(May 2, 1982)

Toronto Sun, 1977 Series
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Volume
5
Price
0.00 FREE
Pages
16
On-sale Date
1982-05-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
[none printed]
Brand
Sunday Sun
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Wilson Cherian
Inks
Wilson Cherian
Colors
Wilson Cherian
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Cover drawn by contest winner Wilson Cherian (age 16, Mississauga, Ontario).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Catfish / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Rog Bollen; Gary Peterman
Pencils
Rog Bollen (signed as Bollen)
Inks
Rog Bollen (signed as Bollen)
Colors
?
Letters
Rog Bollen ?; Gary Peterman ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're making a terrible mistake!
Genre
humour; western-frontier
Characters
Lieutenant; unnamed Native American

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.
Copyright 1982 Tribune Company Syndicate, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Hägar the Horrible / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dik Browne
Pencils
Dik Browne (signed)
Inks
Dik Browne (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Dik Browne

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now don't just order meat - this is a classy restaurant
Genre
humour; historical
Characters
Hägar; Helga; unnamed waiter

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1982 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Frank and Ernest / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Thaves
Pencils
Bob Thaves (signed as Thaves)
Inks
Bob Thaves (signed as Thaves)
Colors
?
Letters
Bob Thaves

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good heavens!
Genre
humour
Characters
Frank; Ernest

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1982 by NEA, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Lolly / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Pete Hansen
Pencils
Pete Hansen (signed as Hansen)
Inks
Pete Hansen (signed as Hansen)
Colors
?
Letters
Pete Hansen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hurry up and punch in, Liz!
Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Liz; Mr. Quimby; Quimby Junior

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1982 Tribune Company Syndicate, Inc.

A Dog's Best Friend (Table of Contents: 5)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Hank Ketcham
Pencils
Hank Ketcham
Inks
Hank Ketcham
Colors
?
Letters
Hank Ketcham

Genre
humour; children; domestic
Characters
Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Ruff Mitchell; Mr. Schultz (a butcher); Mr. Schultz's son

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1982 Field Enterprises Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Marmaduke / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Brad Anderson
Pencils
Brad Anderson (signed)
Inks
Brad Anderson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Brad Anderson ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
See how beautiful you look, Marmaduke!
Genre
humour; animal
Characters
Marmaduke; Barbara Winslow; Phil Winslow; unnamed toy collie

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1982 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
Last panel is the humor vignette called "Dog Gone Funny", this one telling the story of Wayne C.M. Sponic (of Millersburg, Pennsylvania) unnamed toy collie, with a drawing of the dog.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

B.C. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Johnny Hart
Pencils
Johnny Hart (signed as Hart)
Inks
Johnny Hart (signed as Hart)
Colors
?
Letters
Johnny Hart

First Line of Dialogue or Text
...Tip O'Neill, right?
Genre
humour; historical
Characters
unnamed snake; unnamed talking daisy

Indexer Notes

Copyright Field Enterprises, Inc 1982.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Young Sun / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robbie Brittendon; Dawn Mugford; Julie Verral; Francesca Raev; Nadine Balkind
Pencils
Kris Westerlaken [as Kris '82] (signed)
Inks
Kris Westerlaken [as Kris '82] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset; Kris Westerlaken

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My show
Genre
humour; non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Submission page from young readers of short stories, poems, and cartoons to win prizes.
Stories from Robbie Brittendon (Cambridge, Ontario), Dawn Mugford (Toronto, Ontario), and Julie Verral (Bolton, Ontario).
Poems from Francesca Raev (Guelph, Ontario), Nadine Balkind (Acton, Ontario).
Cartoon by Kris Westerlaken (Midland, Ontario).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Winthrop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Cavalli
Pencils
Dick Cavalli (signed)
Inks
Dick Cavalli (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Cavalli ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You know, childhood friends sometimes become childhood sweethearts...
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Winthrop Wortle; unnamed girl

Indexer Notes

Copyright by 1982 by NEA, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Eek & Meek / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Howie Schneider
Pencils
Howie Schneider (signed as Schneider)
Inks
Howie Schneider (signed as Schneider)
Colors
?
Letters
Howie Schneider

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good morning! Welcome to our eye-opener stretch program
Genre
humour
Characters
Luvable ?

Indexer Notes

Copyright by 1982 by NEA, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Ziggy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Tom Wilson
Pencils
Tom Wilson (signed)
Inks
Tom Wilson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Wilson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Zap
Genre
humour
Characters
Ziggy
Keywords
vending machine; wordless comic

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1982 Universal Press Syndicate.
Wordless comic strip, only lettering is "Zap" on the vending machine.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Born Loser / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Art Sansom
Pencils
Art Sansom (signed)
Inks
Art Sansom (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Art Sansom ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
z z Z
Genre
humour
Characters
Brutus P. "Thorny" Thornapple [Sonny]; Thornapple's mother

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1982 by NEA, Inc.

["This visit to Africa has really inspired Gus, Tarzan"] [The Wildlife Artist] (Table of Contents: 13)

Tarzan / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike Grell (signed as Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Pencils
Mike Grell (signed as Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Inks
Mike Grell (signed as Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
2646
Genre
adventure; jungle
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton, Lord Greystoke]; Jane; Gus; N'Gomo

Indexer Notes

Trademark owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and used by permission. Copyright 1982 by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
First title is the first line of dialogue in the comic strip, the second title is the title given by Burroughs fandom to the Sunday comics story arc that this story is a part of.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Garfield / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Jim Davis
Pencils
Jim Davis (signed)
Inks
Jim Davis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Davis ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I just got comfortable Garfield, do you absolutely have to be let out?
Genre
humour; animal
Characters
Garfield; Jon Arbuckle

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1982 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Nancy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey,---What's going on here?
Genre
humour; children
Characters
Nancy Ritz; Sluggo Smith; unnamed kids; unnamed police officer

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1982 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

Darlene Smith Is a 4 Year Veteran (Table of Contents: 16)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Darlene Smith (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.
Advertisement for carriers for the Toronto Sun newspaper.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

According to Guinness / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Hinds
Pencils
Bill Hinds
Inks
Bill Hinds
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Hinds ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Most spreading plant
Genre
non-fiction; history
Characters
Cliff W. Evans; Nikita Khrushchev; Earle Littlewood Dilks; Silver Wood (a horse)

Indexer Notes

From the Guinness Book of World Records.
Copyright 1981 by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. (Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.). Copyright Guinness Sup. Ltd.
Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate (Universal Press Synd.).