Fear And Loathing Collected Editions

All illustrations are © Kevin O'Neill & Pat Mills

Introduction

The goal of this article is to identify additional editorial elements included in the Fear and Loathing collected editions, i.e. paperbacks or hardbacks published in the US, UK, and Italy. The Marshal Law Deluxe Edition published more recently (2016) that includes the Fear and Loathing mini series is featured in its own article. The French edition collects the 6 issues in 3 volumes and is described in this article.

Both Fear and Loathing US and UK paperbacks, and the Italian version collect the 6 issues published initially by Epic Comics. The US Graphitti Designs edition also includes Marshal Law Takes Manhattan.

1990 U.S. Marshal Law TPB (softcover, Epic Comics)

A new cover was produced for this first collected edition.

Content (extra material)

• an introduction by Clive Barker
• 8 pages prologue (new material)
• all six original virgin covers
• several new illustrations used as opening page, background for the credit page, and introduction page

opening page

credit page

illustration below the Clive Barker Illustration

Notice that the pictures used in the opening theatrical frames are not the same in this trade for issue #1 and #4 (original issues on the left, paperback reprints on the right):

1991 U.S. Marshal Law Limited Edition (hardcover, Graphitti Designs)

This signed limited edition has a numbered printing run of 1500 copies. It is signed by the two authors. It comes with a faux-leather hardcover and fully illustrated dust-jacket (front and back illustrations being newly produced for this edition).

front cover of the dust-jacket

back cover of the dust-jacket

It features an exclusive D. G. Chichester introduction printed on the flaps of the dust-jacket.

Here is the cover of the book without the dust-jacket (back cover being plain black with Graphitti Designs logo).

Second and third of covers illustrations have been taken from the French edition. Concerning the Fear and Loathing section, the main content of this book is similar to the US 1990 Epic TPB (opening pages, credit page, Clive Barker introduction, 8 pages prologue). At the end of the Fear and Loathing section, this new illustration has been added:

Content (extra material)

In term of extra material, this edition includes the D.G. Chichester introduction, an exclusive signature page illustration (see below), and 18 pages of bonus material commented by the authors (a few example below):

• page 1: cover used for volume one of the French edition
• page 2 to 5: O'Neill preparatory sketches and Mills plot proposal extracts
• page 6: cover for UK magazine Strip #1 plus a small Archie Goodwin sketch (manager at Epic Comics)
• page 7: frontispiece for volume one of the French edition plus early character notes on Marshal Law
• page 8: cover for US magazine ARK #25, early character notes on Gangreen gang, and Suicida T-Shirt design
• page 9: more rough designs and sketches, unused illustration for back cover of Epic TPB, and thumbnails from the original series
• page 10: cover used for volume two of the French edition, early character notes on The Sleepman, and a few sketches
• page 11: cover for UK magazine Strip #3
• page 12: B&W illustration of the cover of Fantasy Adverstiser #109, illustrations used for the 100th issue of Speakeasy and volume four of Maxwell The Magic Cat, and early character notes on Celeste
• page 13: illustration from the 1989 UK Comic Art Convention, early character notes on The Sleepman's Mother, and a small O'Neill drawing
• page 14: cover used for volume three of the French edition and its frontispiece, early character notes on The Public Spirit
• page 15: cover for UK magazine Strip #7
• page 16: illustration for a Marvel Poster
• page 17: O'Neill original pencils for some pages of Crime & Punishment
• page 18: back cover used for volume three of the French edition

For more details about this edition don't hesitate to visit this other blog.

1991 Italian Marshal Law TPB (softcover, Play Press)

Italian edition published by Play Press in 1991 as Paura e Odio, Play Book #10.

The has the same size than the US 1990 TPB, and is printed on thick glossy paper (but a very poor glue was used so that all the pages detach rapidly and fall out).

Apart the Clive Barker foreword replaced by an introduction by the translator, Adam Centerbba, the content is the same as the US paperback.

2002 UK Marshal Law TPB (softcover, Titan Books)

The cover of this trade was originally used for the first volume of the french edition.

Comparing to the 1990 US Epic edition, this edition features the 8 pages prologue and the original covers in virgin form, but not its opening and credit pages. It only has one opening page illustration, the one showing the eye of the Sleepman produced for the Graphitti Designs edition.

Content (extra material)

• two pages introduction written by Pat Mills dated 2002
• eight pages of unpublished designs for a 1995 (not 1990) aborted film project (with authors bio)