(May 1983)

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Volume
2
Price
2.00 USD
Pages
96
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983
Publisher's Age Guidelines
The Humor Magazine for Adults
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
NL Communications Inc.
Editing
Kevin Curran; Fred Graver

Issue Notes

Funny Pages on pages 81-88.

The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
Pencils
Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
Inks
Bob Mankoff (signed as Mankoff)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bevenion, if it's not too much of a problem...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A businessman wants an employee to modify his name.

Indexer Notes

Page 6.

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
Pencils
? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
Inks
? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, Stromboli Pizza? When you deliver the Deckers' pizza....
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man doing surveillance in a van parked in front of a house tells the pizza place to drop one off for him, too.
Keywords
pizza; surveillance; tape recorder; telephone

Indexer Notes

Page 10.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
Pencils
John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
Inks
John Caldwell (signed as Caldwell)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well; well, Heffernan! Associate editor at Harper's...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A publisher for a sex magazine reads an applicant's list of credits, which show him working his way down the food chain.
Keywords
editor; magazines

Indexer Notes

Page 14

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Liza Donnelly (signed as Donnelly)
Pencils
Liza Donnelly (signed as Donnelly)
Inks
Liza Donnelly (signed as Donnelly)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Commision on Humor has reached a conclusion, sire.
Genre
humor; historical
Synopsis
A group of jesters present a petition to the king.
Keywords
jesters; king

Indexer Notes

Page 16.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
Pencils
John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
Inks
John Jonik (signed as Jonik)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say, buddy, you got any idea where the Illiterate Club is?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man is standing in front of "The Illiterate Club," but doesn't know it, since he can't read.
Keywords
literacy

Indexer Notes

Page 18.

[Sandwich Special] (Table of Contents: 6)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Peter Kuper (signed as Kuper)
Pencils
Peter Kuper (signed as Kuper)
Inks
Peter Kuper (signed as Kuper)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A case full of sandwiches has a sign next to it, labeled Mesozoic, Paleozoic, and Precambrian, to indicate how old the sandwiches in that layer are.
Keywords
sandwiches

Indexer Notes

Page 25. Pantomime cartoon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It may sound crazy, but I know only one way to reverse this temporary sales downturn.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man seduces a fellow worker by claiming to know how to change the company's sales slide.
Keywords
nudity; seduction

Indexer Notes

Page 34.

Breadfruit Bennie's Drunken Monkey Lounge (Table of Contents: 8)

cartoon / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Gerald Sussman (credited); John Weidman (credited)
Pencils
Ron Barrett (signed)
Inks
Ron Barrett (signed)
Colors
Ron Barrett (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Synopsis
An illustrated menu to a low-class tropical bar in downtown Dayton, Ohio.
Keywords
bar; Dayton; Ohio

Indexer Notes

Pages 39-41.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
P. C. Vey (signed)
Pencils
P. C. Vey (signed)
Inks
P. C. Vey (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thanks for the coffee and cookies, Mrs. Winter.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A plumber is a little guilty when a housewife gives him a snack before he plans on doing a sloppy job of repairing her sink.
Keywords
plumber

Indexer Notes

Page 42

[Block-Long Hot Dogs] (Table of Contents: 10)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Mick Stevens (signed as M Stevens)
Pencils
Mick Stevens (signed as M Stevens)
Inks
Mick Stevens (signed as M Stevens)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A business takes the craze for foot-long hot dogs to its logical conclusion.
Keywords
hot dogs

Indexer Notes

Page 48. Pantomime cartoon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Schoenbaum ? (signed)
Pencils
Bernard Schoenbaum ? (signed)
Inks
Bernard Schoenbaum ? (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, it just happens to be the way my mom used to make it.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A sign at diner's counter says "The Way Mom Used to Make It." A customer is not happy with "Mom's" way.
Keywords
diner

Indexer Notes

Page 66. Signature illegible, but appears to be Schoenbaum.

Donny & Marie in Real Gone Hawaiian Goon! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Kevin Curran (credited)
Pencils
Bob Camp (credited)
Inks
Bob Camp (credited)
Colors
Bob Camp (credited)
Letters
Pete Friedrich (credited)

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Donny (caricature of Donny Osmond); Marie (caricature of Marie Osmond); Paunchy (caricature of Punchy from the Hawaiian Punch TV commercials); King Bugface (idol)
Synopsis
The idol King Bugface tells a story about Donny and Marie getting caught up with gangsters while entertaining at a convention in Honolulu.
Keywords
drugs; Hawaii; Honolulu; kidnapped; machine gun

Indexer Notes

Pages 67-69.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)
Pencils
Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)
Inks
Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We are a very poor country, and we can't afford to buy electrodes for your testicles.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A dictatorship ties a prisoner in the prison yard during a thunderstorm, with a kite tied to his testicles.
Keywords
kite; lightning; prison; torture

Indexer Notes

Page 70.

