Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	Spring 1975
Cover Price	1.25 USD
Pages	44
Editing	Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman

Cover Details

Genre	Adult
Script	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Notes	in Complete Crumb Comics, The (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #10

1 page They Shall Not Be Forgotten biography (nonfictional) "Caterina Sforza"

Characters	Caterina Sforza
Synopsis	Biographical details
Genre	Biography
Script	James Osborne
Pencils	James Osborne
Inks	James Osborne
Letters	James Osborne
Notes	Inside front cover

Half page story "An Introduction"

Characters	Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Synopsis	A statement of intent
Genre	Humour
Script	Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Pencils	Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Inks	Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Letters	Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Notes	A comic strip editorial

3 page story "Cracking Jokes"

Characters	Jack In The Box, Man, Psychiatrist
Synopsis	An investigation of humour
Genre	Humour
Script	Art Spiegelman
Pencils	Art Spiegelman
Inks	Art Spiegelman
Letters	Art Spiegelman

3 page Nard 'n' Pat story "Nard 'n' Pat"

Characters	Nard 'n' Pat
Synopsis	The contrast of bad times and easily available entertainment
Genre	Humor
Script	Jay Lynch
Pencils	Jay Lynch
Inks	Jay Lynch
Letters	Jay Lynch

3 page Zippy story "Detective Zippy, Plainclothes Pinhead"

Characters	Zippy The Pinhead
Synopsis	Zippy runs a detective agency and locates a diamond-encrusted g-string in typically discursive manner.
Genre	Humour
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith,

2 page Arnold Peck story "Once More With Or Without Feeling"

Characters	Arnold Peck
Synopsis	Arnold encounters gay society
Genre	Humour
Script	Willy Murphy
Pencils	Willy Murphy
Inks	Willy Murphy
Letters	Willy Murphy

3 page text article "The Love Song Of Timothy Leary"

Synopsis	Paul Krassner's thoughts on society
Script	Paul Krassner
Pencils	Spain Rodriguez
Inks	Spain Rodriguez
Notes	Illustrated text feature

3 page Nate Mishkin story "Mishkin's Folly"

Characters	Nate Mishkin, Dr Chambers, Waldo
Synopsis	Proclaimed dry, Mishkin is released back into scoiety
Genre	Humour
Script	Kim Deitch
Pencils	Kim Deitch
Inks	Kim Deitch
Letters	Kim Deitch
Notes	Credited to 'Fowlton Means'. Alternatively titled 'A Moon, A Fool And A Furlough'.

2 page story "Big Ass Topics"

Synopsis	R. Crumb's obsession with big asses
Genre	Adult
Script	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Pencils	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Notes	Centrespread
Reprinted	in Complete Crumb Comics, The (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #10

1 page Griffith Observatory story

Characters	Bill Griffith, Louie
Synopsis	A look at life-drawing
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith
Reprinted	in Griffith Observatory (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) #1

3 page story "Midnight"

Synopsis	A possible future
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Jay Kinney
Pencils	Jay Kinney
Inks	Jay Kinney

1 page Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips story "Number 836"

Synopsis	Motoring oddities
Genre	Humour
Script	Gilbert Shelton
Pencils	Gilbert Shelton
Inks	Gilbert Shelton
Letters	Gilbert Shelton

3 page Classics Crucified story "Wm Shakespeare's The Winter Tale"

Synopsis	A Winter's Tale cast with caricatures
Genre	Humour
Script	Justin Green
Pencils	Justin Green
Inks	Justin Green
Letters	Justin Green
Reprinted	In Knockabout (Knockabout, 1980 series) #13 (1987)

1 page Real Dream story "A Hand Job"

Characters	Art Spiegelman
Synopsis	Dream recollection
Script	Art Spiegelman
Pencils	Art Spiegelman
Inks	Art Spiegelman
Letters	Art Spiegelman

4 page Arcade Archives illustration

Synopsis	Glimpse at the work of cartoonist Harrison Cady
Pencils	Harrison Cady
Inks	Harrison Cady
Notes	Illustrations

3 page story "Sounds Of The Carnival"

Synopsis	A dysfunctional carnival relationship
Script	Will Fowler
Pencils	S. Clay Wilson
Inks	S. Clay Wilson
Letters	S. Clay Wilson
Notes	Illustrated story

Half page story "The Yma Sumac Story"

Characters	Yma Sumac
Synopsis	Fantasy about Yma Sumac
Genre	Humor
Script	Curt McDowell
Pencils	Curt McDowell
Inks	Curt McDowell
Letters	Curt McDowell

Half page story "Kelvin The Human Fly"

Characters	Kelvin, The Human Fly
Synopsis	Kelvin has a personality crisis
Genre	Humour
Script	Michael McMillan
Pencils	Michael McMillan
Inks	Michael McMillan
Letters	Michael McMillan

Half page The Bunch story "Little Girl With A Grudge"

Characters	The Bunch; Mom; Dad
Synopsis	How Children absorb behaviour
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Aline Kominsky
Pencils	Aline Kominksy
Inks	Aline Kominsky
Letters	Aline Kominsky

Half page story "Letter For Olda"

Characters	Olga; Rueben Ness
Synopsis	Olga attends an art show
Genre	Humour
Script	George Kuchar
Pencils	George Kuchar
Inks	George Kuchar
Letters	George Kuchar

Half page DiDi Glitz story "Bingo Bondage"

Characters	DiDi Glitz; Gloria; Madame Ramona
Synopsis	DiDi goes to the bingo
Genre	Humour
Script	Diane Noomin
Pencils	Diane Noomin
Inks	Diane Noomin
Letters	Diane Noomin

Half page story "Looking At The World Thru Rose Colored Glasses"

Characters	Bum; injured man
Synopsis	The search for identity
Genre	Humor
Script	Aldo Bobbo
Pencils	Aldo Bobbo
Inks	Aldo Bobbo
Letters	Aldo Bobbo
Notes	Aldo Bobbo is an alias for Robert Armstrong

1 page story "Mystic Comics Part 1"

Synopsis	A fantasy
Genre	Fantasy
Script	Victor Moscoso
Pencils	Victor Moscoso
Inks	Victor Moscoso
Colors	Victor Moscoso
Letters	Victor Moscoso
Notes	Back Cover