Crazy Magazine #4

(May 1974)

Mudge The Manicurist (Table of Contents: 1)

Commercials That Drive You Crazy / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Mudge (photo of Marie Severin); Mrs. Grousenagel

Synopsis

Parody of Madge the Manicurist, commercial symbol for Palmolive Dish detergent.

Reprints

• in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)
• in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #85 (April 1982)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Photographs by Michelle Wolfman.

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

Crazy's Who's Who / text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Editor Wolfman gives satirical biographies of the issue's notable contributors.

Shafted (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Mike Ploog (signed)

Inks

Mike Ploog (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

Parody of the television version of "Shaft".

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

Poli-Tickles / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Tony Isabella

Pencils

Dick Wright

Inks

Dick Wright

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford; Henry Kissinger; Jill St. John; Moshe Dayan; Anwar Sadat; Archibald Cox

Synopsis

Series of satirical strips on the Nixon White House.

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

Crazy's Crazies / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

John Stevens

Pencils

John Stevens

Inks

John Stevens

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Collection of single panel cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Crazy's Just Plain Folks / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Gerber

Pencils

Robert Graysmith

Inks

Robert Graysmith

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Isabelle Pogorny

Genre

humor

Synopsis

First in a series of biographies of so-called least interesting people in the world.

Classified Ads (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Kenneth Kaasen

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

Parody classified ads.

TV Misguide (Table of Contents: 8)

photo story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

Parody of TV Guide.

Reprints

• in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)
• in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #64 (July 1980)

Indexer Notes

Some photos are by Michelle Wolfman, while others are vintage Hollywood publicity stills.

Celebrity Sportsman (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Skeates; Marv Wolfman

Pencils

Michael Sheeler

Inks

Michael Sheeler

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

Parody of the television show "American Sportsman".

Reprints

• in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)

Indexer Notes

The host is a parody of ABC sportscaster Jim McKay.

Evolution And History Of Moosekind, Part 4 (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Foster

Pencils

Bob Foster

Inks

Bob Foster

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Spotlight on notable moose through the history of Italy.

Reprints

• in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #64 (July 1980)
• in The Evolution & History of Moosekind (Fantagraphics, 1989 series) (1989)

Liberty Leading The People (Table of Contents: 11)

Kelly's Cockeyed Canvas / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Eugene Delacroix; Kelly Freas

Inks

Eugene Delacroix; Kelly Freas

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

Kelly Freas takes a famous painting and flips the perspective so we can see the other side of the action.

Lights On, Nobody (Table of Contents: 12)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

Satire of radio dramas.

Reprints

• in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #67 (October 1980)

The Boob Rube Story (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Stu Schwartzberg

Pencils

Marie Severin

Inks

Marie Severin

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

Satirical version of the life story of baseball legend Babe Ruth.

Reprints

• in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)

Indexer Notes

The priest on the second page is drawn to look like Bing Crosby from "Going My Way".

The Moe Jaymouth Story (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman

Pencils

Marie Severin

Inks

Herb Trimpe

Letters

typeset

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

Satirical version of Joe Namath's football career.

Reprints

• in Crazy Super Special (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)

Indexer Notes

A caricature of ABC sportscaster Howard Cosell appears as a generic symbol for the press. Caricatures of Marlon Brando (as Vito Corleone), Henry Kissinger, Johnny Carson, John Wayne and actress Sandy Dennis also appear at various moments.

A Crazy Editorial (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Editor Wolfman apologizes to the various staffers he's ridiculed for being short.

The (Golly!) Greed Giant (Table of Contents: 16)

Commercials That Drive You Crazy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lenny Grow

Inks

Lenny Grow

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

Satire of Green Giant canned vegetables commercials; the denizens of the valley revolt against the Jolly Green Giant.

Reprints

• in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #36 (April 1978)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.