SPX '97 Comic #1

([September] 1997)

SPX (Table of Contents)

The Staros Report / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Chris Staros

Pencils:

Pete Mullins

Inks:

Pete Mullins

Letters:

Pete Mullins

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dr. Staros; superheroines

Synopsis:

Dr. Staros captures two superheroines and accuses them of holding comics back.

Actual Thoughts (Table of Contents)

Silly Daddy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Chiappetta

Pencils:

Joe Chiappetta

Inks:

Joe Chiappetta

Letters:

Joe Chiappetta

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Joe Chiappetta; Maria

Synopsis:

Joe's thoughts.

Keywords:

autobiography

Jane's High School Reunion (Table of Contents)

Box Office Poison / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alex Robinson

Pencils:

Alex Robinson

Inks:

Alex Robinson

Letters:

Alex Robinson

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Jane Pekar; Gertie; Brian Clemment; Stephen Gaedel

Synopsis:

Jane goes back in time to talk to her high-school incarnation.

Keywords:

slice of life

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Matt Madden

Pencils:

Matt Madden

Inks:

Matt Madden

Letters:

Matt Madden

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Synopsis:

A productive visit to the jewelry store.

Keywords:

slice of life

Spring Roll Fever (Table of Contents)

True Artist Tales / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Scott A. Gilbert

Pencils:

Scott A. Gilbert

Inks:

Scott A. Gilbert

Letters:

Scott A. Gilbert

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Synopsis:

How an artist avoids work.

Keywords:

slice of life

The Same Day (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Josué Menjivar

Pencils:

Josué Menjivar

Inks:

Josué Menjivar

Letters:

Josué Menjivar

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Synopsis:

The frustrations of the short order cook.

Keywords:

slice of life

A Wrong Number Down At The Deli (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tony Consiglio

Pencils:

Tony Consiglio

Inks:

Tony Consiglio

Letters:

Tony Consiglio

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Tony Consiglio; old lady

Synopsis:

A wrong number.

Keywords:

slice of life

The Stupidity World Champion (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Etgar Keret; Noah Stallman (translation)

Pencils:

Rutu Modan

Inks:

Rutu Modan

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

The stupidity world championship.

Indexer Notes

Strip includes credit for translation from Hebrew by Noah Stallman.

Drinking In The Woods (Table of Contents)

The Bathroom Girls / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Yvonne Mojica

Pencils:

Yvonne Mojica

Inks:

Yvonne Mojica

Letters:

Yvonne Mojica

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Madeline; Juno

Synopsis:

Madeline breaks Juno's arm.

Reprints:

• from Bathroom Girls (Millennium Publications, 1998 series) #1 (April 1998) [preview]

Reprint Note before Migration:

• from Bathroom Girls (Millennium Publications, 1998 series) #1 [preview]

Keywords:

slice of life

Mysteries? (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Brubaker

Pencils:

Ed Brubaker

Inks:

Ed Brubaker

Letters:

Ed Brubaker

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Tommy; Martin; Martin's girlfriend; high school teacher

Synopsis:

Tommy is picky.

Keywords:

slice of life

When Literary Titans Clash (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

David Lasky

Pencils:

David Lasky

Inks:

David Lasky

Letters:

David Lasky

Content Information

Genre:

history

Characters:

Marcel Proust; James Joyce

Synopsis:

A brief meeting between Proust and Joyce.

Good Morning (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brian Briggs

Pencils:

Brian Briggs

Inks:

Brian Briggs

Letters:

Brian Briggs

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Synopsis:

The radio during a cup of coffee.

Keywords:

slice of life

Do This (Table of Contents)

Silly Daddy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Chiappetta

Pencils:

Joe Chiappetta

Inks:

Joe Chiappetta

Letters:

Joe Chiappetta

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Synopsis:

Moral obligations according to Joe Chiappetta.

Keywords:

slice of life

What The Squirrel Told Me (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Forge

Pencils:

John Forge

Inks:

John Forge

Letters:

John Forge

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

squirrel

Synopsis:

The squirrel spills a secret.

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Hart

Pencils:

Tom Hart

Inks:

Tom Hart

Letters:

Tom Hart

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Kochkopovitch; pedlar; Paskarov

Synopsis:

Kochkopovitch thinks he's scored.

Keywords:

slice of life

Californiament (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jon Lewis

Pencils:

Jon Lewis

Inks:

Jon Lewis

Letters:

Jon Lewis

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Crested newt; eft

Synopsis:

Where does rain come from.

