To every biweekly edition of national gay magazine The Advocate - from issue No. 244 through No. 378, 1978-1984 -writer/artist Dennis Forbes contributed a "box" feature titled "The Madding Crowd," consisting of the caricature of a personality who recently had made news in a gay-related context, most of those accompanied by amusing, often-biting commentary. All 134 "Crowds" are gathered here for the first time.