(Fall 1975)
The Print Mint Inc,
1975 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1975
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Print Mint Inc.
- Brand
-
Print Mint
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Bill Griffith (credited as B. Griffith) (editor); Art Spiegelman (credited as A. Spiegelman) (editor)
Issue Notes
The publisher put a red $1.50 price sticker on the covers of some copies.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed); Bill Griffith
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed); Bill Griffith
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed); Bill Griffith
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed); Bill Griffith
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This, to me, is sheer poetry!!
- Characters
- Zippy the Pinhead
- Reprints
Ask Your Local Dealer
High Times / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Ad for subscriptions to "High Times" magazine.
The Yum-Yum Book
advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)
- Characters
- Robert Crumb (as R. Crumb)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Ad for "The Yum-Yum Book" by R. Crumb, published by The Scrimshaw Press, San Francisco, CA 94103.
Arcade the Comics Revue
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Table of Contents, list of staff and writers and artists, each with a "self-portrait," and the indicia. The Robert Crumb self-portrait from the contents page was reprinted in The Complete Crumb Volume 11.
Zippy: An Attempted Interview
The Outline / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.33 page
- Script
- Jane Lynch (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith
- Inks
- Bill Griffith
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Zippy the Pinhead
[no title indexed]
Letters / letters page / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Rory Hayes; Bill Griffith (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- Rory Hayes; Bill Griffith (spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from Les Hancock; Dennis Lopez; Bruce Sweeney; Anna Pomaska; Alfred Bergdoll; Herb Caen; Josh Copeland; and Joe Streich.
That's Life
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Tommy Grady; Esther Grady; Willie; Red; Ed; Frank; Robert Crumb; Gary Seiden
- Synopsis
- The recording career of Tommy Grady and the search for old blues recordings
- Reprints
-
in El Víbora Especial (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1980 series) #4 [como Así es la vida] -
in L'Écho des savanes (Editions du Fromage, 1972 series) #30 (Avril 1977) - in Obras Completas Crumb (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1985 ? series) #1 - Mis problemas con las mujeres (Octubre 1985)
-
in R. Crumb Draws the Blues (Knockabout, 1992 series) (1992) -
in Crumb (Oog & Blik, 1992 series) (april 1992) -
in R. Crumb Draws the Blues (Last Gasp, 1993 series) (1993) - in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #10 - Crumb Advocates Violent Overthrow (March 1994)
- in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
- in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #2 ([October 21] 2008)
-
Spiegelman Moves to N.Y. "Feels Depressed".
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Art Spiegelman (credited)
- Pencils
- Art Spiegelman (credited)
- Inks
- Art Spiegelman (credited)
- Letters
- Art Spiegelman (credited)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Art Spiegelman
- Synopsis
- Spiegelman's early experiences in New York
- Reprints
- in High Times Magazine (Trans-High Corporation, 1974 series) #15 (November 1976)
- in Breakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips (Bélier Press, 1977 series) (December 1977)
- in Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! (Pantheon, 2008 series) ([October] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography; depression; Museum of Modern Art; party; roaches; stripper; subway; topless bar
Xanadu
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Samuel Coleridge (credited as Sam Coleridge)
- Pencils
- Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)
- Inks
- Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)
- Letters
- Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)
- Characters
- Kubla Kahn; Abyssinian Maid
- Synopsis
- Adaptation of verses from Coleridge's poem
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Mickey Rat / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Armstrong (signed as Bobbo Armstrong)
- Pencils
- Robert Armstrong (signed as Bobbo Armstrong)
- Inks
- Robert Armstrong (signed as Bobbo Armstrong)
- Letters
- Robert Armstrong (signed as Bobbo Armstrong)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The rat, trying to keep his head above water, is attempting to raise enough scratch for a pagan pink and the new T. V. Guide.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mickey Rat; Dr. Schlemper; Schlemper's Assistant
- Synopsis
- Experiments are carried out on Mickey at a lab.
A Fool's Paradise Revisited
Zippy the Pinhead / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bill Griffith (signed as Griffy)
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith (signed as Griffy)
- Inks
- Bill Griffith (signed as Griffy)
- Letters
- Bill Griffith (signed as Griffy)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Zippy the Pinhead; Sue; Guard [Bob]; Chief [William Randolph Hearst's Ghost]; Lady [Marion Davies' Ghost]
- Synopsis
- Zippy invades William Randolph Hearst's castle at San Simeon.
