(March 1981)

Archie, 1977 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages
132
Indicia Frequency
four times a year in March, June, September, and December
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Music Corp.
Barcode
0271000690903
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Issue Notes

Indicia has incorrect date of "March 1980" but correct copyright date of 1981. Indicia title is "The Jughead Jones Comics Digest Magazine."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why doesn't it snow in the summer when it's hot and we need it?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Keywords
coonskin cap; snow

Indexer Notes

There are ten images on Jughead on the cover. Main cover gag is a redrawn version of DeCarlo's cover to Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #202 (March 1972).

Cutting Edge (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doily
Synopsis
On Jughead's advice, Reggie asks Dilton to use one of his self-made gadgets to sharpen his skates.
Reprints
Keywords
ice skating

Indexer Notes

Credits confirmed by the credits printed in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #23.

Job Jibe (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Jones
Synopsis
Mrs. Jones pays Archie to shovel her walk instead of asking Jughead.
Reprints

The Sounds of Silence (Table of Contents: 3)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Unnamed Riverdale teen girls
Synopsis
Unknown to Jughead, his singing of "Brand Me With a Burning Kiss" is driving girls love crazy.
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Preparations For Skiing (Table of Contents: 4)

Professor Jughead / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Professor Jughead lectures on how to practice skiing without leaving your home.
Reprints

The Worrier (Table of Contents: 5)

Fat Charley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor
Characters
Charley Hawse; The Teacher
Synopsis
Charley is plagued by worries.
Reprints

Program Director (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice; Big Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Mary (Astrology nut)
Synopsis
Jughead asks questions about Big Ethel so he can anticipate her every move.
Reprints

Mission Impossible (Absolutely) (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Any time Archie tells his parents that he's going to the store, they give him a dozen errands to run while he's on his way.
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Miss Grundy Puzzle (Table of Contents: 8)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis
Miss Grundy find-a-word puzzle. First clue is chivalry.

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

Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I saw the ice follies last night!
Genre
humor; teen

Star Breaker (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Steve Newman is in town!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
A movie star arrives in Riverdale to shoot a scene at the school and they want to cast Mr. Weatherbee in the movie but they want to show him as a bumbling hick so Archie intervenes to make sure the shoot doesn't take place.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits taken from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #103.

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

Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee wants Jughead to be careful of his appearance.

Who's Excited (Table of Contents: 12)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No, Li'l Jinx! You can't take the vase to school!
Genre
humor; children
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx looks for something to bring to school for show and tell.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
My cousin got a job as a projectionist at the Bijou!
Genre
humor; teen
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX)

Cash and Carry (Table of Contents: 14)

Little Jughead / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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Genre
humor; children
Reprints

Lunch Break (Table of Contents: 15)

Little Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; children
Reprints

Mis-Matched (Table of Contents: 16)

Li’l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
children
Reprints

Dogging It (Table of Contents: 17)

Hot Dog / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Colors
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Letters
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Characters
Hot Dog; Jughead
Synopsis
Board game
Reprints

Puck Pluck (Table of Contents: 18)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
A warning from Betty sends Jughead to the hockey match prepared.
Reprints

The Menace Meets His Match! (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob White
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mike Mallet; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Calamity Carol; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Ms. Beazly
Synopsis
A new student with excellent strength comes to Riverdale High and starts tormenting the students.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Daddy, I’m going to take all this stuff to the rummage sale!
Genre
humor; teen

By the Book (Table of Contents: 21)

Little Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dexter Taylor ?
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Dexter Taylor ?

Genre
children
Characters
Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Little Jughead calls Little Archie to ask him about his homework.
Reprints

Clock Yock (Table of Contents: 22)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
The boys enter a biggest timepiece contest.
Reprints

Driving Ahead (Table of Contents: 23)

Jughead / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Placed the numbered letters in the corresponding numbered blanks to find out how Jughead will solve the energy crisis.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you have a little Hungarian gypsy music to go with lunch?
Genre
teen

The Attack of the Monster Machines! (Table of Contents: 25)

Jughead as Captain Hero / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
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Genre
humor; superhero; teen
Characters
Jughead [as Captain Hero]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in 2 parts: Part I (5 pp., not listed as Part I) & Part II (5 pp.).

The Lunch Crunch (Table of Contents: 26)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How do you like journalism class?
Genre
humor; teen
Reprints
  • From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.

Aunts in His Pants! (Table of Contents: 28)

Jughead / comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey girls! Jughead's aunt is visiting him, and guess what her name is? Ha, ha, - it's hilarious!!
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Eda
Synopsis
Archie is laughing that Jughead has aunt Eda at his house and Reggie thinks he means an anteater.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

activity / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
A civil war general, Lew Wallace, wrote a book which became famous.

