Issue Details

Issue	#27
Published	Summer 2000
Cover Price	4.95 USD; 7.50 CAD
Pages	68
Editing	Kim Thompson
Notes	Issue number is shown on the cover and on the indicia. Indicia gives print date of August 2000.

Cover Details

Pencils	Al Columbia
Colors	Al Columbia

1 page story "Johnny Gun & Gloria"

Characters	Johnny Gun; Gloria
Pencils	Max Andersson
Inks	Max Andersson
Colors	Max Andersson
Letters	Max Andersson

14 page story "The Search for Smilin' Ed"

Script	Kim Deitch
Pencils	Kim Deitch
Inks	Kim Deitch
Letters	Kim Deitch

1 page text article "Editorial"

Synopsis	Kim Thompson looks back at the entire series
Script	Kim Thompson
Letters	Typeset

15 page story "Treasure Hunt"

Script	Johnny Ryan
Pencils	Johnny Ryan
Inks	Johnny Ryan
Letters	Johnny Ryan

1 page text article "Editorial"

Synopsis	Kim Thompson continues his look back at the series
Script	Kim Thompson
Letters	Typeset

2 page cartoon "Friends! Listen to the Exciting Story of How I Became a Famous Artist!"

Genre	Humor (comedy)
Script	Chris Ware
Pencils	Chris Ware
Inks	Chris Ware
Colors	Chris Ware
Letters	Chris Ware

12 page story "The Search for Smilin' Ed (epilogue)"

Script	Kim Deitch
Pencils	Kim Deitch
Inks	Kim Deitch
Letters	Kim Deitch

2 page story "Ching"

Synopsis	Joyce recounts an experience with one of her parent's cats.
Genre	Animal; Autobiography
Script	Joyce Farmer
Pencils	Joyce Farmer
Inks	Joyce Farmer
Letters	Joyce Farmer

1 page story "Nadine"

Genre	Children
Script	Renée French
Pencils	Renée French
Inks	Renée French
Letters	Renée French

4 page story "The monster under the bed"

Genre	Fantasy; Monsters
Script	Pierre-François Beauchard [as David B.]
Pencils	Pierre-François Beauchard [as David B.]
Inks	Pierre-François Beauchard [as David B.]
Letters	Eric Reynolds

6 page story "Still Life"

Script	David Mazzucchelli
Pencils	David Mazzucchelli
Inks	David Mazzucchelli
Letters	David Mazzucchelli

5 page Homunculus story "Homunculus: The Dream"

Characters	Homunculus
Script	Mack White
Pencils	Mack White
Inks	Mack White
Letters	Mack White

1 page text article "Editorial"

Synopsis	Kim wraps up his look at the series. Indicia at the end.
Script	Kim Thompson
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis	Kim Deitch lithograph ad
Script	Kim Deitch
Pencils	Kim Deitch
Inks	Kim Deitch
Colors	Kim Deitch
Letters	Kim Deitch

1 page story "Vladimir Nabokov's 'Cheapy the Guinea Pig'"

Script	Al Columbia
Pencils	Al Columbia
Inks	Al Columbia
Letters	Al Columbia