(October 1990)
Drawn & Quarterly,
1990 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1990
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Drawn & Quarterly Publications
- Printer
- Preney Print & Litho, Windsor Ontario
- Editing
- Chris Oliveros (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
Both cover and indicia state "Drawn & Quarterly".
[Abstract people]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- J. D. King (signed)
- Inks
- J. D. King (signed)
- Colors
- J. D. King (signed)
- Letters
- J. D. King (signed)
[Yelling dragon head]
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Luc Giard (credited) (painting/print)
- Inks
- Luc Giard (credited) (painting/print)
- Colors
- Luc Giard (credited) (painting/print)
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Contents
credits, title page / 1 page
- Script
- Chris Oliveros ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Table of contents, indicia and short biographies of each contributor.
Foolbert Sturgeon's Cartoon Club
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Frank Stack (signed as Foolbert Sturgeon)
- Pencils
- Frank Stack (signed as Foolbert Sturgeon)
- Inks
- Frank Stack (signed as Foolbert Sturgeon)
- Letters
- Frank Stack (signed as Foolbert Sturgeon)
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Richard Nixon; Ronald Reagan; George Bush; Frank Stack [as Foolbert Sturgeon]
- Synopsis
- Foolbert Sturgeon explains how to do political cartoons in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
"E." Emcees Squares
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Leighton (signed as Leighton)
- Pencils
- Robert Leighton (signed as Leighton)
- Inks
- Robert Leighton (signed as Leighton)
- Letters
- Robert Leighton (signed as Leighton)
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Albert Einstein (as Albert E.)
- Synopsis
- Albert Einstein explains comic book interaction between panels.
[End Eviction Fears] ["Free! your very own home-from-home"]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch)
- Pencils
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch)
- Inks
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch)
- Letters
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch)
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- How to use a shopping cart to carry all your worldly possessions.
Mean Woman Blues
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (credited)
- Pencils
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (credited)
- Inks
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (credited)
- Letters
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (credited)
- Reprints
-
in Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991) - from Rock & Roll Quarterly (The Village Voice, 1988)
-
The Strange Case of Ross Brown
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dennis Worden (signed as D. Worden)
- Pencils
- Dennis Worden (signed as D. Worden); Ross Brown (credited)
- Inks
- Dennis Worden (signed as D. Worden); Ross Brown (credited)
- Letters
- Dennis Worden (signed as D. Worden)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Dennis Worden; Ross Brown; Ross Brown's Father [Popeye]
- Synopsis
- Dennis recounts a friend of his who got too involved in the drug culture.
- Reprints
-
in The Best of Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) (December 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
Last panel has a drawing that Dennis says is by Ross Brown. Ross Brown's father is drawn as Popeye.
Tis the Grimaces
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Anne D. Bernstein (credited); Debbie Desideri (credited)
- Pencils
- Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
- Inks
- Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
- Colors
- Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
- Letters
- Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
- Synopsis
- Two stone gargoyles have a child who is a beautiful angel carving.
Annoying Art Director Anecdote #1
True Life Stories / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Ida Marx; Ed Wilt
- Synopsis
- Ida gets an appointment to see Ed Wilt, a famous art director.
"My Conscience is Bugging Me"
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Pencils
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Inks
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Letters
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Julie Doucet; Julie's Conscience; Hunk
- Synopsis
- Julie and her conscience walk around town and get in a fight with each other.
- Reprints
- in Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
- in Leve Ta Jambe Mon Poisson Est Mort! [Lift Your Leg My Fish Is Dead!] (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) (October 1993)
- in Drawn & Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels (Drawn & Quarterly, 2015 series) ([May] 2015)
-
Credo
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Richard Sala (credited as R. Sala)
- Pencils
- Richard Sala (credited as R. Sala)
- Inks
- Richard Sala (credited as R. Sala)
- Colors
- Richard Sala (credited as R. Sala)
- Letters
- Richard Sala (credited as R. Sala)
- Synopsis
- A man is obsessed with television.
- Reprints
- in Black Cat Crossing (Kitchen Sink Press, 1993 series) (October 1993)
- in The Best of Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) (December 1993)
-
Gloom
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Richard Sala (signed as R. Sala)
- Pencils
- Richard Sala (signed as R. Sala)
- Inks
- Richard Sala (signed as R. Sala)
- Colors
- Richard Sala (signed as R. Sala)
- Letters
- Richard Sala (signed as R. Sala)
- Synopsis
- A man remembers his favourite song, which goes "gloomy love, hopeless love..."
- Reprints
- in The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) (1991)
- in Black Cat Crossing (Kitchen Sink Press, 1993 series) (October 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
The Beastniks / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- J. D. King (signed)
- Pencils
- J. D. King (signed)
- Inks
- J. D. King (signed)
- Letters
- J. D. King (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They live life in the slowest lane...
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- The Beastniks
- Synopsis
- An introduction to a bunch of Beats called The Beastniks.
- Reprints
- in The Best of Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) (December 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
The Beastniks / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- J. D. King (signed)
- Pencils
- J. D. King (signed)
- Inks
- J. D. King (signed)
- Letters
- J. D. King (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I really value my leisure time!
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Angel; Norman
- Synopsis
- Norman, Angel's square cousin, explains leisure time and Angel realizes all his life is leisure time.
