Issue Details

Issue	#50
Published	March 1990
Cover Price	4.95 USD
Pages	84
Editing	Kim Thompson
Notes	first printing: December, 1989

Cover Details

Genre	funny animal; western
Pencils	Ken Macklin (painting)
Inks	Ken Macklin (painting)
Colors	Ken Macklin (painting)
Letters	Freddy Milton (logo design); Ingo Milton (logo)

Half page illustration "Contents"

Genre	funny animal
Pencils	Frank Lintzen
Inks	Frank Lintzen
Letters	Frank Lintzen
Notes	Contents page illustration

1 page text article "The Last Editorial"

Script	Kim Thompson
Letters	typeset
Notes	editorial

2 page Teddy Payne story "The Turnaround"

Characters	Teddy Payne
Synopsis	Teddy Payne gets thrown out by his girlfriend.
Genre	funny animal
Script	Ty Templeton
Pencils	Ty Templeton
Inks	Ty Templeton
Letters	Ty Templeton

6 page Fission Chicken story "The Beast With Five Toes"

Characters	foot of Vuvumba; Fission Chicken; Skip Squirrelhard
Synopsis	Demon foot escapes & causes chaos.
Genre	funny animal; superhero; humour
Script	J.P. Morgan
Pencils	J.P. Morgan
Inks	J.P. Morgan
Letters	J.P. Morgan

7 page Neil the Horse text story "Autumn Adventure"

Characters	Neil the Horse; West Wind; North Wind; Mam'selle Poupée; Soapy; Tony
Synopsis	Neil spends fall day exploring farm and forest.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Arn Saba
Pencils	Arn Saba
Inks	Arn Saba
Letters	typeset
Notes	Illustrated children's story

1 page Ambrose story "Ambrose"

Characters	Colby; Ambrose
Synopsis	Ambrose plants a garden.
Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	William Van Horn
Pencils	William Van Horn
Inks	William Van Horn
Letters	William Van Horn

2 page Mad Raccoons story "Uncle Erf"

Characters	Uncle Erf; Aunt Pansy; Ezry
Synopsis	Uncle Erf and Aunt Pansy have a fight.
Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	Cathy Hill
Pencils	Cathy Hill
Inks	Cathy Hill
Letters	Cathy Hill

5 page story "Onomatopoeia"

Characters	Dogzilla; Duckula; Harpo Marx spoof; Dr. Pointer S. Toxin; Three Stooges spoof; Hog's Pig Boy; You-All Gibbon
Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	Todd Rundgren (lyrics); Scott Shaw! (comic adaptation)
Pencils	Scott Shaw!
Inks	Scott Shaw!
Letters	Scott Shaw!
Notes	comics adaptation of Todd Rundgren song; song originally appeared on The Hermit Of Mink Hollow album (Rhino Records, 1978)

4 page Jack Hammer story "In Cold Milk"

Characters	Jack Hammer; spoofs of several cereal ad characters
Synopsis	Jack Hammer hunts a cereal killer.
Genre	funny animal; detective; humour
Script	Tim Fuller
Pencils	Tim Fuller
Inks	Tim Fuller
Letters	Tim Fuller

3 page Sam & Max, Freelance Police story "The Damned Don't Dance"

Characters	Sam; Max
Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	Steve Purcell
Pencils	Steve Purcell
Inks	Steve Purcell
Letters	L. Lois Buhalis
Notes	Christmas story

2 page Inky and Stinky story "Dippy Ditties"

Characters	Inky; Stinky; Johnny Depp; Hasty Pudding; Bing Crosby's Horse; Stephen DeStefano
Synopsis	Inky and Stinky join race.
Genre	surreal; humour
Script	Stephen DeStefano
Pencils	Stephen DeStefano
Inks	Stephen DeStefano
Letters	Stephen DeStefano

1 page Ambrose; The Shadow spoof story "Ambrose"

Characters	Ambrose; Colby
Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	William Van Horn
Pencils	William Van Horn
Inks	William Van Horn
Letters	William Van Horn

8 page Usagi Yojimbo story "Yurei"

Characters	Usagi Yojimbo
Synopsis	Usagi Yojimbo meets a vengeful ghost.
Genre	funny animal; occult; martial arts
Script	Stan Sakai
Pencils	Stan Sakai
Inks	Stan Sakai
Letters	Stan Sakai

4 page Captain Jack; Star Trek spoof story "Why I Left the Navy!"

