Blab! #5

(Summer 1990)

Wacky World (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Drew Friedman

Pencils

Drew Friedman (credited)

Inks

Drew Friedman (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Milton Berle; Lee Harvey Oswald; Jerry Lewis; Arthur Bremmer; David Berkowitz; Red Buttons; Edward Gein; Buddy Hackett; Mickey Rooney; Richard Speck; Charles Manson; Bob Hope

Reprints

• in Warts and All (Penguin, 1990 series) (1990)
• in Warts and All (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) (March 1994)

Keywords

comedians; serial killers

Blab #5 (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes production credits and indicia at bottom

The Big Dark Zero (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Sala (signed as R. Sala)

Pencils

Richard Sala (signed as R. Sala)

Inks

Richard Sala (signed as R. Sala)

Letters

Richard Sala (signed as R. Sala)

Characters

Guy Welles; Dr. Adder; Laura Trilby; Arthur Marks; Pristeen; Les Moore

Reprints

• in Black Cat Crossing (Kitchen Sink Press, 1993 series) (October 1993)

Lucky to Be Alive (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Lloyd Dangle (credited)

Pencils

Lloyd Dangle (credited)

Inks

Lloyd Dangle (credited)

Letters

Lloyd Dangle (credited)

Characters

Carol DaRonch; Ted Bundy; Ann Rule

Reprints

• in Tales from the Flipside (Fake, 2012 ? series) #6 ([2012?]) [Vijf pagina's geschrapt.]

Carl Panzram, #31614 (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Coleman (credited)

Pencils

Joe Coleman (credited)

Inks

Joe Coleman (credited)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Carl Panzram; Sgt. Hale; 11-12-Year-Old Kid; Dr. Harris; Henry Lesser; Judge Hopkins; R.G. Warnke

Reprints

• in Muzzlers, Guzzlers and Good Yeggs (Fantagraphics, 2005 series) (February 2005)

Indexer Notes

Story told using single-page illustrations accompanied by text.

4-Color Frenzy! The Rise and Fall of the Crime Comic Book (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Zone (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by small-size images of the covers to "Justice #15," "Crime Does Not Pay #42," "Police Lineup! #3," "Crime and Punishment #45," "Real Detective (November 1937, vol.XLII, #1)," "Crime Detective (January ?)," "Inside Detective (May ?)," "Timely Detective Cases (September ?)," "Detective Mysteries (February ?)," "Underwold Detective (October ?)," "Underworld Crime #7," "True Crime Comics v1#2," "The Crime Clinic #3," "Law-Crime #3," "Crime Suspenstories #20 & #22," "Wanted Comics #31," "Crimes by Women #15," "Crime Illustrated #2 (April 1956)," "Shock Illustrated #1," "Adult Tales of Terror Illustrated #1," "Corporate Crime Comics #1 & #2," "Thrillng Murder Comics #1"

Steven In Thin Air (Table of Contents: 7)

Steven / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Doug Allen (signed)

Pencils

Doug Allen (signed)

Inks

Doug Allen (signed)

Letters

Doug Allen (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Steven; Stewardess; Old Lady; Alien Chief; Brock; Bert; Bill

Wilcoxson and Nussbaum (Table of Contents: 8)

Fred Toote' / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Pencils

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Inks

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Letters

Spain Rodriguez (signed)

Characters

Robert Randal Wilcoxson; Albert Fredrick Nussbaum; Tex; Spain Rodriguez; Fred Toote'; Vezay Toote'; Principal; Toote's Father; Henry Krauss

Reprints

• in Cruisin' with the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote' (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (April 2012)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Snappy Sammy Smoot / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Skip Williamson (signed)

Pencils

Skip Williamson (signed)

Inks

Skip Williamson (signed)

Letters

Skip Williamson (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah, the vicissitudes of fate. Gunfire, so common in the far-flung hotspots of the world, can cause vexing change...

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Snappy Sammy Smoot; Leroy; Huey; Dewey; Neutron; Ragtime Billy; Widow Wyzinski

Synopsis

Smoot becomes guardian to his three orphaned juvenile delinquent nephews.

One for the Father (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

James Russell Clowes (credited)

Pencils

Daniel Clowes (credited as Dan'l Gillespie Clowes)

Inks

Daniel Clowes (credited as Dan'l Gillespie Clowes)

Letters

Daniel Clowes (credited as Dan'l Gillespie Clowes)

Characters

Dade; Lunatic with Machete

Reprints

• in Lout Rampage (Fantagraphics, 1991 series) (October 1991)

The Joe Coleman Interview (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Monte Beauchamp (credited); Joe Coleman (credited)

Pencils

Joe Coleman (credited)

Inks

Joe Coleman (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Interview accompanied by a full page Coleman illustration; two pages from "The Mystery of Woolverine Woo-Bait;" a small-size reproduction of a painting titled "Empress Gift Shop;" small-size images of his covers for "You Can't Win: The Autobiography of Jack Black" and "Apocalypse Culture;" small-size images of the covers to "Shock Suspenstories #12," "The Vault of Horror #30," "The Haunt of Fear #17," "Crime Suspenstories #30," "MAD #22," "Panic #4," "Humbug #7," "Trump #1"

Murder Ain't a Crime (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

James Russell Clowes (credited)

Pencils

Richard Sala (credited)

Inks

Richard Sala (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by seven illustrations of varied sizes

Snappy Sammy Smoot Speculates (Table of Contents: 13)

Snappy Sammy Smoot / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Skip Williamson (signed)

Pencils

Skip Williamson (signed)

Inks

Skip Williamson (signed)

Letters

Skip Williamson (signed)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Snappy Sammy Smoot; Bozo Rebebo

Reprints

• in Stranger Than... Fiction Comics (Bootleg Comix, 2013 series) #1

[Bank] (Table of Contents: 14)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)