- Reprints
- in The Best of Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) (December 1993)
-
The Beastniks Speak Out!
The Beastniks / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- J. D. King (signed)
- Pencils
- J. D. King (signed)
- Inks
- J. D. King (signed)
- Letters
- J. D. King (signed)
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- The Beastniks
- Synopsis
- The Beastniks explain their philosophy.
- Reprints
- in The Best of Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) (December 1993)
-
The Luckville Nearly New Shop
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
- Pencils
- Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
- Inks
- Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
- Colors
- Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
- Letters
- Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
- Synopsis
- The history of a kitchenette set that once belonged to a child star named Dotty King.
May 17th, 1989
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Genre
- humour; biography
- Characters
- Joe Matt; Diana Schutz (as Di); Bob Schreck [as Bob]; Diana's Cat; Kevin; Kitty-Kat; Joe's Dad
- Synopsis
- Joe housesits for Diana Schutz.
- Reprints
Aug. 16th, 1989
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Genre
- humour; biography
- Characters
- Jesus Christ; John Lennon; Joe Matt; Trish (single-panel); Jesus's Mom
- Synopsis
- Joe Matt has a dream about meeting Jesus and Lennon and how he believed in each at different times.
- Reprints
Quackin' With Kevin Nov. 5, 1989
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Genre
- humour; biography
- Characters
- Joe Matt; Kevin; Lauren
- Synopsis
- Transcript of a tape of Joe and Kevin talking like Donald Duck.
- Reprints
Nov. 25th, 1989
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Genre
- humour; biography
- Characters
- Joe Matt; Bernie Mireault; Trish
- Synopsis
- Joe visits Bernie and they go out to the comic shop.
- Reprints
Still Hard Up On His Luck ["He woke up early..."]
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- One page illustration of a man waiting for his day to begin.
Indexer Notes
Title from Contents page.
Doody-Doll
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Drew Friedman (credited as D. F.)
- Pencils
- Drew Friedman (credited as D. F.)
- Inks
- Drew Friedman (credited as D. F.)
- Letters
- Drew Friedman (credited as D. F.)
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Howdy Doody
- Synopsis
- Fake movie poster for 50's sexploitation movie starring Howdy Doody.
Fake Ads
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Anthony Mostrom (signed as A. Mostrom)
- Pencils
- Anthony Mostrom (signed as A. Mostrom)
- Inks
- Anthony Mostrom (signed as A. Mostrom)
- Letters
- Anthony Mostrom (signed as A. Mostrom)
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Twelve fake ads similar to the ones you would see in a 1960's or 1970's comic.
One Decade... Two Volumes...
advertisement / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Ad for The Best Comics of the Decade Volumes 1 and 2 from Fantagraphics. Includes cover reproductions of both issues.
Friday Night
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- James Sturm (signed)
- Pencils
- James Sturm (signed)
- Inks
- James Sturm (signed)
- Letters
- James Sturm (signed)
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- James Sturm; Bill; Aiko
- Synopsis
- James and Bill drop acid and spend a night out.
Vol Robbery
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Pencils
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Inks
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Letters
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Julie Doucet
- Synopsis
- Julie sees an old lady drop her purse, so she flys down to grab it and take off with it.
- Reprints
Tuesday; 3:00 - 3:00: Angst
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Philip Fine (credited)
- Pencils
- John Oliveros (credited)
- Inks
- John Oliveros (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Anxiety over planning a schedule.
[Man with pointy nose and big teeth]
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Luc Giard (credited)
- Pencils
- Luc Giard (credited)
- Inks
- Luc Giard (credited)
- Colors
- Luc Giard (credited)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Playtime
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Colors
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Genre
- humour; biography
- Characters
- Joe Matt
- Synopsis
- Joe goes through a maze that covers the comic book page.
Indexer Notes
On back cover of magazine.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Abstract people]
-
1.
[Yelling dragon head]
-
2.
Contents
-
3.
Foolbert Sturgeon's Cartoon Club
-
4.
"E." Emcees Squares
-
5.
[End Eviction Fears] ["Free! your very own home-from-home"]
-
6.
Mean Woman Blues
-
7.
The Strange Case of Ross Brown
-
8.
Tis the Grimaces
-
9.
Annoying Art Director Anecdote #1
True Life Stories -
10.
"My Conscience is Bugging Me"
-
11.
Credo
-
12.
Gloom
-
13.
["They live life in the slowest lane..."]
The Beastniks -
14.
["I really value my leisure time!"]
The Beastniks -
15.
The Beastniks Speak Out!
The Beastniks -
16.
The Luckville Nearly New Shop
-
17.
May 17th, 1989
Peepshow -
18.
Aug. 16th, 1989
Peepshow -
19.
Quackin' With Kevin Nov. 5, 1989
Peepshow -
20.
Nov. 25th, 1989
Peepshow -
21.
Still Hard Up On His Luck ["He woke up early..."]
-
22.
Doody-Doll
-
23.
Fake Ads
-
24.
One Decade... Two Volumes...
-
25.
Friday Night
-
26.
Vol Robbery
-
27.
Tuesday; 3:00 - 3:00: Angst
-
28.
[Man with pointy nose and big teeth]
-
29.
Playtime
Peepshow
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