(November 1986)
- Price:
- 2.75 USD; 3.75 CAD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Editing:
- Tom Mason; Mark Waid (contributing editor); Kim Thompson (contributing editor)
- Format:
- US magazine size, black and white with colour covers, saddle stitched
Issue Notes
Issue features interviews with Don Martin and Mark Marek, including reproduction of strips and illos.
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Don Martin
- Inks:
- Don Martin
- Colors:
- Don Martin
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
Indexer Notes
Cover also contains a smaller Phil Elliott illustration.
Artoon (Table of Contents)
Cartoon Man / comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Marc Hempel
- Pencils:
- Marc Hempel
- Inks:
- Marc Hempel
- Letters:
- Marc Hempel
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Synopsis:
- A play on cartoons and realistic illustration
The Gournets From Planet X (Table of Contents)
comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Chester Brown
- Pencils:
- Chester Brown
- Inks:
- Chester Brown
- Letters:
- Chester Brown
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Mama; Father; Daughter; Alien #1; Alien #2
- Synopsis:
- An alien invasion where the aliens are looking for snot.
- Reprinted:
- in Best Comics of the Decade (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #1
- in Little Man, The (Drawn & Quarterly, 2006 series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Best Comics of the Decade, the reason this was chosen was because Fantagraphics already had the film for it and Chester Brown was too lazy to send them anything else (as per Chester Brown in the notes for The Little Man).
Comic Strips For The '90s (Table of Contents)
comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Boze Bell
- Pencils:
- Bob Boze Bell
- Inks:
- Bob Boze Bell
- Letters:
- Bob Boze Bell
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
Indexer Notes
Selection of cartoons
Grape Jam (Table of Contents)
comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gary Whitney
- Pencils:
- Gary Whitney
- Inks:
- Gary Whitney
- Letters:
- Gary Whitney
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Synopsis:
- A young grape goes bad
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
Temptation / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Glenn Dakin
- Pencils:
- Glenn Dakin
- Inks:
- Glenn Dakin
- Letters:
- Glenn Dakin
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Castaway; Devil
- Synopsis:
- The devil is after a soul
- Reprinted:
- in Temptation (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn]
Laffin' Yups (Table of Contents)
comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- J.R.Williams
- Pencils:
- J.R.Williams
- Inks:
- J.R.Williams
- Letters:
- J.R.Williams
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Eddie; Steve
- Synopsis:
- Two yuppies meet
Radio, Radio (Table of Contents)
Growin' Up Weird / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- J.R.Williams
- Pencils:
- J.R.Williams
- Inks:
- J.R.Williams
- Letters:
- J.R.Williams
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Synopsis:
- How music affects people
Seeds Of Discontent (Table of Contents)
Growin' Up Weird / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- J.R.Williams
- Pencils:
- J.R.Williams
- Inks:
- J.R.Williams
- Letters:
- J.R.Williams
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Synopsis:
- Has Top 40 radio changed?
The Home Front (Table of Contents)
Growin' Up Weird / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- J.R.Williams
- Pencils:
- J.R.Williams
- Inks:
- J.R.Williams
- Letters:
- J.R.Williams
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Synopsis:
- TV cartoons
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
A Tale From Gimbley / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Phil Elliott
- Pencils:
- Phil Elliott
- Inks:
- Phil Elliott
- Letters:
- Phil Elliott
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Gimbley
- Synopsis:
- Gimbley might have found a friend
Look Out! It's The Squirt (Table of Contents)
comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Todd
- Pencils:
- Dan Clowes
- Inks:
- Dan Clowes
- Letters:
- Dan Clowes
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- The Squirt; Kelly; Mother; Father; Cappy
- Synopsis:
- The Squirt's parents go for a movie
The Fabulous Ones (Table of Contents)
True Humor / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Eddie Campbell
- Pencils:
- Eddie Campbell
- Inks:
- Eddie Campbell
- Letters:
- Eddie Campbell
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Characters:
- Professor Bean
- Synopsis:
- Thoughts about humor
Moby Dick (Table of Contents)
True Humor / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Eddie Campbell
- Pencils:
- Eddie Campbell
- Inks:
- Eddie Campbell
- Letters:
- Eddie Campbell
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Characters:
- Professor Bean
- Synopsis:
- Thoughts about humour
The Graphic Genius Of M.C. Escher (Table of Contents)
comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- David Miller
- Pencils:
- David Miller
- Inks:
- David Miller
- Letters:
- David Miller
Content Information
- Genre:
- Biography
- Characters:
- M.C. Escher
- Synopsis:
- M.C. Escher's art
Rodney: The Premonition II (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Eddie Campbell
- Pencils:
- Phil Elliott
- Inks:
- Phil Elliott
- Letters:
- Phil Elliott
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Rodney
Indexer Notes
Originally serialised as single tier strips in the British music paper Sounds
1947 (Table of Contents)
comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Marc Hempel
- Pencils:
- Marc Hempel
- Inks:
- Marc Hempel
- Letters:
- Marc Hempel
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Synopsis:
- What if you woke up and it was 1947
My Mother's An Alcoholic (Table of Contents)
comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Brian James Riedel
- Pencils:
- Brian James Riedel
- Inks:
- Brian James Riedel
- Letters:
- Brian James Riedel
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Artoon
Cartoon Man -
2.
The Gournets From Planet X
-
3.
Comic Strips For The '90s
-
4.
Grape Jam
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Temptation -
6.
Laffin' Yups
-
7.
Radio, Radio
Growin' Up Weird -
8.
Seeds Of Discontent
Growin' Up Weird -
9.
The Home Front
Growin' Up Weird -
10.
[no title indexed]
A Tale From Gimbley -
11.
Look Out! It's The Squirt
-
12.
The Fabulous Ones
True Humor -
13.
Moby Dick
True Humor -
14.
The Graphic Genius Of M.C. Escher
-
15.
Rodney: The Premonition II
-
16.
1947
-
17.
My Mother's An Alcoholic
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Gregory Fischer
- Steven Samuels
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Frank Plowright
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