(Winter 1986-87)

Bob Ross, 1985 Series
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Price
2.00 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Bob Ross
Editing
Robert Triptow

Issue Notes

Poppers special issue; all reprints from IN TOUCH MAGAZINE (issues not known)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Poppers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Colors
?
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Keywords
adult

Indexer Notes

Cover © Jerry Mills.

[Behold modern man!] (Table of Contents: 1)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Buster Crab (1st appearance)
Synopsis
Billy deals with crabs.
Keywords
adult

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover

[Howdy! My name's Buster!] (Table of Contents: 2)

Poppers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Buster Crab
Synopsis
After a hard night at the bars, Billy and Buster have company but Yves does not
Keywords
adult

[Billy, going to this gay beach...] (Table of Contents: 3)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Buster Crab
Synopsis
Yves is scandalized that Billy goes au naturel at the beach
Keywords
adult

[Billy and Yves are cruisin' the bars...] (Table of Contents: 4)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Buster Crab
Synopsis
Yves tries to make small talk with a cute guy who's equally shy
Keywords
adult

[Yves helps Billy give a summer party...] (Table of Contents: 5)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Buster Crab
Synopsis
Billy confuses foods with 'ludes
Keywords
adult

[It's well known that if you want to dance...] (Table of Contents: 6)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Buster Crab
Synopsis
Billy gets Yves to go with him to the STD clinic
Keywords
adult

[Billy, we'll be a big hit...] (Table of Contents: 7)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Billy and Yves, in drag for Halloween, are picked up by a couple of straight guys
Keywords
adult

Poppers Fun Page (Table of Contents: 8)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy
Synopsis
A maze puzzle
Keywords
adult

[Believe it or not, this is Xmas Eve...] (Table of Contents: 9)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Buster Crab; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Billy gets ready for a Christmas Eve party
Keywords
adult

[Billy and Yves are taking a weekend drive...] (Table of Contents: 10)

Poppers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Buster Crab
Synopsis
Billy manages to cruise Marines without getting killed
Keywords
adult

[Ever wonder what goes on inside of Billy's brain?] (Table of Contents: 11)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy
Synopsis
Billy's brain cells work frantically to keep up with his lifestyle
Keywords
adult

[Folks, meet Andre' de Lafayettte...] (Table of Contents: 12)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Andre' de Lafayette, 1st app.; Buster Crab
Synopsis
While Yves hesitates to follow Andre's advice to ask a hot guy to dinner, Billy offers him a joint
Keywords
adult

[Look, Andre'! Billy's leaving!] (Table of Contents: 13)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Andre' de Lafayette
Synopsis
Yves and Andre' snoop through Billy's house
Keywords
adult

[Yves visits his friend Andre'...] (Table of Contents: 14)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Andre' de Lafayette
Synopsis
Andre' dyes Yves' hair blond to improve his chances at the beach
Keywords
adult

[Love is a stranger in an open car...] (Table of Contents: 15)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Andre' de Lafayette
Synopsis
Various people talk about love
Reprints
Keywords
adult

Indexer Notes

The text is lyrics from "Love Is a Stranger" by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)

[Well, what bar do we hit tonight...] (Table of Contents: 16)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Billy and Yves find that all the local bars are dull tonight, except their regular bar
Keywords
adult

[Ho! Ho! This is rich, Billy...] (Table of Contents: 17)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Billy is tired of being a sex object, much to the irritation of Yves
Keywords
adult

[Oops, looks like you've got company...] (Table of Contents: 18)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Roman Cartier
Synopsis
Billy and Yves discover a pretentious, "straight" actor in a gay porn film
Keywords
adult

[I'm watching a great ol' flick...] (Table of Contents: 19)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Yves dreams about gym-bunny pod people
Keywords
adult

[Our regular feature will not be seen...] (Table of Contents: 20)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Buster Crab
Synopsis
Buster, a stand-up comedian, tells crab jokes
Keywords
adult

[I'd give anything to see...] (Table of Contents: 21)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Billy and Yves dress in drag to sneak into a women-only performance by the Pippinvale Dancers
Keywords
adult

[I hate Xmas!] (Table of Contents: 22)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Going home for the holidays, Yves is shocked to discover how much his cousin has grown
Keywords
adult

[Yves and Andre' are at their usual bar...] (Table of Contents: 23)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Andre' de Lafayette
Synopsis
Yves and Andre' feel old when they go to a hip dance bar
Keywords
adult

[Yoo hoo, Billy!] (Table of Contents: 24)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Yves gets Billy to go to a group for sexual compulsives, where Billy picks up a new trick
Keywords
adult

["The plumber unbuttoned his straining workshirt...] (Table of Contents: 25)

Poppers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Yves Arden
Synopsis
After reading a porn story about a very willing plumber, Yves can't believe the real-life plumber in his kitchen is coming on to him -- which he is
Keywords
adult

Poppers Colin-In Fun Page (Table of Contents: 26)

