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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published July 1987
Cover Price 2.75 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Joe Sacco; Tom Mason (Editor Emeritus)
Notes Issue has an interview with Bill Griffith accompanied by strip and illustration reproductions.

Cover Details

Characters Zippy The Pinhead
Genre Humour
Pencils Bill Griffith
Inks Bill Griffith
Colors Bill Griffith

1 page story "Marshal McLuhan"

Characters Marshal McLuhan; Sidekick
Synopsis Marshall as a Marshall
Genre Humour
Script Tom Roberts
Pencils Jim Siergey
Inks Jim Siergey
Letters Jim Siergey

4 page story "The Day The Earth Stood For Still Life"

Synopsis Aliens force humans to produce art
Genre Humour
Script Carol Lay
Pencils Carol Lay
Inks Carol Lay
Letters Carol Lay

2 page story

Synopsis A singer saves a woman's honour
Genre Humour
Script David Miller
Pencils David Miller
Inks David Miller
Notes The title is three musical notes

2 page The Bad Boys story

Characters Bad Boys; Peggy; Fatty
Synopsis The bad boys play at Russians
Genre Humour
Script J.R.Williams
Pencils J.R.Williams
Inks J.R.Williams
Letters J.R.Williams
Notes The strip is printed sideways across two pages

4 page story "Nuns"

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

1 page story "Isotope Harry Jones"

Characters Harry Jones
Synopsis Harry is in a novel
Genre Humour
Script William Clark
Pencils William Clark
Inks William Clark
Letters William Clark

5 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.

1 page story "Urine Of The Damned"

Characters Ed Petersen
Synopsis The mania for drugs testing
Genre Humour
Script Lloyd Dangle
Pencils Lloyd Dangle
Inks Lloyd Dangle
Letters Lloyd Dangle

1 page story "Possibly My Worst 'Living Situation'"

Characters Lloyd Dangle
Synopsis An appallingly situated apartment
Genre Humour
Script Lloyd Dangle
Pencils Lloyd Dangle
Inks Lloyd Dangle
Letters Lloyd Dangle

2 page story "The Hippopotamus"

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

10 page story "The Mammy"

Characters Mammy; Lucifer; Blobber; Prince Hubert
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 Sounds. Some are produced by Elliott, some by Campbell and some are collaborations. All are signed psuedonymously as Charlie Trumper.

1 page story "The Bunny and the Dinosaur"

Characters Bunny; dinosaur
Synopsis A bunny ponders his meal
Genre Humour
Script Gary Fields
Pencils Gary Fields
Inks Gary Fields
Letters Gary Fields
Notes The strip is in rhyme