Itchy Planet #1

(Spring 1988)

Itchy Planet no. 1 Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Reviews (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Brief reviews of "Witty World," "La Semana Comica," "PAX," "World War 3 Illustrated," "Barefoot Gen" and "Real War Stories." Accompanied by four spot illustrations taken from the respective publications.

Survey - AIDS Comics (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Brief reviews of the following AIDS-related comics: "The AIDS Plague," "AIDS is Looking for You," "Andrea and Lisa," "Safer Sex Comics" and "The Works: Drugs, Sex & AIDS." Includes five sample panels from the respective publications.

Pa•ra•dox (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Gonick (credited)

Pencils

Larry Gonick (credited)

Inks

Larry Gonick (credited)

Letters

Larry Gonick (credited)

Characters

Richard Nixon; Ronald Reagan

Synopsis

Commentary on the paradoxes of having a nuclear arsenal as "deterrence."

Reprints

• in The Best Comics of the Decade (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #2 (July 1990)

Nuclear Winter (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Leonard Rifas (credited)

Pencils

Leonard Rifas (credited) (ink brush)

Inks

Leonard Rifas (credited) (ink brush)

Letters

Leonard Rifas (credited)

Love and Boundaries, or, How I Learned That I Cold Push the Button (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Gold (credited)

Pencils

Leonard Rifas (credited as Rifas)

Inks

Leonard Rifas (credited as Rifas)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from The Next War (text piece only)

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by five small illustrations.

Look out! It's the Nuclear Family (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Norman Dog ?; Larry Gonick ?

Pencils

Norman Dog ?; Larry Gonick ?

Inks

Norman Dog ?; Larry Gonick ?

Letters

Norman Dog ?; Larry Gonick ?

Characters

Debbie; Mom; Dad

Television (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Neil Postman (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Text taken from Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" (1985). Includes four spot illustrations.

Revival (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Dougan (credited)

Pencils

Michael Dougan (credited)

Inks

Michael Dougan (credited)

Letters

Michael Dougan (credited)

Genre

biography

Characters

Michael Dougan; Mom; Sunday School Teacher

Keywords

autobiography

U.S. Comic Books & Nuclear War (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Leonard Rifas (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

The history of nuclear war depictions in comic books. Includes twenty-six small images taken from various comic book sources.