Critters #50

(March 1990)

Contents (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Frank Lintzen

Inks:

Frank Lintzen

Letters:

Frank Lintzen

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Contents page with illustration by Frank Lintzen and indicia information.

The Last Editorial (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kim Thompson

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

editorial

The Turnaround (Table of Contents)

Teddy Payne / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ty Templeton

Pencils:

Ty Templeton

Inks:

Ty Templeton

Letters:

Ty Templeton

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Teddy Payne

Synopsis:

Teddy Payne gets thrown out by his girlfriend.

The Beast With Five Toes (Table of Contents)

Fission Chicken / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. P. Morgan

Pencils:

J. P. Morgan

Inks:

J. P. Morgan

Letters:

J. P. Morgan

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters:

The Foot of Vuvumba; Fission Chicken; Skip Squirrelhard

Synopsis:

Demon foot escapes & causes chaos.

Autumn Adventure (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / text story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arn Saba

Pencils:

Arn Saba

Inks:

Arn Saba

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Neil the Horse; West Wind; North Wind; Mam'selle Poupée; Soapy; Tony

Synopsis:

Neil spends fall day exploring farm and forest.

Indexer Notes

Illustrated children's story.

["What'cha planting Ambrose?"] (Table of Contents)

Ambrose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Van Horn

Pencils:

William Van Horn

Inks:

William Van Horn

Letters:

William Van Horn

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Colby; Ambrose

Synopsis:

Ambrose plants a garden.

Uncle Erf (Table of Contents)

Mad Raccoons / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cathy Hill

Pencils:

Cathy Hill

Inks:

Cathy Hill

Letters:

Cathy Hill

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Uncle Erf; Aunt Pansy; Ezry

Synopsis:

Uncle Erf and Aunt Pansy have a fight.

Onomatopoeia (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Todd Rundgren (lyrics); Scott Shaw! (comic adaptation)

Pencils:

Scott Shaw!

Inks:

Scott Shaw!

Letters:

Scott Shaw!

Content Information

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 (Table of Contents)

Jack Hammer / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tim Fuller

Pencils:

Tim Fuller

Inks:

Tim Fuller

Letters:

Tim Fuller

Content Information

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 (Table of Contents)

Sam & Max / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve Purcell

Pencils:

Steve Purcell

Inks:

Steve Purcell

Letters:

L. Lois Buhalis

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Sam; Max

Indexer Notes

Christmas story.

Dippy Ditties (Table of Contents)

Inky and Stinky / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stephen DeStefano

Pencils:

Stephen DeStefano

Inks:

Stephen DeStefano

Letters:

Stephen DeStefano

Content Information

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

["Look Colby, the weed of crime."] (Table of Contents)

Ambrose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Van Horn

Pencils:

William Van Horn

Inks:

William Van Horn

Letters:

William Van Horn

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Ambrose; Colby

Indexer Notes

A Shadow spoof.

Yurei (Table of Contents)

Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Sakai

Pencils:

Stan Sakai

Inks:

Stan Sakai

Letters:

Stan Sakai

Content Information

Genre:

occult; anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts

Characters:

Usagi Yojimbo

Synopsis:

Usagi Yojimbo meets a vengeful ghost.

Why I Left the Navy! (Table of Contents)

Captain Jack / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Kazaleh

Pencils:

Mike Kazaleh

Inks:

Mike Kazaleh

Letters:

Mike Kazaleh

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction

Characters:

Captain Jack

Indexer Notes

Star Trek spoof.

["What are you doing, Colby?"] (Table of Contents)

Ambrose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Van Horn

Pencils:

William Van Horn

Inks:

William Van Horn

Letters:

William Van Horn

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Ambrose; Colby

Synopsis:

Ambrose models for Colby.

The Sugar Cube Blues (Table of Contents)

Mad Raccoons / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cathy Hill (lyrics and music)

Pencils:

Cathy Hill

Inks:

Cathy Hill

Letters:

Cathy Hill

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Illustrated song score.

The Totally True to Life 10:15 p.m. McDonald's Drive-Thru Window Caper! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ty Templeton

Pencils:

Ty Templeton (layouts); Bernie Mireault

Inks:

Ty Templeton

Letters:

Bernie Mireault

Content Information

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 (Table of Contents)

Hooto, Clucko, and Honko / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Engel

Pencils:

Jim Engel

Inks:

Jim Engel

Letters:

Jim Engel

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Hooto; Clucko; Honko

Indexer Notes

Marx Brothers spoof.

L'amour or Less (Table of Contents)

Plato Potts / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Doug Gray

Pencils:

Doug Gray

Inks:

Doug Gray

Letters:

Doug Gray

Content Information

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! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mark Martin

Pencils:

Mark Martin

Inks:

Mark Martin

Letters:

typeset by Ben Burford

Content Information

Genre:

advocacy

Indexer Notes

Criticism of cattle industry and slaughterhouse practices.

If Man Were Meant To Be Flies ... (Table of Contents)

Grootlore / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Gullerud

Pencils:

Peter Gullerud

Inks:

Peter Gullerud

Letters:

Peter Gullerud

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Vippen; Noodles

Synopsis:

Vippen makes a fly-powered aeroplane.

It's Cat 'N' Dog! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Engel

Pencils:

Jim Engel ? [as Boris Tutiers]

Inks:

Jim Engel ? [as Boris Tutiers]

Letters:

Jim Engel

Content Information

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 (Table of Contents)

Cutie Bunny / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joshua Quagmire

Pencils:

Joshua Quagmire

Inks:

Dick Glass; Fatty Tubbins

Letters:

Joshua Quagmire?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Kelly O'Hare; Domino; Bingo; Cutie Bunny (Heather Ap-Glendowner); 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] (Table of Contents)

Neil the Horse / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arn Saba

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Quote from Neil the Horse story in this issue, dedicated to the memory of Jay Ward and C.C. Beck.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Two page back issue list for Fantagraphics funny animal comics. Black and white house ad for "The Eye Of Mongombo".

Catnippon (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Colors:

Tom Luth

Letters:

Sergio Aragones

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals