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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published February 1995
Cover Price 3.95
Pages 52
Editing Scott Allie

Cover Details

Synopsis "What? You say that Valentine's Day is swift approaching and you don't have that strange and special something for your best beloved? Look no further! What could be more fitting than a soupçon of wit, a dash of depravity, and a whole lot of dumb jokes? That's right! It's Instant Piano time once more, so if you've got the maturity, we've got the title for you! Instant Piano -- it's not just a comic book, it's the strangest date you've ever had... Topped off by the oh-so-romantic, bouncy, and bucolic cover by the joint talents of Piano-man Stephen DeStefano and special guest painter Bill Wray." From Dark Horse Comics solicitation.
Genre Humor
Pencils Stephen DeStefano
Inks Stephen DeStefano
Colors Bill Wray (painting)
Letters typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Peerless Piano Pouncing Society"

Script Kyle Baker
Pencils Kyle Baker
Inks Kyle Baker
Letters typeset

1 page Groovee Mouse And His Faithful Companion Potbelly story

Genre Humor
Script Stephen DeStefano
Pencils Stephen DeStefano
Inks Stephen DeStefano
Letters Stephen DeStefano

1 page story "Life's Great Rewards"

Genre Humor
Script Mark Badger
Pencils Mark Badger
Inks Mark Badger
Letters Mark Badger

1 page story "Max & Max"

Genre Satire
Script Robbie Busch
Pencils Robbie Busch
Inks Robbie Busch
Letters Robbie Busch

1 page story "For God's Sake, Look At That Art!"

Genre Satire
Script Kyle Baker
Pencils Kyle Baker
Inks Kyle Baker
Letters Kyle Baker

10 page The Eltingville Comic-Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Role-Playing Club! story "Bring Me The Head Of Bobba Fett!"

Genre Satire
Script Evan Dorkin
Pencils Evan Dorkin
Inks Evan Dorkin
Letters Evan Dorkin

1 page story "Aren't You Glad You're Not This Guy?"

Genre Satire
Script Kyle Baker
Pencils Kyle Baker
Inks Kyle Baker
Letters Kyle Baker

2 page story "Morons"

Genre Satire
Script Mark Badger
Pencils Mark Badger
Inks Mark Badger
Letters Mark Badger

1 page story "Fund Raising For The Foolish; Dottie; House Party Hell"

Genre Autobiography; Humor; Autobiography
Script Mark Badger; Stephen DeStefano; Mark Badger
Pencils Mark Badger; Stephen DeStefano; Mark Badger
Inks Mark Badger; Stephen DeStefano; Mark Badger
Letters Mark Badger; Stephen DeStefano; Mark Badger
Notes Three short strips, each one-third of a page.

5 page Java Drive story "Java Drive: Part 3"

Genre Satire
Script Robbie Busch
Pencils Robbie Busch
Inks Robbie Busch
Letters Robbie Busch

1 page Activities story "Pete + Sark, Savate Masters; Silly Sinemas"

Genre Humor
Script Mark Badger; Stephen DeStefano
Pencils Mark Badger; Stephen DeStefano
Inks Mark Badger; Stephen DeStefano
Letters Mark Badger; Stephen DeStefano

1 page story "Meek Are The Blessed"

Genre Satire
Script Kyle Baker
Pencils Kyle Baker
Inks Kyle Baker
Letters Kyle Baker

2 page Fotochop Funnies story "Sark Does Fotochop Funnies"

Genre Humor
Script Mark Badger
Pencils Mark Badger
Inks Mark Badger
Letters Mark Badger

4 page You Are Here story

Genre Satire
Script Kyle Baker
Pencils Kyle Baker
Inks Kyle Baker
Letters Kyle Baker

1 page story "I Love People, I Really Do"

Genre Satire
Script Kyle Baker
Pencils Kyle Baker
Inks Kyle Baker
Letters Kyle Baker

3 page Devil Puppet; Java Drive story

Genre Satire
Script Evan Dorkin; Robbie Busch
Pencils Evan Dorkin; Robbie Busch
Inks Evan Dorkin; Robbie Busch
Letters Evan Dorkin; Robbie Busch
Notes First page features one-third page Devil Puppet pin-up by Evan Dorkin. The other two-thirds, plus the remaining two pages feature the Java Drive story.

2 page story "Auto-Bio-Angst Story"

Genre Autobiography; Humor
Script Mark Badger
Pencils Mark Badger
Inks Mark Badger
Letters Mark Badger

2 page The Wusclenuts Show story "Hark, I Hear The Heart of Winter"

Genre Humor
Script Robbie Busch
Pencils Robbie Busch
Inks Robbie Busch
Letters Robbie Busch

1 page story "Now Here's Something We Hope You'll Really Like!"

Genre Gags
Script Kyle Baker
Pencils Kyle Baker
Inks Kyle Baker
Letters Kyle Baker; typeset

4 page Garduna Music... Tales of Italian Americans story "The Sunday Table"

Genre Satire
Script Stephen DeStefano
Pencils Stephen DeStefano
Inks Stephen DeStefano
Letters Stephen DeStefano

1 page story "Marriage"

Genre Autobiography; Humor
Script Mark Badger
Pencils Mark Badger
Inks Mark Badger
Letters Mark Badger

1 page Groovee Mouse And Pot Belly story

Genre Satire
Script Robbie Busch; Stephen DeStefano
Pencils Robbie Busch (?); Stephen DeStefano (?)
Inks Robbie Busch (?); Stephen DeStefano (?)
Letters Robbie Busch (?); Stephen DeStefano (?)
Notes Credited as "A Robbie & Stephen Thingy"

2 page letters page "Fan Page!"

Script Kyle Baker
Letters typeset
Notes Kyle Baker answers letters this issue. Letters include some from comic writers Neil Gaiman, Nat Gertler, and Kurt Busiek.