Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	May 1992
Cover Price	2.95 CAD; 2.50 USD; 1.50 GBP
Pages	36
Editing	Michel Vrana

Cover Details - "Jig and Reel.."

Pencils	Carol Swain (credited)
Inks	Carol Swain (credited)
Colors	Carol Swain ?
Letters	Typeset

1 page credits "Way Out Strips"

Synopsis	Same image as cover but in black and white. Credits for issue, plus an address to contact the artist and order "issues three and four of her self-published Way Out Strips".
Pencils	Carol Swain (credited)
Inks	Carol Swain (credited)
Letters	Typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Foreword"

Synopsis	Paul, the editor of Escape Magazine, recounts how he met Carol at a comic making workshop.
Script	Paul Gravett (credited)
Letters	Typeset

3 page story "Jig and Reel"

Synopsis	A bunch of punks at a concert can't agree on the name of the band they just watched.
Genre	Drama
Script	Carol Swain (credited)
Pencils	Carol Swain (credited)
Inks	Carol Swain (credited)
Letters	Carol Swain (credited)

4 page story "Terrific Island"

Synopsis	A man hangs a flag on a lamppost and declares it his own island.
Genre	Drama
Script	Carol Swain (credited)
Pencils	Carol Swain (credited)
Inks	Carol Swain (credited)
Letters	Carol Swain (credited)

10 page story "2000 b.c."

Synopsis	A man goes to the beach then throws a TV out the window.
Genre	Drama
Script	Carol Swain (credited)
Pencils	Carol Swain (credited)
Inks	Carol Swain (credited)
Letters	Carol Swain (credited)

6 page story "In My Neighbourhood"

Genre	Drama
Script	Carol Swain (credited)
Pencils	Carol Swain (credited)
Inks	Carol Swain (credited)
Letters	Carol Swain (credited)

7 page story "'B' Movie"

Synopsis	A young man and a young woman explore the trailer park where they both live.
Genre	Drama
Script	Carol Swain (credited)
Pencils	Carol Swain (credited)
Inks	Carol Swain (credited)
Letters	Carol Swain (credited)
Reprinted	from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #4

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "From Tragedy Strikes Press..."

Synopsis

Ad for Sin (with a cover of issue #1), Way Out Strips (with a cover of issue #1), The Cheese Heads (with a cover of issue #4) and Reactor Girl (with a cover of issue #2). Also includes info on subscriptions and ordering back issues.

1 page Sin promo (ad from the publisher) "Sin Everybody's Doing It..."

Synopsis	Promo for Sin, "coming in June".
Pencils	Jason Stephens (credited)
Inks	Jason Stephens (credited)
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Coming soon to this comic..."

Synopsis	Two panels from the next issue of Way Out Strips.
Pencils	Carol Swain
Inks	Carol Swain
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Appears on back cover of comic. Only colour used is blue for the background and a small red "Plus!".