(Winter 1975)
The Print Mint Inc,
1975 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1975-11-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Print Mint, Inc.
- Brand
-
Print Mint
- Editing
- Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date given in William S. Burroughs' copyright registration for the text of his story "Fun City in Ba'dan." No copyright registration was filed for the issue as a whole.
The publisher put a red $1.50 price sticker on the covers of some copies.
The publisher put a red $1.50 price sticker on the covers of some copies.
[no title indexed]
Frosty the Snowman / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Editing
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's One for th' Baby Jeeziz!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Frosty The Snowman
- Reprints
Arcade the Comics Revue
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Table of Contents, list of staff and writers and artists (with "self-portraits.") and indicia. The R. Crumb self-portrait from the contents page was reprinted in The Complete Crumb vol. 10.
William S. Burroughs and S. Clay Wilson
The Outline / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.33 page
[no title indexed]
Letters / letters page / 0.67 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Ken Jacobs; Roger Carrington; Dennis Carrington; Michael H. Price; Bruce Sterling; and Bob Singer.
Frosty the Snowman and His Friends
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Frosty The Snowman; Stoop; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Frosty and friends plot to throw bombs disguised as snowballs at the "Rockerfella" mansion.
- Reprints
-
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 The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
-
- Keywords
- bomb; Christmas; revolution
Indexer Notes
These are 12 two-tier gag strips, set up as half-page strips with a logo on each one.
Fun City In Ba'Dan
text story / 3 pages
- Characters
- Narrator; Audrey; Pu
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Text story with seven illustrations and an illustrated border on the last two pages.
Heidi's Story
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- Heidi (dog)
- Synopsis
- Heidi the dog is left alone in the house.
- Keywords
- dog
As the Mind Reels
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chuck; Barbie; Doctor Legman; Martha
- Synopsis
- A surreal soap opera.
- 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)
-
Dollboy
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dr Morton; Jocko
- Synopsis
- A ventriloquist's dummy is kidnapped.
- Reprints
-
in El Víbora (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1979 series) #3 ([febrero 1980]) - in The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) (1991)
- in Bill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (December 2011)
-
- Keywords
- ventriloquist
A Uniquely Complete Experience
Arnold Peck The Human Wreck / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Arnold Peck; Packy
- Synopsis
- The President passes by the café where Arnold is sitting.
- Reprints
- in Flamed-out Funnies (Rip Off Press, 1975 series) #2 ([November] 1976)
-
- Keywords
- assassin; bomb; President; revolution
[no title indexed]
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Dynamics of “An Ugly Incident
- Characters
- Hollywood 'Hairboy'; Portly Bohemian
- Synopsis
- A knife fight with fatal results.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult; death; knives
Indexer Notes
Centerspread; pantomime story.
Coca-Cola: Der Volkseltzer
Space Age Confidential / text article / 1 page
- Synopsis
- The ubiquity of Coca-Cola
- Keywords
- Coca-Cola
Indexer Notes
Text article with four illustrations
Stalin
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- biography; history
- Characters
- Josef Stalin; Lenin; Nadia Stalin; Winston Churchill; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Synopsis
- Biography of Stalin
- Reprints
-
in U-Comix Sonderband (Volksverlag, 1973 series) #19 - Spain Rodriguez (1979) - in My True Story (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) (August 1994)
-
- Keywords
- revolution; Russia; World War II
Cat and Pup Come to Town
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cat; Pup; Plastic Man (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Cat and Pup wreak havoc.
Indexer Notes
Strip has a satirical Plastic Man cameo.
The Adventures of Don Carlos Balmori
Famous Frauds / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Carlos Gonzales; Don Carlos Balmori
- Synopsis
- The story of a Mexican hoaxer.
- Reprints
- in El Víbora (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1979 series) #1 (diciembre 1979)
- in Beyond the Pale! Krazed Komics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 1989 series) (October 1989)
- in The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) (1991)
-
- Keywords
- 1920s; hoax; Mexico; society
Nibsy the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland
Arcade Archives / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Nibsy; The King;
- Synopsis
- The King needs a heir.
- Reprints
- from Nibsy the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland Sunday newspaper strips.
- Keywords
- fairy
Indexer Notes
A parody of Winsor McKay's Little Nemo from 1905. Colour strips reprinted in black and white.
Toadette Paranoia
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Toadettes
- Synopsis
- The secret life of toads
- Reprints
in No. 886 the French Push
Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- About the Citroen 2CV
- Reprints
- in U-Comix (Volksverlag, 1980 series) #12 (August 1981)
-
- Keywords
- auto; Citroen 2CV; France; Peugot
Blabette Yakowitz Takes a Vacation
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as Snarlene Kominsky)
- Pencils
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as Snarlene Kominsky)
- Inks
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as Snarlene Kominsky)
- Letters
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as Snarlene Kominsky)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Blabette Yakowitz; Murray Yakowitz
- Synopsis
- Parents visit their daughter in San Francisco.
- Keywords
- San Francisco; street cars
Household Appliances
The TV Family / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A baby-sitter sabotages the parents' car.
- Keywords
- baby-sitter; brakes; car
Indexer Notes
Household appliances as people.
Mommy's Song
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A mother sings an inappropriate song to her child.
- Keywords
- black magic; hoodoo
Indexer Notes
Song lyrics are apparently taken from "I've Been Hoodood" by Gussie L. Davis (1890s), with some variations.
Freak Circus
comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Rory Hayes (signed)
- Pencils
- Rory Hayes (signed)
- Inks
- Rory Hayes (signed)
- Letters
- Rory Hayes
Brillo 'n Burma
Brillo 'n Burma / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Brillo; Burma; Bekins
- Synopsis
- The life of a bear family.
- Reprints
- in Glitz-2-Go (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (January 2012)
-
Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The First sip
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Here's One for th' Baby Jeeziz!"]
Frosty the Snowman -
1.
Krupp Mail Order
Krupp Mail Order -
2.
Bizarre Comix
Bélier Press -
3.
Arcade the Comics Revue
-
4.
William S. Burroughs and S. Clay Wilson
The Outline -
5.
[no title indexed]
Letters -
6.
Frosty the Snowman and His Friends
-
7.
Fun City In Ba'Dan
-
8.
Heidi's Story
-
9.
As the Mind Reels
-
10.
Dollboy
-
11.
A Uniquely Complete Experience
Arnold Peck The Human Wreck -
12.
["The Dynamics of “An Ugly Incident"]
-
13.
Coca-Cola: Der Volkseltzer
Space Age Confidential -
14.
Stalin
-
15.
Cat and Pup Come to Town
-
16.
Genesis 38 Gluecified
Chapel for Glueheads -
17.
The Adventures of Don Carlos Balmori
Famous Frauds -
18.
Nibsy the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland
Arcade Archives -
19.
The 76 Marijuana Moonphase Calendar
Dhrama Inner Light -
20.
While They Last!
Arcade -
21.
Toadette Paranoia
-
22.
National Weed On Sale Now
National Weed -
23.
The $62.14 Misunderstanding
Rowdy Noody -
24.
No. 886 the French Push
Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips -
25.
Blabette Yakowitz Takes a Vacation
-
26.
Household Appliances
The TV Family -
27.
Mommy's Song
-
28.
Freak Circus
-
29.
Brillo 'n Burma
Brillo 'n Burma -
30.
Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses
-
31.
Factotum
Black Sparrow Press -
32.
The Distributors
The Distributors -
33.
California Comics
California Comics -
34.
Uncle Sol's Creative Arts Seminars
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