Magic Boy (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

James Kochalka

Pencils:

James Kochalka

Inks:

James Kochalka

Letters:

James Kochalka

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Magic Boy

Synopsis:

Magic Boy is on the moon.

Where My Ideas Come From (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Marc Crisafulli

Pencils:

Marc Crisafulli

Inks:

Marc Crisafulli

Colors:

noe

Letters:

Marc Crisafulli

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Marc Crisafulli

Synopsis:

Where Marc's ideas come from.

Young Tim and the Infernal Desire Machine of Dr. Cheruvian (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Pete Sickman-Garner

Pencils:

Pete Sickman-Garner

Inks:

Pete Sickman-Garner

Letters:

Pete Sickman-Garner

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Young Tim; friend; Jasmeen

Synopsis:

Young Tim is transformed.

I Hate (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tony Consiglio

Pencils:

Tony Consiglio

Inks:

Tony Consiglio

Letters:

Tony Consiglio

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Synopsis:

What Tony hates.

Keywords:

autobiography

Gunther Bumpus (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sam Henderson

Pencils:

Sam Henderson

Inks:

Sam Henderson

Letters:

Sam Henderson

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Gunther Bumpus; beatniks; dog; policeman

Synopsis:

Gunther forgets his keys.

Dominic deSanto (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Baxter

Pencils:

Art Baxter

Inks:

Art Baxter

Letters:

Art Baxter

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dominic

Synopsis:

Dominic studies breasts.

Revenge Of A Purple Garden Hose (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ivan Brunetti

Pencils:

Ivan Brunetti

Inks:

Ivan Brunetti

Letters:

Ivan Brunetti

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Ivan Brunetti

Synopsis:

Ivan reads a poem from his junior high school yearbook.

Keywords:

slice of life

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tony Renouf

Pencils:

Tony Renouf

Inks:

Tony Renouf

Letters:

Tony Renouf

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Synopsis:

The population breakdown of New Zealand.

Keywords:

slice of life

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Too Much Coffee Man / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Shannon Wheeler

Pencils:

Shannon Wheeler

Inks:

Shannon Wheeler

Letters:

Shannon Wheeler

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Too Much Coffee Man; Espresso Guy; Too Much German White Chocolate Woman With Almonds

Synopsis:

Who should be villified?

Keywords:

slice of life

Titans Of Finance (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

R. Walker

Pencils:

Josh Neufeld

Inks:

Josh Neufeld

Letters:

Josh Neufeld

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

S. Jay Goldfinger

Synopsis:

The rise and fall of investor S. Jay Goldfinger.

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Fingerman

Pencils:

Bob Fingerman

Inks:

Bob Fingerman

Letters:

Bob Fingerman

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Skateboaders; police

Synopsis:

Skateboaders are dispatched by the police.

Hey, Adults! Comics! (Table of Contents)

Tug & Buster / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Marc Hempel

Pencils:

Marc Hempel

Inks:

Marc Hempel

Letters:

Marc Hempel

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Buster; Tug; woman

Synopsis:

Buster explains comics.

Liberty Meadows Censored (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Cho

Pencils:

Frank Cho

Inks:

Frank Cho

Letters:

Frank Cho

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Frank; Leslie

Synopsis:

Strips that won't run in the newspaper.

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roberta Gregory

Pencils:

Roberta Gregory

Inks:

Roberta Gregory

Letters:

Roberta Gregory

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Bitchy Bitch

Synopsis:

Bitchy tries relaxation.

The Barr Girls (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Donna Barr

Pencils:

Donna Barr

Inks:

Donna Barr

Letters:

Donna Barr

Indexer Notes

Strip where the reader fills in the dialogue.

Buddha on the Road (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Colin Upton

Pencils:

Colin Upton

Inks:

Colin Upton

Letters:

Colin Upton

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Synopsis:

When creators have to deal with their creations.

Keywords:

slice of life

Liberty Meadows Censored (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Cho

Pencils:

Frank Cho

Inks:

Frank Cho

Letters:

Frank Cho

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

More strips that won't run in the newspaper.

Hey, Adults! Comics! (Table of Contents)

Tug & Buster / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Marc Hempel

Pencils:

Marc Hempel

Inks:

Marc Hempel

Letters:

Marc Hempel

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Buster; Stinkfinger

Synopsis:

Buster and Stinkfinger's different tastes in comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wolff & Byrd / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Batton Lash

Pencils:

Batton Lash

Inks:

Batton Lash

Letters:

Batton Lash

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Wolff; Byrd; possessed child; possessed child's father

Synopsis:

A problematical case for Wolff & Byrd.

