(January 1991)
Drawn & Quarterly,
1990 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 3.50 CAD; 2.95 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- published quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Drawn & Quarterly Publications
- Printer
- Preney Print & Litho, Windsor Ontario
- Editing
- Chris Oliveros (credited) (editor)
Zebra
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch) (painting)
- Pencils
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch) (painting)
- Inks
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch) (painting)
- Colors
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch) (painting)
- Letters
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (signed as Moiseiwitsch) (painting)
- Synopsis
- Picture of a matchbox with a mountie on a zebra.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Drawn & Quarterly
credits, title page / 0.5 page
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Indicia and table of contents.
[Two pictures of dogs]
illustration / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- Two pictures of dogs that look a little like Snowy from Tintin.
I'm Having Chest Pains
Howie the Hat / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Wayne Honath (signed as Wayno)
- Pencils
- Wayne Honath (signed as Wayno)
- Inks
- Wayne Honath (signed as Wayno)
- Letters
- Wayne Honath (signed as Wayno)
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Mrs. Zucconi; Howie the Hat; Peter; Grammaw
- Synopsis
- Grammaw guilt trips Howie and Peter into buying an emergency dialer for her, in case she's in trouble.
One of the Wonders of the World
comic story / 2 pages
- 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)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Osgood; Osgood's Dog; Professor from the Local University
- Synopsis
- A paranoid man with the mind of an ape builds a monument on his house to a dead dog.
- Reprints
-
in Black Cat Crossing (Kitchen Sink Press, 1993 series) (October 1993)
-
Signs of the Times
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- James Sturm (signed)
- Pencils
- James Sturm (signed)
- Inks
- James Sturm (signed)
- Letters
- James Sturm (signed)
- Synopsis
- Various character traits are demonstrated.
The Conspiracy Nuts
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
- Characters
- The Conspiracy Nuts; Dan Quayle; Amelia Earhart; Lee Harvey Oswald; Charles Lindbergh Jr.
- Synopsis
- Two men with nut-shaped heads discuss conspiracy theories.
The Journey of Ticoune and Marco
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Luc Giard (signed)
- Pencils
- Luc Giard (signed)
- Inks
- Luc Giard (signed)
- Colors
- Luc Giard (signed)
- Letters
- Luc Giard (signed)
- Synopsis
- A picture of plane and two heads.
Indexer Notes
Title from contents page, may not be a strip but simply three illustrations.
Nov. 18th 1989 My Parents
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Matt; Joe Matt's Mom; Joe Matt's Dad
- Synopsis
- Joe describes his parents.
- Reprints
- in Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary of Joe Matt (Kitchen Sink Press, 1992 series) #[nn]
-
in Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary of Joe Matt (Drawn & Quarterly, 1999 series) #[nn] - in The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) (1991)
-
in MegaPyton (Egmont, 2000 series) #6/2001 (44) ([november] 2001)
-
Indexer Notes
This Joe Matt section is titled Automatt in the table of contents.
July 10th, 1990
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Matt (also as Batman (single-panel)); Trish; Matt Wagner; Barb Wagner
- Synopsis
- Joe comes back from working in California with Matt Wagner and tells Trish how a typical day went while colouring Batman.
- Reprints
Feb. 5th, 1990. My Best Friend (as a Kid) "Dave"
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Matt; Dave; Dave's Dad; Dave's Sister; Dave's older brother [Farmer]
- Synopsis
- Joe explains how his best friend when he was a kid grew up faster than him.
- Reprints
Feb. 27th, 1990
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
April 2nd, 1990
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
Real Men
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Colin Upton (signed)
- Pencils
- Colin Upton (signed)
- Inks
- Colin Upton (signed)
- Letters
- Colin Upton (signed)
- Genre
- biography; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A comic artist decides that sex and violence will make his comic sell but then he hears about a massacre at a Montreal University.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Note at the bottom of the strip states that "the first version of this cartoon appeared in Comics F/X No. 16 June/July '90." It has been completely re-drawn for this printing. Also a note that the title (and background music in some of the panels) comes from a song by Joe Jackson.
Roommate World!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Clara Bayliss Collier (credited)
- Pencils
- David Collier (credited)
- Inks
- David Collier (credited)
- Letters
- David Collier (credited)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- David Collier; Clara Bayliss Collier; Sam
- Synopsis
- Taking on roommates to pay the rent makes life very uncomfortable.
The Fatal Kiss
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Pencils
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Inks
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Letters
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So... Youre place or mine?
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Julie Doucet; Julie's Unnamed Lover
- Synopsis
- Julie and her boyfriend walk drunk through the snow.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Title from the table of contents.
Freak Scene
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carol Swain (signed as C. Swain)
- Pencils
- Carol Swain (signed as C. Swain)
- Inks
- Carol Swain (signed as C. Swain)
- Letters
- Carol Swain (signed as C. Swain)
- Synopsis
- A couple walks through a demonstration and goes to an art gallery.
