Way Out Strips #1

(May 1992)

Way Out Strips (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Carol Swain (credited)

Inks

Carol Swain (credited)

Letters

Typeset

Synopsis

Same image as cover but in black and white. Credits for issue, plus an address to contact the artist and order "issues three and four of her self-published Way Out Strips".

Foreword (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Gravett (credited)

Letters

Typeset

Synopsis

Paul, the editor of Escape Magazine, recounts how he met Carol at a comic making workshop.

Jig and Reel (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Carol Swain (credited)

Pencils

Carol Swain (credited)

Inks

Carol Swain (credited)

Letters

Carol Swain (credited)

Genre

drama

Synopsis

A bunch of punks at a concert can't agree on the name of the band they just watched.

Terrific Island (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carol Swain (credited)

Pencils

Carol Swain (credited)

Inks

Carol Swain (credited)

Letters

Carol Swain (credited)

Genre

drama

Synopsis

A man hangs a flag on a lamppost and declares it his own island.

2000 b.c. (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Carol Swain (credited)

Pencils

Carol Swain (credited)

Inks

Carol Swain (credited)

Letters

Carol Swain (credited)

Genre

drama

Synopsis

A man goes to the beach then throws a TV out the window.

In My Neighbourhood (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carol Swain (credited)

Pencils

Carol Swain (credited)

Inks

Carol Swain (credited)

Letters

Carol Swain (credited)

Genre

drama

'B' Movie (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Carol Swain (credited)

Pencils

Carol Swain (credited)

Inks

Carol Swain (credited)

Letters

Carol Swain (credited)

Genre

drama

Synopsis

A young man and a young woman explore the trailer park where they both live.

Reprints

• from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #4 (March 1991)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From Tragedy Strikes Press...

Synopsis

Ad for Sin (with a cover of issue #1), Way Out Strips (with a cover of issue #1), The Cheese Heads (with a cover of issue #4) and Reactor Girl (with a cover of issue #2). Also includes info on subscriptions and ordering back issues.

Sin Everybody's Doing It... (Table of Contents: 9)

Sin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jason Stephens (credited)

Inks

Jason Stephens (credited)

Letters

Typeset

Synopsis

Promo for Sin, "coming in June".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Carol Swain

Inks

Carol Swain

Letters

Typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Coming soon to this comic...

Synopsis

Two panels from the next issue of Way Out Strips.

Indexer Notes

Appears on back cover of comic. Only colour used is blue for the background and a small red "Plus!".