Issue Details

Issue	#25
Published	December 1989-January 1990
Cover Price	2.95 USD
Pages	52
Editing	David Vodicka

Cover Details

Pencils	Ed Pinsent
Inks	Ed Pinsent
Colors	Ed Pinsent

9 page Drake and his Dog story "New Savagery In Jaystown"

Characters	Drake; Dog; Sonia; Mayor Lipville; Lady Brand
Synopsis	Lady Brand's son goes missing and the town is plagued by birds.
Genre	crime
Script	Ed Pinsent
Pencils	Ed Pinsent
Inks	Ed Pinsent
Letters	Ed Pinsent

4 page story "Leather, Lace And Lust"

Characters	Penny; Linus
Synopsis	Penny believes she's struck gold at a party.
Genre	slice of life
Script	Brendan Naylor [as Dillon]
Pencils	Brendan Naylor [as Dillon]
Inks	Brendan Naylor [as Dillon]
Letters	Brendan Naylor [as Dillon]

1 page story "Willy Was Useless"

Characters	April Post; April's father; Willy
Synopsis	April recalls a favourite pet dog.
Genre	autobiography
Script	April Post
Pencils	April Post
Inks	April Post
Letters	April Post

3 page story "The Ride"

Synopsis	A boy's lonely life.
Genre	slice of life
Script	Tim Michie
Pencils	Kupe
Inks	Kupe
Letters	Kupe

1 page story "A Substantial Story - 1966 or 67"

Characters	Neale Blandon
Synopsis	The effect of a mother's premature death.
Genre	autobiography
Script	Neale Blandon
Pencils	Neale Blandon
Inks	Neale Blandon
Letters	Neale Blandon

4 page story "In Which Abe Is Called Upon To Be Poetic"

Characters	Abe
Synopsis	Abe tries to be poetic.
Genre	slice of life
Script	Glenn Dakin
Pencils	Glenn Dakin
Inks	Glenn Dakin
Letters	Glenn Dakin

6 page Tattoo Man story "Episode 2"

Characters	Tattoo Man; Cornell; Rita
Synopsis	The dead rise at the fairground.
Genre	slice of life
Script	Dave Hodson
Pencils	Greg Gates
Inks	Greg Gates
Letters	Greg Gates
Reprinted	in Tattoo Man Special (Fantagraphics, 1991 Series) #1

2 page story "Overheard Actual Chat-Up Lines"

Synopsis	Assorted chat-up lines.
Genre	slice of life
Script	Susan Catherine
Pencils	Susan Catherine
Inks	Susan Catherine
Letters	Susan Catherine

3 page story "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers"

Synopsis	Have the bodysnatchers really invaded?
Genre	humor
Script	Peter Keneally
Pencils	Judy Horacek
Inks	Judy Horacek
Letters	Judy Horacek

1 page Thoughts Of My Goldfish story "The Final Chapter"

Synopsis	The Goldfish dies.
Genre	humor
Script	Ian Eddy
Pencils	Ian Eddy
Inks	Ian Eddy
Letters	Ian Eddy
Notes	Sequel to a strip from Fox Comics #17 (1984 series).

2 page story "Trip Home Christmas '88"

Characters	Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy
Synopsis	A trip home to catch up.
Genre	autobiography
Script	Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy
Pencils	Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy
Inks	Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy
Letters	Chloe Brooks-Kenworthy

5 page story "Jack Gets Even"

Characters	Jack Sandiford; Officer Murphy; Gina
Synopsis	Jack is left in a police cell, but gets even.
Genre	slice of life
Script	Eddie Campbell
Pencils	Eddie Campbell
Inks	Eddie Campbell
Letters	Eddie Campbell
Reprinted	in Little Italy (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) #1

5 page story "Watching The Walls Melt"

Synopsis	A trip through Northern California.
Genre	slice of life
Script	Tony Crooks
Pencils	Malcolm Ritchie
Inks	Malcolm Ritchie
Letters	Malcolm Ritchie