Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	May 1988
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	2.00 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Cat Yronwode
Notes	Final issue. Does not contain color centerfold pages as the previous issues.

Cover Details - "Max's Back!"

Characters	Max Muldoon
Genre	teen; fashion
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Colors	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Fashions submitted by Mario Hernandez.

1 page The Penumbra text article "Graphic Journalism"

Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover; promo for Brought to Light, a graphic novel depicting the Iran-Contra scandal, coming from Eclipse.

8 page California Girls story "The Sound of Breaking Glass"

Characters	Max Muldoon; Mo Muldoon; Paul LeMans; Laverne Laverne; Lulu Mendoza; Raoul Mendoza; Allegra Pianissimo; Sheik of Benzique
Synopsis	Max agrees to model designer Paul LeMans's new dress made of glass beads, but they attend the opera where the diva's high notes break the glass.
Genre	teen; fashion
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Barb Rausch
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Story idea submitted by Mario Hernandez and Rebecka Wright. Fashions submitted by Mario Hernandez; Joe Fitzpatrick; Jane Oliver; Danielle Hidalgo; Debbie Kim; Tara Hamblen; Jackie Spangler.
Reprinted	in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

2 page California Girls activity "Trixine and Roxanne Create Wardrobe Magic!"

Characters	Roxanne; Trixine
Synopsis	Fashion tips and tricks.
Genre	teen; fashion
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Fashions and fashion tips submitted by Barbara Cottrell; Tara Hamblen.
Reprinted	in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page California Girls activity "Just... Mo!"

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 Deloris Skrade; Tara Hamblen; Mircalla Wozniak; Nicole Davis; Tereasa Maillie.
Reprinted	in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page Designer of the Month text article "Charles Ventura"

Synopsis	Profile of fan designer Ventura.
Script	Trina Robbins ?
Pencils	Charles Ventura
Inks	Charles Ventura ?
Letters	typeset

3 page California Mail letters page

Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins (illustrations)
Inks	Trina Robbins (illustrations)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Brandy Hansen; Jeffrey C. Branch; Debbie Kim; Kate Stoliger; Tara Hamblen; Mary Bliss Mather; J. Wolfman; Tom Stein; Rachel Armendariz; Grace Spengler.

1 page California Girls activity "Everything's Comin' Up Roses for Roxanne"

Characters	Roxanne
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.
Reprinted	in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page California Girls activity "A Trendy Trixine"

Characters	Trixine
Synopsis	paper doll page
Genre	teen; fashion
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Fashions submitted by Celine Schein; Leslie Sternbergh; Chuck Alligood.
Reprinted	in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

9 page California Girls story "A Flash from the Past"

Characters	Max Muldoon; Mo Muldoon; Grammy Muldoon; Maxine Maurine Muldoon (flashback); Agnes Muldoon (flashback)
Synopsis	Mo and Max find their great-grandmother's diary and after they read it they realize that their lives in modern times are really very easy.
Genre	teen; fashion
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Diary entries are taken from a real 1917 diary discovered by Trina Robbins in an antique store. Fashions submitted by Neil Titus; Lynn Dudley; Margie Menza.
Reprinted	in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page California Girls activity "Spring Styles for Max"

Characters	Max Muldoon
Synopsis	paper doll page
Genre	teen; fashion
Script	Trina Robbins
Pencils	Trina Robbins
Inks	Trina Robbins
Colors	Trina Robbins
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Back cover; fashions submitted by Jeffrey C. Branch; Debbie Kim; Erika Vincent; Amelia Trimpe.
Reprinted	in California Girls (CBG Comics, 2009 series) #[nn]