Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	July 1987
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	2.00 USD
Pages	40
Editing	Cat Yronwode

Cover Details

Characters	Max Muldoon; Mo Muldoon
Genre	teen; fashion
Pencils	Trina Robbins (signed)
Inks	Trina Robbins
Colors	Trina Robbins ?
Notes	Fashions submitted by Barbara Cottrell

1 page The Penumbra text article

Synopsis	reflection piece about being awake alone in the early morning
Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover; page also includes list of coming comics from Eclipse

7 page California Girls story "Comic Relief"

Characters	Mo Muldoon; Max Muldoon; Laverne Laverne; Trixine; Verne Laverne
Synopsis	Laverne is jealous when Mo and Max get their own comic book, so she forces her father to get her a comic book of her own too. But comics fan Trixine notices that Laverne's comic is copied from an old Little Lulu story.
Genre	teen; fashion
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Fashions submitted by Kathleen Webb; Lynn Dudley; Barbara Cottrell; Natasha Kim; Irene Kim; Jonathan Macy
Reprinted	in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

3 page California Girls story "The Real Roxanne"

Characters	Roxanne; Laverne Laverne; Mo Muldoon (cameo); Max Muldoon (cameo)
Synopsis	Roxanne is just trying to do her waitress job but Laverne likes to annoy her.
Genre	teen
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Fashions submitted by Richard Howell; Ray Nelson; David Puckett; Angela Bocage
Reprinted	in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page California Girls activity "Mo Walks Like an Egyptian"

Characters	Mo Muldoon
Synopsis	paper doll page
Genre	teen; fashion
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Fashions submitted by Charles Ventura; Irene Kim

1 page Designer of the Month text article "Barbara Cottrell"

Synopsis	Profile of fan designer Barbara Cottrell.
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Barbara Cottrell
Inks	Barbara Cottrell ?
Letters	typeset

1 page California Girls activity "Roxanne Wears the Color Purple"

Characters	Roxanne
Synopsis	paper doll page
Genre	teen; fashion
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Colors	Trina Robbins ?
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Purple fashions submitted by Misty Woodford; Kathleen Webb; Charles Ventura

1 page California Girls activity "Laverne Pretty in Pink"

Characters	Laverne Laverne
Synopsis	paper doll page
Genre	teen; fashion
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Colors	Trina Robbins ?
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Pink fashions submitted by Charles Ventura; Barbara Cottrell

1 page California Girls activity "Announcing the California Girla Coloring Contest"

Characters	Mo Muldoon; Max Muldoon; Roxanne; Lulu Mendoza
Synopsis	Submit your colored versions of the black-and white paper doll pages in this issue and win a original illustration by artist/writer Trina Robbina.
Script	Trina Robbins ?
Pencils	Trina Robbins (illustration)
Inks	Trina Robbins (illustration)
Letters	typeset

1 page California Girls activity "Max Just Wants to Have Fun"

Characters	Max Muldoon
Synopsis	paper doll page
Genre	teen; fashion
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Fashions submitted by Angela Bocage; Lynn Dudley; Ray Nelson

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.

8 page California Girls story "Hands Around Hollyhock High"

Characters	Max Muldoon; Mo Muldoon; Lulu Mendoza; Roxanne; Laverne Laverne; Grammy Muldoon
Synopsis	Instead of buying each other brithday gifts, Mo and Max contribute to the "Hands Around Hollyhock High" campaign to fight hunger in their town.
Genre	teen; fashion
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Fashions submitted by Misty Woodford; Barbara Cottrell; Irene Kim; Lynn Dudley; Ray Nelson; Natasha Kim; Angela Bocage; Jonathan Macy
Reprinted	in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]