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

Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
=Sniff, sniff= Hey do you smell smoke?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A sleeping women's feet try to decide whether to wake her up when they smell smoke.
Keywords
fire; nudity; sleeping; smoke

Indexer Notes

Page 78.

Zippy Dress-Circle (Table of Contents: 15)

Zippy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Griffith (signed)
Pencils
Bill Griffith (signed)
Inks
Bill Griffith (signed)
Letters
Bill Griffith (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm Zippy's costume-- Get me a scotch and soda!
Genre
humor
Characters
Zippy the Pin-Head
Synopsis
While Zippy is in bed, Zippy's costume goes out for a night on the town.
Keywords
bar; cigarette; costume; elevator; sex; smoking; taxi

Indexer Notes

Page 81.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Shary Flenniken (signed)
Pencils
Shary Flenniken (signed)
Inks
Shary Flenniken (signed)
Letters
Shary Flenniken (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I love video games...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Trots (dog); Bonnie
Synopsis
Bonnie is bored with the games in the video arcade, until she finds one that really explodes when you lose.
Keywords
video games

Indexer Notes

Page 82. Logo is in the digital stair-step format used in early video-game text.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Politeness Man / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ron Barrett (signed)
Pencils
Ron Barrett (signed)
Inks
Ron Barrett (signed)
Letters
Ron Barrett (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tom-Toms beat their throbbing rhythms!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man tries to save a woman from a tribal sacrifice, but Politenessman interrupts by saying he needs to learn the natives' dance.
Keywords
dance; etiquette; sacrifice

Indexer Notes

Page 63.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Popular Problems / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ron Hauge (signed)
Pencils
Ron Hauge (signed)
Inks
Ron Hauge (signed)
Letters
Ron Hauge (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mr. Evans was tough on everyone in our driving class except Renee.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A teacher's pet gets a good grade in a driving class even when she hits a tree.
Keywords
accident; driving class; teacher

Indexer Notes

Page 83.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
Pencils
Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
Inks
Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)
Letters
Charlie Rodrigues (signed as Rodrigues)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The lobby of the St. Clair Hotel.
Genre
humor
Characters
Ray; Joe; Tillie
Synopsis
A barfly thinks Joe's alive and drunk and has taken him back to her hotel room. Ray tracks her down and bursts into her room, despite her having a particularly virulent strain of herpes.
Keywords
herpes; hotel; prostitute; roller skates.

Indexer Notes

Page 84. Part of a continued story.

Sex and the Single Waitress (Table of Contents: 20)

Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Mimi Pond (signed)
Pencils
Mimi Pond (signed)
Inks
Mimi Pond (signed)
Letters
Mimi Pond (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you see a "hot number," do not lose your "cool."
Genre
humor
Synopsis
How to have a romantic encounter with a customer.
Keywords
waitress

Indexer Notes

Page 85.

Lesson #5-L: Drawing Left-Handed (Table of Contents: 21)

Famous Comic Artists School / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Pencils
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Inks
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Letters
Bruce Cochran (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The right-handed comic artist should practice drawing left-handed...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Two versions of the same subject, one drawn right-handed, the other left-handed.
Keywords
left-handed

Indexer Notes

Page 85.

In Jail (Table of Contents: 22)

Excursions / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Rick Geary (signed)
Pencils
Rick Geary (signed)
Inks
Rick Geary (signed)
Letters
Rick Geary (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
For some reason, we find ourselves in the county jail.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
The pleasures of jail.
Reprints
Keywords
jail

Indexer Notes

Page 85.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Xico "X" Agente Superior / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Tod Carroll (credited)
Pencils
Cliff Jew (credited)
Inks
Cliff Jew (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How about a gratuitous and comradely lift, my friend?
Genre
humor; spy
Characters
Xico "X"
Synopsis
Xico "X" is still trying to find his contact, Mr. Subterraneo.

Indexer Notes

Page 86. Part of a continued story. This is presented as a translated foreign strip, with Tod Carroll listed as translator and all the text done in a typewriter monospace font.

