ProJunior #1

(October 1971)

An Introduction (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Joe Pilati (signed)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Recently I was sitting at my desk...

Synopsis

A brief history of the character Pro Junior, created for Don Dohler's fanzine, "Wild," in 1963.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Joe Pilati published a Mad fanzine "Smudge" in the early 1960s, the same time as Don Dohler

Perdido Part One (Table of Contents: 2)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

S. Clay Wilson (signed); Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Pencils

S. Clay Wilson (signed); Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Inks

S. Clay Wilson (signed); Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Letters

S. Clay Wilson (signed); Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Harmon I'm going to give your ring back...

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Harmon; Tons-of-Fun Tess

Synopsis

Harmon slugs Pro Junior after he makes fun of Harmon's severe acne.

Reprints

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #8 - The Death of Fritz the Cat (April 1992)

Keywords

acne; adult

Indexer Notes

Comic story jam with both artists contributing.

Perdido Part Two (Table of Contents: 3)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

S. Clay Wilson (signed); Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Pencils

S. Clay Wilson (signed); Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Inks

S. Clay Wilson (signed); Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

Letters

S. Clay Wilson (signed); Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oboy! Oboy! I called up this colored girl Lu Ann...

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Lu Ann

Synopsis

Pro Junior drives his hot rod to go on a date with Lu Ann, but three hoods have moved the roadblock where a bridge is out.

Reprints

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #8 - The Death of Fritz the Cat (April 1992)

Keywords

adult; hot rod

Indexer Notes

Comic story jam with both artists contributing.

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

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Evert Geradts (signed)

Pencils

Evert Geradts (signed)

Inks

Evert Geradts (signed)

Letters

Evert Geradts (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My, oh my, this is very interesting!

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Susy

Synopsis

Pro Junior wonders "What is reality?" And gets himself in trouble with his girl friend.

Keywords

adult

Bongo Bongo Bongo (Table of Contents: 5)

Pro Junior / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jay Lynch (signed as Jayzey Lynch)

Pencils

Jay Lynch (signed as Jayzey Lynch)

Inks

Jay Lynch (signed as Jayzey Lynch)

Letters

Jay Lynch (signed as Jayzey Lynch)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Each morning a missionary advertisement neon sign...

Genre

satire-parody

Characters

Pro Junior; Billy Graham (cameo); Adolph Hitler (cameo); Katzenjammer Kids [Hans; Fritz] (cameo); Officer Pupp (cameo)

Keywords

atom bomb; jungle; missionary; movies; song parody

Indexer Notes

A parody of the 1948 pop song "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)" by the Andrews Sisters and Danny Kaye, using the song lyrics. Pro Junior is depicted as a jungle resident wearing a leopard skin.

Pro-Junior Tries Yoga (Table of Contents: 6)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jay Kinney (signed as Kinney)

Pencils

Jay Kinney (signed as Kinney)

Inks

Jay Kinney (signed as Kinney)

Letters

Jay Kinney (signed as Kinney)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well... All these manifestations of my formerly dissolute life must go...

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior

Synopsis

Pro Junior tries yoga but his body doesn't like it.

Keywords

yoga

Pro Junior Learns to Draw! (Table of Contents: 7)

Pro Junior / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Art Spiegelman (signed); Justin Green (signed)

Pencils

Art Spiegelman (signed); Justin Green (signed)

Inks

Art Spiegelman (signed); Justin Green (signed)

Letters

Art Spiegelman (signed); Justin Green (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hope this cartoon course ain't a gyp!

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Trashman (cameo)

Synopsis

Pro Junior takes a drawing course to learn how draw cartoons.

Keywords

drawing course; Esquire; underground comix

Indexer Notes

Comic story jam by both artists.

Jim Mitchell's Pro Junior Comix (Table of Contents: 8)

Pro Junior / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

James Mitchell (signed as J Mitchell)

Pencils

James Mitchell (signed as J Mitchell)

Inks

James Mitchell (signed as J Mitchell)

Letters

James Mitchell (signed as J Mitchell)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello. Is Sandy ready?

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Robert Crumb (caricature)

Synopsis

Pro Junior calls at a communal house to pick up his computer-matched date.

Keywords

adult; commune; computer-dating; homosexual; marijuana; popcorn

Pro Junior and Belinda Berkeley Pull Dat Ole Switcheroo (Table of Contents: 9)

Pro Junior; Belinda Berkeley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)

Pencils

Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)

Inks

Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)

Letters

Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Shit! That does it!

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Belinda Berkeley

Synopsis

Pro Junior and Belinda change their appearance to get people to treat them differently.

Keywords

bell bottom pants; mini-skirt; wig; women's liberation

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

Pro Junior / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Pete Poplaski (signed as Poplaski)

Pencils

Pete Poplaski (signed as Poplaski)

Inks

Pete Poplaski (signed as Poplaski)

Letters

Pete Poplaski (signed as Poplaski)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yikes!!! I'd better scram!!

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Rev. Riggins

Synopsis

Pro Junior tries to escape a gang by sliding down an alley and falling in an open manhole.

Keywords

alley; garbage cans

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

Pro Junior / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Loft (signed)

Pencils

Peter Loft (signed)

Inks

Peter Loft (signed)

Letters

Peter Loft (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Open up! It's the police!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Pro Junior

Synopsis

A surreal chase with both Pro Junior and the police turning into strange flying beings.

Keywords

drugs

The Jazz Slinger (Table of Contents: 12)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ned Sonntag (signed)

Pencils

Ned Sonntag (signed)

Inks

Ned Sonntag (signed)

Letters

Ned Sonntag (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior

Synopsis

Pro Junior gets some revenge on pigeons that harass him while he's pan-handling.