- Reprints
- in BD : L'hebdo de la B.D. (Éditions du Square, 1977 series) #49 (8 Septembre 1978)
-
in U-Comix (Volksverlag, 1980 series) #30 (Februar 1983) - in Zippy Stories (Last Gasp, 1984 series) (March 1984)
-
- Keywords
- La Cuesta Encantada; statues; swimming pool; tennis court; tour guide
Deranged Doctors
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- Pencils
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- Letters
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Deranged doctors perform operational experiments on mutated patients under the antiseptic incandescent gaze of the big daddy evil doctor...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Big Daddy Evil Doctor; Doris; Andrea; Nurse; Mutated Patients
- Synopsis
- Mad doctors
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Centrespread.
A Sacred Visitation
Little Dainty Dimples / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Williams (signed as Robt. Williams)
- Pencils
- Robert Williams (signed as Robt. Williams)
- Inks
- Robert Williams (signed as Robt. Williams)
- Letters
- Robert Williams (signed as Robt. Williams)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dainty Dimples; Old Man; Chicken Thief; Headless Chicken
- Synopsis
- Dainty sees a talking headless chicken.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
Bop Bop Against That Curtain
text story / 3 pages
- Script
- Charles Bukowski (credited)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb); typeset
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Charles Bukowski (inset illustration)
- Synopsis
- Teenage reminiscences
- Reprints
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #10 - Crumb Advocates Violent Overthrow (March 1994) [Robert Crumb illustrations only. The Bukowski text is not included.]
-
- Keywords
- Fiction
Indexer Notes
Text story with five illustrations.
A Flaw in the Ointment
Arnold Peck the Human Wreck / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Willy Murphy (signed as Willy Murphy)
- Pencils
- Willy Murphy (signed as Willy Murphy)
- Inks
- Willy Murphy (signed as Willy Murphy)
- Letters
- Willy Murphy (signed as Willy Murphy)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Arnold Peck
- Synopsis
- Arnold attends a gallery opening.
- Keywords
- art; group show; museum; paintings; statues
H. P. Lovecraft
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- George Kuchar (credited)
- Pencils
- George Kuchar (credited)
- Inks
- George Kuchar (credited)
- Letters
- George Kuchar (credited)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- H. P. Lovecraft; Susan; Winfield Lovecraft; Whipple Phillips; Robert E. Howard; August Derleth; Sonia; Hart Crane; Cthulhu
- Synopsis
- Biography of H. P. Lovecraft
- Reprints
- in Métal Hurlant (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 series) #33 bis (septembre 1978)
-
- Keywords
- Brooklyn; Providence; Rhode Island
Peter Kürten
They Shall Not Be Forgotten! / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jim Osborne (signed)
- Pencils
- Jim Osborne (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Osborne (signed)
- Letters
- Jim Osborne (signed)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Peter Kürten
- Synopsis
- Biographical details
- Reprints
Bunch Plays With Herself
The Bunch / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb (signed as Aline Kominsky)
- Pencils
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb (signed as Aline Kominsky)
- Inks
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb (signed as Aline Kominsky)
- Letters
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb (signed as Aline Kominsky)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Bunch
- Synopsis
- A bodily exploration.
- Reprints
- in Love That Bunch (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) (July 1990)
-
in Love That Bunch (Drawn & Quarterly, 2018 series) (May 2018)
-
Count Screwloose of Tooloose (Arcade Archives)
Count Screwloose of Tooloose / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Milt Gross (signed)
- Pencils
- Milt Gross (signed)
- Inks
- Milt Gross (signed)
- Letters
- Milt Gross (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Count Screwloose; Iggy
- Reprints
- from Count Screwloose of Tooloose (New York World) Sundays from 1929.04.14, 1929.12.29, 1929.09.28
Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime & Punishment
Classics Crucified / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Justin Green (signed)
- Pencils
- Justin Green (signed)
- Inks
- Justin Green (signed)
- Letters
- Justin Green (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Porfiry [Sol Snake Eyes]; Jack Monterey [Raskolnikov]; Gretel Hansel [Sonia]; Another Suicide; Little Girl
- Synopsis
- Compressed version of the titular novel.
We Got Comics
Bob Sidebottom / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Sidebottom
- Pencils
- (various)
- Inks
- (various)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Ad for underground comix from Bob Sidebottom, San Jose, CA 95113. Border is made up of headshots of various underground characters.
On the Street With...
