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Keyhole #1 coverKeyhole #1
June 1996
B&W, 24 pages, $2.95, with color cover by Dean Haspiel. Back cover by Josh Neufeld. Interior art by Haspiel and Neufeld.

In Keyhole #1's lead story, travelers Josh and Sari come upon the Thai "Cave of Doom." Meanwhile, in Trip City, Billy Dogma is a philosophical vagabond who's so confused that his guns shoot everything but bullets. Also, learn why a man can't wash dishes in "Cabbage Patch Man." And that's just the beginning of the full-length, quarterly version of the acclaimed mini-comic Keyhole.

Keyhole #2 cover Keyhole #2
October 1996
B&W, 32 pages, $2.95, with color cover by Josh Neufeld. Back cover by Dean Haspiel. Interior art by Haspiel and Neufeld.

While traveling in Malaysia, Josh and Sari do some volunteer work on "Mr. Ong's Organic Farm." Meanwhile, anti-hero Billy Dogma needs milk for his girlfriend Jane Legit's coffee. In the course of sticking up a deli for a quart, Billy encounters the awesome power of "The Human Barcode." In another story, Dean searches for the ultimate baseball card in "The Left Hand of God." Also, regular installments of "Lionel's Lament," "Travel Tips," "Waiting," "Mrs. Banks" and plenty more.

Keyhole #2

Keyhole #3 coverKeyhole #3
January 1997
B&W, 24 pages, $2.95, with color cover by Dean Haspiel. Interior art by Haspiel and Josh Neufeld.

In this third installment, Dean invites you to spend five days with slacker philosopher Billy Dogma as he considers anguish and desire in "Daydream Lullabies." Meanwhile, intrepid travelers Josh and Sari get drunk and frightened while touring through the wilds of Serbia by train. In Dean's gripping noir drama, "The Big Red Mess," find out what happens when two convicted killers escape from prison and discover that they are each other's worst nightmares. Also, regular installments of "Lionel's Lament," "Travel Tips," "Titans of Finance," and plenty more.

Keyhole #4 cover Keyhole #4
August 1997
B&W, 24 pages, $2.95, with color cover by Josh Neufeld. Back cover by Linda Perkins. Interior art by Haspiel, Neufeld and Perkins.

In "The Balkan Express, Part II: The Ice Cream Man," Josh & Sari meet a gentle Serb named Janko as they wait for their train to Hungary. Also, check out "I Was Waiting for You, Daddy," a unique experiment in which three cartoonists — Dean, Josh and Linda Perkins — illustrate the same script by Duplex Planet Illustrated's David Greenberger. In "St. Valentine's Day Mascara," Billy Dogma shops for a romantic gift for Jane Legit as he enters the wacked-out world of Lovely Prudence! Plus, regular installments of "Travel Tips," "Titans of Finance," and more, in Keyhole #4 — from Modern!

Keyhole #4

Keyhole #5 coverKeyhole #5
June 1998
B&W, 32 pages, $2.95, with color cover by Dean Haspiel. Interior art by Haspiel and Neufeld.

Sporting a new Top Shelf format, this stand-alone issue spotlights the worlds of Josh Neufeld and Dean Haspiel, where autobiographical stories of international travel are cleverly mixed with stark tales of introspection and social commentary. In "A Few Perfect Hours," Josh & Sari find sanctuary in a Buddhist temple, while Dino celebrates broken bones and scar tissue in "Proud Flesh."

Keyhole #5

Keyhole #6Keyhole #6
December 1998
B&W, 32 pages, $2.95, with color cover by Josh Neufeld. Back cover by Dean Haspiel. Interior art by Haspiel and Neufeld.

Keyhole's sixth issue features Josh & Sari in "Travel Tips #22: How to Star in a Singaporean Soap Opera." Dino takes us through the terrors of old age in "Minding Millie," and the foibles of the business world in "Entrepeneurs." Also: "Titans of Finance" tells the story of "Hoodoo," another episode of "Lionel's Lament," and more.

Keyhole #6

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