(Summer 2005)
MPH,
2004 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Adults Only!
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- MPH
- Brand
-
MPH Comics
- Editing
- Martin Hirchak (editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Martin Hirchak (signed)
- Inks
- Martin Hirchak (signed)
- Colors
- Martin Hirchak; Carl Lundgren (assistance)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Saginaw Kid; Mach; Sonny Boy
Artificial Elation
cartoon / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Editorial notes on the pains "suffered to get you here."
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
Includes indicia.
The Saginaw Kid
The Saginaw Kid / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Martin Hirchak (signed)
- Pencils
- Martin Hirchak (signed)
- Inks
- Martin Hirchak (signed)
- Letters
- Martin Hirchak
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Saginaw Kid; The Scottish Kid [Orville McKidd]; Mach; Hugo; Adolph Hitler; Killer
- Synopsis
- The Saginaw Kid tells a story about his dad, The Scottish Kid, in World War II, when he nearly killed Hitler.
Hoodoo Voodoo
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Gary Grimshaw (signed)
- Pencils
- Gary Grimshaw (signed)
- Inks
- Gary Grimshaw (signed)
- Letters
- Gary Grimshaw
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Marvin Roberts; Julie
- Synopsis
- A fantasy in which Marvin Roberts appears to be in at least 3 levels of reality.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2 pages
- Characters
- S. Clay Wilson; Matt Feazell; Martin Hirchak; Tim Corrigan; Spain Rodriguez; Barbara M. Houck ?
- Synopsis
- Appears to be several of the creators of MPH Comics features.
Indexer Notes
Photo collage, no credits given.
Tell it Like it Is!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Martin Hirchak (signed)
- Pencils
- Martin Hirchak (signed)
- Inks
- Martin Hirchak (signed)
- Letters
- Martin Hirchak
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- woman; plant
- Synopsis
- Woman talks too much to her plant and annoys it.
[no title indexed]
Sonny Boy / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I Just Love Bookstores!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Sonny Boy
- Synopsis
- Sonny Boy discusses how reading is good for you while buying a stack of pornographic magazines.
Great Men Thinking Great Thoughts
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sir Isaac Newton; William Shakespeare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Synopsis
- Series of one-panel gag thoughts from various historical figures including perhaps several lesser-known U.S. presidents.
Indexer Notes
Art appears to be a mix of clip art and tracings over clip art.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm Bad
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Poem on the subject of being 'bad' as defense against transgressions of others.
Animal Antics
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dexter Frog; Warren Mouse; The Dope
- Synopsis
- Warren Mouse and Dexter Frog get high smoking dope and imagine changes in the world and themselves, requiring more dope to cope.
- Reprints
- from Berkeley Tribe Newspaper-Kalifornia, 1969
A Pre-Hysteric Brain Teaser
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Marten Jallad (signed)
- Pencils
- Marten Jallad (signed)
- Inks
- Marten Jallad (signed)
- Letters
- Marten Jallad
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- dinosaurs
- Synopsis
- The large dinosaur proves the smaller one has a tiny brain by biting off the head and showing the brain.
High-N-Dry
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A thirsty man crawling in the desert finds a man watering his flowers and complains that the man doesn't offer bottled water.
Bru-Hed's Guide to Gettin' Girls Now! Chapter FF-2: The Austin Approach
Bru-Hed / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bru-Hed; unnamed office receptionist; unnamed office security man
- Synopsis
- Bru-Hed is working for a carpet company and asks a receptionist if she would like a shag, causing security to throw him out of the building on the misunderstood pun.
- Reprints
- From Bru-Hed's Guide to Gettin' Girls Now! (Schism Comics, 1997 series) [uncertain if from issue #1 or #2]
War Is Over
The Amazing Cynicalman / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cynicalman
- Synopsis
- Cynicalman stays up late at night waiting for a war to start so he can watch it on TV. It takes so long that he falls asleep, but when he wakes up his radio announces the war has started. He grabs a coffee and by the time he turns on the TV, the war is over.
Indexer Notes
Copyright 2005.
Family Feud
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Nate Higley (signed)
- Pencils
- Nate Higley (signed)
- Inks
- Nate Higley (signed)
- Letters
- Nate Higley
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- a bear; a character resembling Mr. Butts (of the Doonesbury comic strip)
- Synopsis
- The bear threatens the cigarette character.
Indexer Notes
Copyright 2005.
Get Lost in a Comic
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Barbara M. Houck (signed)
- Pencils
- Barbara M. Houck (signed)
- Inks
- Barbara M. Houck (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Several comic characters are reading comics.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Artificial Elation
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2.
The Saginaw Kid
The Saginaw Kid -
3.
Hoodoo Voodoo
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4.
[no title indexed]
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5.
[no title indexed]
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6.
Tell it Like it Is!
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7.
["I Just Love Bookstores!"]
Sonny Boy -
8.
Great Men Thinking Great Thoughts
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9.
["I'm Bad"]
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10.
Animal Antics
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11.
A Pre-Hysteric Brain Teaser
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12.
High-N-Dry
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13.
Bru-Hed's Guide to Gettin' Girls Now! Chapter FF-2: The Austin Approach
Bru-Hed -
14.
War Is Over
The Amazing Cynicalman -
15.
Family Feud
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16.
Get Lost in a Comic
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17.
Metro Detroit's Most Versatile Venue
The Emerald Theatre Complex -
18.
Walk On Our Streets
Honest John's
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- Peter Croome
- Hector G. Dueñas G.
- Donald Dale Milne
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