(October 1994)
- Price
- 2.50 USD
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Slave Labor Graphics
- Brand
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Slave Labor Graphics
- ISBN
- ?
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Sarah Dywe
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foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Introduction to the theme of this new anthology comic - to promote all-ages, girl-positive and boy-friendly features by female creators.
Action Girl: Cakes & Dresses
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Action Girl
- Synopsis
- Action Girl paper doll, with three outfits (New Wave Action Girl; Little Action Girl; 1990s Action Girl) and accessories (sheet cake; devil's food cake; key lime pie). Also a 5-panel comic strip titled Kimi & Kitty.
River Baby Dream Child
comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- A-Girl
- Synopsis
- Young man floats down a river in a canoe, while singing songs and dreaming.
Indexer Notes
Credits page indicates this story originally appeared in Strangers in Paradise, but does not specify which series or which issue.
"Bilingue"
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Girl wearing a Bi-Pride T-shirt is asked by various people what it means, she tells one it means bilingual and tells another it means bicycle.
Damn Crow
comic story / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- Unseen narrator talks about a crow that keeps hanging around, only to later be revealed that the narrator is dead and the crow is pulling scraps of flesh from the narrator's skull.
"Ding Dong"
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
- Pencils
- Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
- Inks
- Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
- Letters
- Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
- Synopsis
- A young single woman visits a girl friend who has recently had a baby and sees how drastically her friend's life has changed.
Indexer Notes
This story is plagiarized from a 1-pager by French comics artist Claire Bretécher. Bretécher's piece appears, translated into English, as 'Susie Homemaker' in National Lampoon Presents Claire Bretecher (National Lampoon, 1978) and as 'A Woman's Work' in Frustration (Methuen, 1982). In Cain's version, the baby is actually thrown into the waste-bin at the end; in the original, the baby is held suspended over the open bin as the mother considers dropping it.
Action Girl Gears Up For Winter
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Action Girl
Indexer Notes
A cut-and-color activity page, featuring an Action Girl apper doll. Outfits include: Action Girl Goes Thrifting; Action Girl is Very Cold; Action Girl Stays Home to Work on a Zine; Action Girl Dresses as Medusa for Halloween; Early-80's Action Girl.
Reservoir
comic story / 4 pages
- Synopsis
- A girl sneaks over a fence at night to go swimming in a reservoir. While swimming a possum steals her clothes and shoes. After she gets out she gets stuck climbing back over the fence, some geese fly down and help her get off the fence, then fly away.
Hey, Amy! What Do You Want To Be When You ... Grow Up???
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Amy
- Synopsis
- Single panel answers to the title question at ages 3 (apple tree), 6 (first lady astronaut), 9 (a leper), 12 (Mark Tawin), 15 (happy), 18 (left alone), and Now (not going to happen).
What's Been Going On
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Spot illos of various activities engaged in over the last few days - New Year's Eve party, drinking Coke Classic, palying with a cat, shopping.
"Isn't It Wonderful To Be Loved!"
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A woman is drawing, her cat tries to interrupt to get attention. Eventually the cat curls up on top of the paper, preventing the woman from doing anything except rubbing the cat.
It's The Story of Fluffy, The Cat Who Was A Rock Star!
comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Fluffy
- Synopsis
- An overview of the rise and fall of Fluffy. The cat is discovered, becomes an overnight success rock star, then succumbs to a hedonistic lifestyle and loses everything. Fluffy then realeases a comeback album that bombs, and finally finds a career doing TV commercials for cat food.
True Grunge
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A man and a woman are sitting on a couch reading newspapers. The woman scratches her head and comments that her head itches. The man asks when she last showered, the woman says 7-10 days ago. Both resume reading their newspapers for several more panels without speaking. In the last panel the woman reaches up and scratches her head again.
Your Hostesses
credits, title page / 1.5 pages
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Info about the contributors to this issue, in order of appearance in the issue. Info tells about their other credits, and gives mailing addresses for each contributor, along with mail order prices for their own publications.
Further Reading
text article / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Info on other books recommended by the editor, both for self-published mini-comics and for other comics, also has a coupon for a Slave Labor Graphics catalog and a free Action Girl sticker (featuring the image from the T-shirt).
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Soundtrack
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Action Girl: Cakes & Dresses
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River Baby Dream Child
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All Girls Together
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"Bilingue"
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Damn Crow
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"Ding Dong"
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Action Girl Gears Up For Winter
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Reservoir
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Hey, Amy! What Do You Want To Be When You ... Grow Up???
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What's Been Going On
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"Isn't It Wonderful To Be Loved!"
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It's The Story of Fluffy, The Cat Who Was A Rock Star!
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A Poem
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True Grunge
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A Poem
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Your Hostesses
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Further Reading
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- Michel Faber
- Ivan Martin
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