Century"

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