The Early Adventures of Paddy Booshwah
comic story / 3 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
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Frank Stack; George Bush [as Paddy Booshwah]; Paddy's Daddy; Paddy's Son
- Synopsis
- A brief (fake) history of George Bush.
- Reprints
Magic Marker Comics
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- John Oliveros (signed)
- Pencils
- John Oliveros (signed)
- Inks
- John Oliveros (signed)
- Letters
- John Oliveros (signed)
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Inkspot; Hitchhiker; The Rock
- Synopsis
- A rock saves the world from an ink spot.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Pencils
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Inks
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Letters
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- May Be I Don't Really Exist....
- Genre
- biography; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Julie Doucet
- Synopsis
- Julie takes a bath and the bathtub starts talking to her.
- Reprints
The Mask
illustration / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A picture of a square-eyed mask.
Indexer Notes
Title from table of contents.
Dirty Plotte #1
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- Julie Doucet (credited)
- Pencils
- Julie Doucet (credited)
- Inks
- Julie Doucet (credited)
- Letters
- Julie Doucet (credited)
- Characters
- Julie Doucette
- Synopsis
- Ad for Dirty Plotte #1 with a full reproduction of the cover and some panels from the interior.
Apples & Oranges
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Ida Marx; Lawyer
- Synopsis
- Ida runs into an old friend who she has grown apart from and remembers how they were as children.
[Love Hope Love]
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bernie Mireault (signed as BEM)
- Pencils
- Bernie Mireault (signed as BEM)
- Inks
- Bernie Mireault (signed as BEM)
- Colors
- Bernie Mireault (signed as BEM)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- romance
- Synopsis
- Wordless story about a couple who pick a flower and deflate the world.
- Reprints
- in Romantic Eye (Blind Bat Press [Mark Innes], 2006 series) #1 (Summer 2006) [modified]
-
Indexer Notes
Title from reprint. Original was untitled.
Back Issues
credits, title page / 0.85 page
- Script
- Chris Oliveros ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Short biographies of all the creators, list of the back issues that are available and subscription info.
Crazy Comics
comic story / 0.15 page
- Script
- David Abu Bacha (signed)
- Pencils
- David Abu Bacha (signed)
- Inks
- David Abu Bacha (signed)
- Letters
- David Abu Bacha (signed)
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A man does what he wants every day.
I'm Home, Working
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Rena explains how people don't believe she is working when she writes at home.
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by several small illustrations and one larger one.
Househunting
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Anne D. Bernstein (signed)
- Pencils
- Anne D. Bernstein (signed)
- Inks
- Anne D. Bernstein (signed)
- Colors
- Anne D. Bernstein (signed)
- Letters
- Anne D. Bernstein (signed)
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Anne's family goes househunting with no intention of buying a new house.
[Strange horse creature walking downhill]
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Eve Damie (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Eve Damie (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Eve Damie (credited) (painting)
Mass Denial!!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Mary Fleener (signed)
- Pencils
- Mary Fleener (signed)
- Inks
- Mary Fleener (signed)
- Colors
- Mary Fleener (signed)
- Letters
- Mary Fleener (signed)
- Genre
- humour; biography
- Characters
- Mary Fleener; 7th Grade Kid; Teacher; High School Cheerleader; Homeless Man; Cop
- Synopsis
- Mary explains how sometimes people do weird things that everyone else ignores.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
On back cover of magazine.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Bride and Groom with big teeth]
-
1.
Zebra
-
2.
Drawn & Quarterly
-
3.
[Two pictures of dogs]
-
4.
I'm Having Chest Pains
Howie the Hat -
5.
One of the Wonders of the World
-
6.
Signs of the Times
-
7.
The Conspiracy Nuts
-
8.
The Journey of Ticoune and Marco
-
9.
Nov. 18th 1989 My Parents
Peepshow -
10.
July 10th, 1990
Peepshow -
11.
Feb. 5th, 1990. My Best Friend (as a Kid) "Dave"
Peepshow -
12.
Feb. 27th, 1990
Peepshow -
13.
April 2nd, 1990
Peepshow -
14.
Real Men
-
15.
Roommate World!
-
16.
The Fatal Kiss
-
17.
Freak Scene
-
18.
The Early Adventures of Paddy Booshwah
-
19.
Magic Marker Comics
-
20.
["May Be I Don't Really Exist...."]
-
21.
The Mask
-
22.
Dirty Plotte #1
-
23.
Apples & Oranges
-
24.
[Love Hope Love]
-
25.
Back Issues
-
26.
Crazy Comics
-
27.
I'm Home, Working
-
28.
Househunting
-
29.
[Strange horse creature walking downhill]
-
30.
Mass Denial!!
This issue was modified by, among others
- counterpaul
- Peter Croome
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Samuels
- Matt Tauber
- Jim Van Dore
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