Alternative Comics, 2006 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
11.95 USD
Pages
132
On-sale Date
2005-08 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Alternative Comics
Brand
Alternative Comics
ISBN
1-891867-41-5 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781891867415
Editing
Jeff Mason (publisher)
Color
color cover
Binding
softcover

Issue Notes

Some of this material originally or additionally appeared in various formats in Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Duplex Planet Illustrated, Heavy Metal, High Times, Hyena, Kar-Tunz, Nickelodeon, New York Press, Snicker, and various self-published works from 1990-1995. Original edition printed in May, 1996 by Dodecaphonic Books. First printing of this edition, August 2005. Printed in Canada.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Humor Can Be Funny! Second Edition (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson); typeset; ? (logo)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm not naked, man! You're the one who's naked! You and your whole generation!!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Redrawn versions of 2 old cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

Cover interiors - pages 2 & 131.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
? (logo)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Humor Can Be Funny! by Sam Henderson

Indexer Notes

Pages 3 (logo) & 5 (logo w/ illustrations).

[Humor Can Be Funny! Indicia] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Special thanks and a toot of the Magic Whistle to Jon Bradley Snyder for originally publishing this book in 1996 under his Dodecaphonics label.

Indexer Notes

Thanks + indicia.

What's inside (Table of Contents: 4)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Sam Henderson
Inks
Sam Henderson
Letters
Sam Henderson

Yes, it is true that humor can be funny - Unfortunately most of it sucks! (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Martin (credited as Hatey Smurf)
Pencils
Mark Martin (credited as Hatey Smurf)
Inks
Mark Martin (credited as Hatey Smurf)
Letters
Mark Martin (credited as Hatey Smurf); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
An appreciation of Mr. Sam Henderson
Characters
Mark Martin (Hatey Smurf)

Postal Perversity (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Next?
Genre
humor

I made a funny! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I got a joke for you! It's a hoot!
Genre
humor

[The English girl] (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Pencils
Sam Henderson
Inks
Sam Henderson
Letters
Sam Henderson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At this party once an English girl walked up to me and said...
Genre
humor

Don't date musicians (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Pencils
Sam Henderson
Inks
Sam Henderson
Letters
Sam Henderson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! I thought of a great idea!
Genre
humor

I loves peoples (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I loves peoples!

[Abused man] (Table of Contents: 11)

illustration / 0.3 page (report information)

Pencils
Sam Henderson
Inks
Sam Henderson

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

A man has his tongue grabbed by another man and nose bitten by a bird.

Dave Thomas (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here I am in a foreign country trying out new exotic foods!
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Dave Thomas

Life is so full of whimsical little nuances! (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! You're under arrest just 'cause for no reason!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

10 cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Always Funny / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A drunken santa claus is always funny
Genre
humor

Everything I need to know I learned in seventh grade (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bubble Yum is made from spider eggs
Genre
humor
Characters
Rod Stewart

Hippy high school (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Siddhartha, you're late for class again!
Genre
humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

3 strips.

Lost (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lost
Genre
humor

[Nose & eyes] (Table of Contents: 18)

Scene But Not Heard / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

Genre
humor

Violent Act Blamed on Comic Book (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson ?
Pencils
? (newspaper xerox)
Inks
? (newspaper xerox)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Spackletown, MI. An 8-year old boy was held in juvenile detention last Friday for dismembering the face of his yougner sister.
Genre
humor

Those loser Generation-X baby buster twentysomething slackers! (Table of Contents: 20)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, you think maybe next time we should heat it in the microwave?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

4 cartoons.

The cultural elite! (Table of Contents: 21)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The episode of "Diff'rent Strokes" with Gordon Jump as the child molester is on soon!
Genre
humor
Characters
Monroe Simmons (cameo)

Indexer Notes

5 cartoons.

Li'l Brainy (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Incredible! This is absolutely fantastic!
Genre
humor
Characters
Li'l boy

Size counts! (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

Genre
humor

You fucking asshole! (Table of Contents: 24)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, dad! You're a fucking asshole!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

5 cartoons.

