Humbug
#8
(April 1958)
Humbug Publications,
1957 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Humbug Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Harvey Kurtzman; Jack Davis (Assistant Editor); Will Elder (Assistant Editor); Al Jaffee (Assistant Editor); Arnold Roth (Assistant Editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
-
in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Image of George Washington (very similar to the one on the $1 bill) with a tiny cartoon insect perched on his nose (and George's eyes are altered to look at the bug)
Scared You, Hey?
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Story starts on the inside front cover; part typeset text and part signatures from readers
Report on Shaving Aids
Medicine / text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (photographs); Al Jaffee (illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (photographs); Al Jaffee (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Humbug
letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Arnold Roth [as AR] (letterhead and one panel)
- Inks
- Arnold Roth [as AR] (letterhead and one panel)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Judith Milhon, Howard Brown, B. Drews, Ben Calderone, Richard Christman, Lane Brown, J. S. Dushoff, Dennis Flannigan, C. H. Larson, Jr.
Jailbreak Rock
Movies / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman [Layouts]; Will Elder (signed)
- Inks
- Will Elder (signed)
- Colors
- ? (one-tone)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Humbug Album of American History George Washington
History / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Everybody is Reading Car Magazines
Press / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed); Arnold Roth [as AR] (signed); Harvey Kurtzman; Russ Heath (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed); Arnold Roth [as AR] (signed); Harvey Kurtzman; Russ Heath (signed)
- Colors
- ? (one-tone)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Favorite Formulas for Finishing Films
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Miami
Travel / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Real, Old-Time Cowboys
The Humbug Award / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Herman Wook's Marjorie Morningsun
A Humbug Book Condensation / text story / 4 pages
- Script
- Larry Siegel
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (illustration)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (illustration)
- Colors
- ? (one-tone)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Snow Sculpture
Art / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Old Sputnik Prints
Science / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
4 old (19th century) prints of people in torment with little cartoon sputniks added, probably by Roth or Jaffee
TV Choreography
Television / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Humbug (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2009)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Scared You, Hey?
-
2.
Report on Shaving Aids
Medicine -
3.
Humbug
-
4.
Jailbreak Rock
Movies -
5.
Humbug Album of American History George Washington
History -
6.
Everybody is Reading Car Magazines
Press -
7.
Favorite Formulas for Finishing Films
-
8.
Miami
Travel -
9.
Real, Old-Time Cowboys
The Humbug Award -
10.
Herman Wook's Marjorie Morningsun
A Humbug Book Condensation -
11.
Snow Sculpture
Art -
12.
Old Sputnik Prints
Science -
13.
TV Choreography
Television -
14.
For the Man Who Has Everything
-
15.
A Humbug Valentine Bonus
This issue was modified by, among others
- Weldon Adams
- Chris Boyko
- Michael Hoskin
- Paul Lefebvre
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Walls
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