(January 1987)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 2.75 USD; 3.75 CAD
- Pages:
- 28 ?
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- ISBN:
- ?
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Tom Mason; Mark Waid (contributing editor); Andrew Christie (contributing editor); Kim Thompson (contributing editor)
- Format:
- US magazine size, black and white with colour covers, saddle stitched
Issue Notes
Issue features interviews with Bill Watterson and Drew Friedman.
[no title indexed]
Temptation / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Glenn Dakin
- Pencils:
- Glenn Dakin
- Inks:
- Glenn Dakin
- Letters:
- Glenn Dakin
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Devil; castaway
- Synopsis:
- The devil offers a deal
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Temptation (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
It's Spring
comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Marc Hempel
- Pencils:
- Marc Hempel
- Inks:
- Marc Hempel
- Letters:
- Marc Hempel
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Asylum patient
- Synopsis:
- The joy of Spring
Indexer Notes
This is very much the forunner to Hempel's acclaimed Gregory strip
Main Course
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Trevs Phoenix; Eddie Campbell
- Pencils:
- Trevs Phoenix; Eddie Campbell
- Inks:
- Trevs Phoenix; Eddie Campbell
- Letters:
- Trevs Phoenix; Eddie Campbell
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Synopsis:
- Discursive food related stories
The Misadventures of Dostoyevsky
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- David Miller
- Pencils:
- David Miller
- Inks:
- David Miller
- Letters:
- David Miller
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Dostoyevsky
- Synopsis:
- Dostoyevsky ends up in one of his stories
The Clas Reunion
comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Boze Bell
- Pencils:
- Bob Boze Bell
- Inks:
- Bob Boze Bell
- Letters:
- Bob Boze Bell
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Synopsis:
- Strips and gags about Class Reunions
A Dinner Treat
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Marc Hempel
- Pencils:
- Marc Hempel
- Inks:
- Marc Hempel
- Letters:
- Marc Hempel
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Synopsis:
- A man eats too much
Indexer Notes
Story is in rhyme
Paris
comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Bagnall
- Pencils:
- John Bagnall
- Inks:
- John Bagnall
- Letters:
- John Bagnall
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Muffy; Morton
- Synopsis:
- A tour of Paris
Light Conversation
Cartoon Man / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- M
- Pencils:
- Marc Hempel
- Inks:
- Marc Hempel
- Letters:
- Marc Hempel
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Cartoon man; cartoon woman
- Synopsis:
- Dating problems in cartoon land
Winter '66: Anytown USA
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- J.D.King
- Pencils:
- J.D.King
- Inks:
- J.D.King
- Letters:
- J.D.King
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Mother; son
- Synopsis:
- A turning of the tables
Rodney: The Premonition II
comic story / 5 pages
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
Brasso With Rosie
comic story / 3.5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Alan Moore
- Pencils:
- Peter Bagge
- Inks:
- Peter Bagge
- Letters:
- type
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Synopsis:
- Anecdotes about Moore's parents and relations
Indexer Notes
This is text and illustration. The essay originally appeared in the Knockabout Trial Special, illustrated by Savage Pencil.
The Parasite
Anton Path / comic story / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Glenn Dakin
- Pencils:
- Glenn Dakin
- Inks:
- Glenn Dakin
- Letters:
- Glenn Dakin
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Anton Path; Anton's mother; Rocky
- Synopsis:
- The origins of Anton's wardrobe
[no title indexed]
The Bad Boys / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- J.R.Williams
- Pencils:
- J.R.Williams
- Inks:
- J.R.Williams
- Letters:
- J.R.Williams
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- The Bad Boys; Fatty
- Synopsis:
- The Bad boys play at superheroes
Indexer Notes
The strip is printed sideways across two pages
[no title indexed]
A Tale From Gimbley / comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Phil Elliott
- Pencils:
- Phil Elliott
- Inks:
- Phil Elliott
- Letters:
- Phil Elliott
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Gimbley; Matthew; Mrs. Thomas; Girl
- Synopsis:
- Gimbley looks after a child
Death Takes A Walk
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- J.R.Williams
- Pencils:
- J.R.Williams
- Inks:
- J.R.Williams
- Letters:
- J.R.Williams
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Death; Mrs. Wenzel; Timmy; Old guy
- Synopsis:
- Fatalities follow a meeting with Death
Job Search
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Brian James Riedel
- Pencils:
- Brian James Riedel
- Inks:
- Brian James Riedel
- Letters:
- Brian James Riedel
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humour
- Characters:
- Captain Courageous
- Synopsis:
- Captain Courageous needs a job
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
[no title indexed]
Temptation -
2.
It's Spring
-
3.
Main Course
-
4.
The Misadventures of Dostoyevsky
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5.
The Clas Reunion
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6.
A Dinner Treat
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7.
Paris
-
8.
Light Conversation
Cartoon Man -
9.
Winter '66: Anytown USA
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10.
Rodney: The Premonition II
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11.
Brasso With Rosie
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12.
The Parasite
Anton Path -
13.
[no title indexed]
The Bad Boys -
14.
[no title indexed]
A Tale From Gimbley -
15.
Death Takes A Walk
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16.
Job Search
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Gregory Fischer
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Frank Plowright
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