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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published August 1987
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.00 USD
Pages 40
Editing Cat Yronwode

Cover Details

Characters Max Muldoon; Mo Muldoon; Laverne Laverne; Lulu Mendoza; Roxanne
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins ?
Pencils Trina Robbins (signed)
Inks Trina Robbins
Colors Trina Robbins ?
Letters L. Lois Buhalis ?
Notes Fashions submitted by Lynn Dudley; Barbara Cottrell; Maria Barrera

1 page The Penumbra text article

Synopsis Yronwode writes about staff promotions at Eclipse and a Summer Poster Offer.
Script Cat Yronwode
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover; page also includes list of coming comics from Eclipse

10 page California Girls story "Let Sleeping Cats Lie"

Characters Mo Muldoon; Max Muldoon; Laverne Laverne; Roxanne; Lulu Mendoza; Trixine
Synopsis The girls organize a competitive cat show to raise money for costumes for the school play, but Laverne tries to trick the judges.
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Ray Nelson; Lynn Dudley; Renaldo Barnette; Batbara Cottrell; Irene Kim; Heather Dudley; Wren Britton; Diane Hauser; Catherine Yronwode
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

4 page California Girls story "Laverne in Wardrobeland"

Characters Laverne Laverne; Fifi
Synopsis Laverne dreams that she has a bottomless closet, and when she falls into it, she can't reach any of the outfits she wants.
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Irene Kim; Natasha Kim; Misty Woodford; Lynn Dudley; Roger May
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page Designer of the Month text article "Lynn Dudley"

Synopsis Profile of fan designer Lynn Dudley.
Script Trina Robbins ?
Pencils Lynn Dudley (illustration)
Inks Lynn Dudley (illustration)
Letters typeset

2 page California Girls activity "Double Trouble"

Characters Mo Muldoon; Max Muldoon
Synopsis paper doll pages
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Colors Trina Robbins ?
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Castagna Condon; Lynn Dudley; Richard Howell; Misty Woodford; Irene Kim
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page California Girls activity "Laverne: Fashions from the 60s"

Characters Laverne Laverne
Synopsis paper doll page
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Jennifer Moore
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page California Girls activity "Roxanne"

Characters Roxanne
Synopsis paper doll page
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Renaldo Barnette
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Renaldo Barnette
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page public service announcement Earth Island's "Do It Yourself" SDI Survival Kit

Synopsis Test how effective the SDI missile shield defense system would be in your geographical area using the government's own statistics.
Genre political/propaganda
Pencils Mark Nelson
Inks Mark Nelson
Notes Paid for by the Earth Island Institute, San Francisco, CA.

6 page California Girls story "Designer Dogs"

Characters Max Muldoon; Mo Muldoon; Grammy Muldoon; Martha Mishkin; Lulu Mendoza (cameo); Roxanne (cameo); Trixine (cameo)
Synopsis Mo doesn't like the new "distressed" fashions so she buys a clean, unripped sweatshirt. But through a series of accidents, her new shirt ends up stained and ripped anyway (and her friends love it!).
Genre teen; fashion
Script Trina Robbins
Pencils Trina Robbins
Inks Trina Robbins
Letters Angela Bocage; L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Fashions submitted by Misty Woodford; Lynn Dudley; Irene Kim; Richard Howell; Barbara Cottrell
Reprinted in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]