Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #1
Published May 1992
Cover Price 2.95 CAD; 2.50 USD; 1.50 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Michel Vrana

Cover Details - "Jig and Reel.."

Pencils Carol Swain (credited)
Inks Carol Swain (credited)
Colors Carol Swain ?
Letters Typeset

1 page credits "Way Out Strips"

Synopsis Same image as cover but in black and white. Credits for issue, plus an address to contact the artist and order "issues three and four of her self-published Way Out Strips".
Pencils Carol Swain (credited)
Inks Carol Swain (credited)
Letters Typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Foreword"

Synopsis Paul, the editor of Escape Magazine, recounts how he met Carol at a comic making workshop.
Script Paul Gravett (credited)
Letters Typeset

3 page story "Jig and Reel"

Synopsis A bunch of punks at a concert can't agree on the name of the band they just watched.
Genre Drama
Script Carol Swain (credited)
Pencils Carol Swain (credited)
Inks Carol Swain (credited)
Letters Carol Swain (credited)

4 page story "Terrific Island"

Synopsis A man hangs a flag on a lamppost and declares it his own island.
Genre Drama
Script Carol Swain (credited)
Pencils Carol Swain (credited)
Inks Carol Swain (credited)
Letters Carol Swain (credited)

10 page story "2000 b.c."

Synopsis A man goes to the beach then throws a TV out the window.
Genre Drama
Script Carol Swain (credited)
Pencils Carol Swain (credited)
Inks Carol Swain (credited)
Letters Carol Swain (credited)

6 page story "In My Neighbourhood"

Genre Drama
Script Carol Swain (credited)
Pencils Carol Swain (credited)
Inks Carol Swain (credited)
Letters Carol Swain (credited)

7 page story "'B' Movie"

Synopsis A young man and a young woman explore the trailer park where they both live.
Genre Drama
Script Carol Swain (credited)
Pencils Carol Swain (credited)
Inks Carol Swain (credited)
Letters Carol Swain (credited)
Reprinted from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #4

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "From Tragedy Strikes Press..."

Synopsis Ad for Sin (with a cover of issue #1), Way Out Strips (with a cover of issue #1), The Cheese Heads (with a cover of issue #4) and Reactor Girl (with a cover of issue #2). Also includes info on subscriptions and ordering back issues.

1 page Sin promo (ad from the publisher) "Sin Everybody's Doing It..."

Synopsis Promo for Sin, "coming in June".
Pencils Jason Stephens (credited)
Inks Jason Stephens (credited)
Letters Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Coming soon to this comic..."

Synopsis Two panels from the next issue of Way Out Strips.
Pencils Carol Swain
Inks Carol Swain
Letters Typeset
Notes Appears on back cover of comic. Only colour used is blue for the background and a small red "Plus!".