Indexer Notes

Fill in the dotted areas

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, group! What are you doing in this sardine sedan?
Genre
teen

A Foul Ball Game (Table of Contents: 31)

Squintly, the Nearsighted Cop / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fagaly (signed)
Inks
Al Fagaly (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Officer Squintly; Sarge; Rover Gang [Fauntleroy Duck; Ham Burger; Vic Tree; Rick Shaw; Hugo Furst; Bill Board; Tim Idity; Henry J. Karr]; Gladly (a bear)
Synopsis
Squintly is put in charge of a youth program.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have some of the results of the latest school poll here
Genre
humor; teen

Store Front Good Guys (Table of Contents: 33)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's the store Mr. Lodge offered us the use of!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Brutus; Herman; Horace
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge donates a rundown storefront in a depressed area of the city so Archie, Reggie and Jughead can use it to help people with their problems.
Reprints

Brain Power (Table of Contents: 34)

Flutesnoot / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
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Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the phrase puzzle.

Launching Pads (Table of Contents: 35)

Jughead Says / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Characters
Jughead Jones (host)
Synopsis
A look at launching pads in different countries.
Reprints

Peter Goon - Private Eye Chap. I: According to Costume (Table of Contents: 36)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Marty Epp
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead gets temporary amnesia and thinks he is private eye Peter Goon. (A parody on TV's Peter Gunn.)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Jughead falls into a vat of peanut butter in this story, anticipating by some 7 years a similar scene for Dynamo in DYNAMO #4 (Tower Comics, 1966 series).

[Peter Goon - Private Eye] Chap. II: The Secret Formula (Table of Contents: 37)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Marty Epp
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
humor; teen
Reprints

[Peter Goon - Private Eye] Chap. III: Juggie on the Job (Table of Contents: 38)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Marty Epp
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
humor; teen
Reprints

[Peter Goon - Private Eye] Chap. IV: A Slap-Happy Ending! (Table of Contents: 39)

Jughead / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Marty Epp
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
humor; teen
Reprints

Her Hang Up (Table of Contents: 40)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Jinx is sitting by the phone, hoping Gigi will call--so she can hang up on her.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
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Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Betty! You want to come with me to the hospital to see Jughead?
Genre
teen
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Why doesn't it snow in the summer when it's hot and we need it?"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. Cutting Edge
    Jughead
  3. 2. Job Jibe
    Jughead
  4. 3. The Sounds of Silence
    Jughead
  5. 4. Preparations For Skiing
    Professor Jughead
  6. 5. The Worrier
    Fat Charley
  7. 6. Program Director
    Jughead
  8. 7. Mission Impossible (Absolutely)
    Archie
  9. 8. Miss Grundy Puzzle
  10. 9. ["I saw the ice follies last night!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  11. 10. Star Breaker
    Archie
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  13. 12. Who's Excited
    Li'l Jinx
  14. 13. ["My cousin got a job as a projectionist at the Bijou!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  15. 14. Cash and Carry
    Little Jughead
  16. 15. Lunch Break
    Little Jughead
  17. 16. Mis-Matched
    Li’l Jinx
  18. 17. Dogging It
    Hot Dog
  19. 18. Puck Pluck
    Jughead
  20. 19. The Menace Meets His Match!
    Archie
  21. 20. ["Daddy, I’m going to take all this stuff to the rummage sale!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  22. 21. By the Book
    Little Jughead
  23. 22. Clock Yock
    Jughead
  24. 23. Driving Ahead
    Jughead
  25. 24. ["Do you have a little Hungarian gypsy music to go with lunch?"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  26. 25. The Attack of the Monster Machines!
    Jughead as Captain Hero
  27. 26. The Lunch Crunch
    Li'l Jinx
  28. 27. ["How do you like journalism class?"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  29. 28. Aunts in His Pants!
    Jughead
  30. 29. ["A civil war general, Lew Wallace, wrote a book which became famous."]
  31. 30. ["Hi, group! What are you doing in this sardine sedan?"]
    Veronica Gag Bag
  32. 31. A Foul Ball Game
    Squintly, the Nearsighted Cop
  33. 32. ["I have some of the results of the latest school poll here"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  34. 33. Store Front Good Guys
    Jughead
  35. 34. Brain Power
    Flutesnoot
  36. 35. Launching Pads
    Jughead Says
  37. 36. Peter Goon - Private Eye Chap. I: According to Costume
    Jughead
  38. 37. [Peter Goon - Private Eye] Chap. II: The Secret Formula
    Jughead
  39. 38. [Peter Goon - Private Eye] Chap. III: Juggie on the Job
    Jughead
  40. 39. [Peter Goon - Private Eye] Chap. IV: A Slap-Happy Ending!
    Jughead
  41. 40. Her Hang Up
    Li'l Jinx
  42. 41. ["Hi, Betty! You want to come with me to the hospital to see Jughead?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst