Arcade the Comics Revue #2

(Summer 1975)

Sawney Beane (Table of Contents: 1)

They Shall Not Be Forgotten! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Osborne (credited)

Pencils

Jim Osborne (credited)

Inks

Jim Osborne (credited)

Letters

Jim Osborne (credited)

Genre

biography

Characters

Sawney Beane

Synopsis

Biographical details

Reprints

• in D.O.A. (Saving Grace, 1976 series) #1 (1976)
• in Jim Osborne: The Black Prince of the Underground (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

Keywords

cannibalism; Scotland

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Number two of a series.

Arcade the Comics Revue (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Robert Armstrong (credited as Aldo and Bobbo); Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb); Kim Deitch (credited as K. Deitch); Justin Green (credited as J. Green); Bill Griffith (credited as B. Griffith); Rory Hayes (credited as R. Hayes); Jay Kinney (credited as J. Kinney); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as A. Kominsky); Paul Krassner (credited as P. Krassner); George Kuchar (credited as G. Kuchar); Jay Lynch (credited as J. Lynch); Michael McMillan (credited as M. Mcmillian); Willy Murphy (credited as W. Murphy); Diane Noomin (credited as D. Noomin); Jim Osborne (credited as J. Osborne); Gilbert Shelton (credited as G. Shelton); Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain); Art Spiegelman (credited as A. Spiegelman)

Inks

Robert Armstrong (credited as Aldo and Bobbo); Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb); Kim Deitch (credited as K. Deitch); Justin Green (credited as J. Green); Bill Griffith (credited as B. Griffith); Rory Hayes (credited as R. Hayes); Jay Kinney (credited as J. Kinney); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as A. Kominsky); Paul Krassner (credited as P. Krassner); George Kuchar (credited as G. Kuchar); Jay Lynch (credited as J. Lynch); Michael McMillan (credited as M. Mcmillian); Willy Murphy (credited as W. Murphy); Diane Noomin (credited as D. Noomin); Jim Osborne (credited as J. Osborne); Gilbert Shelton (credited as G. Shelton); Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain); Art Spiegelman (credited as A. Spiegelman)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Aldo; Bobbo; David Cohen; Robert Crumb; Kim Deitch; Justin Green; Bill Griffith; Rory Hayes; W. E. Hill; Jay Kinney; Aline Kominsky; Paul Krassner; George Kuchar; Jay Lynch; Michael McMillian; Willy Murphy; Diane Noomin; Jim Osborne; Gilbert Shelton; Spain Rodriguez; Art Spiegelman

Indexer Notes

Table of contents and listing of staff and writers and artists (with "self-portraits"). The Robert Crumb self-portrait from the contents page was reprinted in the Complete Crumb Volume 10.

Hate's All the Rage (Table of Contents: 3)

The Outline / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb); Bill Griffith (credited)

Inks

Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb); Bill Griffith (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Notes about features in the issue. Includes a small sample panel from each artist.

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

Letters / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Pencils

Justin Green; Jay Kinney

Inks

Justin Green; Jay Kinney

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Harvey Kurtzman; Dale Lee Coovert; Jon Buller; K. Tannenbaum; Patrick Rosenkranz; John Benson; and Al Greenier. No editorial responses.

Let's Talk Sense About This Here Modern America (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed)

Genre

humor; advocacy; satire-parody

Characters

Robert Crumb; John Q. Public; Fat Capitalist; Slogan-Chanting Radical; Glad-Hander; Teenagers; Fashionable Woman; Show Biz Personality; Urban Sophisticates; Big Dupont Executive

Synopsis

Crumb rants about America and what he'd do to fix it.

Reprints

• in L'Écho des savanes (Editions du Fromage, 1972 series) #31 (Mai 1977)
• in R. Crumb's America (Knockabout, 1994 series) (1994 ?)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #10 - Crumb Advocates Violent Overthrow (March 1994)
• in R. Crumb's America (Last Gasp, 1995 series) (October 1995)
• in Amerika (Cornélius, 2004 series) (2004)

Keywords

adult; political

#682 Places Of Particular Automotive Interest (Table of Contents: 6)

Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gilbert Shelton (credited)

Pencils

Gilbert Shelton (credited)

Inks

Gilbert Shelton (credited)

Letters

Gilbert Shelton (credited)

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Motoring oddities

Reprints

• in U-Comix (Volksverlag, 1980 series) #8 (April 1981)

Where Are They Now? (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Kim Deitch (credited as Fowlton Means)

Pencils

Kim Deitch (signed)

Inks

Kim Deitch (signed)

Letters

Kim Deitch (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Richard Schlipivitz; Editor; Larry Farrel; Al Jolson; Calvin Coolidge; George Bernard Shaw; Marion Davies

Synopsis

A reporter goes to a restaurant to interview a silent film actress. But he winds up interviewing her husband, who is a practical joker.

