Cover: Spain

My True Story #[nn]

Aug 1994 · Fantagraphics · 14.95 USD; 19.95 CAD

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About this Collection

This collection brings together the autobiographical comics work of Spain Rodriguez, originally serialized in his My True Story series from 1994. The volume compiles raw, confessional strips that delve into the artist's personal history, relationships, and counterculture experiences, showcasing his signature bold linework and unflinching storytelling. Published by Fantagraphics, it stands as a key document of underground comix memoir from a legendary figure in the medium.

Contains 21 stories

The Discovery of Rock 'n' Roll

1 pp · Biography

SquareHoodJohn JonidasThe Hound DogFrank Sinatra

Dessert

4 pp

How I Almost Got Stomped to the "Still of the Night" by the "Five Satins"

5 pp · Biography

AdelbertCrying Tommy BrownFletcher"Fats" Domino (cameo)Chuck Berry (cameo)Shirley and Lee (cameo)Little Richard (cameo)The Five Satins (cameo)

Hard-Ass Friday Nite

10 pp

Fat FrankTom BellBill MartinoCharlie VultureFissureTonawanda PeteDannyBobby De CarloBob D'Bus

Field Meet

10 pp

FissureGusDippyJack

Evening at the Country Club

8 pp

SonnyGeorgeDadPoeSneaky Eddie

Chicago '68, part I

5 pp · Biography

Allen GinsbergMayor [Richard J. Daley]Jean GenetEd Sanders

Chicago '68, part II

4 pp · Biography

Jerry RubinRed Cross Girl

The Conclusive Argument

3 pp · Biography

Gilbert Shelton

My True Story

5 pp · Biography

Grace

Susan Strom Girl Reporter

5 pp · Biography

Susan StromH.B. PaschendaleKathy Zumwald

1871

10 pp · History

Emperor Napoleon IIIJacquesRaymondLeon GambettaClericClaire LaPorteRaoulMonsieur Renoir

Nestor Makhno

2 pp · History

Nestor MakhnoLeon Trotsky

Durruti

5 pp · History

Buenaventura DurrutiSalvador SeguiArchbishop of SaragosaArchibishop Soldevilla of SaragosaSoldevilla's SisterPlantation OwnerNestor MakhnoAlphonso XIIILongshoreman

Blood and Sky

7 pp · History

PabloJoaquinLt. TalverezPaco the MechanicBuenaventura DurrutiFascist Pilot

The Blue Boot

6 pp · History

Ivor KrimskiKatyaMan-Eater

Lily Litvak, The Rose of Stalingrad

10 pp · History

Lily LitvakKatya BudanovaCol. BaranovAlexei Salomaten

Stalin

5 pp · History

Josef StalinLeninNadiaWinston ChurchillFranklin Delano Roosevelt

Götterdämmerung

5 pp · History

Colonel General Gotthard HeinriciRudolph ReschkeAdolf HitlerColonel HanselmanBormannJosef StalinGeneral ZhukovGeneral KonievEva BraunCaptain Sergei Golbov

Roman Spring

6 pp · History

Salvator AvolioSilviaLuciano LamaArturo

Mexico and Me

4 pp · Biography

Spain's DadSpain's MomStoshChristopher ColumbusMoctezumaCortez