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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published Spring 1990
Cover Price 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Chris Oliveros (credited)

Cover Details - "Can't Work! Too Many Distractions!"

Script Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
Pencils Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
Inks Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
Colors Anne D. Bernstein (credited)
Letters Anne D. Bernstein (credited)

1 page illustration "Woman with snake"

Synopsis Scratchy drawing of a woman being bound by a snake.
Pencils Marisa Gelfusa (credited)
Inks Marisa Gelfusa (credited)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Drawn & Quarterly Contents"

Characters Chris Oliveros
Synopsis Short introduction by Chris explaining why he is publishing the kind of magazine he is. Also includes table of contents with creator's names and indicia. Indicia states "Drawn and Quarterly".
Script Chris Oliveros (credited)
Pencils Chris Oliveros (signed)
Inks Chris Oliveros (signed)
Letters Abrey Myers (typesetting); Chris Oliveros

2 page story "A Dear John Letter from Your Dog on Moving Day"

Synopsis A letter from a dog who is leaving his owner on the day he moves out of an apartment and into a house.
Genre Humor
Script Philip Fine (credied)
Pencils John Oliveros (credited)
Inks John Oliveros (credited)
Letters John Oliveros (credited)
Reprinted in Best of Drawn & Quarterly, The (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) #[nn]

1 page Girly Girl and Her Pal Chuckie-Boy! story "I don't feel so good..."

Characters Girly Girl; Chuckie-Boy
Synopsis Chuckie-Boy has a stomach ache and Girly Girl gives him stuff that should make him throw up but instead makes him better.
Genre Humor
Script Peter Bagge [as P. Bagge]
Pencils Peter Bagge [as P. Bagge]
Inks Peter Bagge [as P. Bagge]
Letters Peter Bagge [as P. Bagge]
Notes Artwork is noted as copyright in 1984. Originally published in colour.
Reprinted from Anything Goes! (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #4

1 page AutoMatt; Peepshow story "My Life in a Nutshell"

Characters Joe Matt; Matt Wagner; Trish
Synopsis A year by year account of Joe's life up to 1988.
Genre Biography
Script Joe Matt (credited)
Pencils Joe Matt (credited)
Inks Joe Matt (credited)
Letters Joe Matt (credited)
Notes Dated October 24, 1988. Feature name from table of contents, might also be considered Peepshow.
Reprinted in Peepshow (Kitchen Sink Press, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Peepshow (Drawn & Quarterly, 1999 series) #[nn]

1 page AutoMatt; Peepshow story "Apr. 10th, 1989"

Characters Joe Matt; Trish
Synopsis Trish visits Joe in his strip and draws herself.
Genre Biography
Script Joe Matt (credited); Trish
Pencils Joe Matt (credited); Trish
Inks Joe Matt (credited); Trish
Letters Joe Matt (credited); Trish
Reprinted in Peepshow (Kitchen Sink Press, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Peepshow (Drawn & Quarterly, 1999 series) #[nn]

1 page AutoMatt; Peepshow story "Mar. 31st, 1988"

Characters Joe Matt
Synopsis Insecurity comes to visit Joe Matt, but he defeats it with white-out.
Genre Biography
Script Joe Matt (credited)
Pencils Joe Matt (credited)
Inks Joe Matt (credited)
Letters Joe Matt (credited)
Reprinted in Peepshow (Kitchen Sink Press, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Peepshow (Drawn & Quarterly, 1999 series) #[nn]

1 page AutoMatt; Peepshow story "July 31st, 1988"

Characters Joe Matt; Trish; Bernie Mireault
Synopsis Joe and Trish have a fight.
Genre Biography
Script Joe Matt (credited)
Pencils Joe Matt (credited)
Inks Joe Matt (credited)
Letters Joe Matt (credited)
Reprinted in Peepshow (Kitchen Sink Press, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Peepshow (Drawn & Quarterly, 1999 series) #[nn]

1 page AutoMatt; Peepshow story "Aug. 16th, 1988"

Characters Joe Matt; Bernie Mireault
Synopsis Joe and Bernie discuss money.
Genre Biography
Script Joe Matt (credited)
Pencils Joe Matt (credited)
Inks Joe Matt (credited)
Letters Joe Matt (credited)
Reprinted in Peepshow (Kitchen Sink Press, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Peepshow (Drawn & Quarterly, 1999 series) #[nn]

1 page AutoMatt; Peepshow story "Apr. 17th, 1989"

Characters Joe Matt; Matt Wagner; Bernie Mireault
Synopsis Joe Matt hangs out with Matt Wagner and they discuss their girlfriends.
Genre Biography
Script Joe Matt (credited)
Pencils Joe Matt (credited)
Inks Joe Matt (credited)
Letters Joe Matt (credited)
Reprinted in Peepshow (Kitchen Sink Press, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Peepshow (Drawn & Quarterly, 1999 series) #[nn]