[Cutout] (Table of Contents: 25)

Scene But Not Heard / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

Genre
humor

Ironically impaired (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! Ya got any pictures of your wife naked?
Genre
humor

So fucking funny... ...you'll fucking die! (Table of Contents: 27)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Pencils
Sam Henderson
Inks
Sam Henderson
Letters
Sam Henderson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At least someone gives two shits about it!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

11 cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Always Funny / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A baby driving a car is always funny
Genre
humor

Advertisement (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, how come women will never fuck us?
Genre
humor; satire-parody

[We all know someone just like this] (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Pencils
Sam Henderson
Inks
Sam Henderson
Letters
Sam Henderson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I saw "The Big Box" last night.
Genre
humor

Blame it on T.V! (Table of Contents: 31)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I got the idea from Beavis and Butthead!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

10 cartoons.

[Bone job] (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Pencils
Sam Henderson
Inks
Sam Henderson
Letters
Sam Henderson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How do you spell relief?
Genre
humor

4 ways to get ahead in business (Table of Contents: 33)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Pencils
Sam Henderson
Inks
Sam Henderson
Letters
Sam Henderson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's funny! Seeing your name in the want ad, I thought you were a man!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

4 cartoons and a friendly explanation.

The "F" hat (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I think I'll buy a novelty hat from some guy in the street!
Genre
humor
Characters
Bill Clinton; Roger

Indexer Notes

Likely a newer version of the comic. Signed "© henderson 94" and featuring a cameo by Bill Clinton (the then president), whereas the story was first published in 1992 and supposedly featured a cameo from George H.W. Bush (the then president).

The greatest teen movie ever made (Table of Contents: 35)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson; Michael Rex
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Teen dreams about making love to beautiful substitute teacher. He wakes up to find dog humping his leg...
Genre
humor

America is the greatest country! (Table of Contents: 36)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why, without those leeches on your face, y-you're the most beautiful girl at the prom!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

5 cartoons.

Lame (Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson; Michael Rex (credited as Mike Rex)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, man! Let's prank Mitch!

Indexer Notes

Signed "© henderson 3/28/94"

Watermelon (Table of Contents: 38)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernest Noyes Brookings
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Watermelon, Long green body garden fruit
Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

"Watermelon" text copyright © by David Greenberger

[Mr. Beeples] (Table of Contents: 39)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Steven Erdman (credited as Steve Erdman)
Pencils
Sam Henderson
Inks
Sam Henderson
Letters
Sam Henderson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, sweet, tender and very shy adults! This is your uncle Stevie here to bring you the glorious tale [...]
Genre
humor
Characters
Child; Mr. Beeples

Indexer Notes

"Mr. Beeples" copyright © by Steve Erdman

A lot of funny things exist, as I'm sure you will agree! (Table of Contents: 40)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He thinks he's a parking meter!
Genre
humor
Characters
Elvis Presley (cameo)

Indexer Notes

6 cartoons.

[Snoop Doggy Dogg] (Table of Contents: 41)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Snoop snoopy dog.
Genre
humor

Lamer (Table of Contents: 42)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Alouet-te gentil alout-te
Genre
humor

[Porky's] (Table of Contents: 43)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pee-Wee's desire to, as he so aptly put it, "lose his cherry" can be interpreted not only as an adolescent rite of passage [...]
Genre
humor
Characters
God

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

Always Funny / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A public figure's display of pain accidentally becoming the latest dance craze is always funny
Genre
humor

What if (Table of Contents: 45)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Helena G. Harvilicz (first gag); Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Weet-weet-weet!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

2 half-page cartoons: "What if the manufacturers of auto safety products made chastity belts?" & "What if men had periods?"

The loan (Table of Contents: 46)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, everything looks pretty good so far...
Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Signed "© henderson 6/27/94"

[Dirty Danny's first job] (Table of Contents: 47)

Dirty Danny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
'Tis a great day when a dirty boy such as I starts his first job!
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Dirty Danny (Danny Hellman)

[The Sally Ricki Riviera show] (Table of Contents: 48)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Left-handed cross-dressing hearing-impaired buddhist libertarian golfers who kill their parents with swiss army knives [...]
Genre
humor

Lamest (Table of Contents: 49)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How many buttocks do you have?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Signed "© henderson 10/15/94"

A bunch of old friends get back together again (Table of Contents: 50)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Remember when I told you about that girl at that party six years ago who took her clothes off for $20?
Genre
humor

Has he run out of gags already or has he just gone insane? (Table of Contents: 51)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thanks for the free food! We're gonna beat you up!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

4 cartoons + 2 illustrations.

