Itchy Planet #2

(Summer 1988)

Editorial (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Leonard Rifas (signed)

Pencils

Leonard Rifas (signed)

Inks

Leonard Rifas (signed) (ink wash ?)

Letters

Leonard Rifas (signed) (ink brush)

Characters

Leonard Rifas

Itchy Planet number 2 (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Table of contents, production credits and indicia with two small-size images of Ethiopian wall stencils. A brief side note indicates that the topic for the (never-published) fourth issue was to have been "Green Cities."

Travelling Exhibit Celebrates Universal Power of Art and Humor (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Leonard Rifas

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Announces a travelling exhibition between Soviet and American cartoonists. Includes three unsigned images.

Reviews (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Leonard Rifas

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?; typeset

Indexer Notes

Reviews of "Tales from the Heart" (Cindy Goff, Rafael Nieves, Seitu Hayden (Entropy Enterprises)) and "Streetwise," an Australian comics series. Includes small full-page samples of each. Also briefly mentions Michigan State University's "Comic Art Collection" newsletter

Mini • Forum (Table of Contents: 5)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Leonard Rifas

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Avenger; Blindeye the Sailor

Indexer Notes

Letters from Kjartan Arnorsson (Allston, MA) and Donnie Jupiter (Sacramento, CA). Includes a complete comic story from each - "The Avenger Who Has a Message of Hope" and "Blindeye the Sailor Man in the Persian Gulf"

Duopoly (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Nick Thorkelson (credited)

Pencils

Nick Thorkelson (credited)

Inks

Nick Thorkelson (credited)

Letters

Nick Thorkelson (credited)

Characters

Little Lulu (unnamed single-panel silent cameo); Plastic Man (unnamed single-panel cameo); Superman; Harvey Kurtzman (small-size caption illustration); Captain Marbles; Superduperman; Spider-Man; Gardner Fox; The Shadow (single-panel cameo); Batman; Art Young (single-panel silent cameo); Tom Yeates (single-panel silent cameo); J. Jonah Jameson; Peter Parker; Ruby the Girl Wonder

Synopsis

A critique of the mainstream comic book industry.

Novice in a Comics Shop (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Michael Dougan (signed)

Pencils

Michael Dougan (signed)

Inks

Michael Dougan (signed)

Letters

Michael Dougan (signed)

The Image of Arabs in U.S. Comic Books (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Leonard Rifas (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?; typeset

Synopsis

Criticizes the rampant racist depictions of Arabs in the U.S. mainstream comic book scene.

Indexer Notes

Includes fourteen small-size sample comic panels. Some of the identifiable artists from these are Hergé (from a Tintin story), Jim Aparo and Basil Wolverton. Stories explicitly identified as having racist elements are "Lois' Dream Scoop!" from Superman Family #198, "Prison of the Mind" from Weird War Tales #83, "The Foreign Legion Hare" from Four Color #407, "Checkmate" from Action Comics #598 and "Wild Rose" from Punisher #7 (March 1988).

Busted (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joyce Farmer (credited)

Pencils

Joyce Farmer (credited)

Inks

Joyce Farmer (credited)

Letters

Joyce Farmer (credited)

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Joyce Farmer; Undercover Cop; Mild-Mannered Academic; Pregnant Wife; Reporter; Evie; A.C.L.U. Attorney

Synopsis

Joyce recounts the legal difficulties she faced after Tits & Clits #1 was published.

Reprints

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

Sexism in Comics - The Conspiracy of Regurgitation (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mary Fleener (credited as M. Fleener)

Pencils

Mary Fleener (credited as M. Fleener)

Inks

Mary Fleener (credited as M. Fleener)

Letters

Mary Fleener (credited as M. Fleener)

Characters

Dick; Jane

The Mongrel Dog is Free! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dennis Worden (credited as D. Worden)

Pencils

Dennis Worden (credited as D. Worden)

Inks

Dennis Worden (credited as D. Worden)

Letters

Dennis Worden (credited as D. Worden)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Kick That Habit Maan (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mark Campos (credited as M. Campos)

Pencils

Mark Campos (credited as M. Campos)

Inks

Mark Campos (credited as M. Campos)

Letters

Mark Campos (credited as M. Campos)

Characters

Marc Campos; Marc's Wife

Meanwhile: Down in the Meadow (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Driggs (credited as R. Diggs)

Pencils

Harry Driggs (credited as R. Diggs)

Inks

Harry Driggs (credited as R. Diggs)

Letters

Harry Driggs (credited as R. Diggs)

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody

Reprints

• in Greatest Diggs of All Time (Rip Off Press, 1991 series) (1991)

1988: Ethiopian Famine Returns to the Headlines (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Leonard Rifas (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Criticizes Marvel & DC's "Heroes for Hope" and "Heroes Against Hunger" famine relief comic books

Dog Jaw! (Table of Contents: 15)

Dog Boy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Lafler (signed)

Pencils

Steve Lafler (signed)

Inks

Steve Lafler (signed)

Letters

Steve Lafler (signed)

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dog Boy; Rupert Murdoch

Synopsis

Dog Boy bites Murdoch and sets on fire a few executives from New World Pictures, Inc.