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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published April 1992
Cover Price 2.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Michel Vrana [editor]; Nick Craine [art director]; Shane Kenny [publisher]
Notes Subtitled "An Anthology of Modern Urban Tales"

Cover Details - "Hot Dog Vendor"

Pencils Peter Ferguson
Inks Peter Ferguson
Colors Peter Ferguson
Notes Subtitled "An Anthology of Modern Urban Tales"

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Reactor Girl"

Letters Typeset
Notes Table of contents and bio notes on contributors.

2 page Merv and Dave story Merv and Dave in "Easy Money"

Characters Merv; Dave
Synopsis Merv and Dave see a robbery but don't stop it because Merv knows that later on a reward will be offered and he wants to collect it.
Genre Satire
Script Jason Stephens
Pencils Jason Stephens
Inks Jason Stephens
Letters Jason Stephens
Reprinted in Land of Nod Treasury, The (Black Eye, 1994 series) #[nn]

5 page story "Some Things You Need To Know..."

Synopsis Collaged pages with notes on how to shop.
Genre Fact; Satire
Script Linda Carson
Pencils Linda Carson
Inks Linda Carson
Letters Linda Carson

1 page Reactor Girl story "Reactor Girl Symbol"

Characters Reactor Girl
Synopsis Reactor Girl enters the Post Modern House of Mirrors and sees herself as Little Orphan Annie, Charlie Brown, Nancy, Dick Tracy, Pogo and Little Lulu.
Genre Satire
Script Michel Vrana; Ron Lum & Michel Vrana [created by]
Pencils Michel Vrana
Inks Michel Vrana
Letters Michel Vrana
Notes Title on comic is symbol combining hazardous waste symbol and Venus symbol. Title in table of contents is "Reactor Girl"

3 page story "Earl: The Vacation of a Lifetime"

Characters Earl
Synopsis Earl goes to Las Vegas and dresses as Elvis.
Genre Satire
Script Angela Ciavarella
Pencils Hal Kelly
Inks Hal Kelly
Letters Hal Kelly

6 page story "Get The Joke"

Synopsis A stand up comic realizes there are no new jokes.
Genre Satire
Script Carol Swain
Pencils Carol Swain
Inks Carol Swain
Letters Carol Swain

5 page story "Group Portrait"

Synopsis A man watches two other men fight on the subway.
Genre Bio
Script Karel Barx
Pencils Karel Barx
Inks Karel Barx
Letters Karel Barx

7 page story "Lucky"

Synopsis A young girl watches her mother get beat up by her dad Bystanders say she is lucky because she's too young to be affected, but the last panel has her stomping on her teddy bear.
Genre Crime; Political/ Propaganda
Script Paula Hammond
Pencils Stephen Lillie
Inks Stephen Lillie
Letters Stephen Lillie
Notes Title from table of contents. Actual story has no title.

2 page Sparkie McGee activity "Sparkie McGee: Do-It-Yourself Children's Drawing"

Characters Sparkie McGee
Synopsis Fake activity page on how to create a drawing that looks like a little kid did it
Genre Humor
Script Jason Stephens [as Sin]
Pencils Jason Stephens [as Sin]
Inks Jason Stephens [as Sin]
Letters Jason Stephens [as Sin]
Notes 2nd page states "Thanks to M.V, Abby and Y.L."

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "people walking towards sale"

Synopsis Small woodcut like illustration of people walking towards a sale.
Pencils Peter Ferguson
Inks Peter Ferguson