Hip Hip Hooray! We've Got Futuristic Cachet (Table of Contents)

Wingnut and Fidget & BratterSkain / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Brian Clopper

Pencils:

Brian Clopper

Inks:

Brian Clopper

Letters:

Brian Clopper

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Abra Cadaver; Roger; Cretin; Wingnut; Fidget; Bratterskain; eyeball guy

Synopsis:

The search for new product.

4 Loony Dreams (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jennifer Helms; Paul Trier; Ar Thalion

Pencils:

Jesse Reklaw

Inks:

Jesse Reklaw

Letters:

Jesse Reklaw

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Synopsis:

Four dreams remembered.

Adventures in Buddhism (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leslee T. Parker

Pencils:

Leslee T. Parker

Inks:

Leslee T. Parker

Letters:

Leslee T. Parker

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Leslee T. Parker

Synopsis:

The difficulties of proper buddhist accessories.

Keywords:

autobiography

Rio Bardo (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mack White

Pencils:

Mack White

Inks:

Mack White

Letters:

Mack White

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Billy; Paulita; Professor Doggett McDougal

Synopsis:

What happened after Billy The Kid killed Pat Garrett.

The Hated Face (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mark Wheatley

Pencils:

Mark Wheatley

Inks:

Mark Wheatley

Letters:

Mark Wheatley

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Colin Knight; Jorge Futran; Drusilla

Synopsis:

Colin's revenge is expensive.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Josh Olson

Pencils:

Steven Martinez

Inks:

Steven Martinez

Letters:

Steven Martinez

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Alex Chambers

Synopsis:

Alex's first flight.

Reprints:

• from Jet Comics (Slave Labor, 1997 series) #1 (December 1997) [preview]

Reprint Note before Migration:

• from Jet Comics (Slave Labor, 1997 series) #1 [preview]

Kiwanni's Jest (Table of Contents)

Doctor Cyborg / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Allan Gross

Pencils:

Marc Hempel; Mark Wheatley; Damon Willis

Inks:

Marc Hempel; Mark Wheatley; Damon Willis

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Dr. Malcolm Syberg; Ray; Danny; Sharma; Professor Voniken

Synopsis:

The team investigate the possibility of ancient astronauts.

Indexer Notes

Very much an homage to Jonny Quest.

Prelude To A Dream (Table of Contents)

Books of Lore / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

David Napoliello; Kevin Tucker

Pencils:

Bryan Heyboer

Inks:

Bryan Heyboer

Letters:

S. G. Bass

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Dalov

Synopsis:

Dalov is berated by the elders.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Castle Waiting / activity / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Linda Medley

Pencils:

Linda Medley

Inks:

Linda Medley

Letters:

Linda Medley

Content Information

Reprints:

• in Castle Waiting (Olio, 1997 series) #5 (1998) [1 p.]

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Castle Waiting (Olio, 1997 series) #5 [1 p.]

Indexer Notes

Coloring pages.

Skade (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rob Walton

Pencils:

Charles Vess

Inks:

Charles Vess

Letters:

Charles Vess

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Skade; Skade's father; Bothvar Barki

Synopsis:

Skade is shown a bear by his father.

Epilog (Table of Contents)

The Tresspassers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Zabel

Pencils:

Joe Zabel

Inks:

Scott A. Gilbert

Letters:

Joe Zabel

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Mr. Muggins; client

Synopsis:

A difficult piece of news to deliver.

Taxi (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Grist

Pencils:

Paul Grist

Inks:

Paul Grist

Letters:

Paul Grist

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Taxi driver; Rico Costas

Synopsis:

Rico takes a ride.

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

True Artist Tales / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Scott A. Gilbert

Pencils:

Scott A. Gilbert

Inks:

Scott A. Gilbert

Letters:

Scott A. Gilbert

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Scott A. Gilbert

Synopsis:

The perfect vision.

Keywords:

slice of life

Lucky Love Limbo (Table of Contents)

Billy Dogma / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jessica Abel; Dean Haspiel

Pencils:

Jessica Abel; Dean Haspiel

Inks:

Jessica Abel; Dean Haspiel

Letters:

Jessica Abel; Dean Haspiel

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Billy Dogma; Courtney; Dr. Eros; Jane

Synopsis:

Comics and reality mix.

Keywords:

slice of life

Indexer Notes

Presented as a flip story to the other contents.

[Flip Cover] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

James Sturm?

Pencils:

James Sturm?

Inks:

James Sturm?

Colors:

James Sturm?

Letters:

James Sturm?

Content Information

Characters:

Miner

Indexer Notes

This is a flip cover.