Stray Bullets Free Comics Day Book

(May 2002)

First One's Free! (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Lapham

Pencils

David Lapham

Inks

David Lapham

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you've never read Stray Bullets before, today is your lucky day.

Synopsis

Discussion of the series Stray Bullets.

Indexer Notes

Includes the indicia.
On inside front cover.

Victimology (Table of Contents: 2)

Stray Bullets / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script

David Lapham

Pencils

David Lapham

Inks

David Lapham

Letters

David Lapham

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's the time?

Genre

crime

Characters

Manny; Spanish Scott; Georgie; Virginia Applejack; Tom Applejack (Virginia's father); Celia Applejack (Virginia's mother); Jill Applejack (Virginia's sister); Aunt Patty; Leon; Kevin; Mrs. Kurtz; Sally; Mr. Platz

Synopsis

Virginia witnesses a murder and acts out at school, injuring a boy who later gets a gang together and attacks Virginia.

Reprints

• from Stray Bullets (El Capitán, 1995 series) #2 (April 1995)

Indexer Notes

Story pages are numbered 28 through 55.
Story title from original printing; not included in this issue.

Watch for it in June! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Stray Bullets / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

A Harrowing Tale of Love and Murder! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Murder Me Dead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Can't Get Enough? (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Stray Bullets / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

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Award-winning cartoonist David Lapham was born and raised in New Jersey.

Genre

biography

Indexer Notes

Biography of the work of David Lapham. Accompanied by a photograph titled "Figure 2-1: Don't Ask". The photograph is of a ghost costume similar to the costume Virginia wears in the Stray Bullets story.

This sequence is oriented as the third sequence from the Matrix flip-book side.

There Are No Flowers in the Real World (Table of Contents: 7)

The Matrix / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

David Lapham

Pencils

David Lapham

Inks

David Lapham

Letters

David Lapham

Editing

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Arizona, somewhere near Phoenix...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rocket [Harold Zinsser]; King; Agent Brown; Mona Thomas

Synopsis

Inspired to pursue love even in the unreal world of the Matrix, Rocket's heart is broken as he is hunted down by Agent Brown.

Reprints

• Originally appeared online at www.whatisthematrix.com.

Indexer Notes

This sequence is oriented as the second sequence from the Matrix flip-book side.

The Matrix Reloaded Revolutions (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Spencer Lamm

Pencils

David Lapham

Inks

David Lapham

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Since our first release of online Matrix comics back in 1999, we've been incredibly fortunate to work with some of the best names in the industry.

Characters

Mona; Rocket

Synopsis

Information on how the Matrix story ended up in this Free Comic Book Day issue, and on other Matrix stories at the website.

Indexer Notes

On inside back (flip-book) cover.

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

The Matrix / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

David Lapham

Inks

David Lapham

Colors

JayJay Jackson

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rocket; King; Mona

Indexer Notes

This sequence acts as the front cover of the flip-book. The line work on the cover is pulled from interior panels with some slight rework. Main figure: page 1, panel 2; gunman on right: page 13, panel 3; couple on motorcycle: page 6, panel 1; woman's face on left: page 6, panel 9.