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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published October 1992
Cover Price 2.95 CAD; 2.50 USD;1.50
Pages 36
Editing Michel Vrana (editor)

Cover Details - "multiple pictures of a single woman in various roles and jobs"

Pencils Cinders McLeod
Inks Cinders McLeod
Colors Cinders McLeod
Letters Cinders McLeod

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Reactor Girl"

Synopsis Table of Contents including indicia. Very small drawings of each of the contributors.
Letters Typeset

4 page story "Liquid Time"

Synopsis A guy has a dream that he doesn't have to sleep.
Genre Drama; Fantasy
Script Adrian Tomine
Pencils Adrian Tomine
Inks Adrian Tomine
Letters Adrian Tomine
Notes Dated 1992. Possibly Adrian Tomine's first non-self published work.

2 page story "Grey Matter"

Synopsis A guy's girlfriend distrusts pencils.
Genre Drama
Script Dominic Bugatto
Pencils Dominic Bugatto
Inks Dominic Bugatto
Letters Dominic Bugatto

7 page story "If They Can't Take A Joke"

Script Aaron Straup-Cope
Pencils Aaron Straup-Cope
Inks Aaron Straup-Cope
Letters Aaron Straup-Cope
Notes Title taken from Table of Contents.

7 page story "Pisces Is A Water Sign"

Synopsis Reasons why a woman is afraid of water.
Genre Drama
Script Linda Carson
Pencils Linda Carson
Inks Linda Carson
Letters Linda Carson
Notes Title in Table of Contents is given as "Pisces Is The Water Sign."

6 page story "Mundane Clothes"

Synopsis Deciding how to dress. Includes paper-doll cut-outs.
Script Cinders McLeod [as McLeod]
Pencils Cinders McLeod [as McLeod]
Inks Cinders McLeod [as McLeod]
Letters Cinders McLeod [as McLeod]

1 page story "A Date With Whomever"

Synopsis Rachel gets all ready for a date, but ends up indistinguishable from the other girls ready for their dates.
Genre Humor
Script Jon Hagey (idea) [as J. Hagey]
Pencils Molly Kiely (image)
Inks Molly Kiely (image)
Letters Molly Kiely (image)

2 page Sparkie McGee story "Sparkie McGee: Handy Survival Hints"

Synopsis Sparkie tells kids how to make money. Also includes "Pudgy's Really Fun Page", with a connect-the-dots.
Genre Humor
Script Jason Stephens [as Sin]
Pencils Jason Stephens [as Sin]
Inks Jason Stephens [as Sin]
Letters Jason Stephens [as Sin]

1 page story "Cereal..."

Characters John MacLeod; Paisley Rose MacLeod (age three)
Synopsis John's daughter is upset that not everyone is having Corn Bran.
Genre Drama; Fact
Script John MacLeod
Pencils John MacLeod
Inks John MacLeod
Letters John MacLeod

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Hey Kids, Comics!"

Synopsis Small ads/reviews of Little Grace by Joseph Nanni and Optic Nerve (self-published) by Adrian Tomine.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "4 Books"

Synopsis Short reviews and how to order 4 Tragedy Strikes Press books. The Cheese Heads, Reactor Girl, Sin and Way Out Strips.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Personalities of Hicksville"

Synopsis Short biography of Darcy Hobble, mail-sorter at the Hicksville post office. Numbered #6, but unknown if others appeared.
Script Dylan Horrocks
Pencils Dylan Horrocks
Inks Dylan Horrocks
Letters typeset