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