Critters
#50
(March 1990)
Fantagraphics,
1986 Series
- Price
- 4.95 USD; 5.95 CAD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- Editing
- Kim Thompson (editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia states "Critters #50, March, 1990" and laters says "First printing: December 1989".
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ken Macklin (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Ken Macklin (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Ken Macklin (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- Freddy Milton (logo design); Ingo Milton (logo)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier
- Keywords
- cowboys; gila monsters; horses
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
Contents page with illustration by Frank Lintzen and indicia information.
The Last Editorial
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Kim Thompson
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
editorial
The Turnaround
Teddy Payne / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Teddy Payne
- Synopsis
- Teddy Payne gets thrown out by his girlfriend.
The Beast With Five Toes
Fission Chicken / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- The Foot of Vuvumba; Fission Chicken; Skip Squirrelhard
- Synopsis
- Demon foot escapes & causes chaos.
Autumn Adventure
Neil the Horse / text story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; adventure
- Characters
- Neil the Horse; West Wind; North Wind; Mam'selle Poupée; Soapy; Tony
- Synopsis
- Neil spends fall day exploring farm and forest.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Illustrated children's story.
[no title indexed]
Ambrose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What'cha planting Ambrose?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Colby; Ambrose
- Synopsis
- Ambrose plants a garden.
Uncle Erf
Mad Raccoons / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Uncle Erf; Aunt Pansy; Ezry
- Synopsis
- Uncle Erf and Aunt Pansy have a fight.
Onomatopoeia
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Scott Shaw (comic adaptation); Todd Rundgren (lyrics)
- Pencils
- Scott Shaw
- Inks
- Scott Shaw
- Letters
- Scott Shaw
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dogzilla; Duckula; Harpo Marx (spoof); Dr. Pointer S. Toxin; Three Stooges (spoof); Hog's Pig Boy; You-All Gibbon
Indexer Notes
Comics adaptation of Todd Rundgren song. Originally appeared on The Hermit of Mink Hollow album (Rhino Records, 1978).
In Cold Milk
Jack Hammer / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jack Hammer
- Synopsis
- Jack Hammer hunts a cereal killer.
Indexer Notes
Spoofs of several cereal advertisement characters.
The Damned Don't Dance
Sam & Max / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Sam; Max
- Reprints
-
in Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway (Telltale Games, 2008 series) (January 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Christmas story.
Dippy Ditties
Inky and Stinky / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Inky; Stinky; Johnny Depp; Hasty Pudding; Bing Crosby's Horse; Stephen DeStefano
- Synopsis
- Inky and Stinky join race.
- Keywords
- surreal
[no title indexed]
Ambrose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look Colby, the weed of crime.
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ambrose; Colby
Indexer Notes
A Shadow spoof.
Yurei
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural; martial arts; adventure; historical
- Characters
- Miyamoto Usagi
- Synopsis
- Usagi meets a vengeful ghost.
- Reprints
in 
in Why I Left the Navy!
Captain Jack / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Jack
Indexer Notes
Star Trek spoof.
[no title indexed]
Ambrose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you doing, Colby?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ambrose; Colby
- Synopsis
- Ambrose models for Colby.
The Sugar Cube Blues
Mad Raccoons / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Cathy Hill (lyrics and music)
- Pencils
- Cathy Hill
- Inks
- Cathy Hill
- Letters
- Cathy Hill
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
Illustrated song score.
The Totally True to Life 10:15 p.m. McDonald's Drive-Thru Window Caper!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Ty Templeton
- Pencils
- Ty Templeton (layouts); Bernie Mireault
- Inks
- Ty Templeton
- Letters
- Bernie Mireault
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ty Templeton; Lisa; Bernie Mireault
- Synopsis
- Ty Templeton tries to get pedestrian service from a McDonald's drive-thru window.
Indexer Notes
Funny animal depiction of a real story.
A Night at the Beanery
Hooto, Clucko, and Honko / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Hooto; Clucko; Honko
Indexer Notes
Marx Brothers spoof.
L'amour or Less
Plato Potts / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Plato Potts; Melinda; Nemo; Floyd; Big Bob
- Synopsis
- Plato Potts gets a note from a secret admirer.
The Story of Beef!
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
Criticism of cattle industry and slaughterhouse practices.
If Man Were Meant To Be Flies ...
Grootlore / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Vippen; Noodles
- Synopsis
- Vippen makes a fly-powered aeroplane.
It's Cat 'N' Dog!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jim Engel
- Pencils
- Jim Engel ? [as Boris Tutiers]
- Inks
- Jim Engel ? [as Boris Tutiers]
- Letters
- Jim Engel
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
Claimed to be an English-language version of original strip done by Serbian cartoonist Boris Tutiers; Serbian version claimed to be first published in 1967 in Serbian comic weekly Kreeturs; indicia suggests that Boris Tutiers is a hoax.
Xmass Blitz-Kringle
Cutie Bunny / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joshua Quagmire
- Pencils
- Joshua Quagmire
- Inks
- Dick Glass; Joshua Quagmire
- Letters
- Joshua Quagmire ?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Cutey Bunny; Kelly O'Hare; Domino; Bingo; Al; Al; Taffy; Vicky Feldhyser (Ashtoreth); Joshua Quagmire; Fatty Tubbins; Heidi; Gran'ma Phooby; Etsuko; Josef Stalin; Howdy Ivan; Leedle Svetlana; Erwin Rommel; Purple Puffle; Matilda
[no title indexed]
Neil the Horse / text story / 1 page
- Script
- Katherine Collins
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; adventure
Indexer Notes
Quote from Neil the Horse story in this issue, dedicated to the memory of Jay Ward and C.C. Beck.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Contents
-
2.
The Last Editorial
-
3.
The Turnaround
Teddy Payne -
4.
The Beast With Five Toes
Fission Chicken -
5.
Autumn Adventure
Neil the Horse -
6.
["What'cha planting Ambrose?"]
Ambrose -
7.
Uncle Erf
Mad Raccoons -
8.
Onomatopoeia
-
9.
In Cold Milk
Jack Hammer -
10.
The Damned Don't Dance
Sam & Max -
11.
Dippy Ditties
Inky and Stinky -
12.
["Look Colby, the weed of crime."]
Ambrose -
13.
Yurei
Usagi Yojimbo -
14.
Why I Left the Navy!
Captain Jack -
15.
["What are you doing, Colby?"]
Ambrose -
16.
The Sugar Cube Blues
Mad Raccoons -
17.
The Totally True to Life 10:15 p.m. McDonald's Drive-Thru Window Caper!
-
18.
A Night at the Beanery
Hooto, Clucko, and Honko -
19.
L'amour or Less
Plato Potts -
20.
The Story of Beef!
-
21.
If Man Were Meant To Be Flies ...
Grootlore -
22.
It's Cat 'N' Dog!
-
23.
Xmass Blitz-Kringle
Cutie Bunny -
24.
[no title indexed]
Neil the Horse -
25.
[no title indexed]
-
26.
Catnippon
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- John Pannozzi
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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