Characters	Captain Jack
Genre	mature readers; funny animal; science fiction; humour
Script	Mike Kazaleh
Pencils	Mike Kazaleh
Inks	Mike Kazaleh
Letters	Mike Kazaleh

1 page Ambrose story "Ambrose"

Characters	Ambrose; Colby
Synopsis	Ambrose models for Colby.
Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	William Van Horn
Pencils	William Van Horn
Inks	William Van Horn
Letters	William Van Horn

2 page Mad Raccoons text story "The Sugar Cube Blues"

Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	Cathy Hill (lyrics and music)
Pencils	Cathy Hill
Inks	Cathy Hill
Letters	Cathy Hill
Notes	illustrated song score

5 page story "The Totally True to Life 10:15 p.m. McDonald's Drive-Thru Window Caper!"

Characters	Ty Templeton; Lisa; Bernie Mireault
Synopsis	Ty Templeton tries to get pedestrian service from a McDonald's drive-thru window.
Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	Ty Templeton
Pencils	Ty Templeton (layouts); Bernie Mireault
Inks	Ty Templeton
Letters	Bernie Mireault
Notes	funny animal depiction of real story

2 page Hooto, Clucko, and Honko (Marx brothers spoof) story "A Night At The Beanery"

Characters	Hooto; Clucko; Honko
Genre	funny animals; humour
Script	Jim Engel
Pencils	Jim Engel
Inks	Jim Engel
Letters	Jim Engel

4 page Plato Potts story "L'amour or Less"

Characters	Plato Potts; Melinda; Nemo; Floyd; Big Bob
Synopsis	Plato Potts gets a note from a secret admirer.
Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	Doug Gray
Pencils	Doug Gray
Inks	Doug Gray
Letters	Doug Gray

3 page story "The Story of Beef!"

Genre	propaganda
Script	Mark Martin
Pencils	Mark Martin
Inks	Mark Martin
Letters	typeset by Ben Burford
Notes	criticism of cattle industry and slaughterhouse practices

7 page Grootlore story "If Man Were Meant To Be Flies ..."

Characters	Vippen; Noodles
Synopsis	Vippen makes a fly-powered aeroplane.
Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	Peter Gullerud
Pencils	Peter Gullerud
Inks	Peter Gullerud
Letters	Peter Gullerud

1 page story "It's Cat 'N' Dog!"

Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	Jim Engel
Pencils	Jim Engel ? [as Boris Tutiers]
Inks	Jim Engel ? [as Boris Tutiers]
Letters	Jim Engel
Notes	claimed to be an English-language version of original strip done by Serbian cartoonist Boris Tutiers; Serbian version claimed to be first published in 1967 in Serbian comic weekly Kreeturs; indicia suggests that Boris Tutiers is a hoax

6 page Cutie Bunny story "Xmass Blitz-Kringle"

Characters	Kelly O'Hare; Domino; Bingo; Cutie Bunny (Heather Ap-Glendowner); Al; Al; Taffy; Vicky Feldhyser (Ashtoreth); Joshua Quagmire; Fatty Tubbins; Heidi; Gran'ma Phooby; Etsuko; Josef Stalin; Howdy Ivan; Leedle Svetlana; Erwin Rommel; Purple Puffle; Matilda
Genre	funny animal; humour
Script	Joshua Quagmire
Pencils	Joshua Quagmire
Inks	Dick Glass; Fatty Tubbins
Letters	Joshua Quagmire?

1 page Neil the Horse text story

Script	Arn Saba
Letters	typeset
Notes	quote from Neil the Horse story in this issue, dedicated to the memory of Jay Ward and C.C. Beck

3 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes

two page back issue list for Fantagraphics funny animal comics; B&W house ad for The Eye Of Mongombo

1 page illustration "Catnippon"

Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Colors	Tom Luth
Letters	Sergio Aragones