Keywords

pigeons

Indexer Notes

Pantomime story.

Juan Cristobal Valdez de ProJunior ...Explorer (Table of Contents: 13)

Pro Junior / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Denis Kitchen (signed as Kitchen)

Pencils

Denis Kitchen (signed as Kitchen)

Inks

Denis Kitchen (signed as Kitchen)

Letters

Denis Kitchen (signed as Kitchen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The King and Queen will see you now...

Genre

humor; historical; satire-parody

Characters

Pro Junior; Bob Hope (cameo)

Synopsis

A parody with Pro Junior as a Spanish explorer reporting back to the King and Queen.

Keywords

explorer

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dave Dozier [as Dozier] (signed)

Pencils

Dave Dozier [as Dozier] (signed)

Inks

Dave Dozier [as Dozier] (signed)

Letters

Dave Dozier [as Dozier] (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wow! Today has been my day!

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Monica

Synopsis

Pro Junior wants to ask Monica to the prom, but takes so long to get to the point that he ends up asking someone else.

Keywords

prom

Pro Junior and the Junior Prom (Table of Contents: 15)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Wendel Pugh (signed)

Pencils

Wendel Pugh (signed)

Inks

Wendel Pugh (signed)

Letters

Wendel Pugh (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey Progee who ya takin' to the Prom?

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Kathy; Donna

Synopsis

The two girls Pro Junior wants to ask to the prom are already taken.

Keywords

prom

Indexer Notes

Dated 3/71.

Look Out Sinner! Here Comes... ProJunior (Table of Contents: 16)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dave Herring [as DLH] ?

Pencils

Dave Herring [as DLH] ?

Inks

Dave Herring [as DLH] ?

Letters

Dave Herring [as DLH] ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I, ProJunior, have come to this section of town...

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior

Synopsis

Pro Junior, clad in the leopard skin, goes on a crusade against prostitution, but there's a catch.

Keywords

pimp; prostitutes

Indexer Notes

Signed "DLH". The only name in the list of contributors on the inside front cover that matches is Dave Herring.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bruce Walthers (signed)

Pencils

Bruce Walthers (signed)

Inks

Bruce Walthers (signed)

Letters

Bruce Walthers (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cripes!

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Spud

Synopsis

Pro Junior and his friend get turned away at the adult book store because they're not 21 years-old.

Keywords

adult book store

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dale Kuipers (signed)

Pencils

Dale Kuipers (signed)

Inks

Dale Kuipers (signed)

Letters

Dale Kuipers (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

And to ProJunior and all other underacheivers [sic]

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior

Synopsis

Instead of a diploma, Pro Junior gets a one-way ticket to Vietnam, then gets kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.

Keywords

diploma; high school; motorcycle gang

Indexer Notes

"Underachievers" is misspelled in the first line.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Justin Green (signed)

Pencils

Justin Green (signed)

Inks

Justin Green (signed)

Letters

Justin Green (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Recreation facilities for factory workers are woefully inadequate...

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior

Synopsis

Pro Junior, clad in his leopard skin, gets caught up in the rush to get off a subway car.

Keywords

subway

Personal Turmoil (Table of Contents: 20)

Pro Junior / comic story / 2 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

Flash! The government just announced suspension of civil liberties...

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Binky; Snappy Sammy Smoot

Synopsis

When the government suspends civil liberties; Pro Junior becomes a leftist terrorist.

Reprints

• in The Scum Also Rises: An Anthology of Comic Art (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) (November 1988)

Keywords

bomber; drugs; heroin; sniper

Pro Junior Comix (Table of Contents: 21)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joel Beck (signed)

Pencils

Joel Beck (signed)

Inks

Joel Beck (signed)

Letters

Joel Beck (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Honey! He won't eat his dinner!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Pro Junior (as a young boy)

Synopsis

Pro Junior misbehaves at the dinner table. When his parents complain, he turns into an angel and flies away.

Reprints

• in A History of Underground Comics: 20th Anniversary Edition (Ronin Publishing, 2012 series) (2012)

Keywords

angel

Pro Junior's Little Difficulty (Table of Contents: 22)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Griffith (signed)

Pencils

Bill Griffith (signed)

Inks

Bill Griffith (signed)

Letters

Bill Griffith (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Man, I sure hope this toad character's got a together head...

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior; Mr. Toad

Synopsis

Pro Junior goes to see Mr. Toad about a sexual problem, but finds that Mr. Toad is no help.

The Good Deed (Table of Contents: 23)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Don Dohler (signed)

Pencils

Don Dohler (signed)

Inks

Don Dohler (signed)

Letters

Don Dohler (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey man! I think I see something evil ahead!

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior

Synopsis

Pro Junior finds a half-full bottle of high-powered liquor.

Keywords

liquor

Indexer Notes

Liquor is labeled from "The Spiro Agnew Distillery."

Everybody's Wearing Them (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

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

Take a Tip from ProJunior, fellas: (Table of Contents: 25)

Pro Junior / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Denis Kitchen (signed as Kitchen)

Pencils

Denis Kitchen (signed as Kitchen)

Inks

Denis Kitchen (signed as Kitchen)

Colors

?

Letters

Denis Kitchen (signed as Kitchen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beware of Venereal Disease!

Genre

humor

Characters

Pro Junior

Synopsis

A parody of comics warning against sexually-transmitted diseases.

Keywords

prostitute; V.D.; venereal disease

Indexer Notes

Back cover.