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, featuring creator interviews, reviews, satirical articles, and original comic strips. Similar in format to '' Mad'' magazine, but with an

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twist, ''Honk!'' was edited by Tom Mason (issues #1–3) and then

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(issues #4–5). The 52-page magazine-sized publication was published bimonthly from November 1986–July 1987.

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# (November 1986) —10-page interview with Don Martin ('' MAD''), with comics by

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, Gary Whitney, Bob Boze Bell, J. R. Williams,

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, and

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# (January 1987) —

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'') # (March 1987) —

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'', ''

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'') # (May 1987) — David Boswell ('' Reid Fleming'') # (July 1987) —

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