Drag Cartoons #43

(September 1967)

Wonder Wart-Hog Opens a Concessions Stand... (Table of Contents: 1)

Wonder Wart-Hog / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Shelton (credited)

Pencils

Gilbert Shelton (credited); Tony Bell (credited)

Inks

Gilbert Shelton (credited); Tony Bell (credited)

Letters

Gilbert Shelton (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I would like to order 315 chilidogs...

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Wonder Wart-Hog [Philbert Desanix]

Synopsis

Tired of bad food at the local drag strip, Wonder Wart-Hog opens his own concession stand.

Reprints

• in (Not Only) The Best of Wonder Wart-Hog (The Print Mint Inc, 1973 series) #3 (1973)

Keywords

chilidog; concession stand; drag strips

Indexer Notes

Credited to "Gilbert Shelton & Tony Bell."

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

A/Gas / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Pencils

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Inks

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Letters

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I realize it's August..so it can't be a snow plow..

Genre

humor; car

Synopsis

A driver modifies his car with a snow plow blade on the front to scoop up any Volkswagens that get in his way.

Keywords

snow plow; Volkswagens

Poietic Justice [sic] (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Pencils

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Inks

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Letters

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hold it Buddy..

Genre

humor

Synopsis

A man is arrested for jay-walking. He defends himself in court and, and after his case is dismissed, becomes so obnoxious that he's fined for contempt of court and ends up in jail.

Keywords

courtroom; jail; jaywalking; judge; law

Indexer Notes

The title should read "Poetic Justice," but is misspelled.

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

Tyrod Power / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Pencils

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Inks

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Letters

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The flathead was okay in it's day..

Genre

humor; car

Characters

Pfc. Joe Raincloud

Synopsis

A discussion about engines ends with an old joke about marine engines.

Keywords

engines; hitchhiker; Indians; Marines

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

The Adventures of Bull O'Fuzz / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Shelton (signed as Shelton)

Pencils

Gilbert Shelton (signed as Shelton); Tony Bell (credited as Bell)

Inks

Gilbert Shelton (signed as Shelton); Tony Bell (credited as Bell)

Letters

Gilbert Shelton (signed as Shelton)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I believe I'll stop in here and have a cup of coffee!

Genre

humor; car

Characters

Bull O'Fuzz

Synopsis

A man driving a race car (without license plates, mufflers, etc.) on the streets fast-talks a policeman into letting him go.

Keywords

policeman; race car

Indexer Notes

Credited "Shelton & Bell" in last panel.

Down Two Earth (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Pencils

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Inks

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Letters

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hang it up!..You're just going up in smoke!

Genre

humor; car

Synopsis

A funny car dragster's rear wheels keep slipping. The wheels are coated with "liquid traction," but all they do now is tear up the track.

Keywords

dragster

Indexer Notes

The title is a pun on "down to Earth."

The Pig Lives! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Wonder Wart-Hog / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

McFlathead / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Pencils

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Inks

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Letters

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wouldn't it be easier to just buy a new crank?

Genre

humor; car

Characters

Temple McFlathead; Payne

Synopsis

McFlathead is trying to get another drag race out of a crankshaft he bought in 1932. His partner comes up with slightly devious plan to raise some money to buy a new one.

Keywords

crankshaft; dragster; protest

Indexer Notes

McFlathead runs in the "E" Class of 296 cubic inches.

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

A/Gas / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Pencils

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Inks

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

Letters

Pete Millar (signed as Millar)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm looking for a tire that really grips the surface..

Genre

humor; car

Synopsis

A man gets more than he bargained for when he buys "Tiger Paw" tires.

Keywords

tires

Indexer Notes

A parody of the animated TV commercials for Uniroyal Tiger Paw tires.

The Human Element (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Tufts (signed as Tufts)

Pencils

Warren Tufts (signed as Tufts)

Inks

Warren Tufts (signed as Tufts)

Letters

Warren Tufts (signed as Tufts)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yessir, we're designing our dragster from the ground up, Jon, boy!

Genre

humor; car

Synopsis

A company does everything possible to develop a winning dragster, but fails to account for a basic defect in the driver.

Keywords

dragster

Indexer Notes

Signed "Tufts" in the final panel.

Wheelnuts (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Dale Hale (signed)

Pencils

Dale Hale (signed)

Inks

Dale Hale (signed)

Letters

Dale Hale (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boy! Do I have some good news for you!

Genre

humor; car; satire-parody

Characters

Charlie Brown; Lucy; Linus; Schroeder; Snoopy

Synopsis

Lucy has the boys build her the world's hottest dragster, but she didn't count on another competitor.

Reprints

• from Drag Cartoons (Millar Publishing Company, 1963 series) #5 (July 1964)

Keywords

dragster; Peanuts

Indexer Notes

A parody of the Peanuts comic strips, with the characters drawn in Schulz-style, but none are named. Dale Hale (signed in the last panel) was an assistant to Charles Schulz and drew the Peanuts comic books for Dell.

A Sample of What's Happenin' in the Wonder Wart-Hog Girl Friend Contest (Table of Contents: 12)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

Fan art with suggestions for a girl friend for Wonder Wart-Hog. Art from Tom Parker, Tom Delperdang, Lee Thomason, Joe Martin, James Cook, Kevin Quinn, J. Fuhst, and seven unidentified submissions.