Zorch Comics #2

(Winter 2017)

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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Mike Kazaleh

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We've all heard that the inmates are running the asylum...

Genre

humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

Mike Kazaleh writes about the absurdity of life, and to take it all in stride, lest one becomes an absurd person (if one isn't one, already).

Indexer Notes

Art signed as MK'17-

Indicia states:
ZORCH COMICS #2 WINTER 2017. Published once every eighteen years by East Willis Productions.
...
Printed in the U.S.A Be Zorch, Daddios!

Homies Where the Art Is! (Table of Contents: 2)

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Mike Kazaleh

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A young, "urban," male, cat character begins his new job where he creates replicas of famous paintings at the "Art Warehaus."

Indexer Notes

Signed:
by M. Kazaleh- ©2009

The Not Exactly Hilarious Adventures of Frank & Doris! (Table of Contents: 3)

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Frank (middle-aged dog); Doris (young cat)

Synopsis

Frank does not share Doris' fondness for 1970s music (or the decade, in general).

Indexer Notes

Signed
©2003 by M. Kazaleh

Elwood & Larry in "Soldiers of Fortune (Cookie)" (Table of Contents: 4)

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Larry (male lion with glasses); Elwood (male bear with dark hair)

Synopsis

Larry and Elwood share their thoughts on a profound fortune cookie.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
©2002 by Mike Kazaleh-

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Another Happy Little Bear (Table of Contents: 6)

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Mike Kazaleh

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Happy Little Bear (a diminutive male bear); Myron (a chubby male polar bear)

Synopsis

Happy Little Bear laments that nobody likes him.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
by MK- ©2002

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

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I'm walking on eggs...

Genre

drama; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A rhyming poem accompanied by an illustration of careful cat.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
MK-

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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YAWN

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A male, wolf character struggles to stay awake during the day.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
M. Kazaleh'09-

The Adventures of Jolly Jimmy Jinger (Table of Contents: 9)

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Jolly Jimmy Jinger (short, male rabbit with glasses)

Synopsis

Jolly Jimmy Jinger is outraged that his favorite super hero comic has been turned into "a savage, snarling, satan-worshipping homosexual," among other things.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
©2009 MK-

Happy Hour (Table of Contents: 10)

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Mike Kazaleh

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Genre

drama; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

In a completely-wordless 3-panel story, a male dog character experiences drudgery, joy, and sorrow.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
by M. Kazaleh- ©2012

Big Whoop and Little "D" (Table of Contents: 11)

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Big Whoop (an overweight male dog); Little "D" (a small male dog)

Synopsis

Big Whoop wears his "Hello Kitty" hat.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
©2010 M. Kazaleh-

Alonso and the Three Tinas (Table of Contents: 12)

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Alonso Aardvark (hapless male Aardvark); Kravitz Tina; Lopez Tina; Lipschitz Tina (youngest and most beautiful of the Tina sisters)

Synopsis

After being fired from his job as a lifeguard at the public swimming pool, Alonso Aardvark tries employment with each of the three Tina sisters. To disastrous effect.

Indexer Notes

A 5-paragraph text story, accompanied by a wide banner image featuring Alonso Aardvark.
Signed:
©2009 Mike Kazaleh-

Derwood Debbil (Table of Contents: 13)

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Genre

humor

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Derwood Debbil

Synopsis

Derwood Debbil (a "Hot Stuff" parody) meets one of his fans.

Indexer Notes

No artist/script credits, assumed to be Mike Kazaleh, as it is part of this anthology book.
Copyright listed as "©EWP."
One of the very few stories in this anthology without furry/anthropomorphic/funny animal characters.

Senator Everett Ducksen (Table of Contents: 14)

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Mike Kazaleh

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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Everett Ducksen

Synopsis

Senator Ducksen reveals his new "faith-based" health care system.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
by M. Kazaleh ©2011

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

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I weep for this world...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A male wolf character comes to a realization about this world.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
MK'14-

Those Lazy Kitties (Table of Contents: 16)

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

Two young male kittens talk about apathy.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
by M. Kazaleh- ©2002

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

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Your ideas are completely rotten!

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A vaguely-Steve-Jobs-esque male cat gives a demoralizing inspirational speech to his animation crew.

Indexer Notes

Singed:
MK'13-

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

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...And I think that I can state without fear of contradiction...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A male dog in a slick business suit and sunglasses seems overly confident at a board meeting.

