(March 1991)
Drawn & Quarterly,
1990 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 3.75 USD; 4.25 CAD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1991
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Drawn & Quarterly Publications
- Barcode
- 062825709056 04
- Printer
- Preney Print & Litho, Windsor Ontario
- Editing
- Chris Oliveros (credited) (editor)
Featuring Joe Matt!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
- Inks
- Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
- Colors
- Chester Brown ?
- Letters
- Chester Brown (signed as CWDB)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Matt
- Keywords
- porn theatre
This Is My Home [This Is My House]
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Luc Giard (signed)
- Pencils
- Luc Giard (signed)
- Inks
- Luc Giard (signed)
- Colors
- Luc Giard (signed)
- Letters
- Luc Giard (signed)
- Synopsis
- A man describes the house he died in.
Indexer Notes
Title is "Home" on the story but "House" in the table of contents. Story is on inside front and inside back covers.
[Joe Matt]
illustration / 0.5 page
- Pencils
- Chester Brown (credited)
- Inks
- Chester Brown (credited)
- Colors
- Chester Brown ?
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Matt
- Synopsis
- Picture of Joe Matt reading a book and sweating.
Homoman
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Pencils
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Letters
- Maurice Vellekoop (signed)
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Homoman; Miasma; Ed
- Synopsis
- Parody of Superman's origin as if Superman was gay.
- Reprints
-
in The Best of Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) (December 1993) - in Vellevision (Drawn & Quarterly, 1997 series) (December 1997)
-
Why?
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Seth; Gary Evans
- Synopsis
- Seth recounts a childhood story where he was cruel to a mentally ill neighbour.
- Reprints
Fly in Your Eye!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Patrick Jenkins (signed)
- Pencils
- Patrick Jenkins (signed)
- Inks
- Patrick Jenkins (signed)
- Letters
- Patrick Jenkins (signed)
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A fly bothers a man in a hat.
How to Avoid the Creepy Guy Syndrome
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Michael Dougan (signed)
- Pencils
- Michael Dougan (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Dougan (signed)
- Letters
- Michael Dougan (signed)
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A woman relates things that men say that really bug her.
- Reprints
- in The Best of Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) (December 1993)
-
A Newlywed's Heartache
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)
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Bill; Woman
- Synopsis
- A woman learns that her husband paints people's pictures before he kills them.
- Reprints
-
in Black Cat Crossing (Kitchen Sink Press, 1993 series) (October 1993)
-
'B' Movie
comic story / 7 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)
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Anne; Young Man; Young Man's Parents
- Synopsis
- A young man and a young woman explore the trailer park where they both live.
- Reprints
- in Way Out Strips (Tragedy Strikes Press, 1992 series) #1 (May 1992)
-
- Keywords
- trailer park
From the Wires of the Associated Press ... To the Pages of Your Local Newspaper
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Clara Bayliss Collier (credited as Clara Bayliss-Collier)
- Pencils
- David Collier (credited)
- Inks
- David Collier (credited)
- Letters
- David Collier (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Charles Boyer; Gregory Taylor
- Synopsis
- Recap of a news story where someone saying "there's a bum in the bathroom" was mis-heard as "there's a bomb in the bathroom".
Black Cherry
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Michael Dougan (signed)
- Pencils
- Michael Dougan (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Dougan (signed)
- Letters
- Michael Dougan (signed)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Michael Dougan; Rachel; Black Cherry Man; Barbara; Unsuspecting Customer; Susan; Jack Stingman
- Synopsis
- Michael works in an ice-cream parlor where every day a man comes in and orders black cherry ice cream.
- Reprints
- in The Best of Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) (December 1993)
-
Whatever You Do... Don't Talk To Strangers
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- R. W. Rowland (signed)
- Pencils
- R. W. Rowland (signed)
- Inks
- R. W. Rowland (signed)
- Letters
- R. W. Rowland (signed)
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Unnamed Young Boy
- Synopsis
- A young boy ignores everyone who talks to him, which turns out for the best.
At Night, Coming Home....
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Pencils
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Inks
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Letters
- Julie Doucet (signed)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Julie Doucet; Charlie (her cat)
- Synopsis
- Julie comes home to find her apartment booby-trapped with guillotines.
- Reprints
- in The Best of Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) (December 1993)
-
in MegaPyton (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1992 series) #4/1999 (36) ([höst] 1999) - in My Most Secret Desire (Drawn & Quarterly, 2006 series) (April 2006)
-
We Hold These Truths to be Self Evident
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (credited); Thomas Jefferson (credited)
- Pencils
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (credited) (scratchboard)
- Inks
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (credited) (scratchboard)
- Letters
- Carel Moiseiwitsch (credited) (scratchboard)
- Genre
- non-fiction; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The text of the Declaration of Independence set to pictures of homelessness and pollution.
