Issue Details

Issue	#1348
Published	1962
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "Yak Yak, No. 1348." No code number. Copyright 1962 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Subtitled "A Pathology of Humor" on cover.

Cover Details

Genre	humor
Pencils	Jack Davis (painting) (signed)
Inks	Jack Davis (painting) (signed)
Colors	Jack Davis (painting) (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Indicia title is "Yak Yak, No. 1348." No code number. Copyright 1962 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Subtitled "A Pathology of Humor" on cover.

1 page story "Sufferin Pain Reliever"

Synopsis	Parody of ad for Bufferin pain releiver.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover; black and white.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Pencils	Jack Davis (signed)
Inks	Jack Davis (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Listed as "Volume 1, No. 2."

5 page story "TV for All"

Characters	Matt Gunn; Lester Dog
Synopsis	Adventures of a "singing private eye spy cowboy world traveler and wrestler from Cartoonland."
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset
Notes	Caricatures of Alfred Hitchcock, Fidel Castro, and Nikita Khrushchev.

1 page A Yak Yak filler "Take Me to Your Leader"

Synopsis	A short space alien reacts violently when he's laughed at by a beatnik.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset

5 page story "Skin-Diving"

Synopsis	Satire about skin-diving.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset

1 page A Yak Yak filler "The Caddy"

Synopsis	A clumsy golfer hits his caddy with his golf club.
Genre	humor; sports
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset

1 page text story "It Could Be Wurst"

Synopsis	A satire on the story of the Dutch boy and the hole in the dike.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis ?
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset

1 page A Yak Yak filler "Hair Restorer"

Synopsis	A street peddler selling hair grower disguises himself by using some of his product.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset

2 page illustration "A Yak Yak Prediction"

Characters	Nikita Khrushchev
Synopsis	Fake editorial cartoon concerning Russian Premier Nikita Krushchev.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset
Notes	Two-page drawing across the centerfold.

5 page story "How to Identify Road-Nuts!"

Synopsis	Different types of bad drivers.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset

1 page A Yak Yak filler "Snake-bite Medicine"

Synopsis	A mountaineer is only allowed to drink moonshine when he's bit by a snake.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset

5 page story "Romance/Realism"

Synopsis	A series of contrasts between the romantic view of the world and stark realism.
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset

2 page story "Hysterical Historical Quizzical Quiz"

Synopsis	A quiz involving historical events, with fake answers.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset

1 page filler "Belief It or Not!"

Synopsis	Parody of the "Believe It or Not" newspaper panel.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	Jack Davis ?

1 page A Yak Yak filler "The Lion Tamer"

Synopsis	A lion takes the lion-tamer's chair and sits in it.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset

1 page filler "Status Midget"

Synopsis	Parody ad for Status Midget sports car.
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Davis
Pencils	Jack Davis
Inks	Jack Davis
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page illustration "Man in the Moon"

Pencils	Jack Davis (painting?)
Inks	Jack Davis (painting?)
Colors	Jack Davis (painting?)
Notes	Back cover. Resolution of situation from front cover. Mostly monochrome blue, may be a water-color painting.