Reprints

• in Hollywoodland (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) (November 1987) [four pages of original reproduced smaller on two pages in reprint]

Indexer Notes

End credit reads 'Story by Fowlton Means, In Collaboration With Opal Dendrite'.

A Couch In the Sun- The Henri Rosseau Story (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Griffith (signed as Griffy)

Pencils

Bill Griffith (signed as Griffy)

Inks

Bill Griffith (signed as Griffy)

Letters

Bill Griffith (signed as Griffy)

Genre

biography

Characters

Henri Rousseau; Alfred Jarry; Guillaume Apollinaire; Paul Gaugin; Edgar Degas; Pablo Picasso; Paul Cezanne; Puzzled Critic; Madame Epinal

Synopsis

Biography of Henri Rousseau.

Reprints

• in BD : L'hebdo de la B.D. (Éditions du Square, 1977 series) #39
• in El Víbora (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1979 series) #20-21 ([julio 1981])
• in Bill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (December 2011)

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

Nard n' Pat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jay Lynch (signed)

Pencils

Jay Lynch (signed)

Inks

Jay Lynch (signed)

Letters

Jay Lynch (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Howdy! I'm Jay Lynch, creator of Nard n' Pat

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Nard; Pat; Jay Lynch (intro); Nurse; Veterinarian

Synopsis

There is a disagreement about smoking.

Who Killed Lenny Bruce? (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Krassner (credited)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)

Inks

Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb)

Letters

Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb); typeset

Characters

Lenny Bruce; Paul Krassner; Dustin Hoffman (as Lenny Bruce)

Synopsis

Krassner rambles about his experiences with Lenny Bruce and criticizes the movie "Lenny."

Reprints

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #10 - Crumb Advocates Violent Overthrow (March 1994) [Robert Crumb illustrations only. The Krassner text is not included]

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

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)

Pencils

Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)

Inks

Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)

Letters

Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

An average day on Mission Street where beautiful women ....

Synopsis

A view down Mission Street, San Francisco, emphasizing pretty women on the sidewalks and crude young men in customized cars on the street.

Keywords

California; custom cars; Mission Street; San Francisco

Indexer Notes

Centerspread. "Dedicated to Lee Deveau".

"An average day on Mission Street where beautiful women (who give the area its reputation as San Francisco's "sexiest district") are annoyed by the crude advances of young men (known to sociologists as "machismo")

Rita Markee Pilgrim to Paradise on La Cock A Roach Cho Cho (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Michael McMillan (signed)

Pencils

Michael McMillan (signed)

Inks

Michael McMillan (signed)

Letters

Michael McMillan (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Rita Markee; Willard; Native; Conductor

Synopsis

Rita and her companions are lost in the jungle when their plane crashes in South America.

Back to Basics (Table of Contents: 13)

Arnold Peck the Human Wreck / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Willy Murphy (signed as Willy Murphy)

Pencils

Willy Murphy (signed as Willy Murphy)

Inks

Willy Murphy (signed as Willy Murphy)

Letters

Willy Murphy (signed as Willy Murphy)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Arnold Peck; Edgar

Synopsis

Arnold goes to the countryside to visit his rural friends.

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

Real Dream / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Art Spiegelman (signed)

Pencils

Art Spiegelman (signed)

Inks

Art Spiegelman (signed)

Letters

Art Spiegelman (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

moan!

Genre

humor

Characters

Art Spiegelman; Hostess

Synopsis

Art Spiegelman dreams of being at a party and his mustache washing off.

Reprints

• in Breakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips (Bélier Press, 1977 series) (December 1977)
• in Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! (Pantheon, 2008 series) ([October] 2008)
• in Nocturnes, le rêve dans la bande dessinée (CNBDI, 2013 series) (décembre 2013)

The Labor Theory of Value (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

David Cohen (credited)

Pencils

George Kuchar (credited)

Inks

George Kuchar (credited)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

An unusual assignment for a sculptor.

Indexer Notes

Text story with four illustrations.

A Bitter Pill (Table of Contents: 16)

DiDi Glitz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Diane Noomin (signed)

Pencils

Diane Noomin (signed)

Inks

Diane Noomin (signed)

Letters

Diane Noomin (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

DiDi Glitz; Leona; Nurses

Synopsis

DiDi in the hospital.

Reprints

• in Glitz-2-Go (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (January 2012)

Goethe's Faust (Table of Contents: 17)

Classics Crucified / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Justin Green (credited)

Pencils

Justin Green (credited)

Inks

Justin Green (credited)

Letters

Justin Green (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

ProJunior; The Director; The Comedian; Doc

Synopsis

Does one have to compromise art?

Neighborhood Movie (Table of Contents: 18)

Life Sketches / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

W. E. Hill (credited)

Pencils

W. E. Hill (credited)

Inks

W. E. Hill (credited)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

A trip to the movies

Reprints

• from Life Sketches Sunday from 1936.

Television 'Round the Corner (Table of Contents: 19)

Life Sketches / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

W. E. Hill (credited)

Pencils

W. E. Hill (credited)

Inks

W. E. Hill (credited)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

How television will change entertainment

Reprints

• from Life Sketches Sunday from 1939

Keywords

television

The Jazz Babies (Table of Contents: 20)

Life Sketches / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

W. E. Hill (credited)

Pencils

W. E. Hill (credited)

Inks

W. E. Hill (credited)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Jazz club afficianados

Reprints

• from Life Sketches (Chicago Tribune) Sunday from 1925

Keywords

jazz

Rick Shaw (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Willy Murphy (signed)

Pencils

Willy Murphy (signed)

Inks

Willy Murphy (signed)

Letters

Willy Murphy (signed)

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Rick Shaw

Synopsis

American gung-ho imperialism.

Indexer Notes

Pastiche of Milton Caniff signed as William Murphy.

Sir Plus of Hollywood (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Jay Kinney (signed)

Pencils

Jay Kinney (signed)

Inks

Jay Kinney (signed)

Letters

Jay Kinney (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Sir Plus

Synopsis

Modern day sex clothing.

On the Street With the Bunch of Gibralter (Table of Contents: 23)

The Bunch / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Aline Kominsky-Crumb (signed as Aline Kominsky)

Pencils

Aline Kominsky-Crumb (signed as Aline Kominsky)

Inks

Aline Kominsky-Crumb (signed as Aline Kominsky)

Letters

Aline Kominsky-Crumb (signed as Aline Kominsky)

Genre

humor

Characters

The Bunch; Little Guy; Young Man; Thin Woman; Bum

Synopsis

People comment on the Bunch's figure.

Indexer Notes

"Gibraltar" is spelled incorrectly in title.

Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Robert Armstrong (credited as Aldo & Bobbo)

Pencils

Robert Armstrong (credited as Aldo & Bobbo)

Inks

Robert Armstrong (credited as Aldo & Bobbo)

Letters

Robert Armstrong (credited as Aldo & Bobbo)

Genre

humor

Synopsis

The perils of excess.

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

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Rory Hayes (signed as R. Hayes)

Pencils

Rory Hayes (signed as R. Hayes)

Inks

Rory Hayes (signed as R. Hayes)

Letters

Rory Hayes (signed as R. Hayes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bleeorp!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

Odd monsters.

Reprints

• in Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes (Fantagraphics, 2008 series) (2008)

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

Griffith Observatory / comic story / 0.5 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

Observation saves us from experience.

Genre

humor

Characters

Bill Griffith; Louie; Mr. Toad

Synopsis

Bill's snooping is cut short.

Print Mint Inc. (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

Print Mint / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

[Classifieds] (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Day at the Circuits (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Art Spiegelman (signed)

Pencils

Art Spiegelman (signed)

Inks

Art Spiegelman (signed)

Colors

Art Spiegelman (signed)

Letters

Art Spiegelman (signed)

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Circular strip about drinking and depression.

Reprints

• in Breakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips (Bélier Press, 1977 series) (December 1977)
• in El Víbora (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1979 series) #36 ([noviembre 1982])
• in Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! (Pantheon, 2008 series) ([October] 2008)
• in MetaMaus (Flammarion, 2012 series) (janvier 2012)

Keywords

bar; drinking

Indexer Notes

On back cover of comic.