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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published June 1992
Cover Price 2.95 CAD; 2.50 USD; 1.5
Pages 36
Editing Michel Vrana (Managing Editor); Nick Craine (Art Director); Shane Kenny (Publisher)

Cover Details - "Believe everything you read"

Pencils Linda Carson (collage)
Inks Linda Carson (collage)
Colors Linda Carson (collage)

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

Synopsis Editor discusses the mandate of Reactor Girl. Also 3 small images of the covers of Reactor Girl (Extra Small Press, 1990 series).
Script Michel Vrana
Letters Typeset

1 page credits "Reactor Girl"

Synopsis Table of contents. Includes small images by each of the artists in the book.
Script Michel Vrana
Letters Typeset

1 page story "The Escapist"

Synopsis A man wanders.
Genre Adult; Poetry
Script Dominic Bugatto
Pencils Dominic Bugatto
Inks Dominic Bugatto
Letters Dominic Bugatto

8 page story "Still Life"

Synopsis An old woman wonders if her kids will remember her birthday and mis-places one of her "grandchildren".
Genre Adult; Slice of Life
Script Sylvia Markle-Craine
Pencils Nick Craine
Inks Nick Craine
Letters Nick Craine

2 page story "Tinsel Town"

Synopsis A woman is at the theatre when the film breaks.
Genre Adult
Script Carol Swain
Pencils Carol Swain
Inks Carol Swain
Letters Carol Swain

4 page story "Q: Why are there no women cartoonists?"

Synopsis Small panels describe why there are no women cartoonists.
Genre Fact; Satire
Script Cinders McLeod
Pencils Cinders McLeod
Inks Cinders McLeod
Letters Cinders McLeod

3 page story "Some Things You Need To Know"

Synopsis People you shouldn't consider having sex with.
Genre Fact; Adult
Script Linda Carson
Pencils Linda Carson (collage)
Inks Linda Carson (collage)
Letters Linda Carson

4 page story "The Unruly Hair Gene"

Synopsis A couple goes to the doctor to make sure their kid doesn't have the unruly hair gene.
Genre Satire
Script Randa Bessey
Pencils Peter Ferguson
Inks Peter Ferguson
Letters Peter Ferguson

1 page story "Reactor Girl"

Characters Reactor Girl
Synopsis Reactor Girl makes a skirt from a crossword puzzle.
Genre Satire
Script Michel Vrana
Pencils Michel Vrana
Inks Michel Vrana
Letters Michel Vrana
Notes Title from table of contents page. Actual page has a symbol as the title. No words. Ron Lum is credited as co-creator of Reactor Girl.

4 page story "Transient in Transit"

Synopsis A street person makes a scene on a bus and gets kicked off.
Genre Satire
Script Kit
Pencils Kit
Inks David Corr ("Post-Production")
Letters Kit

2 page Sparkie McGee story "Facts About Bugs"

Characters Sparkie McGee
Synopsis Facts about bugs and an impossible (almost) crossword.
Genre Fact; Humor
Script Jason Stephens
Pencils Jason Stephens
Inks Jason Stephens
Letters Jason Stephens

3 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe..."

Synopsis 3 pages of ads for subscriptions, how to submit and back issues of Sin, Way Out Strips, The Cheese Heads, Reactor Girl. Full page ad for Sin with tagline "everybody's doing it".
Script Michel Vrana (?)
Pencils Jason Stephens
Inks Jason Stephens
Letters Typeset

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "The cubist chaos of the city is all around me..."

Synopsis First panel of Dominic Bugatto's story in this issue.
Genre Satire
Script Dominic Bugatto
Pencils Dominic Bugatto
Inks Dominic Bugatto
Letters Dominic Bugatto; Typeset