Crazy Magazine
#16
(March 1976)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- seven times per year
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing
- Paul Laikin (editor)
Special Xmas Rated Issue
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Marie Severin (layout - uncredited); Nick Cardy (signed)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Colors
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Nebbish; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- The Nebbish keeps a long line of kids waiting while he reads a huge list of demands to Santa.
It's a Crewel World
A Crazy Sampler / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Needlepoint sampler of the Crazy philosophy.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Gook Times
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- John Amos [as James]; Esther Rolle [as Kentucky]; Jimmie Walker [as J.J.]; BernNadette Stanis [as Thelma]; Ralph Carter [as Michael]; Ja'net DuBois [as Willona]
- Synopsis
- Parody of the television series "Good Times"; J.J. comes up with a radical solution to the family continually being burgled.
- Reprints
-
in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #37 (May 1978)
-
[no title indexed]
Crazy's Hot Flashes / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An Airplane Manufacturer
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- The Nebbish
- Synopsis
- Parody news articles, illustrated by a picture of The Nebbish.
Crazy Guide to Making Your Own Hollywood Film
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Marlon Brando; Paul Newman; Richard Dreyfuss; Robert Shaw; Federico Fellini; Peter Bogdanovich; Woody Allen; Stanley Kubrick; Irwin Allen
- Synopsis
- Satirical guide to making professional-grade motion pictures without professional-grade equipment or experience.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #76 (July 1981)
-
Specialized Marriage Vows
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Marriage vows specifically altered to cater to specialized participants.
How to Handle a Carsick Child
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Satirical advice on handling carsick children.
What's in a Name?
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Nebbish
- Synopsis
- A list of names based on puns.
Indexer Notes
The illustration of The Nebbish was reprinted from "The Nebbish", Crazy Magazine #9, panel 1.
Hollywood Spinoffs on Jaws
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Nelson Rockefeller; John Wayne [as Rooster Cogburn]; Spiro Agnew; Howard Cosell; Bella Abzug
- Synopsis
- Suggestions for possible spinoffs for the movie "Jaws".
The History of Moosekind, Part 16: Moose In Space
History of Moosekind / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Having concluded the look at the evolution of moose society, the possibilities of moose-kind venturing into space are discussed.
- Reprints
Crazy Goes to the Circus
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Satirical looks at circus-related events.
Crazy Guide to Body Language
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Examination of what can be discerned from different body types and gestures.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #70 (January 1981)
-
Crazy Visits a Typical Golf Course
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Satirical look at what goes on at a public links.
Movie Monsters' Christmas Lists
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Dracula; King Kong; The Creature from the Black Lagoon; Godzilla; The Mummy; Frankenstein's Monster; a werewolf
- Synopsis
- What monsters want for Christmas.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #76 (July 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
The feature is illustrated by cropped movie stills from various Universal Studios and Hammer Films horror films.
Crazy Letters of our Time
text story / 3 pages
- Script
- David Kelly
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Fake business letters from fake businesses.
How to Recognize a Sagittarius
Will Eisner's Gleeful Guide To Astrology / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Observable characteristics common to people born under the astrology sign of Sagittarius.
We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This...
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Series of humorous scenes with the title theme.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #58 (January 1980)
-
Crazy Movie Casting
illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- Frank Wail
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Series of theater marquees displaying films with satirical headliners.
Crazy Stickers
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Satirical stickers you can cut out and paste.
New York is a Summer Funeral
photo story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Dystopian picture of a New York city street.
Americana '76
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Wilbur Mills; Annabella Batistella [as Fannie Foxx]
- Synopsis
- Print of the classic painting "American Gothic", with the faces of Congressman Wilbur Mills and Fannie Foxx superimposed.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Crazy Matchbook Covers
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Gary Brodsky; Brian Moore
- Pencils
- Marie Severin
- Inks
- Marie Severin
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody matchbook covers.
- Reprints
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #30 (October 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Special Xmas Rated Issue
-
1.
It's a Crewel World
A Crazy Sampler -
2.
Gook Times
-
3.
["An Airplane Manufacturer"]
Crazy's Hot Flashes -
4.
Crazy Guide to Making Your Own Hollywood Film
-
5.
Specialized Marriage Vows
-
6.
How to Handle a Carsick Child
-
7.
What's in a Name?
-
8.
Hollywood Spinoffs on Jaws
-
9.
The History of Moosekind, Part 16: Moose In Space
History of Moosekind -
10.
Crazy Goes to the Circus
-
11.
Crazy Guide to Body Language
-
12.
Crazy Visits a Typical Golf Course
-
13.
Movie Monsters' Christmas Lists
-
14.
Crazy Letters of our Time
-
15.
How to Recognize a Sagittarius
Will Eisner's Gleeful Guide To Astrology -
16.
We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This...
-
17.
Crazy Movie Casting
-
18.
Crazy Stickers
-
19.
New York is a Summer Funeral
-
20.
["The Gripes of Wrath"]
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21.
Americana '76
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22.
Crazy Matchbook Covers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Igor Dybzinski
- Richard Thomson
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