Arcade #5

(Spring 1976)

Welcome to the Weird World of The Monster Times (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

The Monster Times / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Arcade The Comics Revue (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

(various)

Inks:

(various)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Table of Contents, list of staff and writers and artists, each with a "self-portrait," and the indicia.

["Arcade Marks One Year of Fine Service.."] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Outline / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script:

Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman

Pencils:

Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman

Inks:

Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman

Letters:

Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Bill Griffith; Art Spiegelman

Synopsis:

The stress of publishing

Indexer Notes

Illustrated editorial

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

Letters / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from D. D. Drakely; Ralph Ginzburg; Bruce Sweeney; Erwin Bergdoll; Steve Fisk; Ann De Geer; Steve Anker; and Richard Levine.

Crybaby's Blues (Table of Contents: 5)

Crybaby Beanhead / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Crybaby Beanhead

Synopsis:

The harshness of life

Reprints:

• in L'Écho des savanes (Editions du Fromage, 1972 series) #29 (Mars 1977)
• in Voll auf die Nüsse (Zweitausendeins, 1981 series) (1981)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #11 - Mr. Natural Committed to a Mental Institution! (September 1995)
• in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)

Comedia Dell' Zippy (Table of Contents: 6)

Zippy The Pinhead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Bill Griffith

Pencils:

Bill Griffith

Inks:

Bill Griffith

Letters:

Bill Griffith

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Zippy The Pinhead (as Zerbino); Mr. Toad (as Amphibio)

Synopsis:

In Northern Italy in the 16th Century, clowns put on a show, which is broken up by militant priests.

Reprints:

• in Zippy Stories (Last Gasp, 1984 series) (March 1984)
• in Bill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (December 2011)

Keywords:

16th Century; cathedrals; clowns; Northern Italy; pipe organ; priests

Indexer Notes

Griffith's usual cast of characters playing historical roles.

The Great Ajeeb, Chess Playing Automaton (Table of Contents: 7)

Famous Frauds / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Kim Deitch (signed)

Pencils:

Kim Deitch (signed)

Inks:

Kim Deitch (signed)

Letters:

Kim Deitch

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Harry Nelson Pillsbury; Sam Gonotsky; Jesse Hanson; Bobby Fischer

Synopsis:

The history of a fake chess-playing machine.

Reprints:

• in Knockabout Comics (Knockabout, 1980 series) #10 (1985)
• in Beyond the Pale! Krazed Komics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 1989 series) (October 1989)

Keywords:

Brooklyn; chess; Coney Island; New York City

Indexer Notes

No. 2 in a series.

The Corpse Gobblin' Ogre of Columbite Mountain (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

S. Clay Wilson

Pencils:

S. Clay Wilson

Inks:

S. Clay Wilson

Letters:

S. Clay Wilson

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Checkered Demon; Hunchback Ogre; Fisk; Simpson

Synopsis:

The Ogre hasn't eaten a good corpse in a while.

Reprints:

• in Comix Book (Kitchen Sink Press, 1976 series) #5 (July 1976)
• in The Collected Checkered Demon (Last Gasp, 1998 series) #1 (1998)
• in The Best of Comix Book: When Marvel Went Underground (Dark Horse, 2013 series) (2013)
• in The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #1 - Pirates in the Heartland (June 2014)

Keywords:

cannibalism; demon; ogre

DiDi Glitz & the 3 Bears (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script:

Diane Noomin

Pencils:

Diane Noomin

Inks:

Diane Noomin

Letters:

Diane Noomin

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

DiDi Glitz; Brillo; Burma; Bekins

Synopsis:

DiDi renovates the three bears' house.

Reprints:

• in The Best of Wimmen's Comix (Hassle Free Press, 1979 series) (1979)
• in Glitz-2-Go (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (January 2012)

Keywords:

Goldilocks

Indexer Notes

Parody of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."

Anthony and the Temptations (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

George Di Caprio

Pencils:

Justin Green

Inks:

Justin Green

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Characters:

St Anthony; Fontaine

Synopsis:

St Anthony moves to the big city.

Keywords:

hotel

Indexer Notes

Excerpted from an unfinished novel. George Di Caprio is the father of actor Leonard Di Caprio. Text with five illustrations.

Luminescent Progeny (Table of Contents: 11)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Michael McMillan

Pencils:

Michael McMillan

Inks:

Michael McMillan

Letters:

Michael McMillan

Genre:

science fiction

Keywords:

aliens; spaceships

Indexer Notes

Centerspread. Title from Table of Contents.

