# Fanboy (comics)

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| title = Fanboy
| image = Fanboy1DC.jpg
| caption = Cover to ''Fanboy'' #1. Art by [Sergio Aragonés](/source/Sergio_Aragon%C3%A9s) and [Jerry Ordway](/source/Jerry_Ordway).
| schedule = Monthly
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| publisher = [DC Comics](/source/DC_Comics)
| date = March–August 1999
| issues = 6
| main_char_team =
| writers = [Mark Evanier](/source/Mark_Evanier)
| artists = [Sergio Aragonés](/source/Sergio_Aragon%C3%A9s)
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'''''Fanboy''''' is the title of a six issue [comic book](/source/comic_book) miniseries by [Mark Evanier](/source/Mark_Evanier) and [Sergio Aragonés](/source/Sergio_Aragon%C3%A9s) which was published by [DC Comics](/source/DC_Comics) in 1999.

==Series overview==
''Fanboy'' is the story of Finster, a rabid comic book fan and comic book store employee who dreams of becoming a professional comic book artist. Finster's daydreams are of classic comic book heroes, with himself inserted as a sidekick. While Finster's everyday activities are illustrated by Aragonés, his daydreams are illustrated by [Jerry Ordway](/source/Jerry_Ordway), [Frank Miller](/source/Frank_Miller), [Gil Kane](/source/Gil_Kane), [Neal Adams](/source/Neal_Adams), [Dick Sprang](/source/Dick_Sprang), [Bill Sienkiewicz](/source/Bill_Sienkiewicz), [Brent Anderson](/source/Brent_Anderson_(comics)), [Russ Heath](/source/Russ_Heath), [Joe Kubert](/source/Joe_Kubert), [Marie Severin](/source/Marie_Severin), [Brian Bolland](/source/Brian_Bolland), [Jim Mooney](/source/Jim_Mooney), [Joe Giella](/source/Joe_Giella), [Bruce Timm](/source/Bruce_Timm), [Kevin Nowlan](/source/Kevin_Nowlan), [Wendy Pini](/source/Wendy_Pini), [Jordi Bernet](/source/Jordi_Bernet), [Phil Jiminez](/source/Phil_Jiminez), [Bernie Wrightson](/source/Bernie_Wrightson), [Matt Haley](/source/Matt_Haley), Tom Simmons, Will Blyberg, [Dave Gibbons](/source/Dave_Gibbons), [Steve Rude](/source/Steve_Rude), [Dick Giordano](/source/Dick_Giordano), [Mike Grell](/source/Mike_Grell) and [Dan Spiegle](/source/Dan_Spiegle). The covers also featured Finster added into homages to classic comic book covers.

''FANBOY Magazine'' was also a 4-issue publication in 1993.

==Plot==
Finster, the [protagonist](/source/protagonist), is a teenager, who works in a comic shop, while also being an artist. He [daydreams](/source/daydreams) about, and has had real, adventures. He usually mixes his own life with Fantasy, and is always talking to the reader.

==Publication history==
The original six issue mini-series was published by [DC Comics](/source/DC_Comics) from March to August 1999. The series was collected into a trade paperback first published in 2001 ({{ISBN|1563897245}}).

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070908191831/http://www.povonline.com/Fanboy.htm Fanboy at Mark Evanier's POVonline]

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