The goose and the golden egg (revisited) or "E pluribus rectum" (revisited) (Table of Contents: 52)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, how'd you like one hundred dollars?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Signed "© henderson 9/9/94"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 53)

Always Funny / text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A novice pilot overwhelmed by an abundance of gauges and dials is always funny
Genre
humor

The Always Funny drinking game! (Table of Contents: 54)

Always Funny / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson; Sam Adams (rules)
Pencils
Sam Henderson
Inks
Sam Henderson
Letters
Sam Henderson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, readers! There's a new craze that all the kids are into! This info comes courtesy of Sam Adams of Greenwich, CT...
Genre
humor

America loves slackers! (Table of Contents: 55)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Slackers complain - I just graduated college and I'm only making $400 a week!
Genre
humor; satire-parody

Li'l Boy Reporter (Table of Contents: 56)

comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh my! What a pretty flower! I sure do like to smell flowers!
Genre
humor
Characters
Li'l boy

[Duh] (Table of Contents: 57)

cartoon / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay - which one of you wrote this?
Genre
humor

[Late for school] (Table of Contents: 58)

He's My Dad! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
School
Genre
humor

As lame as it gets (Table of Contents: 59)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's all right 'cause I'm save by the be-e-ell
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Signed "© henderson 12/28/94"

Humor can be funny! (Table of Contents: 60)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I think he likes you!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

8 cartoons.

Is your child a beatnik? (Table of Contents: 61)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Below are some early warning signs which can determine whether your children are among the many youths joining the dangerous cult of the beat generation.
Genre
humor; satire-parody

[Bully] (Table of Contents: 62)

He's My Dad! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Signed "SH 1/7/95"

A funny funny comic (Table of Contents: 63)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ow! My head hurts!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

A four panel comic with tons of made-up credits and an overanalysis.
Signed "© henderson 7/9/95"

The candidate (Table of Contents: 64)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bruce Lawrence announced today that he will seek the presidency in 1996...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Signed "© henderson 6/5/95"

How your mail gets to us (Table of Contents: 65)

Scene But Not Heard / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
U.S. mail!
Genre
humor

The sing-a-long beard (Table of Contents: 66)

comic story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson); ? (illustration)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson); ? (illustration)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
...I've consulted all the media. Tomorrow we'll have ads on TV, radio, subways, and downtown free weeklies...
Genre
humor; satire-parody

[Comics on a plane] (Table of Contents: 67)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No! No! That's not supposed to be you!
Genre
humor
Characters
Sam Henderson

Excuses, excuses! (Table of Contents: 68)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'd have a chance with her if I could lose this crucifix!
Genre
humor
Characters
Jesus (cameo)

Indexer Notes

13 cartoons.

[The fire department] (Table of Contents: 69)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Eeee! My house is on fire! Help!!
Genre
humor

A modern urban fable (Table of Contents: 70)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My wife left me, I lost my job, my T.V. set broke...
Genre
humor

[Rock on!] (Table of Contents: 71)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is a cool song!
Genre
humor

Li'l Street Musician (Table of Contents: 72)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as SH)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A one and a two and a...
Genre
humor
Characters
Li'l boy

Covers of the mini-comics from which this book's content appeared (Table of Contents: 73)

illustration / 1.3 pages (report information)

Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed) (illustration)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed) (illustration)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed)

Indexer Notes

Cover gallery for The Magic Whistle Vol. 1 #1-8.

Humor can be footnotes (Table of Contents: 74)

text article / 1.7 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
8-9: Drawn while attending School of Visual Arts. Rejected from student publication Will Eisner's Gallery for being too dirty [...]

