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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published January 1991
Cover Price 3.50 CAD; 2.95 USD
Pages 44
Editing Chris Oliveros (credited)

Cover Details - "Bride and Groom with big teeth"

Pencils Joe Matt (painting) (signed)
Inks Joe Matt (painting) (signed)
Colors Joe Matt (painting) (signed)
Letters Typeset

1 page story "Zebra"

Synopsis Picture of a matchbox with a mountie on a zebra.
Script Carel Moiseiwitsch [as Moiseiwitsch]
Pencils Carel Moiseiwitsch [as Moiseiwitsch] (painting)
Inks Carel Moiseiwitsch [as Moiseiwitsch] (painting)
Colors Carel Moiseiwitsch [as Moiseiwitsch] (painting)
Letters Carel Moiseiwitsch [as Moiseiwitsch] (painting)
Notes Inside front cover.

Half page credits "Drawn & Quarterly"

Synopsis Indicia and table of contents.
Letters Typeset

Half page illustration "Two pictures of dogs"

Synopsis Two pictures of dogs that look a little like Snowy from Tintin.
Pencils Luc Giard (signed)
Inks Luc Giard (signed)
Colors Luc Giard (signed)

2 page Howie the Hat story "I'm Having Chest Pains"

Characters Howie the Hat; Peter; Grammaw
Synopsis Grammaw guilt trips Howie and Peter into buying an emergency dialer for her, in case she's in trouble.
Genre Humor
Script Wayno (signed)
Pencils Wayno (signed)
Inks Wayno (signed)
Letters Wayno (signed)

2 page story "One of the Wonders of the World"

Synopsis A paranoid man with the mind of an ape builds a monument on his house to a dead dog.
Script Richard Sala [as R. Sala]
Pencils Richard Sala [as R. Sala]
Inks Richard Sala [as R. Sala]
Colors Richard Sala [as R. Sala]
Letters Richard Sala [as R. Sala]

1 page story "Signs of the Times"

Synopsis Various character traits are demonstrated.
Script James Sturm (signed)
Pencils James Sturm (signed)
Inks James Sturm (signed)
Letters James Sturm (signed)

1 page story "The Conspiracy Nuts"

Characters Dan Quayle; Amelia Earhart; Lee Harvey Oswald; Charles Lindbergh Jr.
Synopsis Two men with nut-shaped heads discuss conspiracy theories.
Script Anthony Mostrom [as A. Mostrom]
Pencils Anthony Mostrom [as A. Mostrom]
Inks Anthony Mostrom [as A. Mostrom]
Letters Anthony Mostrom [as A. Mostrom]

1 page story "The Journey of Ticoune and Marco"

Synopsis A picture of plane and two heads.
Script Luc Giard (signed)
Pencils Luc Giard (signed)
Inks Luc Giard (signed)
Colors Luc Giard (signed)
Letters Luc Giard (signed)
Notes Title from contents page, may not be a strip but simply three illustrations.

1 page Automatt; Peepshow story "Nov. 18th 1989 My Parents"

Characters Joe Matt; Joe Matt's Mom; Joe Matt's Dad
Synopsis Joe describes his parents.
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 10th, 1990"

Characters Joe Matt [also as Batman]; Trish; Matt Wagner; Barb Wagner
Synopsis Joe comes back from working in California with Matt Wagner and tells Trish how a typical day went while colouring Batman.
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 Feb. 5th, 1990. My Best Friend (as a Kid) "Dave"

Characters Joe Matt; Dave; Dave's older brother [Farmer]
Synopsis Joe explains how his best friend when he was a kid grew up faster than him.
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 "Feb. 27th, 1990"

Characters Joe Matt; Trish
Synopsis Trish and Joe argue.
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 "April 2nd, 1990"

Characters Joe Matt; Tom; Trish; The Grim Reaper
Synopsis Joe dreams about Tom, who died in college.
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 story "Real Men"

Synopsis A comic artist decides that sex and violence will make his comic sell but then he hears about a massacre at a Montreal University.
Genre Biography; Satire
Script Colin Upton (signed)
Pencils Colin Upton (signed)
Inks Colin Upton (signed)
Letters Colin Upton (signed)
Notes Note at the bottom of the strip states that "the first version of this cartoon appeared in Comics F/X No. 16 June/July '90." It has been completely re-drawn for this printing. Also a note that the title (and background music in some of the panels) comes from a song by Joe Jackson.

3 page story "Roommate World!"

Characters David Collier; Clara Bayliss Collier
Synopsis Taking on roommates to pay the rent makes life very uncomfortable.
Genre Biography
Script Clara Bayliss Collier (credited)
Pencils David Collier (credited)
Inks David Collier (credited)
Letters David Collier (credited)

1 page story "So... Youre place or mine?"

