Comix Book #5

(July 1976)

Editorial Aside (Table of Contents)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denis Kitchen

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Editorial about creative rights.

Contents (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denis Kitchen

Pencils:

John Pound

Inks:

John Pound

Letters:

John Pound

Content Information

Synopsis:

Contents page with a black and white reproduction of what appears to be an alternative cover.

Letters (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Various

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Readers letters on previous issues.

Tom Comes Out (Table of Contents)

Tom Terkey / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gary Hallgren

Pencils:

Gary Hallgren

Inks:

Gary Hallgren

Letters:

Gary Hallgren

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Tom Terkey; Hooker; Pimp; Svenny Smogasbord

Synopsis:

Tom sounds off about gays.

The Corpse Gobblin' Ogre of Columbine Mountain (Table of Contents)

Checkered Demon / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. Clay Wilson

Pencils:

S. Clay Wilson

Inks:

S. Clay Wilson

Letters:

S. Clay Wilson

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Hunch-Backed Ogre; Fisk; Simpson; Checkered Demon

Synopsis:

The Ogre sends out for the wrong corpse.

Reprints:

• from Arcade (The Print Mint Inc, 1975 series) #5 (Spring 1976)

Indexer Notes

As noted in the editorial page, this was originally slated to premiere in Comix Book. After Marvel axed the series, Wilson took the story to Arcade where it first appeared.

Fools Gold (Table of Contents)

Two Fools / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Richards; Willy Murphy

Pencils:

Ted Richards; Willy Murphy

Inks:

Ted Richards; Willy Murphy

Letters:

Ted Richards; Willy Murphy

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

The two fools are mining and strike it lucky.

Reprints:

• in Two Fools (Saving Grace, 1976 series) #[nn] (1976)

Indexer Notes

There are no distinct credits, but elsewhere Richards describes the working method for these strips as a jam.

Glory Frogs Again (Table of Contents)

Barefootz / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard Cruse

Pencils:

Howard Cruse

Inks:

Howard Cruse

Letters:

Howard Cruse

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Barefootz; Headrack; Glory

Synopsis:

Headrack is feeling guilty.

Reprints:

• in Howard Cruse's Barefootz The Comix Book Stories (Renegade Press, 1986 series) #1 (March 1986)

Luke (Table of Contents)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Fowler

Pencils:

Pete Poplaski

Inks:

Pete Poplaski

Letters:

Pete Poplaski

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by three illustrations.

Die Bubbeh – The Grandmother (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sharon Rudahl

Pencils:

Sharon Rudahl

Inks:

Sharon Rudahl

Letters:

Sharon Rudahl

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Eva; Eva's Father; Mokroe Rabbi; Alexey; Rueben Aschkenasi; Hermann

Synopsis:

Eva's experiences in the Russian pogrom of 1887.

Reprints:

• from Wimmen's Comix (Last Gasp, 1972 series) #5 ([June] 1975)

Buddy Baker, Crooner For Hire, part two (Table of Contents)

Buddy Baker, Crooner For Hire / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leslie Cabarga

Pencils:

Leslie Cabarga

Inks:

Leslie Cabarga

Letters:

Leslie Cabarga

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Buddy Baker; Mr. Sumbitsch; Eddie; Samuel E. Fishant; Monroe Croongoon; Hedda Hopper

Synopsis:

Buddy gets his break after all.

Indexer Notes

Continued from the previous issue. The final third page is a recipe for Buddy's Bisquit Tortoni.

A New Dawn In The Jungle (Table of Contents)

On The Job / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Skip Williamson

Pencils:

Skip Williamson

Inks:

Skip Williamson

Letters:

Skip Williamson

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Reggie; Coswell; Martha; Nadine

Synopsis:

The heat and turmoil of the advertising industry.

Reprints:

• in Snappy Sammy Smoot (Kitchen Sink Press, 1979 series) #[nn] (January 1979)
• in The Scum Also Rises: An Anthology of Comic Art (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) #[nn] (November 1988)

Panthea part 5 (Table of Contents)

Panthea / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Trina Robbins

Pencils:

Trina Robbins

Inks:

Trina Robbins

Letters:

Trina Robbins

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Panthea; Mother Night; Mann Unkind; Mongo

Synopsis:

Mann Unkind gets what's coming to him.