Undercover Executive
Paddy Booshwah / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Frank Stack (credited as Foolbert Sturgeon)
- Pencils
- Frank Stack (credited as Foolbert Sturgeon)
- Inks
- Frank Stack (credited as Foolbert Sturgeon)
- Letters
- Frank Stack (credited as Foolbert Sturgeon)
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- George Bush [as Paddy Booshwah]
- Synopsis
- A brief (fake) history of George Bush.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Continued from issue #3.
"Alicia" Feb. 15th, 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; Alicia; Sean; Laura #2
- Synopsis
- Joe falls in love with Alicia and then finds out she prefers girls.
- Reprints
High School Daze Mar. 24th, 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; Horny Toad; Father; The Popular Crowd; The Geeks; The Hoodlums
- Synopsis
- Joe recounts sort-of becoming one of the popular kids in high school by drawing.
- Reprints
Sept. 14, 1989 Hell to Pay
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
My Darkest Secret
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's Mom; Joe's 8-Year-Old Brother; Prostitute
- Synopsis
- Joe goes to New York City and has an encounter with a prostitute in a porn theatre.
- 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 Best of Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) (December 1993)
- in MegaPyton (Egmont, 2000 series) #6/2001 (44) ([november] 2001)
- in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #2 ([October 21] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Reprint in Best of Drawn & Quarterly has a colouring credit, but this printing is in black and white.
Oct. 25th, 1989
Peepshow / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Matt (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Matt (credited)
Mutual Admiration Society Episode One
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Sebastian Hassinger (signed)
- Pencils
- Sebastian Hassinger (signed)
- Inks
- Bernie Mireault
- Colors
- Bernie Mireault
- Letters
- Sebastian Hassinger (signed); Bernie Mireault
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A cartoonist's friends bug him to draw them into his strip.
Indexer Notes
Biography page notes that this is the first strip that Sebastian Hassinger drew. Lettering appears to be pencilled by Sebastian Hassinger and inked by BEM.
'Ring'
Crazey Ole' Hound / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- James Sturm (signed)
- Pencils
- James Sturm (signed) (ink only ?)
- Inks
- James Sturm (signed)
- Letters
- James Sturm (signed)
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Crazey Ole' Hound
- Synopsis
- A dog waits for a phone to ring.
Do I Look Like I Work Here?
comic story / 2 pages
- 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; The Boss
- Synopsis
- Mary gets bugged everywhere she goes by people who thinks she works in the shops.
- Reprints
Back Issues
credits, title page / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Short biographies of all the contributors, with an ad for the back issues and small illustrations by Luc Giard along the side.
Color My Day
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Carol Tyler (signed)
- Pencils
- Carol Tyler (signed)
- Inks
- Carol Tyler (signed)
- Colors
- Carol Tyler (signed)
- Letters
- Carol Tyler (signed)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Carol Tyler
- Synopsis
- Carol goes through a day and notices colours.
- Reprints
- in Late Bloomer (Fantagraphics, 2005 series) (August 2005)
-
The Boob May 27th, 1989
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
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Matt; Bernie Mireault; The Boob (cat); Maldwyn
- Synopsis
- Joe talks about Bernie's friend Maldwyn's cat, named The Boob.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
On the back cover of the magazine.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Featuring Joe Matt!
-
1.
This Is My Home [This Is My House]
-
2.
Contents
-
3.
[Joe Matt]
-
4.
Homoman
-
5.
Why?
-
6.
Fly in Your Eye!
-
7.
How to Avoid the Creepy Guy Syndrome
-
8.
A Newlywed's Heartache
-
9.
'B' Movie
-
10.
From the Wires of the Associated Press ... To the Pages of Your Local Newspaper
-
11.
Black Cherry
-
12.
Whatever You Do... Don't Talk To Strangers
-
13.
At Night, Coming Home....
-
14.
We Hold These Truths to be Self Evident
-
15.
Undercover Executive
Paddy Booshwah -
16.
"Alicia" Feb. 15th, 1990
Peepshow -
17.
High School Daze Mar. 24th, 1990
Peepshow -
18.
Sept. 14, 1989 Hell to Pay
Peepshow -
19.
My Darkest Secret
Peepshow -
20.
Oct. 25th, 1989
Peepshow -
21.
Mutual Admiration Society Episode One
-
22.
'Ring'
Crazey Ole' Hound -
23.
Do I Look Like I Work Here?
-
24.
Back Issues
-
25.
Dirty Plotte
-
26.
Color My Day
-
27.
The Boob May 27th, 1989
Peepshow
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Mike Nielsen
- Karsten S.
- Steven Samuels
- Matt Tauber
- Jim Van Dore
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