Terror from the Grave (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Rory Hayes

Pencils:

Rory Hayes

Inks:

Rory Hayes

Letters:

Rory Hayes

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Pooh Rass; Linda

Synopsis:

Pooh murders Linda for her inheritance

Reprints:

• in The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) (1991)
• in Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes (Fantagraphics, 2008 series) (2008)

A Modern Mystery (Table of Contents: 13)

Arnold Peck The Human Wreck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Willy Murphy

Pencils:

Willy Murphy

Inks:

Willy Murphy

Letters:

Willy Murphy

Genre:

humor; superhero

Characters:

Arnold Peck; Wreckman; Commissioner; Ronald McDonald

Synopsis:

Arnold is superhero Wreckman in his dreams.

Reprints:

• in Flamed-out Funnies (Rip Off Press, 1975 series) #2 ([November] 1976)

Keywords:

clowns; dream; McDonald's

Some Boxes for the Salvation Army (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Art Spiegelman

Pencils:

Art Spiegelman

Inks:

Art Spiegelman

Letters:

Art Spiegelman

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Scattershot panels

Reprints:

• in Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! (Pantheon, 2008 series) ([October] 2008)

The Calvin Coolidge Story (Table of Contents: 15)

Space Age Confidential / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Jim Hoberman

Pencils:

Kim Deitch

Inks:

Kim Deitch

Letters:

Kim Deitch

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Calvin Coolidge

Synopsis:

Snapshots from Coolidge's life.

Keywords:

President

Indexer Notes

Five short text articles with seven illustrations.

Self-Portrait (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

M.K. Brown

Pencils:

M.K. Brown

Inks:

M.K. Brown

Letters:

M.K. Brown

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Groucho Marx (cameo)

Synopsis:

A woman's improbable biography.

Zen Time (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Justin Green

Pencils:

Justin Green

Inks:

Justin Green

Letters:

Justin Green

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A zen fable pastiche

Reprints:

• from Apple Pie (Lopez, 1975 series) #2 (May 1975)

Götterdämmerung (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Pencils:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Inks:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Letters:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Genre:

history; war

Characters:

Colonel General Gotthard Heinrici; Rudolph Reschke; Adolf Hitler; Colonel Hanselman; Bormann; Josef Stalin; General Zhukov; General Koniev; Eva Braun; Captain Sergei Golbov

Synopsis:

The last days of Nazi rule in Berlin.

Reprints:

• in U-Comix Sonderband (Volksverlag, 1973 series) #19 (1979)
• in My True Story (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) (August 1994)

Keywords:

Berlin; Gestapo; Nazis; Red Army; suicide

Mondo Condo (Table of Contents: 19)

The Bunch and Her Family / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Aline Kominsky

Pencils:

Aline Kominksy

Inks:

Aline Kominsky

Letters:

Aline Kominsky

Genre:

biography

Synopsis:

Aline Kominsky's family

Reprints:

• in Love That Bunch (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) (July 1990)

Bughouse Fables (Table of Contents: 20)

Arcade Archives / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Billy De Beck

Pencils:

Billy De Beck

Inks:

Billy De Beck

Letters:

Billy De Beck

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• from Bughouse Fables daily (King Features Syndicate) 1921.03.12
• 1921.03.19
• 1921.02.04
• 1921.03.03
• 1921.03.10
• 1921.01.21
• 1921.03.17
• 1921.01.19
• 1921.02.11.

Indexer Notes

Nine one-panel cartoon gags.

Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Robert Armstrong

Pencils:

Robert Armstrong

Inks:

Robert Armstrong

Letters:

Robert Armstrong

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

The drunk meets the Swedes

Trexler the Trilobite (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Dirk Burhans

Pencils:

Dirk Burhans

Inks:

Dirk Burhans

Letters:

Dirk Burhans

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A trilobite lands in the street

Indexer Notes

A parody of Winsor McCay's Little Nemo In Slumberland

A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Michele Brand

Pencils:

Michele Brand

Inks:

Michele Brand

Letters:

Michele Brand

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Michele Brand

Synopsis:

Dream recollection

Highlights in the Life of Kathi Smith (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Curt McDowell

Pencils:

Curt McDowell

Inks:

Curt McDowell

Letters:

Curt McDowell

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

The eccentric Kathi Smith

Indexer Notes

Subtitled 'A True Story'

Bode's Cartoon Concert (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

Cheech Wizard / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Marijuana Grower's Guide (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

It's a Turn-On!! (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

Kozmic Electric Yo-Yo / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

Bélier Press / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Deceasedland (Table of Contents: 29)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Robert Williams

Pencils:

Robert Williams

Inks:

Robert Williams

Colors:

Robert Williams

Letters:

Robert Williams

Reprints:

• in Hysteria in Remission: The Comix & Drawings of Robt. Williams (Fantagraphics, 2002 series) (September 2002)

Keywords:

death; Grim Reaper

Indexer Notes

Back cover.