Reprints:

• in Trina's Women (Kitchen Sink Press, 1976 series) #[nn] (1976)

Indexer Notes

The first line of dialogue- "Your room... bet you could use some sleep!"

Memoirs From the White Middle Class Kid (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joel Beck

Pencils:

Joel Beck

Inks:

Joel Beck

Letters:

Joel Beck

Content Information

Synopsis:

The legacy of the white middle class kid's upbringing.

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tim Boxell [as Grisly]

Pencils:

Tim Boxell [as Grisly]

Inks:

Tim Boxell [as Grisly]

Letters:

Tim Boxell [as Grisly]

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Just what's in that can of beans?

A Day In The Life (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Richards

Pencils:

Ted Richards

Inks:

Ted Richards

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

A man and his dog.

Macho Motors (Table of Contents)

Flip The Bird / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Pound

Pencils:

John Pound

Inks:

John Pound

Letters:

John Pound

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Flip The Bird; Drag Queen; Drug Dealer

Synopsis:

Flip's car sales methods aren't quite working.

Reprints:

• in Ground Pound! Comix (Blackthorne, 1987 series) #[nn] (January 1987)

Trina (Table of Contents)

Profile / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Ward; Trina Robbins

Pencils:

Trina Robbins

Inks:

Trina Robbins

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Profile of and interview with Trina Robbins.

Those Low-Down Crash Pad Blues (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Armstrong

Pencils:

Bob Armstrong

Inks:

Bob Armstrong

Letters:

Bob Armstrong

Content Information

Synopsis:

The problems of being a squatter.

King Of The Road (Table of Contents)

Henry Henpeck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Willy Murphy

Pencils:

Willy Murphy

Inks:

Willy Murphy

Letters:

Willy Murphy

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Henry Henpeck; Henry's Wife

Synopsis:

Henry's wife has a dream...

Reprints:

• from Arcade (The Print Mint Inc, 1975 series) #6 (Summer 1976)

Indexer Notes

This story was also originally slated to first appear in Comix Book.

Scooped (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kim Deitch

Pencils:

Kim Deitch

Inks:

Kim Deitch

Letters:

Kim Deitch

Content Information

Genre:

drama; humor

Characters:

Fowlton Means; Bimstein; Fontaine Peugeot III; R. Bascombe Forbes; Eddie Fong

Synopsis:

A cub reporter stumbles across a wanted banker and his stash.

Lefty Doomsday Babysits Little Snooks (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joel Beck

Pencils:

Joel Beck

Inks:

Joel Beck

Letters:

Joel Beck

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Lefty Doomsday; Harriet; Little Snooks' Father; Little Snooks

Synopsis:

After shooting up, Lefty gives Little Snooks a history lesson.

Take the A Train (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leslie Cabarga

Pencils:

Leslie Cabarga

Inks:

Leslie Cabarga

Letters:

Leslie Cabarga

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Leslie Cabarga

Synopsis:

Leslie gets off the train in Harlem.

Keywords:

autobiography

We Fellow Traveleers Part 5 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Justin Green

Pencils:

Justin Green

Inks:

Justin Green

Letters:

Justin Green

Content Information

Characters:

Rector; Blind Girl; Neurosis; Neurosis's Brother

Reprints:

• in Sacred and Profane (Last Gasp, 1976 series) #[nn] (1976)

Indexer Notes

Continued from the previous issue.

Higher Education (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Skip Williamson

Pencils:

Skip Williamson

Inks:

Skip Williamson

Letters:

Skip Williamson

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Elvin; Elmo; College Dean; Pastor; Professor

Synopsis:

How to leave college.

Reprints:

• in Snappy Sammy Smoot (Kitchen Sink Press, 1979 series) #[nn] (January 1979)
• in The Scum Also Rises: An Anthology of Comic Art (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) #[nn] (November 1988)

["There must be some mistake, Barefootz!"] (Table of Contents)

Barefootz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard Cruse

Pencils:

Howard Cruse

Inks:

Howard Cruse

Colors:

Howard Cruse

Letters:

Howard Cruse

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Barefootz; Ants

Synopsis:

Barefootz contemplates nature.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.