1 page AutoMatt; Peepshow story "May 8th, 1989. Greg"

Characters Joe Matt; Trish; Greg Hyland ?; Bernie Mireault
Synopsis Joe is introduced to Greg but can't decide whether to call him up to talk to him or not.
Genre Biography
Script Joe Matt (credited)
Pencils Joe Matt (credited)
Inks Joe Matt (credited)
Letters Joe Matt (credited)
Notes Greg is described as "an animator who self published his own comic book", may be Greg Hyland.
Reprinted in Peepshow (Kitchen Sink Press, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Peepshow (Drawn & Quarterly, 1999 series) #[nn]

1 page AutoMatt; Peepshow story "July 18th, 1989 Happy Anniversary, Poopie!"

Characters Joe Matt; Trish
Synopsis How Joe and Trish met.
Genre Biography
Script Joe Matt (credited)
Pencils Joe Matt (credited)
Inks Joe Matt (credited)
Letters Joe Matt (credited)
Reprinted in Peepshow (Kitchen Sink Press, 1992 series) #[nn]; in Peepshow (Drawn & Quarterly, 1999 series) #[nn]

3 page story "Christmas 1,000,000 B.C."

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis Santa in 1,000,000 B.C, and a caveman trying to get his girlfriend a present.
Genre Humor
Script J. D. King (credited); Alice Sebold (credited, pages 1 and 2 only)
Pencils J. D. King (credited)
Inks J. D. King (credited)
Letters J. D. King (credited)
Reprinted from Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series) #25

1 page illustration "Face of a woman"

Pencils Ruth Martinez (credited)
Inks Ruth Martinez (credited)

1 page story "Thermal Dynamics (The Failure to Rise and Fall of...)"

Synopsis The story of another planet where the Thermal Dynamics live.
Script John Oliveros (credited); Kim ? (idea, see notes)
Pencils John Oliveros (credited)
Inks John Oliveros (credited)
Letters John Oliveros (credited)
Notes End of story states "Thanks, Kim, for the idea!"

Half page 7-Second Stories story "For my first trick I will attempt to saw a volunteer in half..."

Genre Humor
Script Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Pencils Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Inks Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Letters Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Reprinted from Games Magazine #?

Half page 7-Second Stories story "Remember, Johnny! Watch out for his left jab..."

Genre Humor
Script Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Pencils Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Inks Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Letters Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Reprinted from Games Magazine #?

Half page 7-Second Stories story "Excuse me, Lady... what year is this?"

Genre Humor
Script Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Pencils Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Inks Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Letters Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Reprinted from Games Magazine #?

Half page 7-Second Stories story "Hello, Steve! Right on time!"

Genre Humor
Script Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Pencils Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Inks Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Letters Robert Leighton [as R.Leighton]
Reprinted from Games Magazine #?

1 page story "Every Saturday night, our proud warriors..."

Synopsis Two men standing in a bar with a caption underneath.
Script Mailly (signed)
Pencils Mailly (signed)
Inks Mailly (signed)
Letters Mailly (signed)
Notes Title from contents page for this sequence and the next is "Three guys hard up on their luck".

1 page story "Peter Trash, 365 suits..."

Synopsis A man standing in front of a cityscape.
Script Mailly (signed)
Pencils Mailly (signed)
Inks Mailly (signed)
Letters Mailly (signed)

1 page story "Out of Control Fantasy Comics"

Synopsis A woman goes through an entire fantasy relationship with a cute guy she sees.
Genre Drama
Script Anne D. Bernstein [as AD Bernstein]
Pencils Anne D. Bernstein [as AD Bernstein]
Inks Anne D. Bernstein [as AD Bernstein]
Letters Anne D. Bernstein [as AD Bernstein]

1 page story "U.S. Violent Americans"

Synopsis A family pulls guns on each other to "convince" each other to do things like turn off the T.V.
Genre Satire
Script Dennis Worden [as D. Worden]
Pencils Dennis Worden [as D. Worden]
Inks Dennis Worden [as D. Worden]
Letters Dennis Worden [as D. Worden]
Notes Strip is dated 1985 so may have appeared somewhere else first.
Reprinted from ?

7 page story "Life After Three Card Monte"

Characters Chris Oliveros
Synopsis Chris goes to New York City and gets swindled out of money for a present by playing three card monte.
Genre Biography
Script Chris Oliveros (credited)
Pencils Chris Oliveros (credited)
Inks Chris Oliveros (credited)
Letters Chris Oliveros (credited)

1 page illustration "two people hugging"

Synopsis Small reproduction of a print of a closeup of two people hugging or lying down together.
Pencils John Oliveros (signed)
Inks John Oliveros (signed)
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page illustration "Man with 4 babies"

Pencils Joe Matt (signed) (painting)
Inks Joe Matt (signed) (painting)
Colors Joe Matt (signed) (painting)
Notes On back cover of magazine.