Poppers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy
Synopsis
Four pinups of Billy, for coloring
Keywords
adult

[Hey! That guy is only supposed to have ten items!] (Table of Contents: 27)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Yves gets into trouble when he follows a book's advice to be pushy
Keywords
adult

[Hello, my name is Billy...] (Table of Contents: 28)

Poppers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Andre' de Lafayette
Synopsis
Billy describes his battle with VCR addiction
Keywords
adult

[Billy! Where are you?] (Table of Contents: 29)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Yves discovers Billy washing spinach in the shower
Keywords
adult

[Boy, it's not easy living in an age...] (Table of Contents: 30)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy
Synopsis
Forced to play safely, Billy is depressed by a multitude of cultural expressions of male sexuality
Reprints
Keywords
adult

[My god!! Look at that!] (Table of Contents: 31)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Trying to see the magazine that's turning on a hot young man, Billy discovers it's a skateboard mag
Keywords
adult

[Last time I was here...] (Table of Contents: 32)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden
Synopsis
Yves falls victim to a "bar-bio"
Keywords
adult

[Wow! Some pool party!] (Table of Contents: 33)

Poppers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves; Roman Cartier
Synopsis
Yves runs into the pretentious, "straight" actor at a party and then discovers him in flaggrante delicto in a cabana
Keywords
adult

[Ah, summer is here...] (Table of Contents: 34)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Yves Arden
Synopsis
Yves finds intense temptation on the bus
Keywords
adult

[Yves, honey, look at this!] (Table of Contents: 35)

Poppers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Andre' de Lafayette; Roman Cartier
Synopsis
Billy gets a modeling job because he's the only guy on the beach who doesn't have a portfolio to show the photographer
Keywords
adult

[Billy! It's Andre' and me!] (Table of Contents: 36)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Andre' de Lafayette
Synopsis
The guys try to come to terms with AIDS deaths
Reprints
Keywords
adult

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover

[What's happening to our logo?] (Table of Contents: 37)

Poppers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Mills
Pencils
Jerry Mills
Inks
Jerry Mills
Colors
Robert Triptow
Letters
Jerry Mills

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy; Yves Arden; Andre' de Lafayette
Synopsis
The strip's logo comes under attack because of the connection between poppers and fatal diseases
Keywords
adult

Indexer Notes

Back cover; colors credit from Robert Triptow, November 2005.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Poppers
  2. 1. [Behold modern man!]
    Poppers
  3. 2. [Howdy! My name's Buster!]
    Poppers
  4. 3. [Billy, going to this gay beach...]
    Poppers
  5. 4. [Billy and Yves are cruisin' the bars...]
    Poppers
  6. 5. [Yves helps Billy give a summer party...]
    Poppers
  7. 6. [It's well known that if you want to dance...]
    Poppers
  8. 7. [Billy, we'll be a big hit...]
    Poppers
  9. 8. Poppers Fun Page
    Poppers
  10. 9. [Believe it or not, this is Xmas Eve...]
    Poppers
  11. 10. [Billy and Yves are taking a weekend drive...]
    Poppers
  12. 11. [Ever wonder what goes on inside of Billy's brain?]
    Poppers
  13. 12. [Folks, meet Andre' de Lafayettte...]
    Poppers
  14. 13. [Look, Andre'! Billy's leaving!]
    Poppers
  15. 14. [Yves visits his friend Andre'...]
    Poppers
  16. 15. [Love is a stranger in an open car...]
    Poppers
  17. 16. [Well, what bar do we hit tonight...]
    Poppers
  18. 17. [Ho! Ho! This is rich, Billy...]
    Poppers
  19. 18. [Oops, looks like you've got company...]
    Poppers
  20. 19. [I'm watching a great ol' flick...]
    Poppers
  21. 20. [Our regular feature will not be seen...]
    Poppers
  22. 21. [I'd give anything to see...]
    Poppers
  23. 22. [I hate Xmas!]
    Poppers
  24. 23. [Yves and Andre' are at their usual bar...]
    Poppers
  25. 24. [Yoo hoo, Billy!]
    Poppers
  26. 25. ["The plumber unbuttoned his straining workshirt...]
    Poppers
  27. 26. Poppers Colin-In Fun Page
    Poppers
  28. 27. [Hey! That guy is only supposed to have ten items!]
    Poppers
  29. 28. [Hello, my name is Billy...]
    Poppers
  30. 29. [Billy! Where are you?]
    Poppers
  31. 30. [Boy, it's not easy living in an age...]
    Poppers
  32. 31. [My god!! Look at that!]
    Poppers
  33. 32. [Last time I was here...]
    Poppers
  34. 33. [Wow! Some pool party!]
    Poppers
  35. 34. [Ah, summer is here...]
    Poppers
  36. 35. [Yves, honey, look at this!]
    Poppers
  37. 36. [Billy! It's Andre' and me!]
    Poppers
  38. 37. [What's happening to our logo?]
    Poppers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Denys Howard
  • Vik-Thor Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jon Inge Zazzera