From: MATMNB@LURE.LATROBE.EDU.AU (BRAZIL,Marcus N)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Deadface / Eddie Campbell Index
Date: 31 Jul 92 01:50:09 GMT
Organization: La Trobe University
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   With a new Deadface series having recently been released, I've
decided to repost an updated version of the Eddie Campbell index I compiled 
early last year. The list is followed by some general comments on his work.
   Books that are basically completely by Eddie are marked with a '*'; for
other books I have indicated (where known) in square brackets how many pages
he contributed and other relevant information. Publishers are also indicated.
The list is not complete (for example Eddie self-published a number of mini-
comics that had very limitted distribution and are now impossible to find,
and I believe he has also contributed to the British mini-comic "Fast 
Fictions") but certainly covers the vast majority of his published work. 
If anyone wants to send me any additions or corrections I'll post an 
updated list sometime in the future.
                                                    ...Marcus Brazil.....
   
_______________Eddie Campbell Index____July 1992_________________________

 A1 #1 ["Bacchus", 5pp., Phil Elliott inks] (Atomeka)
    #2 ["Bacchus", 8pp.]
    #3 ["Bacchus", 10pp.]
    #6A [8pp.]
*Ace #1 (Harrier)
*Alec #1-3  (Escape)
*The Complete Alec [reprints Alec #1-3 + 30pp. of new material] (Acme/Eclipse)
*Bacchus #1,2  (Harrier)
 Best Comics of the Decade #2 ["Alec" story, originally published in Flypaper,
                               also in The Complete Alec, 3pp.] (Fantagraphics) 
*By the Time I Get to Wagga Wagga #1  (Harrier)
 Cerebus #124 [Prologue to "From Hell" with Alan Moore, 8pp., reprinted in
               Taboo #2]  (Aardvard-Vanaheim)
 Cerebus Biweekly #?? [1p. strips in 5 issues]  (Aardvark-Vanheim)
*The Cheque Mate [reprints material from Escape, Knockabout, Gag, Honk, and
                  Cerebus Biweekly + some new material including a new "Alec"
                  story (5pp.)]   (Fantagraphics)
 Cheval Noir #3,5,7,9,14-17 ["Eyeball Kid", 8pp. each, writer only (art by 
                           Ed Hilya)]  (Dark Horse)
 The Comic Book of First Love [5pp.]  (Virago Press) (reprinted by Penguin)
 The Comic Book of the Facts of Life [5pp.] (Penguin)
 The Comics Journal #145 [Cover and interview]
 Conqueror #2,4  (Harrier)
 Conqueror Special #1  (Harrier)
 Dark Horse Presents #32,37,40,44,46,52 ["Bacchus", 8pp. each]  (Dark Horse)
                     #56 ["Alec", 10pp.]
*Deadface #1-8  [Ed Hilya inks #5-8]  (Harrier)
*Deadface: Doing the Islands #1-3 [reprints stories from Bacchus, A1 and Trident
                                   with new painted covers and 4-5pp. of new 
                                   material in #1 and #3]  (Dark Horse)
*Deadface: Immortality Isn't Forever  [reprints Deadface #1-8]  (Dark Horse)
*Deadface: Earth, Water, Air and Fire #1 [with Wes Kublick]   (Dark Horse)
 The Dead Muse  [12pp. and editor]  (Fantagraphics)
 Escape #1-7,11  ["Alec" stories, reprinted in the Alec books]  (Escape)
        #8  ["Alec" story NOT reprinted in The Complete Alec, 5pp.]
        #10  [not "Alec", 4pp.]
 The Eyeball Kid #1  [writer only (art by Ed Hilya): reprints stories from
                      Cheval Noir]   (Dark Horse) 
                 #2  [reprints 2 stories from Cheval Noir (art by Hilya), plus a
                      new story, 11pp., cowritten by Wes Kublick]
*Flypaper (Self-published, 1983)
 Fox #5 [4pp., reprinted in Taboo #1]   (David Vodika/Fantagraphics)
     #18 [2pp., reprinted in a condensed version as the last page of The
          Complete Alec]
     #20-23 [4pp. each + cover #22]
     #24  [3pp.]
     #25  [5pp.]
*From Hell #1  [with Alan Moore, reprinted from Taboo #2,3]  (Tundra)
 Gag #1 [7pp.]   (Harrier)
     #2,3  [5pp. each]
     #4  [4pp. + cover]
     #5  [4pp. + back cover]
     #6  [2pp.]
 Honk #1-5  [reprints strips done for the Music magazine "Sounds" with Phil
             Elliott]   (Fantagraphics)
 Knockabout #6,9,10,12   (Knockabout)
 Laf! #4  ["Alec" story, 5pp., reprinted in Escape #8, but not in The Complete
           Alec]  (Dave Bird)
*Little Italy [Most stories reprinted from Fox comics] (Fantagraphics)
 Lucifer #1-3 [writer only]  (Trident)
 Lucifer Trade Paperback [reprints Lucifer #1-3]  (Trident)
 Prime Cuts #1 [8pp.] (Fantagraphics)
 Real Girl #2 ["Alec" story, 1p., in painted colour]  (Fantagraphics)
 Rip Off Comix #29 [1p.] (Rip Off)
 Taboo #1 [4pp., reprints Fox #5]  (Spiderbaby/Tundra)
       #2 [2pp. + "From Hell" with Alan Moore, 20pp.]
       #3 ["From Hell" with Alan Moore, 32pp.]
       #4 ["From Hell" with Alan Moore, 18pp.]
       #5 ["From Hell" with Alan Moore, 38pp.]
       #6 ["From Hell" with Alan Moore, 40pp.]
 Taboo Especial  [1p.]  (Spiderbaby/Tundra)
 Trident #1-8 ["Bacchus", 8-10pp. each + cover #5]  (Trident)
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___Comments___
   
   For those who have read little or none of Eddie Campbell's work, the best
(and most accessible) places to start are "The Complete Alec" (a largely
autobiographical work) and "Deadface: Immortality Isn't Forever" (the 
contemporary adventures of the god Bacchus - fine storytelling marked by an
infectious enthusiasm for Greek mythology). "The Dead Muse" provides an 
excellent followup to "The Complete Alec", detailing some of Eddie Campbell's
experiences in Australia, where he now lives. Most of the stories in "Fox"
are also autobiographical and have been collected in "Little Italy".
   For those who enjoyed the "Deadface" book, all the subsequent Bacchus stories
(indicated in the index) are well worth reading. All these stories are basically
self-contained, however there is a thread of continuity, involving Bacchus
and a group of others being stranded on a Greek Island, running through four
of the stories, which should be read in the following order: A1 #3, Dark Horse
Presents #32, Trident #2, Trident #4. Most of these stories have been reprinted 
in the "Deadface: Doing the Islands" limited series from Dark Horse. In 
addition, Dark Horse is presently publishing a new 4-part Bacchus miniseries 
"Deadface: Earth, Water, Air and Fire".
   "From Hell", which is being serialized in "Taboo", is a long story about 
Jack the Ripper, written by Alan Moore, with excellent art by Eddie Campbell. 
So far five of a projected sixteen chapters have appeared, the first two of 
which have been reprinted in a single volume, "From Hell" #1.
                               ...........Marcus Brazil.........
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