List of Escape Magazine contents

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Escape Magazine was a landmark British comic strip magazine founded and edited by Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury. Nineteen issues were published between 1983 to 1989. Eddie Campbell, Phil Elliott and Glenn Dakin were amongst the many cartoonists published within its pages.

Contents

[edit] Issue One

Spring 1983

Format: A5, 56 pages, b/w interior (with 8 page color postcard insert), colour cover.

Cover by Phil Elliott

  • Comic Strips
  • Interviews
    • Serge Clerc
    • Biff (Chris Garrett and Mick Kidd)
  • Features
    • "The Kat From Coconino County" - George Herriman's Krazy Kat.
    • "The Mystery Of Bazooka Joe" - bubble gum comic strips.
    • "The Wonder Of Wilson" - boys-own adventure comics.
    • "Popular Graphics" - news roundup.
    • "The Bard Mortified" - comic book adaptations of Shakespeare.
    • "Fast Fiction Facts" - a roundup of small press comics with ordering details.
    • "Book Revue" - short reviews of recently published graphic novels.
    • "Brand New BD" - an overview of "large circulation strip magazines worldwide."
    • "Escape Artists" - biographies of contributors.

[edit] Issue Two

Summer 1983

Format: A5, 64 pages, b/w interior (with 8 page 3D section), colour cover. Originally sold with 3D glasses

Cover by Rian Hughes.

  • Comic Strips
  • Interviews
  • Features
    • "Popular Graphics" - news roundup.
    • "BD Bestsellers" - top ten Bande Dessinée (French comics) for 1982.
    • "The Initial Hergé" - five page introduction to Hergé.
    • "Brand New BD" - an overview of "large circulation strip magazines worldwide."
    • "Fast Fiction Facts" - a roundup of small press comics with ordering details.
    • "Book Revue" - short reviews of recently published graphic novels.
    • "Escape Artists" - biographies of contributors.

[edit] Issue Three

1983

Format: A5, 68 pages, b/w interior, colour cover.

Cover by Chris Long

  • Comic Strips
  • Interviews
  • Features
    • "Popular Graphics" - news roundup.
    • "Book Revue" - short reviews of recently published graphic novels.
    • "Fast Fiction Facts" - a roundup of small press comics with ordering details.
    • "Hip! Hip! Hergé" - artistic appreciation of Hergé and the subsequent La Ligne Claire school.
    • "Brand New BD" - an overview of "large circulation strip magazines worldwide."
    • "Atomic Manga" - Keiji Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen.
    • "D.I.Y.B.D." - guide to self publishing, part one: photocopying.
    • "Escape Artists" - biographies of contributors.

[edit] Issue Four

1984

Format: A5, 64 pages, b/w interior, colour cover.

Cover by Hunt Emerson

  • Comic Strips
  • Interviews
  • Features
    • "Popular Graphics" - news roundup.
    • "Book Revue" - short reviews of recently published graphic novels.
    • "Fast Fiction Facts" - a roundup of small press comics with ordering details.
    • "Blame!" - review of Martin Barker's book A Haunt of Fears and a look how comics have been blamed for deliquency.
    • "D.I.Y.B.D." - guide to self publishing, part two: "Zine Design".
    • "Brand New BD" - an overview of "large circulation strip magazines worldwide."
    • "Escape Artists" - biographies of contributors.

[edit] Issue Five

1984

Format: A5, 64 pages, b/w interior, colour cover.

Cover by Phil Elliott with color by Peter Stanbury

  • Comic Strips
  • Interviews
  • Features
    • "Popular Graphics" - news roundup.
    • "Book Revue" - short reviews of recently published graphic novels.
    • "Brand New BD" - an overview of "large circulation strip magazines worldwide." Also tips on buying from abroad.
    • "Fast Fiction Facts" - a roundup of small press comics with ordering details.
    • "The Kennedy Report" - a roundup of American small press.
    • "D.I.Y.B.D." - guide to self publishing, part three: reproduction and distribution.
    • "Escapology" - readers letters.
    • "Escape Artists" - biographies of contributors.

[edit] Issue Six

1985

Format: A5, 68 pages.,b/w interior, colour cover.

Cover by Andy Dog

  • Comic Strips
  • Interviews
  • Features
    • "Popular Graphics" - news roundup.
    • "Book Revue" - short reviews of recently published graphic novels.
    • "Fast Fiction Facts" - a roundup of small press comics with ordering details.
    • "Brand New BD" - an overview of "large circulation strip magazines worldwide."
    • "Comics USA" - Alan Moore's diary from New York.
    • "D.I.Y.B.D." - guide to self publishing, part four: finding a printer.
    • "Escapology" - readers letters.
    • "Escape Artists" - biographies of contributors.

[edit] Issue Seven

1985

Format: A5, 84 pages, b/w interior, colour cover.

Cover by Oscar Zarate

  • Comic Strips
  • Interviews
  • Features
    • "Popular Graphics" - news roundup.
    • "Book Revue" - short reviews of recently published graphic novels.
    • "Brian Bolland's Hip Parade" - interview about favourite comics.
    • "Fast Fiction Facts" - a roundup of small press comics with ordering details.
    • "Comics USA" - American roundup.
    • "Brand New BD" - European roundup.
    • "The Kennedy Report" - a roundup of American small press.
    • "D.I.Y.B.D." - guide to self publishing, part four: dealing with your printer.
    • "Escapology" - readers letters.
    • "Escape Artists" - biographies of contributors.

[edit] Issue Eight

1986

Format: 8.25" x 11", 60 pages, b/w interior, color cover.

Cover by John Bagnall

  • Comic Strips
  • Features
    • "Popular Graphics" - news roundup.
    • "Hip Parade" - top 30 comics as voted for by readers.
    • "Music" - news with a comics connection.
    • "Profile: Jacques Tardi" - an introduction.
    • "Reviews" - graphic novel reviews.
    • "Film" - news with a comics connection.
    • "Fast Fiction" - small press reviews.

[edit] See also

Escape Magazine

[edit] References

  • Gravett, Paul and Stanbury, Peter (eds) Escape Magazine 1 - 7
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