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Letters
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Genre
- advocacy
- Characters
- Griffy; Louie
- Synopsis
- The Search for the perfect image
- Reprints
- in Griffith Observatory (Fantagraphics, 1993 series) (March 1993)
-
- Keywords
- political; social commentary
Stranded in Geek Town
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Denis Kitchen (signed)
- Pencils
- Denis Kitchen (signed)
- Inks
- Denis Kitchen (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A mugging
Jungle Jive
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Joe Schenkman (signed as Schenkman)
- Pencils
- Joe Schenkman (signed as Schenkman)
- Inks
- Joe Schenkman (signed as Schenkman)
- Letters
- Joe Schenkman (signed as Schenkman)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Southern pimps
Magic Clams
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Sally Cruikshank (signed)
- Pencils
- Sally Cruikshank (signed)
- Inks
- Sally Cruikshank (signed)
- Letters
- Sally Cruikshank (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Anita; Quasi
- Synopsis
- Magic clams come to life.
Frozen Creeps in Space
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Diane Noomin (signed)
- Pencils
- Diane Noomin (signed)
- Inks
- Diane Noomin (signed)
- Letters
- Diane Noomin (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sid; Yetta; Ernie
- Synopsis
- Tourists in space
- Reprints
- in Glitz-2-Go (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (January 2012)
-
Typhoon Ted in a Transcendental Tale of the South Seas
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Michael McMillan (signed)
- Pencils
- Michael McMillan (signed)
- Inks
- Michael McMillan (signed)
- Letters
- Michael McMillan (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Typhoon Ted; Filthy Dock Rat; Gracie
- Synopsis
- Ted has a cosmic experience
Links Has Comix
Links Books / advertisement / 0.25 page
Indexer Notes
Ad by Links Books, 33 W. 60th St., New York, N.Y. for "Apex Treasury" and "Best of Bijou."
Dealer McDope Rides Again
And/Or Press / advertisement / 0.25 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for "Mindwarp," an anthology by Dave Sheridan and Fred Schrier from And/Or Press, San Francisco, CA 94119.
The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline
Bélier Press / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for "The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline" from Bélier Press, New York, NY 10028.
The All-American Humor Magazine
Apple Pie / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Ad for "Apple Pie" magazine featuring signatures of contributing cartoonists. (no art)
Blue Goose Records / Yazoo Records
Blue Goose Records; Yazoo Records / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Ad for various records, including R. Crumb and the Cheap Suit Serenaders
Number 303
Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Gilbert Shelton (credited)
- Pencils
- Gilbert Shelton (credited)
- Inks
- Gilbert Shelton (credited)
- Colors
- Gilbert Shelton (credited)
- Letters
- Gilbert Shelton (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whenever I'm out discovering lost civilizations, I always take along lots of silver tape, pocket knives, and soda pop!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A motoring tip
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
On back cover of comic.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["This, to me, is sheer poetry!!"]
-
1.
Ask Your Local Dealer
High Times -
2.
The Yum-Yum Book
-
3.
Arcade the Comics Revue
-
4.
Zippy: An Attempted Interview
The Outline -
5.
[no title indexed]
Letters -
6.
That's Life
-
7.
Spiegelman Moves to N.Y. "Feels Depressed".
-
8.
Xanadu
-
9.
["The rat, trying to keep his head above water, is attempting to raise enough scratch for a pagan pink and the new T. V. Guide."]
Mickey Rat -
10.
A Fool's Paradise Revisited
Zippy the Pinhead -
11.
Deranged Doctors
-
12.
A Sacred Visitation
Little Dainty Dimples -
13.
Bop Bop Against That Curtain
-
14.
A Flaw in the Ointment
Arnold Peck the Human Wreck -
15.
H. P. Lovecraft
-
16.
Peter Kürten
They Shall Not Be Forgotten! -
17.
Bunch Plays With Herself
The Bunch -
18.
Count Screwloose of Tooloose (Arcade Archives)
Count Screwloose of Tooloose -
19.
Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime & Punishment
Classics Crucified -
20.
We Got Comics
Bob Sidebottom -
21.
On the Street With...
Griffith Observatory -
22.
Stranded in Geek Town
-
23.
Jungle Jive
-
24.
Magic Clams
-
25.
Frozen Creeps in Space
-
26.
Typhoon Ted in a Transcendental Tale of the South Seas
-
27.
Links Has Comix
Links Books -
28.
Dealer McDope Rides Again
And/Or Press -
29.
The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline
Bélier Press -
30.
The All-American Humor Magazine
Apple Pie -
31.
Blue Goose Records / Yazoo Records
Blue Goose Records; Yazoo Records -
32.
Number 303
Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jay Flash
- Mike Nielsen
- Karsten S.
- Steven Samuels
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Luther Weaver
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