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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published September 1987
Cover Price 2.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Gary Groth (editorial coordinator)

Cover Details

Pencils Jim Woodring (painting)
Inks Jim Woodring (painting)
Colors Jim Woodring (painting)

1 page credits ["I Am Surrounded By Monuments To Hero-ism!"

Synopsis Features credits, dedication, and indicia information, along with illustration and other text.
Script Jim Woodring
Pencils Jim Woodring
Inks Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring; typeset
Notes All text is hand lettered by Jim Woodring, with the exception of the indicia.

1 page text story "Lozenge"

Genre Drama
Script Jim Woodring
Pencils Jim Woodring
Inks Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring

1 page text story "Jim Today"

Genre Humor
Script Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring

1 page story "Two Children Inadvertently Kill an Agent of the Devil Through an Excess of Youthful High Spirit"

Genre Humor
Script Jim Woodring
Pencils Jim Woodring
Inks Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring
Notes A wordless tale.

7 page text story "Tales of Bears"

Genre Drama
Script Jim Woodring
Pencils Jim Woodring
Inks Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring

1 page text story "Good Medicine"

Genre Humor
Script Jim Woodring
Pencils Jim Woodring
Inks Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring

5 page story "Seafood Platter from Hell"

Genre Humor
Script Jim Woodring
Pencils Jim Woodring
Inks Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring

8 page text story "When The Lobster Whistles On The Hill"

Genre Humor
Script Jim Woodring
Pencils Jim Woodring
Inks Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring

2 page story "Like Something"

Genre Humor
Script Jim Woodring
Pencils Jim Woodring
Inks Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring

2 page text story "My Dreamhouse"

Genre Humor
Script Jim Woodring
Pencils Jim Woodring
Inks Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Jimland"

Synopsis Promos for various mini-comics and other Jim Woodring paraphernalia.
Script Jim Woodring
Pencils Jim Woodring
Inks Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring

1 page story "Big Red"

Genre Humor
Script Jim Woodring
Pencils Jim Woodring
Inks Jim Woodring
Letters Jim Woodring

3 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Promos for a variety of Fantagraphics books, including The Complete Crumb Comics; Sinner; and Love & Rockets.