Instant Piano | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
Schedule | Irregular |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | |
Publication date | August 1994 – June 1995 |
No. of issues | 4 |
Instant Piano was a humorous comics anthology published by Dark Horse Comics. It ran for four issues from 1994 to 1995.
Writer Evan Dorkin received an Eisner Award for Best Short Story in 1996 for his story "The Eltingville Comic-Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Role-Playing Club in Bring Me the Head of Boba Fett" in issue #3 of the series. [1]
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