Issue Details

Issue	#6
Published	Summer 1976
Cover Price	1.50 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Notes	Editorial page contains a remembrance of Willy Murphy

Cover Details

Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Inks	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Colors	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

7 page Those Cute Little Bearzy Wearzies story "Ain't It Nice"

Characters	Jippo; Boopsy
Synopsis	Teddy bears behaving like trash
Genre	Humour
Script	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Pencils	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Inks	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Letters	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

2 page story "The Malpractice Suite"

Genre	Humour
Script	Art Spiegelman
Pencils	Art Spiegelman
Inks	Art Spiegelman
Letters	Art Spiegelman
Notes	The strip cuts up old newspaper strips and adds to them for new effect
Reprinted	in Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! (Pantheon, 2008 series) #[nn]

4 page story "Social Problems of the Toadettes"

Synopsis	A sideways look at society
Genre	Humour
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

2 page story "Monster Bride"

Characters	Doctor Fetterman, Nurse Baxter, The Chief
Synopsis	A Frankenstein bride is created
Genre	Humour
Script	S.Clay Wilson
Pencils	S.Clay Wilson
Inks	S. Clay Wilson
Letters	S.Clay Wilson

1 page DiDi Glitz story "A Perfectly Divine Vision"

Characters	DiDi Glitz
Synopsis	Didi becomes a cult leader
Genre	Humour
Script	Diane Noomin
Pencils	Diane Noomin
Inks	Diane Noomin
Letters	Diane Noomin

1 page story "Flamed-Out Funnies"

Synopsis	How San Francisco's Haight Street has changed since the 1960s.
Genre	Humour
Script	Willy Murphy
Pencils	Willy Murphy
Inks	Willy Murphy
Letters	Willy Murphy

2 page Henry Henpeck story "King Of The Road"

Characters	Henry Henpeck; Henry's wife
Synopsis	Henry's wife has a dream
Genre	Humour
Script	Willy Murphy
Pencils	Willy Murphy
Inks	Willy Murphy
Letters	Willy Murphy
Reprinted	In Comix Book (Kitchen Sink, 1976 series) #5 (July 1976)

1 page story "Automatic Transmission"

Synopsis	Teenagers in a car
Genre	Humour
Script	Willy Murphy
Pencils	Willy Murphy
Inks	Willy Murphy
Letters	Willy Murphy
Notes	Previously printed in San Francisco Comic Book 4

1 page Arnold Peck story "Arnold Peck"

Characters	Arnold Peck
Synopsis	Arnold's companion goes shopping
Genre	Humour
Script	Willy Murphy
Pencils	Willy Murphy
Inks	Willy Murphy
Letters	Willy Murphy

2 page illustration

Characters	Hollis Hale
Synopsis	Hollis Hale's final moments
Script	Kim Deitch
Pencils	Kim Deitch
Inks	Kim Deitch
Letters	Kim Deitch
Notes	Centrespread

1 page Space Age Confidential text story

Synopsis	War and flying saucers
Script	Jim Hoberman
Pencils	Art Spiegelman (illustrations)
Inks	Art Spiegelman (illustrations)
Letters	typeset

3 page story "Dad For A Day"

Characters	Father Flanellton, Sol
Synopsis	A day out for the teenage orphans
Genre	Humour
Script	Justin Green
Pencils	Justin Green
Inks	Justin Green
Letters	Justin Green
Notes	Story written entirely in rhyme

2 page The Bunch story "Mr Bunch"

Characters	The Bunch
Synopsis	Bunch's inner man
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Aline Kominsky
Pencils	Aline Kominksy
Inks	Aline Kominsky
Letters	Aline Kominsky

1 page story "Age Of Reason"

Synopsis	Philosophy
Genre	Humour
Script	Rory Hayes
Pencils	Rory Hayes
Inks	Rory Hayes
Letters	Rory Hayes

1 page story "Deadline"

Synopsis	A Corporate Conspiracy
Genre	Humour
Script	Spain Rodriguez
Pencils	Spain Rodriguez
Inks	Spain Rodriguez
Letters	Spain Rodriguez

4 page story "Getting A Document Stamped At Somerset House"

Synopsis	The trials of bureaucracy
Genre	Humour
Script	H.M.Bateman
Pencils	H.M.Bateman
Inks	H.M.Bateman
Notes	Reprint of a 1928 strip

4 page story "They Came From Space"

Synopsis	An alien abduction
Genre	Humour
Script	Mary Kay Brown
Pencils	Mary Kay Brown
Inks	Mary Kay Brown
Letters	Mary Kay Brown
Notes	Previously credited as M.K.Brown

1 page Mickey Rat story "High Rollin'"

Characters	Mickey Rat
Synopsis	Mickey buys a junk car
Genre	Humour
Script	Robert Armstrong
Pencils	Robert Armstrong
Inks	Robert Armstrong
Letters	Robert Armstrong

Half page story "A Fear Of Froaks"

Characters	Mr Pooh, Froaks
Synopsis	Mr Pooh's fear of Froaks
Genre	Humour
Script	Geoffrey Hayes
Pencils	Rory Hayes
Inks	Rory Hayes
Letters	Rory Hayes

Half page story "Childhood Adventures In South Modesto"

Characters	Nick The Wino
Synopsis	A traumatic childhood experience
Genre	Humour
Script	Larry Rippee
Pencils	Larry Rippee
Inks	Larry Rippee
Letters	Larry Rippee

Half page story "Farmer Ned"

Characters	Farmer Ned
Synopsis	Farmer Ned acts in haste
Genre	Humour
Script	Gerald Jablonski
Pencils	Gerald Jablonski
Inks	Gerald Jablonski
Letters	Gerald Jablonski

Half page Blabette story "Blabette Gets An Afro"

Characters	Blabette, Murray
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Aline Kominsky
Pencils	Aline Kominksy
Inks	Aline Kominsky
Letters	Aline Kominsky
Notes	Blabette and Murray are Aline Kominsky's cartoon version of her parents

Half page story "Pictograms"

Characters	Amy, Emil
Synopsis	Amy goes on a treasure hunt
Genre	Humour
Script	Mark Beyer
Pencils	Mark Beyer
Inks	Mark Beyer
Letters	Mark Beyer
Notes	Very early published work from Mark Beyer

Half page Griffith Observatory story "Moves To The Ivory Tower"

Characters	Bill Griffith, Louie
Synopsis	The Observatory moves
Genre	Humour
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

Half page story "Hot Dog Stand"

Synopsis	Strange events at a hot dog stand
Genre	Humour
Script	Michael McMillan
Pencils	Michael McMillan
Inks	Michael McMillan
Colors	Michael McMillan
Letters	Michael McMillan
Notes	Back cover one tier strip

Half page story "Dead Mule"

Synopsis	Three Men lost in the desert
Genre	Humour
Script	Michael McMillan
Pencils	Michael McMillan
Inks	Michael McMillan
Colors	Michael McMillan
Letters	Michael McMillan
Notes	Back cover one tier strip

Half page story "The Green Spot Strikes"

Characters	The Green Spot
Synopsis	The Green Spot takes action
Genre	Humour
Script	Michael McMillan
Pencils	Michael McMillan
Inks	Michael McMillan
Colors	Michael McMillan
Letters	Michael McMillan
Notes	Back cover one tier strip

Half page story "A Sardine Saga"

Synopsis	Retreat into a sardine label
Genre	Humour
Script	Michael McMillan
Pencils	Michael McMillan
Inks	Michael McMillan
Colors	Michael McMillan
Letters	Michael McMillan
Notes	Back cover one tier strip