Sweatshop (2003) comic books 2001-2003
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Issue #1
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WRITTEN BY PETER BAGGE; ART BY BAGGE, STEPHEN DESTEFANO AND BILL WRAY; COVER BY BAGGE In stores April 23. From the creator of the highly acclaimed, outrageously funny Hate! SWEATSHOP tells the uproarious story of Mel Bowling ? a nationally syndicated cartoonist who hasn't touched his strip in years. Instead, he uses a stable of aspiring young artists, each with a different career goal. This issue, Mel's nominated for an industry award...one that he'll stop at nothing to win! FC, 32 PG. $2.95 Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #2
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WRITTEN BY PETER BAGGE; ART BY BAGGE, STEPHEN DESTEFANO AND BILL WRAY; COVER BY BAGGE In stores May 28. The outrageous new series fueled by the imagination of Peter Bagge continues! In "A Traitor in Our Midst," someone in the studio has been doing unauthorized parodies of "Freddy Ferret," biting the hand that feeds him...and is Mel ever mad! As for "Carrie's Time," Carrie gets an offer from a big-time cable channel for women...and then her troubles begin! FC, 32 PG. $2.95 Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #3
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WRITTEN BY PETER BAGGE; ART BY STEPHEN DESTEFANO, STEPHANIE GLADDEN, GARY FIELDS, JIM BLANCHARD AND BILL WRAY; COVER BY BAGGE In stores June 25. One of the year's most offbeat new comics continues! Mel Bowling's most loyal assistant, Alfred Post, has nurtured a lifelong dream of becoming a superhero artist, so Mel's sister Millie tries to help him break into the field in "Make Way for the Peerless Penciller!" And speaking of Millie, her relationship with Mel is explored in "Millie the Enabler!" FC, 32 PG. $2.95 Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #4
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WRITTEN BY PETER BAGGE; ART BY JOHNNY RYAN, STEPHANIE GLADDEN, AND JIM BLANCHARD; COVER BY BAGGE In stores July 30. This isn't your father's "Freddy Ferret!" Mel Bowling's lovable, huggable, furry comic-strip character has been updated for the '80s! Unfortunately, the '80s are long gone. Freddy's now dark, edgy, nasty, grim and gritty! FC, 32 PG. $2.95 Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #5
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WRITTEN BY PETER BAGGE; ART AND COVER BY BAGGE In stores August 27. In this issue-length story, the entire SWEATSHOP crew attends a large comic-book convention ? each with his or her own reasons for going. For Mel, it's vainglory, while romance and business opportunities occupy the minds of his staff members! Plus: Guest-appearances by Neil Gaiman and Ivan Brunetti. FC, 32 PG. $2.95 Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #6
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WRITTEN BY PETER BAGGE; ART BY JOHNNY RYAN, STEPHANIE GLADDEN, JIM BLANCHARD AND BILL WRAY; COVER BY BAGGE In stores September 24. Meet more of Mel's family than you ever wanted to in the stories "I Have No Son" and "The Ex!" Yes, as if the Sweatshop gang didn't have enough troubles from Mel Bowling, now they have to put up with his family! FC, 32 PG. $2.95 Cover price $2.95.