Indexer Notes

Signed: M Kazaleh'13-
The inking style is very different from every other page in the book thus far. It is a thin, ball point pen style (compared to a brush pen of previous stories).

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

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We-ell... He made me MAD!

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

After a head-on car crash, one of the victims explains what happened.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
M. Kazaleh'12-
The inking style is very different from other pages in the book. It is a thin, ball point pen style (compared to a brush pen of other stories).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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What are they saying about me behind my back?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A male cat goes through the range of emotions from suspicion to anger misery.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
MK-
Eight panels in two columns in the form of a TV screen (4:3 aspect ratio).
The inking style is very different from other pages in the book. It is a thin, ball point pen style (compared to a brush pen of other stories).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

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You're not using enough ELECTRICITY!

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody

Synopsis

Big Bill (light bulb-shaped bird mascot)

Indexer Notes

No artist credits.
The only credit: "Big Bill™."

Hilarious Hardware (Table of Contents: 22)

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A male dog character asks the clerk at the hardware store for a 37/38 inch threaded faucet.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
©2009 MK-

An Intellectual Interlude (Table of Contents: 23)

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Mike Kazaleh

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Clyde (young male cat)

Synopsis

Clyde and his friend discuss brevity.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
©2012 M. Kazaleh-
Drawn as four, wide panels, stacked horizontally.

Sincerity Is Not An Option (Table of Contents: 24)

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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Myron (male middle-aged cat copywriter)

Synopsis

Myron's boss asks him to write ad copy for the client's new bacon-avocado-blue cheese burger.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
©2014 MK-

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

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Come in, Smithfield. I have a matter of grave importance to discuss...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Smithfield (male middle-aged dog); J.B. (obese male dog)

Synopsis

Kremulose has gotten a bad name. It's up to Smithfield to fix things.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
MK'16-
One of the few stories in this anthology that has an "END." note.

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

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What Will Her Future Be Like?

Genre

drama; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A public service announcement from the American Chamber of Commerce.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
M. Kazaleh-
The inking style is very different from other pages in the book. It is a thin, ball point pen style (compared to a brush pen of other stories).
Below the scratchy style of art is ad copy.

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

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...And I'm Bob... Bob Enright!

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Bob Enright (male dog)

Synopsis

Bob Enright's reputation precedes him.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
MK'15-
Three tall, thin panels.

Henrietta the Champ! (Table of Contents: 28)

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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Henrietta Hogfat (obese female pig)

Synopsis

Henrietta Hogfat trains to be a champion volleyball player.

Indexer Notes

A 6-paragraph text story, accompanied by a wide banner image featuring Henrietta Hogfat.
Signed:
©2009 MK-

Little Blotto (Table of Contents: 29)

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Mike Kazaleh

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Genre

humor

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Little Blotto (parody of Little Lotta)

Synopsis

Little Blotto is out of detox again.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
©EWP
One of the very few stories in this anthology without furry/anthropomorphic/funny animal characters.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

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It'll never work...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A billboard sign painter remarks on the billboard he just put up.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
M. Kazaleh'12-

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

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...For a total of $454.35.

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A male dog character with glasses buys new glasses.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
M. Kazaleh'12-

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

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Hey, neighbor! Hot enough for ya?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A heatwave annoys the main character.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
M. Kazaleh'12-

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

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what sounds good 2 you?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

Two Millennial youths (a male bear and a male wolf) communicate over lunch.

Indexer Notes

Told in a single panel; characters in profile.
Signed:
M. Kazaleh'12-

Cartoonist's Nightmare (Table of Contents: 34)

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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Fred (male dog)

Synopsis

Fred's friend inquires about Fred's new job.

Indexer Notes

Signed:
by M. Kazaleh-
Ends with
"END♥."

Harrison's School Days (Table of Contents: 35)

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Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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Harrison (a young male dog)

Synopsis

Harrison has a bad day at school.

Indexer Notes

The only story in the anthology that mixes a furry/anthropomorphic/funny animal character with human characters.
Signed:
by M. Kazaleh-
©2016 MK-
Ends with
"Lather, rinse, and repeat..."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36) (Expand) /

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[Midnight at the Wishing Well] (Table of Contents: 37)

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Mike Kazaleh

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Mike Kazaleh

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

A Wile E. Coyote-eque male wolf character reclines by a well, in the moonlight.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Full color. No dialog.
Signed:
M. Kazaleh'14-