Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	June 1997
Cover Price	2.95 USD
Pages	28
Editing	Uncredited

Cover Details

Characters	Ugly girl
Genre	Humour
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Colors	Gilbert Hernandez
Reprinted	in Fear of Comics (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #[nn] [in black and white]

3 page story "Drink, Fucker"

Characters	Two drinkers
Synopsis	Bar philosophy
Genre	Humour
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez
Reprinted	in Fear of Comics (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #[nn]

1 page story "Mosquito"

Characters	Primitives
Synopsis	A murder in the village
Genre	Fantasy
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez
Reprinted	in Fear of Comics (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #[nn]

6 page Letters From Venus illustration "Who Cares About Love?"

Characters	Venus, Yoshio, Glinda, Mr Vasquez, Frtiz, Petra, Carlos, Sergio, Kat
Synopsis	Assorted misunderstandings
Genre	Drama
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez

Half page story "Equinox Jr"

Synopsis	Fake old-fashioned gag strip
Genre	Humor
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez

Half page story "You Don't Change A Person's Mind, He Just Stops Arguing"

Genre	Humor
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez

3 page story "Father's Day"

Synopsis	A father goes in search of his absent teenage daughter
Genre	Slice Of Life
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez

Half page Wilson story "Kidney Stoned"

Characters	Wilson
Synopsis	Wilson is present at a birth
Genre	Humor
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez

Half page story "Are The Kids All Right"

Characters	Gary Groth; Seth
Synopsis	Bemoaning contemporary culture
Genre	Humor
Script	Seth; Gary Groth
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez
Editing	Seth; Gary Groth

1 page illustration "Gilbert Hernandez"

Characters	Gilbert Hernandez
Genre	Humor
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez

Half page Twelve Forty Two story "The Fights"

Characters	John Lester Johnson; Jack Dempsey
Synopsis	Events in the life of John Lester Johnson
Genre	Fact
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez
Notes	Biography

Half page story "The Love Swine"

Synopsis	An attempted kidnap
Genre	Drama
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez

3 page Roy story "The Road To Manhood"

Characters	Roy, Judith, bag lady
Synopsis	Roy does good
Genre	Humour
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez
Notes	Strip features the cover illustation as a wall painting discussed

10 page Venus story "Kidney Stoned Again"

Characters	Venus, Fritz, Enrique
Synopsis	Venus hears about Fritz's boyfriend
Genre	Slice Of Life
Script	Gilbert Hernandez
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Letters	Gilbert Hernandez

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Characters	Venus
Synopsis	Venus plays with dolls of her friends and relations
Genre	Drama
Pencils	Gilbert Hernandez
Inks	Gilbert Hernandez
Colors	Gilbert Hernandez