diff --git a/src/plot.jl b/src/plot.jl
index 507f6cf6..6f17bb3e 100644
--- a/src/plot.jl
+++ b/src/plot.jl
@@ -162,8 +162,11 @@ end
 # this method recursively applies series recipes when the seriestype is not supported
 # natively by the backend
 function _apply_series_recipe(plt::Plot, d::KW)
+    # replace seriestype aliases
     st = d[:seriestype]
-    # @show st
+    st = d[:seriestype] = get(_typeAliases, st, st)
+
+    # if it's natively supported, finalize processing and pass along to the backend, otherwise recurse
     if st in supported_types()
 
         # getting ready to add the series... last update to subplot from anything
@@ -256,6 +259,24 @@ function _plot!(plt::Plot, d::KW, args...)
         args = (extractGroupArgs(d[:group], args...), args...)
     end
 
+    kw_list = KW[]
+    # still_to_process = isempty(args) ? [] : [RecipeData(copy(d), args)]
+    still_to_process = if isempty(args)
+        []
+    else
+        # if we were passed a vector/matrix of series types and there's more than one row,
+        # we want to duplicate the inputs, once for each seriestype row.
+        sts = get(d, :seriestype, :path)
+        if typeof(sts) <: AbstractArray
+            [begin
+                dc = copy(d)
+                dc[:seriestype] = sts[r,:]
+                RecipeData(dc, args)
+            end for r=1:size(sts,1)]
+        else
+            [RecipeData(copy(d), args)]
+        end
+    end
 
     # for plotting recipes, swap out the args and update the parameter dictionary
     # we are keeping a queue of series that still need to be processed.
@@ -263,8 +284,6 @@ function _plot!(plt::Plot, d::KW, args...)
     # the recipe will return a list a Series objects... the ones that are
     # finished (no more args) get added to the kw_list, and the rest go into the queue
     # for processing.
-    kw_list = KW[]
-    still_to_process = isempty(args) ? [] : [RecipeData(copy(d), args)]
     while !isempty(still_to_process)
 
         # grab the first in line to be processed and pass it through apply_recipe
@@ -409,12 +428,13 @@ function _plot!(plt::Plot, d::KW, args...)
         # get the Subplot object to which the series belongs
         sp = get(kw, :subplot, :auto)
         command_idx = kw[:series_plotindex] - kw_list[1][:series_plotindex] + 1
-        sp = if sp == :auto
-            cycle(plt.subplots, command_idx)
-            # mod1(command_idx, length(plt.subplots))
-        else
-            slice_arg(sp, command_idx)
-        end
+        sp = cycle(sp==:auto ? plt.subplots : sp, command_idx)
+        # sp = if sp == :auto
+        #     cycle(plt.subplots, command_idx)
+        #     # mod1(command_idx, length(plt.subplots))
+        # else
+        #     cycle(sp, command_idx)
+        # end
         sp = kw[:subplot] = get_subplot(plt, sp)
         # idx = get_subplot_index(plt, sp)
         attr = KW()
diff --git a/src/recipes.jl b/src/recipes.jl
index a182e002..6c0d02cd 100644
--- a/src/recipes.jl
+++ b/src/recipes.jl
@@ -214,8 +214,20 @@ end
 # end
 # @deps sticks path
 
+function hvline_limits(axis::Axis)
+    vmin, vmax = axis_limits(axis)
+    if vmin >= vmax
+        if isfinite(vmin)
+            vmax = vmin + 1
+        else
+            vmin, vmax = 0.0, 1.1
+        end
+    end
+    vmin, vmax
+end
+
 @recipe function f(::Type{Val{:hline}}, x, y, z)
-    xmin, xmax = axis_limits(d[:subplot][:xaxis])
+    xmin, xmax = hvline_limits(d[:subplot][:xaxis])
     n = length(y)
     newx = repmat(Float64[xmin, xmax, NaN], n)
     newy = vec(Float64[yi for i=1:3,yi=y])
@@ -227,7 +239,7 @@ end
 @deps hline path
 
 @recipe function f(::Type{Val{:vline}}, x, y, z)
-    ymin, ymax = axis_limits(d[:subplot][:yaxis])
+    ymin, ymax = hvline_limits(d[:subplot][:yaxis])
     n = length(y)
     newx = vec(Float64[yi for i=1:3,yi=y])
     newy = repmat(Float64[ymin, ymax, NaN], n)
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index a0009d64..c4e283d8 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ end
 nop() = nothing
 notimpl() = error("This has not been implemented yet")
 
+Base.cycle(wrapper::InputWrapper, idx::Int) = wrapper.obj
+Base.cycle(wrapper::InputWrapper, idx::AVec{Int}) = wrapper.obj
+
 Base.cycle(v::AVec, idx::Int) = v[mod1(idx, length(v))]
 Base.cycle(v::AMat, idx::Int) = size(v,1) == 1 ? v[1, mod1(idx, size(v,2))] : v[:, mod1(idx, size(v,2))]
 Base.cycle(v, idx::Int)       = v
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 7caeb2ce..b320bed4 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ facts("GR") do
     @fact gr() --> Plots.GRBackend()
     @fact backend() --> Plots.GRBackend()
 
-    @linux_only image_comparison_facts(:gr, skip=[30], eps=img_eps)
+    image_comparison_facts(:gr, skip=[30], eps=img_eps)
 end
 
 facts("Plotly") do