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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published Spring 1976
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 52
Editing Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman

Cover Details

Genre Humour
Pencils Jay Lynch (signed)
Inks Jay Lynch (signed)
Colors Jay Lynch
Letters Jay Lynch

Half page story

Synopsis The stress of publishing
Genre Humor
Script Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Pencils Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Inks Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Letters Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Notes Illustated editorial

4 page Crybaby Beanhead story "Crybaby's Blues"

Characters Crybaby Beanhead
Synopsis The harshness of life
Genre Humour
Script R. Crumb
Pencils R. Crumb
Inks R. Crumb
Letters R. Crumb

6 page Zippy The Pinhead story "Comedia Dell' Zippy"

Characters Zippy The Pinhead
Synopsis Outlawed clowns put on a show
Genre Humour
Script Bill Griffith
Pencils Bill Griffith
Inks Bill Griffith
Letters Bill Griffith

4 page Famous Frauds story "The Great Ajeeb, Chess Playing Automaton"

Characters Harry Nelson Pillsbury; Jesse Hanson
Synopsis A fake chess playing machine
Genre Humour
Script Kim Deitch
Pencils Kim Deitch
Inks Kim Deitch
Letters Kim Deitch
Reprinted In Knockabout (Knockabout, 1980 series) #10 (1985)

3 page story "The Corpse Gobblin' Ogre Of Columbite Mountain"

Characters Checkered Demon; Hunchback Ogre
Synopsis The Ogre hasn't eaten a good corpse in a while
Genre Humour
Script S. Clay Wilson
Pencils S. Clay Wilson
Inks S. Clay Wilson
Letters S. Clay Wilson
Reprinted In Comix Book (Kitchen Sink, 1976 series) #5 (July 1976)

1 page DiDi Glitz story "DiDi Glitz & The Three Bears"

Characters DiDi Glitz; Brillo; Burma; Bekins
Synopsis DiDi renovates the three bears' house
Genre Humour
Script Diane Noomin
Pencils Diane Noomin
Inks Diane Noomin
Letters Diane Noomin
Reprinted in The Best of Wimmen's Comix (Hassle Free Press, 1979 series) #nn

3 page story "Anthony and the Temptations"

Characters St Anthony; Fontaine
Synopsis St Anthony moves to the big city
Genre Fiction
Script George Di Caprio
Pencils Justin Green
Inks Justin Green
Notes Excerpted from an unfinished novel. George Di Caprio is the father of actor Leonard Di Caprio

2 page illustration

Script Michael McMillan
Pencils Michael McMillan
Inks Michael McMillan
Letters Michael McMillan
Notes Centrespread

1 page story "Terror From The Grave"

Characters Pooh; Linda
Synopsis Pooh murders Linda for her inheritance
Genre Humour
Script Rory Hayes
Pencils Rory Hayes
Inks Rory Hayes
Letters Rory Hayes
Reprinted in New Comics Anthology, The (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 Series) #[nn]

3 page Arnold Peck story "A Modern Mystery"

Characters Arnold Peck; Commissioner; Ronald McDonald
Synopsis Arnold is superhero Wreckman
Genre Humour
Script Willy Murphy
Pencils Willy Murphy
Inks Willy Murphy
Letters Willy Murphy

3 page story "Some Boxes For The Salvation Army"

Synopsis Scattershot panels
Genre Humour
Script Art Spiegelman
Pencils Art Spiegelman
Inks Art Spiegelman
Letters Art Spiegelman

2 page story "The Calvin Coolidge Story"

Characters Calvin Coolidge
Synopsis Snapshots from Coolidge's life
Genre Biography
Script Jim Hoberman
Pencils Kim Deitch
Inks Kim Deitch
Letters Kim Deitch
Notes Illustrated text

2 page story "Self-Portrait"

Synopsis An improbable biography
Genre Humour
Script M.K. Brown
Pencils M.K. Brown
Inks M.K. Brown
Letters M.K. Brown

1 page story "Zen Time"

Synopsis A zen fable pastiche
Genre Humour
Script Justin Green
Pencils Justin Green
Inks Justin Green
Letters Justin Green

5 page story "Gotterdamerung"

Characters General Gotthard Heinrici; Hitler; Stalin
Synopsis The last days of the Nazis
Genre History
Script Spain Rodriguez
Pencils Spain Rodriguez
Inks Spain Rodriguez
Letters Spain Rodriguez

1 page The Bunch story "The Bunch And Her Family"

Synopsis Aline Kominsky's family
Genre Autobiography
Script Aline Kominsky
Pencils Aline Kominksy
Inks Aline Kominsky
Letters Aline Kominsky

1 page story "Bughouse Fables"

Genre Humour
Script Billy De Beck
Pencils Billy De Beck
Inks Billy De Beck
Letters Billy De Beck
Notes One panel cartoon gags from the 1920s

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

Synopsis The drunk meets the Swedes
Genre Humor
Script Robert Armstrong
Pencils Robert Armstrong
Inks Robert Armstrong
Letters Robert Armstrong

Half page story "Trexler The Trilobite"

Synopsis A trilobite lands in the street
Genre Humor
Script Dirk Burhans
Pencils Dirk Burhans
Inks Dirk Burhans
Letters Dirk Burhans
Notes A parody of Winsor McKay's Little Nemo In Slumberland

Half page story "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"

Characters Michele Brand
Synopsis Dream recollection
Genre Humor
Script Michele Brand
Pencils Michele Brand
Inks Michele Brand
Letters Michele Brand

Half page story "Highlights In The Life Of Kathi Smith"

Synopsis The eccentric Kathi Smith
Genre Humor
Script Curt McDowell
Pencils Curt McDowell
Inks Curt McDowell
Letters Curt McDowell
Notes Subtitled 'A True Story'

1 page advertisement "Bode's Cartoon Concert"

Characters Cheech Wizard
Synopsis Cheech's sales pitch
Genre Humour
Script Vaughn Bode
Pencils Vaughn Bode
Inks Vaughn Bode
Letters Vaughn Bode
Notes New material advertising a collection

1 page illustration "Deceasedland"

Script Robert Williams
Pencils Robert Williams
Inks Robert Williams
Colors Robert Williams
Letters Robert Williams