Pickle
#1
(December 1992)
Tragedy Strikes Press,
1992 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 2.95 CAD; 2.50 USD; 1.50 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Shane Kenny (publisher); Michel Vrána (managing editor); Nick Craine (art director); Dylan Horrocks (editor)
Issue Notes
Dolan Hicks (mrs) is a psuedonym of Dylan Horrocks.
Entire comic reprinted by Black Eye in 1994. Possibly a different back cover.
Entire comic reprinted by Black Eye in 1994. Possibly a different back cover.
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Hicksville / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Mr. Lupicinus; Cynthia
- Keywords
- slice of life
Letter from Hicksville
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Introduction from mrs. (sic) Dolan Hicks (actually Dylan Horrocks).
- Reprints
-
in Pickle (Black Eye, 1993 series) #1 (August 1994)
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Moxie, Toxie & Foxie the Wonder Dog!
Moxie and Toxie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Moxie; Toxie; Foxie
- Synopsis
- Introduction of Moxie, Toxie and Foxie. Moxie decides to beat Foxie to death and go underground.
- Reprints
- in Pickle (Black Eye, 1993 series) #1 (August 1994)
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Incomplete Works
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Sam Zabel; Mr. Lupicinus; Cynthia; Moxie; Toxie; Tisco
- Synopsis
- Sam Zabel tries to finish various comics.
- Reprints
-
from The Dead Muse (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) (July 1990)
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Indexer Notes
This story was pretty much simultaneously published in The Dead Muse and Le Roquet #1 and Pickle: Incomplete Works (self published, 1990). Reprint link to The Dead Muse since that was the most widely distributed of the books.
Beata
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Beata; Lucy
- Synopsis
- Notes about a guardian angel.
- Reprints
- in Pickle (Black Eye, 1993 series) #1 (August 1994)
-
in Incomplete Works (Victoria University Press, 2014 series) (March 2014) - in Incomplete Works (Alternative Comics, 2015 series) (2015)
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- Keywords
- slice of life
Indexer Notes
Dated London 1/91 - Auckland 7/92. Dedicated to Eleanor
Augustus E.
Hicksville / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Dylan Horrocks; Augustus E.;
- Synopsis
- Dylan Horrocks receives pages of a comic about Captain Cook from Augustus E., who he doesn't know.
- Reprints
- in Pickle (Black Eye, 1993 series) #1 (August 1994)
- in Hicksville (Black Eye, 1998 series) (1998) which is reprinted
- in Hicksville (Drawn & Quarterly, 2001 series) (2001) which is reprinted
- in Hicksville (Drawn & Quarterly, 2010 series) (January 2010)
- in Drawn & Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels (Drawn & Quarterly, 2015 series) ([May] 2015) [excerpt]
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- Keywords
- slice of life
Indexer Notes
dedicated to Jeffrey. First panel dated 10/91, last panel dated 7/7/92.
Being & Nothingness
Moxie and Toxie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Moxie; Toxie
- Synopsis
- "A brief foray into the mysteries of consciousness..."
- Reprints
- in Pickle (Black Eye, 1993 series) #1 (August 1994)
-
Indexer Notes
Dated Auckland 1987/London 1992
Moxie and Toxie Seek the Truth!
Moxie and Toxie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Moxie; Toxie
- Synopsis
- Moxie dies from a virus.
- Reprints
- in Pickle (Black Eye, 1993 series) #1 (August 1994)
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Indexer Notes
Dated 1986.
Moxie and Toxie Confront Mortality
Moxie and Toxie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Moxie; Toxie
- Synopsis
- Moxie becomes Death.
- Reprints
- in Pickle (Black Eye, 1993 series) #1 (August 1994)
-
Indexer Notes
Dated 1987.
Chapter One: Signs
Cafe Underground / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Mystery surrounds a pub called Cafe Underground. A new guy arrives who the Tarot cards say something about.
- Reprints
- in Pickle (Black Eye, 1993 series) #1 (August 1994)
- from Pickle: Cafe Underground (self published, 1990) in a slightly different form (according to his website)
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- Keywords
- slice of life
Unwritten Stories
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- Poem about sadness.
- Reprints
-
from Fox Comics (Fox Comics, 1984 series) #17 (November-December 1987)
-
- Keywords
- slice of life
Indexer Notes
Dedicated to Glenn Dakin. Signed "#1 9-11/5/87 - dylan"
Dear Mrs. Hicks...
letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Dylan Horrocks
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Letter from Eddie Campbell. Photo of Kupe (Dylan Horrocks).
A Tragic Postscript
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Nick Craine
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Filler page with text ads for other Tragedy Strikes Press comics (including Sin and Reactor Girl )
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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Hicksville -
1.
Letter from Hicksville
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2.
Moxie, Toxie & Foxie the Wonder Dog!
Moxie and Toxie -
3.
Incomplete Works
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4.
Beata
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5.
Augustus E.
Hicksville -
6.
Being & Nothingness
Moxie and Toxie -
7.
Moxie and Toxie Seek the Truth!
Moxie and Toxie -
8.
Moxie and Toxie Confront Mortality
Moxie and Toxie -
9.
Chapter One: Signs
Cafe Underground -
10.
Unwritten Stories
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11.
Dear Mrs. Hicks...
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12.
A Tragic Postscript
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13.
[Cafe]
Cafe Underground
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Terry Jeffress
- Matt Tauber
- Jim Van Dore
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