Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	March 1992
Cover Price	3.95 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Kim Thomson

Cover Details

Script	Sam Kieth
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth
Colors	Rayson Films

5 page I Before E illustration "Portfolio"

Script	Sam Kieth
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth
Editing	Kim Thomson
Notes	These are portfolio pages.

6 page I Before E story "Dr. Weird"

Characters	Dr. Weird
Synopsis	The mystic Dr. Weird must contend with a diffcult problem.
Script	Ty Templeton
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth
Editing	Kim Thomson
Notes	This is a parody of Dr. Strange.

1 page I Before E story "De Grand Wazoo: Blow-Up"

Characters	Grand Wazoo
Synopsis	The Grand Wazoo annoys a giant.
Script	Sam Kieth
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth
Editing	Kim Thomson
Reprinted	from Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #7; from Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #11; from Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #23

4 page I Before E story "De Grand Wazoo: Sunset"

Characters	Is
Synopsis	Is goes looking for a missing object.
Script	Sam Kieth
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth
Letters	Stan Sakai
Editing	Kim Thomson

1 page I Before E story "De Grand Wazoo: Vacuum Salesman"

Characters	Is; Grand Wazoo
Synopsis	Is annoys the Grand Wazoo.
Script	Sam Kieth
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth
Editing	Kim Thomson

10 page I Before E story "Losing ...Is"

Characters	Is, De Grand Wazoo
Synopsis	Wazoo alienates "Is" and goes looking for him.
Script	Sam Kieth
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth
Letters	Dale Crain
Editing	Kim Thomson
Reprinted	from Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #12

2 page I Before E story "And Speaking of Those Abstract Pretentious Stories that Make You Feel Stupid If You Don't Get Them..."

Characters	An unnamed couple
Synopsis	A couple find complications in their lives.
Script	Sam Kieth
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth
Editing	Kim Thomson
Reprinted	from Anything Goes! (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #2

7 page I Before E story "Wa-Hooma! The Beast that Walks Just Like a Regular Guy!"

Characters	Wa-Hooma,
Synopsis	A man gets turned into a monster by aliens.
Script	Ty Templeton
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth
Editing	Kim Thomson
Notes	This story is an homage to the Atlas horror stories of the 1950s and 1960s.
Reprinted	from Stig's Inferno (Eclipse, 1989 series) #6

1 page I Before E biography (nonfictional) "A Kieth Konkordance"

Synopsis	This is a Sam Kieth bibliography.
Editing	Kim Thomson

8 page I Before E illustration "From the Vault"

Characters	Max the Hare
Script	Sam Kieth
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth
Editing	Kim Thomson
Notes	These are portfolio pages, and Max the Hare was originally a 10-page mini-comic.

Superman illustration "pinup"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dan Jurgens
Inks	Karl Kesel

Gang's All Here, The illustration "pinup"

Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth

Is Cover illustration "pinup"

Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth
Notes	This was the cover of Critters 21.

Wandering Stars illustration "pinup"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth

Deep Six illustration "pinup"

Pencils	Sam Kieth
Inks	Sam Kieth