Characters Julie Doucet
Synopsis Julie and her boyfriend walk drunk through the snow.
Genre Biography
Script Julie Doucet (signed)
Pencils Julie Doucet (signed)
Inks Julie Doucet (signed)
Letters Julie Doucet (signed)
Reprinted in Best of Drawn & Quarterly, The (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) #[nn]; in Leve Ta Jambe Mon Poisson Est Mort! [Lift Your Leg My Fish is Dead!] (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) #[nn]

5 page story "Freak Scene"

Synopsis A couple walks through a demonstration and goes to an art gallery.
Script Carol Swain [as C. Swain]
Pencils Carol Swain [as C. Swain]
Inks Carol Swain [as C. Swain]
Letters Carol Swain [as C. Swain]

3 page story "The Early Adventures of Paddy Booshwah"

Characters George Bush [as Paddy Booshwah]
Synopsis A brief (fake) history of George Bush.
Genre Satire
Script Frank Stack [as Foolbert Sturgeon]
Pencils Frank Stack [as Foolbert Sturgeon]
Inks Frank Stack [as Foolbert Sturgeon]
Letters Frank Stack [as Foolbert Sturgeon]

5 page story "Magic Marker Comics"

Synopsis A rock saves the world from an ink spot.
Genre Humor
Script John Oliveros (signed)
Pencils John Oliveros (signed)
Inks John Oliveros (signed)
Letters John Oliveros (signed)

1 page story "May Be I Don't Really Exist...."

Characters Julie Doucet
Synopsis Julie takes a bath and the bathtub starts talking to her.
Genre Biography; Fantasy
Script Julie Doucet (signed)
Pencils Julie Doucet (signed)
Inks Julie Doucet (signed)
Letters Julie Doucet (signed)
Reprinted in Leve Ta Jambe Mon Poisson Est Mort! [Lift Your Leg My Fish is Dead!] (Drawn & Quarterly, 1993 series) #[nn]

1 page illustration "The Mask"

Synopsis A picture of a square-eyed mask.
Pencils Luc Giard (signed)
Inks Luc Giard (signed)
Colors Luc Giard (signed)
Notes Title from table of contents.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Dirty Plotte #1"

Characters Julie Doucette
Synopsis Ad for Dirty Plotte #1 with a full reproduction of the cover and some panels from the interior.
Script Julie Doucette (credited)
Pencils Julie Doucette (credited)
Inks Julie Doucette (credited)
Letters Julie Doucette (credited)

1 page story "Apples & Oranges"

Characters Ida Marx
Synopsis Ida runs into an old friend who she has grown apart from and remembers how they were as children.
Genre Biography
Script Ida Marx (signed)
Pencils Ida Marx (signed)
Inks Ida Marx (signed)
Letters Ida Marx (signed)

2 page story "Love Hope Love"

Synopsis Wordless story about a couple who pick a flower and deflate the world.
Genre Romance
Script Bernie Mireault [as BEM]
Pencils Bernie Mireault [as BEM]
Inks Bernie Mireault [as BEM]
Colors Bernie Mireault [as BEM]
Notes Title from reprint. Original was untitled.
Reprinted in Romantic Eye (Blind Bat Press [Mark Innes], 2006 series) #1

Half page credits "Back Issues"

Synopsis Short biographies of all the creators, list of the back issues that are available and subscription info.
Script Chris Oliveros ?
Letters Typeset

Half page story "Crazy Comics"

Synopsis A man does what he wants every day.
Genre Humor
Script David Abu Bacha (signed)
Pencils David Abu Bacha (signed)
Inks David Abu Bacha (signed)
Letters David Abu Bacha (signed)

1 page text article "I'm Home, Working"

Synopsis Rena explains how people don't believe she is working when she writes at home.
Genre Biography
Script Rena Cohen (signed)
Pencils Diego Herrera [as YaYo]
Inks Diego Herrera [as YaYo]
Letters Typeset

1 page story "Househunting"

Synopsis Anne's family goes househunting with no intention of buying a new house.
Genre Biography
Script Anne D. Bernstein (signed)
Pencils Anne D. Bernstein (signed)
Inks Anne D. Bernstein (signed)
Colors Anne D. Bernstein (signed)
Letters Anne D. Bernstein (signed)

1 page illustration "Strange horse creature walking downhill"

Pencils Eve Damie (credited) (painting)
Inks Eve Damie (credited) (painting)
Colors Eve Damie (credited) (painting)

1 page story "Mass Denial"

Characters Mary Fleener
Synopsis Mary explains how sometimes people do weird things that everyone else ignores.
Genre Biography
Script Mary Fleener (signed)
Pencils Mary Fleener (signed)
Inks Mary Fleener (signed)
Colors Mary Fleener (signed)
Letters Mary Fleener (signed)
Notes On back cover of magazine.