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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published May 1987
Cover Price 2.75 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Joe Sacco; Kim Thompson (Contributing Editor); Tom Mason (Editor Emeritus)
Notes Issue has an interview with David Boswell and an article on Gotlib, both accompanied by strip and illustration reproductions.

Cover Details

Characters Reid Fleming
Genre Humour
Script David Boswell
Pencils David Boswell
Inks David Boswell
Colors David Boswell
Letters David Boswell

3 page story

Synopsis Assorted cartoons
Genre Humour
Script John Callahan
Pencils John Callahan
Inks John Callahan
Letters John Callahan

7 page story "Rock & Roll Dad"

Characters Tommy; Suzie; John Blue; Peggy; Morty Goldman; Sid Goldman
Synopsis A father faces his past
Genre Humour
Script J.R.Williams
Pencils J.R.Williams
Inks J.R.Williams
Letters J.R.Williams

10 page story "Kat Mandu"

Characters Koala Lumpur; G.I. Gottalotta; Kat Mandu; Rug Addict
Synopsis There is a rash of carpet thefts.
Genre Humour
Script Jim Siergey; Jeff Siergey
Pencils Jim Siergey; Jeff Siergey
Inks Jim Siergey; Jeff Siergey
Letters Jim Siergey; Jeff Siergey
Notes The strip is just credited to 'Siergey Bros' without any indication of who is responsible for individual portions

1 page A Tale From Gimbley story

Characters Gimbley
Synopsis The erosion of Gimbley's faiths
Genre Humour
Script Phil Elliott
Pencils Phil Elliott
Inks Phil Elliott
Letters Phil Elliott

2 page story "The Giraffe"

Synopsis Ruminations on the giraffe
Genre Humour
Script Gotlib
Pencils Gotlib
Inks Gotlib
Letters Gary Fields
Notes Translated by Kim Thompson from the French

6 page story "The Wonders of Science"

Genre Humour
Script Phil Elliott; Eddie Campbell
Pencils Phil Elliott; Eddie Campbell
Inks Phil Elliott; Eddie Campbell
Letters Phil Elliott; Eddie Campbell
Notes These strips originally ran as single tiers in the British music paper Melody Maker. Some are produced by Elliott, some by Campbell and some are collaborations. All are signed psuedonymously as Charlie Trumper

3 page text article "Globetrotting for Agoraphobics"

Synopsis How to give Agoraphobics a holiday at home
Genre Humour
Script Alan Moore
Pencils Eddie Campbell
Inks Eddie Campbell
Letters type
Notes This is text and illustration and originally appeared in the Knockabout 9.

1 page story "Formless Fosdick, The Invisible Detective"

Characters Formless Fosdick
Synopsis Fosdick gets his act together
Genre Humour
Script Craig Bartlett
Pencils Craig Bartlett
Inks Craig Bartlett
Letters Craig Bartlett