Zap Comix #15

(2005)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Paul Mavrides

Inks

Paul Mavrides

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Illustration is made of 54 evenly spaced squares depicting different skull drawings, ranging from solidly realistic to "Hello Kitty" style.

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Indexer Notes

Indicia notes at bottom

Jesus Fucking Christ! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Mavrides

Pencils

Paul Mavrides

Inks

Paul Mavrides

Letters

Paul Mavrides

Synopsis

A bunch of swirling shapes swear at each other.

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Keywords

adult

Walkin' the Streets (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

Genre

biography

Characters

Robert Crumb; Charles Crumb Sr. (father); Charles Crumb Jr.; Martha Wheatley; Reverend Freeman; Tom Freeman; Viola Jackson; Beatrice Crumb (mother); Marty Pahls

Synopsis

Crumb talks about his youthful alienation and insecurities, the huge pull his brother Charles had on him and the various dysfunctions of other family members.

Reprints

• in The Best American Comics (Houghton Mifflin, 2006 series) #2006 (2006)
• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Keywords

autobiography

The Checkered Demon Drinks With His Rotting Zombie Buddy (Table of Contents: 4)

Checkered Demon / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Pencils

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Inks

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Letters

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Checkered Demon; Rotting Zombie Buddy

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Keywords

adult

Indexer Notes

Signed and dated 2004. Dedicated "For: Micah"

Circle of Jerks (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Crumb (signed); Spain Rodriguez (signed); Paul Mavrides; Victor Moscoso (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Gilbert Shelton; Robert Williams (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb (signed); Spain Rodriguez (signed); Paul Mavrides; Victor Moscoso (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Gilbert Shelton; Robert Williams (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb (signed); Spain Rodriguez (signed); Paul Mavrides; Victor Moscoso (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Gilbert Shelton; Robert Williams (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb (signed); Spain Rodriguez (signed); Paul Mavrides; Victor Moscoso (signed); S. Clay Wilson; Gilbert Shelton; Robert Williams (signed)

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Robert Crumb; Spain Rodriguez; Paul Mavrides; Victor Moscoso; S. Clay Wilson; Gilbert Shelton; Robert Williams; Susie Bright [cameo]

Synopsis

A more overtly political jam strip this time out with the usual random occurrences interlaced with commentary about the "War on Terror."

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Keywords

adult

Blobman the Magician (Table of Contents: 6)

Blobman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Inks

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Blobman the Magician

Synopsis

Blobman does some magic tricks.

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

There Goes the Neighborhood... (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Pencils

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Inks

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Letters

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Synopsis

Another absolutely jam packed Wilson illustration.

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Keywords

adult

Indexer Notes

Signed and dated January, 2001. Dedicated "For: Tom Powell"

On a Far Flung Island, Captain Pissgums Watches Television; While Slave Girls in Revolt, United with Mutineers, Swirl About His Feet, Battling His Crew (Table of Contents: 8)

Captain Pissgums / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Inks

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Letters

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Characters

Captain Pissgums

Synopsis

A jam packed battle scene.

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Keywords

adult

Indexer Notes

Signed and dated June, 2001. Dedicated "For John Kelly"

Shithead Meets the Stinky Girls (Table of Contents: 9)

Shithead / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

S. Clay Wilson

Pencils

S. Clay Wilson

Inks

S. Clay Wilson

Letters

S. Clay Wilson

Genre

humor

Characters

Shithead; The Stinky Girls

Synopsis

Shithead goes to a pub and gets into trouble after meeting the Stinky Girls.

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Keywords

adult

Indexer Notes

Dated 2004. Dedicated "For Vince 'N' Ginger"

Dante's Inferno (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Pencils

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Inks

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Letters

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Synopsis

As always, Moscoso uses a series of non-sequiturs in a collage of figures from Gustave Doré and what appears to be communist Chinese comics.

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Some of the "Little People" Frolic Through the Enchanted Forest of Beautiful Women @ the O'Feral Theatre (Table of Contents: 11)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Pencils

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Inks

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Letters

S. Clay Wilson (signed)

Characters

Checkered Demon

Synopsis

An illustration of several nude women towering over extremely short males.

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Keywords

adult

Indexer Notes

Signed and dated November 2001. Dedicated "For Jim Mitchell"

Dante and the River of Lethe (Table of Contents: 12)

Topsy Turvy Comix / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Pencils

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Inks

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Letters

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Synopsis

Moscoso's figures spout a series of non-sequiturs in front of a Gustave Doré backdrop.

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Indexer Notes

The first half of a six-page sequence that is upside-down from its latter half. Can be read in either direction.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Wonder Wart-Hog / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Shelton (signed)

Inks

Gilbert Shelton (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Gilbert Shelton (signed)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero

Characters

Wonder Wart-Hog

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014]), #6 - Portfolio ([November] 2014)

[Fascination It's the Game of Life!] (Table of Contents: 14)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Pencils

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Inks

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Letters

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Synopsis

A street scene illustration

Reprints

• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Keywords

street scene

The Wart-Hog That Came In from the Cold (Table of Contents: 15)

Wonder Wart-Hog / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Shelton (signed)

Pencils

Gilbert Shelton (signed)

Inks

Gilbert Shelton (signed)

Letters

Gilbert Shelton (signed)

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Wonder Wart-Hog [Philbert Desanex]; The Boss; Dr. Fischköder; Chicken

Synopsis

Philbert is fired right before he asks his boss for a raise. To make matters worse, he has lost the ability to bring out Wonder Wart-Hog.

Reprints

• in The Best American Comics (Houghton Mifflin, 2006 series) #2006 (2006)
• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Mickey's Meatwagon (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Pencils

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Inks

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Letters

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Genre

biography

Characters

Mickey; Butch Prantwurst; Jack; Spider; Wayne

Synopsis

The Road Vultures go to a beach party hosted by Butch in Canada.

Reprints

• in Cruisin' with the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote' (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (April 2012)
• in The Complete Zap Comix (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #4 - Issues 13-16 ([November 2014])

Keywords

autobiography

Dante and the River of Lethe (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Pencils

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Inks

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Letters

Victor Moscoso (signed)

Indexer Notes

Connects with the previous story of the same name halfway through. "After Doré"