The Cheque, Mate 1992 #1 - back issue - $6.00

Shakespeare writes to his creditors.

An essay on where each strip included came from and how they came to be written.

The introduction of the new boyfriend is a disaster.

Alleged early incidents in the life of Roderigo Borgia

Campbell recalls a job in a fish and chip shop

Insights into humour

Gag strip dissecting humour

Gag strip dissecting humour

Gag strip dissecting humour

Campbell recalls his school days

Methods of ruining sex

Biography of British eccentric Mytton

Biography of British fop Brummel

Assorted great men of the 18th century

Biography of Caligula

Assorted fictional saints

Eddie Campbell interviews Australian political cartoonist Sean Leahy.

Modern-day muses

Two pages of comics from a fake newspaper.

A run though the menu of life

Shakespeare writes to his creditors

Stories largely collected from assorted other publications.

• - Single tier gag strip of new material
• - Inside front cover and on page 29.
• How To Avoid Sex - Strip originally intended for an educational book, but rejected.
• Johker's Wild... - Originally intended for Dogsbody.
• For Your Futher Eddie-fication - Ad for other Fantagraphics publications with Eddie Campbell's work.
• The Unknown Muses - Strip is credited to S.Stamatiadis and I.Gould, with no indication of who's responsible for what.
• - Single tier gag strips of new material
• Dogsbody - Originally intended as a cover for unpublished comic titled Dogsbody. Logo credit from the introduction.