Black Cat Crossing

(October 1993)

Kitchen Sink Press, 1993 Series

Published in English (United States)

Price: 10.95 USD; 14.25 CAD
Pages: 100
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Kitchen Sink Press Inc.
Brand: ?
ISBN: 0-87816-237-2
Barcode: 9780878162376 51095

Editing: Dave Schreiner; James Vance

Color: color cover; mostly black and white interior with one color section
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: one-shot

Issue Notes

Back cover mentions that 21 pages of this book have never been published before.

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Richard Sala
Inks: Richard Sala
Colors: ?
Letters: Richard Sala

Genre: detective-mystery

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illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Richard Sala (signed) [as S]
Inks: Richard Sala (signed) [as S]

Genre: detective-mystery
Synopsis: A mysterious alleyway with a man drawing a cat's face on the wall and a woman with a bird mask, along with other odd characters.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Pencils: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Inks: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Letters: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]

Genre: detective-mystery
Synopsis: Avery is hired by an old woman to find out who stole her cat, but the mystery is much deeper and older than just the cat.

Indexer Notes

Page count includes an illustration page at the beginning which may or not be part of the story.

comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Pencils: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Inks: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Letters: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Guy Welles; Dr. Adder; Laura Trilby; Arthur Marks; Pristeen; Les Moore

Synopsis

An amnesiac finds that he's the center of a long-term art scandal.

Reprints

from Blab! (Kitchen Sink Press, 1988 series) #5 (Summer 1990)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Richard Sala
Inks: Richard Sala

Genre: detective-mystery
Synopsis: A young woman clutches her diary while surrounded by odd characters.

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Pencils: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Inks: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Letters: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Christine Brooder; Pillow-Killer; The Grocer; Barber; Pharmacist; Captain McGraw; Local Librarian; Inky; Johnny Gluepot; Pet-Shop Manager

Synopsis

A washed up detective is assigned to find Christine Brooder.

Reprints

from Blab! (Kitchen Sink Press, 1988 series) #6 (Summer 1991)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Richard Sala (signed) [as S]
Inks: Richard Sala (signed) [as S]
Colors: Richard Sala (signed) [as S]
Letters: Richard Sala (signed) [as S]

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Next time I should just go to Burger King.
Genre: detective-mystery
Synopsis: A normal man sits in a restaurant surrounded by nefarious people.

Indexer Notes

First page of color section.

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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]

Synopsis

A man is obsessed with television.

Reprints

from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #2 (October 1990)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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]

Synopsis

A man remembers his favourite song, which goes "gloomy love, hopeless love..."

Reprints

from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #2 (October 1990)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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]

Synopsis

A paranoid man with the mind of an ape builds a monument on his house to a dead dog.

Reprints

from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #3 (January 1991)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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]

Genre

drama

Synopsis

A woman learns that her husband paints people's pictures before he kills them.

Reprints

from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #4 (March 1991)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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]

Genre

drama

Synopsis

A man is hypnotized into committing robberies, but remembers nothing about it.

Reprints

from Drawn & Quarterly (Drawn & Quarterly, 1990 series) #5 (June 1991)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Richard Sala (signed)
Pencils: Richard Sala (signed)
Inks: Richard Sala (signed)
Colors: Richard Sala (signed)
Letters: Richard Sala (signed)

Synopsis: A man receives a package containing a log and a saw.

Indexer Notes

Last page of color section.

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Pencils: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Inks: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Letters: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]

Synopsis

A mad doctor reminisces about his crazy schemes and how he is always defeated.

Reprints

from Snarf (Kitchen Sink Press, 1972 series) #15 (October 1990)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script: Richard Sala [as R. Sala] (signed)
Pencils: Richard Sala [as R. Sala] (signed)
Inks: Richard Sala [as R. Sala] (signed)
Letters: Richard Sala [as R. Sala] (signed)

Characters

Therapist; Aldo; Basil; Cecil; Dexter; Edna; Farley; Gunther; Hugo; Igor; Jervis; Kent; Lowell; Molly; Nigel; Osgood; Preston; Quilbey; Roderick; Siegfried; Tod; Upton; Vaughn; Wesley; Xenos; Yorick; Zed

Synopsis

An alphabetical listing of a therapist's patients.

Reprints

from Blab! (Kitchen Sink Press, 1988 series) #7 (Winter 1992)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script: Tom DeHaven
Pencils: Richard Sala
Inks: Richard Sala
Letters: Richard Sala

Synopsis

A man is invited to a wedding as a guest but, through trickery, becomes the groom.

Reprints

from Raw (Penguin, 1989 series) #3 - High Culture for Lowbrows ([June] 1991)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Pencils: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Inks: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Letters: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]

Synopsis: A vet's assistant is confronted about selling animal organs for human transplants.

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script: Richard Sala [as R. Sala] (signed)
Pencils: Richard Sala [as R. Sala] (signed)
Inks: Richard Sala [as R. Sala] (signed)
Letters: Richard Sala [as R. Sala] (signed)

Characters

Graphic Artist; Dr. Verdegast; Boss; Large Man

Synopsis

An advertising man is inducted into a secret society that puts subliminal information into ads.

Reprints

from Blab! (Kitchen Sink Press, 1988 series) #4 (Summer 1989)

Indexer Notes

Story inspired by Subliminal Seduction by Wilson B. Key.

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Richard Sala (signed)
Pencils: Richard Sala (signed)
Inks: Richard Sala (signed)
Letters: Richard Sala (signed)

Genre: detective-mystery
Characters: Judy Drood
Synopsis: Judy tries to clear her father's name but figures out he's guilty.

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Pencils: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Inks: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Letters: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]

Characters: Richard Sala
Synopsis: Richard Sala recounts what a hooligan he is.

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Richard Sala (signed)
Inks: Richard Sala (signed)
Letters: Richard Sala (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text: There goes old Parker again.
Synopsis: A man falls out a window.

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]
Inks: Richard Sala (signed) [as R. Sala]

Synopsis: A "lady-of-the-night" smokes a cigarette.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
1. [no title indexed]
2. Fellowship of the Creeping Cat
3. The Big Dark Zero
4. [Diary]
5. Where Is Christine Brooder?
6. ["Next time I should just go to Burger King."]
7. Credo
8. Gloom
9. One of the Wonders of the World
10. A Newlywed's Heartache
11. The Somnambulist
12. Night Delivery
13. Another Mad Doktor
14. Psychorama
15. Proxy
16. The Peculiar Case of Dr. V.
17. Hypnorama
18. Judy Drood Girl Detective
19. All About Me
20. ["There goes old Parker again."]
21. [no title indexed]
22. ["Detours and darkened doorways."]

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Fellowship of the Creeping Cat (Table of Contents: 2)

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The Big Dark Zero (Table of Contents: 3)

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[Diary] (Table of Contents: 4)

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Where Is Christine Brooder? (Table of Contents: 5)

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Credo (Table of Contents: 7)

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Gloom (Table of Contents: 8)

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One of the Wonders of the World (Table of Contents: 9)

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A Newlywed's Heartache (Table of Contents: 10)

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The Somnambulist (Table of Contents: 11)

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Night Delivery (Table of Contents: 12)

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Another Mad Doktor (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Psychorama (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Proxy (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

The Peculiar Case of Dr. V. (Table of Contents: 16)

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Hypnorama (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Judy Drood Girl Detective (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

All About Me (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Black Cat Crossing

(October 1993)