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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published March 1987
Cover Price 2.75 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Tom Mason; Mark Waid (contributing editor); Andrew Christie (contributing editor); Kim Thompson (contributing editor)
Notes Issue features interviews with Matt Goening and Hunt Emerson along with reproductions of their work.

Cover Details

Characters Binky
Genre Humour
Pencils Matt Groening
Inks Matt Groening
Colors Mr. Mace

4 page story "Dark Design"

Characters John Heismann; Jerry; Inez; Emma
Synopsis The value of art
Genre Crime
Script Rian Hughes
Pencils Rian Hughes
Inks Rian Hughes
Letters Rian Hughes

1 page story "Distraction"

Synopsis Is he listening?
Genre Humour
Script Marc Hempel
Pencils Marc Hempel
Inks Marc Hempel
Letters Marc Hempel

6 page Captain Oblivion story "Blinkers"

Characters Abe; Salesman; Edward Sensory Perception; Muriel; Rodney Really; Doctor Deepend; Mr. Milton Keenz
Synopsis A plot to blinker humanity
Genre Humour
Script Glenn Dakin
Pencils Glenn Dakin
Inks Glenn Dakin
Letters Glenn Dakin

2 page story "Kidsex"

Synopsis Strips and gags about Kidsex
Genre Humour
Script Bob Boze Bell
Pencils Bob Boze Bell
Inks Bob Boze Bell
Letters Bob Boze Bell

2 page The Bad Boys story

Characters The Bad Boys; Girl
Synopsis The bad boys become reporters
Genre Humour
Script J.R.Williams
Pencils J.R.Williams
Inks J.R.Williams
Letters J.R.Williams
Notes The strip is printed sideways across two pages

1 page story "Punx"

Synopsis Does TV rot the brain?
Genre Humour
Script Gary Fields
Pencils Gary Fields
Inks Gary Fields
Letters Gary Fields

3 page story "What I Bombed On My Summer Vacation"

Synopsis What Arab terrorist schoolchildren did on their summer holidays
Genre Humour
Script Will Jacobs; Gerard Jones; Jim Zook
Pencils Chas Gillen
Inks Chas Gillen
Letters type
Notes This is text and illustration.

1 page Temptation story

Characters Devil; castaway
Synopsis Has the castaway become invisible?
Genre Humour
Script Glenn Dakin
Pencils Glenn Dakin
Inks Glenn Dakin
Letters Glenn Dakin
Reprinted in Temptation (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn]

5 page story "The Ballad Of Mr Ossowary"

Characters Mr Ossowary
Synopsis The animals take their revenge on Mr Ossowary
Genre Humour
Script Ed Pinsent
Pencils Ed Pinsent
Inks Ed Pinsent
Letters Ed Pinsent
Notes The strip is rhyme

1 page story "Warning!"

Synopsis The dangers of a pacemaker
Genre Humour
Script Brian James Riedel
Pencils Brian James Riedel
Inks Brian James Riedel
Letters Brian James Riedel

4 page story "The Wonders of Science"

Genre Humour
Script Phil Elliott; Eddie Campbell
Pencils Phil Elliott; Eddie Campbell
Inks Phil Elliott; Eddie Campbell
Letters Phil Elliott; Eddie Campbell
Notes These strips originally ran as single tiers in the British music paper Melody Maker. Some are produced by Elliott, some by Campbell and some are collaborations. All are signed psuedonymously as Charlie Trumper

1 page story "Hey! Didja Hear?!"

Synopsis Fake rumours
Genre Humour
Script Peter Bagge
Pencils J.D.King
Inks J.D.King
Letters J.D.King

1 page Cartoon Man story "Cartoon Man Has A Science-Fiction Adventure"

Characters Cartoon Man
Synopsis Cartoon man in space
Genre Humour
Script Marc Hempel
Pencils Marc Hempel
Inks Marc Hempel
Letters Marc Hempel