[Officer Mustafa to the Rescue] (Table of Contents: 24)

Aunt Mary's Kitchen / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
M. K. Brown (signed)
Pencils
M. K. Brown (signed)
Inks
M. K. Brown (signed)
Letters
M. K. Brown (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello? Police? This is an emergency!
Genre
humor
Characters
Aunt Mary
Synopsis
Aunt Mary calls the police while the strange TV repairman goes about his work. About the time the police are going to send someone, the repairman has the TV fixed and gives her the bill. Aunt Mary can now watch her soap operas in peace.
Keywords
police; telephone; TV repairman

Indexer Notes

Page 88. Part of a continued story. Title from previous episode's "Next Month" blurb.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

King of the Castle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sean Kelly (credited); Ted Mann (credited)
Pencils
P. Craig Russell (credited) (signed as PCR)
Inks
P. Craig Russell (credited) (signed as PCR)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thus far our story: The blind crusader, King Garth of Scotland...
Genre
humor; historical; satire-parody
Characters
King Garth; Sir William King; Abbot Costello
Synopsis
Blind King Garth of Scotland decides to attack the White Castle of Sir William, all by himself.
Keywords
blind; castle; cow; crossbow; king; moat; Scotland; sword; Trinity

Indexer Notes

Page 86. Part of a continued story. Presented in the style of the classic Prince Valiant Sunday newspaper strip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

The Appletons / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Taylor [as B.K.Taylor]
Pencils
Bob Taylor [as B.K.Taylor]
Inks
Bob Taylor [as B.K.Taylor]
Letters
Bob Taylor [as B.K.Taylor]

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mr. Appleton and the children are bidding Mrs. Appleton good night...
Genre
humor; domestic
Characters
Norm Appleton; Bobby Appleton; Kathy Appleton
Synopsis
Mrs. Appleton goes to her ceramics class; leaving Bobby and Kathy in for a boring and unpleasant evening with Mr. Appleton.
Keywords
baby-sitting; bedtime story

Indexer Notes

Page 88.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Brian Savage (signed)
Pencils
Brian Savage (signed)
Inks
Brian Savage (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There! Bring on your radioactive fallout!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A middle-aged housewife has clear plastic covers over all of her furniture.
Keywords
atomic bomb; dust-covers; fallout

Indexer Notes

Page 90.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. ["Bevenion, if it's not too much of a problem..."]
  2. 2. ["Hello, Stromboli Pizza? When you deliver the Deckers' pizza...."]
  3. 3. ["Well; well, Heffernan! Associate editor at Harper's..."]
  4. 4. ["The Commision on Humor has reached a conclusion, sire."]
  5. 5. ["Say, buddy, you got any idea where the Illiterate Club is?"]
  6. 6. [Sandwich Special]
  7. 7. ["It may sound crazy, but I know only one way to reverse this temporary sales downturn."]
    Foto Funnies
  8. 8. Breadfruit Bennie's Drunken Monkey Lounge
  9. 9. ["Thanks for the coffee and cookies, Mrs. Winter."]
  10. 10. [Block-Long Hot Dogs]
  11. 11. ["Well, it just happens to be the way my mom used to make it."]
  12. 12. Donny & Marie in Real Gone Hawaiian Goon!
  13. 13. ["We are a very poor country, and we can't afford to buy electrodes for your testicles."]
  14. 14. ["=Sniff, sniff= Hey do you smell smoke?"]
    Foto Funnies
  15. 15. Zippy Dress-Circle
    Zippy
  16. 16. ["I love video games..."]
    Trots and Bonnie
  17. 17. ["Tom-Toms beat their throbbing rhythms!"]
    Politeness Man
  18. 18. ["Mr. Evans was tough on everyone in our driving class except Renee."]
    Popular Problems
  19. 19. ["The lobby of the St. Clair Hotel."]
    Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend
  20. 20. Sex and the Single Waitress
    Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School
  21. 21. Lesson #5-L: Drawing Left-Handed
    Famous Comic Artists School
  22. 22. In Jail
    Excursions
  23. 23. ["How about a gratuitous and comradely lift, my friend?"]
    Xico "X" Agente Superior
  24. 24. [Officer Mustafa to the Rescue]
    Aunt Mary's Kitchen
  25. 25. ["Thus far our story: The blind crusader, King Garth of Scotland..."]
    King of the Castle
  26. 26. ["Mr. Appleton and the children are bidding Mrs. Appleton good night..."]
    The Appletons
  27. 27. ["There! Bring on your radioactive fallout!"]
This issue was modified by
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Steven Samuels
  • Luther Weaver