# Is "Pussey!" by Daniel Clowes a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Pussey! by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics Books, 1995) is identified by: First edition, first printing, Fantagraphics, 1995 (full title Pussey!: The Complete Saga of Young Dan Pussey; ISBN 156097186X). Collects the Young Dan Pussey strips that first appeared serialized across issues of Eightball; the 1995 Fantagraphics volume is the first collected book edition (first-thus).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first printing, Fantagraphics, 1995 (full title Pussey!: The Complete Saga of Young Dan Pussey
- ISBN 156097186X)
- Issued as a saddle-stapled comic-format softcover in illustrated wrappers, with an introduction by Crispin Glover
- Correct publisher/imprint: Fantagraphics Books

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Daniel Clowes |
| Publisher | Fantagraphics Books |
| Year | 1995 |
| True first | world edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | First edition, first printing, Fantagraphics, 1995 (full title Pussey!: The Complete Saga… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition, first printing, Fantagraphics, 1995 (full title Pussey!: The Complete Saga of Young Dan Pussey; ISBN 156097186X). Issued as a saddle-stapled comic-format softcover in illustrated wrappers, with an introduction by Crispin Glover.

## Is this the true first?
Collects the Young Dan Pussey strips that first appeared serialized across issues of Eightball; the 1995 Fantagraphics volume is the first collected book edition (first-thus).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings are reprints; the first printing is identified by the absence of later-printing indicators on the indicia.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Pussey!* by Daniel Clowes a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/pussey
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.