To: National Endowment For the Arts (Table of Contents: 75)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Samuel A. Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Samuel A. Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Samuel A. Henderson)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Samuel A. Henderson); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Sirs: If you give me a grant of $6000 I will spend it on whores for my friends and myself. I will also buy booze and "junk".
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 76)

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

Script
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed, cartoon)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed, cartoon)
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's Sam over there! He draws really funny cartoons. He's not as funny in real life, though.
Characters
Sam Henderson; Monroe Simmons (print on shirt)

Indexer Notes

Cartoon of Sam Henderson and biography.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 77)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Inks
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Henderson (signed as Henderson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
These are only a few of the backhanded compliments the author has received over the years...

Indexer Notes

Back cover featuring redrawn versions of old cartoons with quotes and acknowledgements instead of gags.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Humor Can Be Funny! Second Edition
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["Humor Can Be Funny! by Sam Henderson"]
  4. 3. [Humor Can Be Funny! Indicia]
  5. 4. What's inside
  6. 5. Yes, it is true that humor can be funny - Unfortunately most of it sucks!
  7. 6. Postal Perversity
  8. 7. I made a funny!
  9. 8. [The English girl]
  10. 9. Don't date musicians
  11. 10. I loves peoples
  12. 11. [Abused man]
  13. 12. Dave Thomas
  14. 13. Life is so full of whimsical little nuances!
  15. 14. ["A drunken santa claus is always funny"]
    Always Funny
  16. 15. Everything I need to know I learned in seventh grade
  17. 16. Hippy high school
  18. 17. Lost
  19. 18. [Nose & eyes]
    Scene But Not Heard
  20. 19. Violent Act Blamed on Comic Book
  21. 20. Those loser Generation-X baby buster twentysomething slackers!
  22. 21. The cultural elite!
  23. 22. Li'l Brainy
  24. 23. Size counts!
  25. 24. You fucking asshole!
  26. 25. [Cutout]
    Scene But Not Heard
  27. 26. Ironically impaired
  28. 27. So fucking funny... ...you'll fucking die!
  29. 28. ["A baby driving a car is always funny"]
    Always Funny
  30. 29. Advertisement
  31. 30. [We all know someone just like this]
  32. 31. Blame it on T.V!
  33. 32. [Bone job]
  34. 33. 4 ways to get ahead in business
  35. 34. The "F" hat
  36. 35. The greatest teen movie ever made
  37. 36. America is the greatest country!
  38. 37. Lame
  39. 38. Watermelon
  40. 39. [Mr. Beeples]
  41. 40. A lot of funny things exist, as I'm sure you will agree!
  42. 41. [Snoop Doggy Dogg]
  43. 42. Lamer
  44. 43. [Porky's]
  45. 44. ["A public figure's display of pain accidentally becoming the latest dance craze is always funny"]
    Always Funny
  46. 45. What if
  47. 46. The loan
  48. 47. [Dirty Danny's first job]
    Dirty Danny
  49. 48. [The Sally Ricki Riviera show]
  50. 49. Lamest
  51. 50. A bunch of old friends get back together again
  52. 51. Has he run out of gags already or has he just gone insane?
  53. 52. The goose and the golden egg (revisited) or "E pluribus rectum" (revisited)
  54. 53. ["A novice pilot overwhelmed by an abundance of gauges and dials is always funny"]
    Always Funny
  55. 54. The Always Funny drinking game!
    Always Funny
  56. 55. America loves slackers!
  57. 56. Li'l Boy Reporter
  58. 57. [Duh]
  59. 58. [Late for school]
    He's My Dad!
  60. 59. As lame as it gets
  61. 60. Humor can be funny!
  62. 61. Is your child a beatnik?
  63. 62. [Bully]
    He's My Dad!
  64. 63. A funny funny comic
  65. 64. The candidate
  66. 65. How your mail gets to us
    Scene But Not Heard
  67. 66. The sing-a-long beard
  68. 67. [Comics on a plane]
  69. 68. Excuses, excuses!
  70. 69. [The fire department]
  71. 70. A modern urban fable
  72. 71. [Rock on!]
  73. 72. Li'l Street Musician
  74. 73. Covers of the mini-comics from which this book's content appeared
  75. 74. Humor can be footnotes
  76. 75. To: National Endowment For the Arts
  77. 76. ["That's Sam over there! He draws really funny cartoons. He's not as funny in real life, though."]
  78. 77. ["These are only a few of the backhanded compliments the author has received over the years..."]
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