Witzend #8

(Summer 1971)

[Hair] (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Pearson ?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover includes a text article, illustration and indicia.

Chapter Three: King of the World (Table of Contents: 2)

The World of the Wizard King / text story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Wally Wood

Pencils

Wally Wood (illustrations)

Inks

Wally Wood (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• in The Complete World of The Wizard King (Real Free Press, 1974 series) (1974)
• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[2] (2014)

Indexer Notes

Text story with numerous illustrations.

[Vending Machine] (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bhob Stewart

Pencils

Bhob Stewart

Inks

Bhob Stewart

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[2] (2014)

Barf the Insurance Salesman (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Pearson

Pencils

Ralph Reese (signed)

Inks

Ralph Reese (signed)

Letters

Ralph Reese ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Métal Hurlant (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1975 series) #12 (décembre 1976)
• in Reese's Pieces (Eclipse, 1985 series) #2 (October 1985)
• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[2] (2014)

Foxtale (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Nicola Cuti

Pencils

William Stillwell

Inks

William Stillwell

Letters

William Stillwell ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[2] (2014)

Holding the Bag (Table of Contents: 6)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Theodor Seuss Geisel (credited as Dr. Seuss)

Pencils

Theodor Seuss Geisel (credited as Dr. Seuss)

Inks

Theodor Seuss Geisel (credited as Dr. Seuss)

Letters

typeset; ?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[2] (2014)

Indexer Notes

Reprinted from Judge Magazine, 1932.

The City in the Sea (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Edgar Allan Poe

Pencils

Frank Frazetta (illustrations)

Inks

Frank Frazetta (illustrations)

Letters

Gail Smith

Genre

drama

Reprints

• in Witzend (Real Free Press, 1969 series) #4 ([1971])
• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[2] (2014)
• in Best of Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

Keywords

poetry

Indexer Notes

A series of Frazetta illustrations from an aborted project, accompanying the Poe poem.

The Break-Out!! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Steve Ditko

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Witzend (Real Free Press, 1969 series) #4 ([1971])
• in The Ditko Collection (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 - 1966-1973 (February 1985)
• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[2] (2014)
• in Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko, 2015 series) #16 (May 2015)

The Hunting of the Snark (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Adkins Richardson; Lewis Carroll

Pencils

John Adkins Richardson

Inks

John Adkins Richardson

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[2] (2014)
• in Best of Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018)

Indexer Notes

Most of the text is from Carroll's poem, which is very freely interpreted.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Pearson ?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover includes a preview of upcoming issues and a photo of W.C. Fields.

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bill Pearson

Inks

Bill Pearson

Colors

Bill Pearson

Letters

Bill Pearson

Reprints

• in Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #[2] (2014)
• in Best of Witzend (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) (2018) [Reprinted in reduced form as a quarter-page illustration.]

Indexer Notes

Full-page illustration on back cover. Credits from Witzend vol. II (Fantagraphics, 2014)