Plastic Guzzler

GIVING CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE: But what happens when your credit line tanks out?
This cartoon introduces a technique that has since been called the quarter frame. Quarter frame? "Looks more like a fourth panel crunch", winks Madam & Eve creator Rico (who should know). Gavin Thomson (who draws Trek Net) explains: "Times are getting tough, we might have to lose a few panels or even retrench a few characters".