Zap Comix
#12
(1989)
Last Gasp,
1982? Series
- Price
- [None]
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1989
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
-
Last Gasp
- ISBN
-
0-86719-190-2
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Underground Comix are known for using different prices, covers (art or color variations) and/or interior content to distinguish between printings.
1st print has no cover price. 2nd print has 2.50 USD cover. 3rd print has 2.95 USD cover.
4th print has 3.95 USD cover.
This issue has variants:
1st print has no cover price. 2nd print has 2.50 USD cover. 3rd print has 2.95 USD cover.
4th print has 3.95 USD cover.
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
cover / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wake up perverts!
- Reprints
-
in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #5 - The Zap Story ([November] 2014), #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014), #6 - Portfolio ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
Indexer Notes
Wrap-around cover image.
![Cover Thumbnail for Zap Comix (1982 ? series) #12 [2nd print 2.50 USD]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/801/w100/801847.jpg?-1677787757630963676)
![Cover Thumbnail for Zap Comix (1982 ? series) #12 [4th print- 3.95 USD ]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1153/w100/1153647.jpg?5640072033007936873)
Arthur
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Rick Griffin (signed ART!)
- Pencils
- Rick Griffin (signed ART!)
- Inks
- Rick Griffin (signed ART!)
- Letters
- Rick Griffin (signed ART!)
- Reprints
- in Heart and Torch: Rick Griffin's Transcendence (Laguna Art Museum; Gingko Press, 2007 series) (2007) [1/7 page size]
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
[no title indexed]
Trashman Agent of the 6th International / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ... According to unconfirmed reports, the body of Ronald Wilson Reagan the 40th president of the United States...
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Trashman [Harry Barnes]; Mysterious Hitch-Hiker; 134th West Bulkovian Fusileer; Ronald Reagan's Corpse
- Reprints
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
- in Spain (Fantagraphics, 2017 series) #1 - Street Fighting Men (2017)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
The Curse of the Mummy Monkey
The 'Boned' Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Bromm Chenault; Nova Polaris; Professor Doat; Eskimo; Mummy Monkey; Philippino; Emmett
- Reprints
- in Hysteria in Remission: The Comix & Drawings of Robt. Williams (Fantagraphics, 2002 series) (September 2002)
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
[no title indexed]
The Checkered Demon / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Checkered Demon frolics with a few friends on the fringes of hell
- Characters
- The Checkered Demon
- Synopsis
- The Checkered Demon frolics with a few friends on the fringes of hell.
- Reprints
- in The Collected Checkered Demon (Last Gasp, 1998 series) #1 (1998)
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
[An Irish Pub]
illustration / 1 page
- Synopsis
- An Irish pub as imagined by a Nebraska farm boy.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
[The Captain's Daughter]
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Captain; Checkered Demon (as a tattoo)
- Synopsis
- The furious Captain discovers that the kidnappers have designs on his daughter.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
The Girl
The Checkered Demon / comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Checkered Demon; The Girl
- Reprints
- in The Collected Checkered Demon (Last Gasp, 1998 series) #1 (1998)
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
Picnic in Hell / Devil's Table Top Model #666
The Checkered Demon / illustration / 2 pages
- Characters
- Checkered Demon
- Reprints
- in The Collected Checkered Demon (Last Gasp, 1998 series) #1 (1998)
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
Indexer Notes
Devil's table top model #666.
[no title indexed]
Coochy Cooty / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My Filthy Mouth is Killing Me!
- Characters
- Coochy Cooty; Dainty Dimples
- Reprints
- in Hysteria in Remission: The Comix & Drawings of Robt. Williams (Fantagraphics, 2002 series) (September 2002)
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
Cinematographoönomatopoeia
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
The Artist and the Elves
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Artist; Elves; Shoemaker's Agent
- Synopsis
- An artist tries to get a group of elves to create art.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
Rotten to the Core
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb; S. Clay Wilson; Gilbert Shelton; Spain Rodriguez; Robert Williams; Victor Moscoso; Rick Griffin
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb; S. Clay Wilson; Gilbert Shelton; Spain Rodriguez; Robert Williams; Victor Moscoso; Rick Griffin
- Inks
- Robert Crumb; S. Clay Wilson; Gilbert Shelton; Spain Rodriguez; Robert Williams; Victor Moscoso; Rick Griffin
- Letters
- Robert Crumb; S. Clay Wilson; Gilbert Shelton; Spain Rodriguez; Robert Williams; Victor Moscoso; Rick Griffin
- Characters
- Culture Vulture Lady; Coochy Cooty; Dainty Dimples; Checkered Demon; Jimmy Durante (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Jam sequence with characters by their respective creators, this time with a loose theme of various characters heading to a "Zap #12" show in New York City.
- Reprints
- in Hysteria in Remission: The Comix & Drawings of Robt. Williams (Fantagraphics, 2002 series) (September 2002)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #17 - Cave Wimp (July 2005)
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
Cave Wimp
comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Whadaya Want from Me" Crumb)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Whadaya Want from Me" Crumb)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Whadaya Want from Me" Crumb)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed as R. "Whadaya Want from Me" Crumb)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Cave Wimp; Gub; Mog; Grek
- Synopsis
- Crumb tells the story of the first ectomorph in Neolithic times. Cave Wimp, an outcast of the clan, accidently finds himself in the favor of the alpha males. At least for a little while.
- Reprints
-
in Epix (Epix, 1984 series) #10/1989 (66) (oktober 1989) -
in Obras Completas Crumb (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1985 ? series) #3 - La historia de mi vida (1990) -
in Mystic Funnies (Editions du Zebu, 1999 series) #1 (2e trimestre 1999) - in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #17 - Cave Wimp (July 2005)
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Lully Lulay
Lully Lulay / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Knight; May
- Reprints
- in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #3 - Issues 9-12 ([November] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- adult; underground
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Wake up perverts!"]
-
1.
Arthur
-
2.
["... According to unconfirmed reports, the body of Ronald Wilson Reagan the 40th president of the United States..."]
Trashman Agent of the 6th International -
3.
The Curse of the Mummy Monkey
The 'Boned' Man -
4.
["The Checkered Demon frolics with a few friends on the fringes of hell"]
The Checkered Demon -
5.
[An Irish Pub]
-
6.
[The Captain's Daughter]
-
7.
The Girl
The Checkered Demon -
8.
Picnic in Hell / Devil's Table Top Model #666
The Checkered Demon -
9.
["My Filthy Mouth is Killing Me!"]
Coochy Cooty -
10.
Cinematographoönomatopoeia
-
11.
The Artist and the Elves
-
12.
Rotten to the Core
-
13.
Cave Wimp
-
14.
Lully Lulay
Lully Lulay
This issue was modified by, among others
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mark Q
- Steven Samuels
- Ramon Schenk
- Mark Semich
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