TABLE OF CONTENTS

"This is the story.... of Alex and Joanne Riverside, who escaped from the downsizing corporate world to open their own alternative cyber-cafe in the sleepy middle American town of Grassy Knoll, Wisconsin.

Having taken over Sam'n'Ella's, the local greasy spoon cafe, they have converted it into a crunchy granola, vegetarian Cyber-Cafe. These are their continuing adventures on the frontiers of the Culture War... "

Nobleharbor is proud to collect the series that first debuted on Nando.net on August 11, 97!


Issue # 1 - Dr. Who? - meet Dr. Andrew Vial, holistic healer

Issue # 2 - "Fostering Creativity in the Workplace" - take a look at Alex's "Employee Handbook"

Issue # 3 - Cranbrook - an introduction to Cranbrook

Issue # 4 - Perfection - "Is red meat a conspiracy?" and other philosophical musings...

Issue # 5 - Random Acts of "Guyness" - Cranbrook's take on chivalrous behaviour

Issue # 6 - The Highest Form of Action... - featuring Dr. Vial, a New Age saleman, and Carl's problem with Life.

Issue # 7 - Wisdom - Little Eagle shares some of his Native American Wisdom with Cranbrook

Issue # 8 - Shades of Gray (5 Missing) - A look at the Internet...and Alex talks about being your own boss.

Issue # 9 - Coincidence (5 Missing) - Carl and Cranbrook discuss journalism, anger, and more....

Issue # 10 - Roasting Marshmallows - Alex buys a multimedia computer, plus more philosophy from Cranbrook

Issue # 11 - Marilyn Munster - the AntiChrist superstar comes to town

Issue # 12 - "Dullsberry" - famous cartoonist "Gary Truedough" visits the restaurant

Issue # 13 - Fast Talker (1 Missing) - a unique menu item, plus another visit from Blaine Candy, New Age salesman.

Issue # 14 - Corporate Jester - Cranbrook has a new part-time job...

Issue # 15 - The Oneness of Being - Life around the restaurant

Issue # 16 - Simple Math - Where does Carl vacation?

Issue # 17 - Subliminal Easy Listening (5 Missing) - America's newest radio format!

Issue # 18 - One True Religion - Meet Dr. Jack Berzerkian

Issue # 19 - Ignorance Is Bliss (1 Missing) - the return of Blaine Candy, now a "Dale Barnumbee" graduate...

Issue # 20 - Astro-Econometrics (5 Missing) - more "Dale Barnumbee" logic, and an introduction to the "Republican Astrologers".

Issue # 21 - Youthlessness (1 Missing) - Where did the Republican Astrologers get their start?

Issue # 22 - Aging - You know you're getting old when...

Issue # 23 - The Gift That Keeps On Giving - Christmas at Alex's... plus the Young Republican Astrologer's return.

Issue # 24 - True Genius - Sensible shoes, a newspaper reporter, and "sweating the small stuff."

Issue # 25 - The Universe is Wrong - Cranbrook meditates!

Issue # 26 - The Guilt Business - A new restaurant opens up beside Alex's

Issue # 27 - Chocaholics Anonymous - Cranbrook and Alex confront guilt
Alex Riverside
Alex Riverside



Peter Sinclair is a Father, a Cartoonist, a Web designer, and a jack of all trades living in Midland, Michigan, USA. His cartoon, Alex's Restaurant, is an international hit that runs daily on some of the largest news sites on the World Wide Web. Yahoo Internet Life has called Alex's, "..the Next Dilbert.", and Sinclair has been named one of the top 5 authors on the Internet by Ha'Aretz newspaper in Tel Aviv.

Also known as "The World's Tastiest and Most Therapeutic Cartoon", and "Your Friendly Neighborhood Over the Counter Culture", Alex's Restaurant is the cartoon of all things wholistic, organic, natural, and herbal. The cartoon is currently invading print media across the planet, and will soon be available in book form, as well.

Peter Sinclair

Write to Peter at greenman@tm.net

Copyright © Peter Sinclair, 1997, 1998, 1999