(1980)

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Price
2.00 USD
Pages
60
On-sale Date
1980
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
[none printed]
Editing
Peter Kuper; Seth Tobocman; Christof Kohlhöfer

Issue Notes

Some sources are giving 1979 as the publication date. However the "End-Of-the-World Theory to Get a Test" story most definitely indicates that this was published sometime after May 1980.

"PUBLISHED BY: Seth Tobocman, Peter Kuper, Christof Kohlhöfer
PRODUCTION DONE AT: Brooklyn Bridge Publications
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Ben Katchor, Bill Tobocman and Eve Kasner

All artists and writers hold the copyright on their work however World War
Three Illustrated is trademark and copyright Seth Tobocman 1980.

Address inquiries to:
W.W. 3 Illus., E. 3rd., #1A, N.Y.C., N.Y. 10009"

[Cola] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ben Hillman (painting)
Inks
Ben Hillman (painting)
Colors
Ben Hillman (painting)
Letters
?

Funny Behavior. It's No Laughing Matter (Enforcorps) (Table of Contents: 1)

Enforcorps / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eric Darton
Letters
Eric Darton (typeset)

Reprints

Indexer Notes

A brief mock-public service ad text piece

World War Three Illustrated (Table of Contents: 2)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Montano
Inks
Sal Montano
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Publication information accompanied by a single illustration. Thanks to Peter Kuper for the artist ID.

WHBI FM 105.9- New York's New Wave of Rock, 20,000 Watts of Music Power! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Cleaning Up In Paradise (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Seth Tobocman
Pencils
Seth Tobocman
Inks
Seth Tobocman
Letters
typeset

Shiver and Twitch (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Kuper
Pencils
Peter Kuper
Inks
Peter Kuper
Letters
Peter Kuper

Characters
Mother; Baby; Killer
Synopsis
Six single-page vignettes about violent incidents in the city.
Reprints
Keywords
New York City

Launch On Warning (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Hillman
Pencils
Ben Hillman
Inks
Ben Hillman
Letters
Ben Hillman

Last Rites (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Seth Tobocman
Pencils
Seth Tobocman; Peter Kuper ?
Inks
Seth Tobocman ?; Peter Kuper ?
Letters
Seth Tobocman ?; Peter Kuper ?

Keywords
car wreck

End-Of-the-World Theory to Get a Test (Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Richmond Jones (painting ?)
Inks
Richmond Jones (painting ?)
Letters
typeset

Keywords
mushroom cloud

Indexer Notes

A nuclear-themed work using a headline from the May 1, 1980 issue of the Washington Post

Old Pals (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Bagge
Pencils
Peter Bagge
Inks
Peter Bagge
Letters
Peter Bagge

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Stretch; Denise; Hal
Synopsis
Stretch meets with his newly reactionary friends at a bar.
Reprints
Keywords
Ku Klux Klan

How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Kuper
Pencils
Peter Kuper
Inks
Peter Kuper
Letters
Peter Kuper

Characters
Puppy

Studs Kirby's Summer Vacation (Table of Contents: 11)

Studs Kirby / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Peter Bagge
Pencils
Peter Bagge
Inks
Peter Bagge
Letters
Peter Bagge

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Studs Kirby; Tate; Hitchhikers
Keywords
misogyny; murder; talk radio

What Do You Want Out of Life? The National Socialist Alternative (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eric Darton
Letters
Eric Darton (typeset)

Genre
satire-parody

Hermies (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Seth Tobocman
Pencils
Seth Tobocman
Letters
Seth Tobocman

Indexer Notes

Concluded in the next issue

Pope Confesses: The More You Put Into God the Less You Retain In Yourself (Table of Contents: 14)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo montage)
Inks
? (photo montage)
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
The Pope
Keywords
firing line

Are We Dead Yet? (Table of Contents: 15)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Matt Elson (credited as Elson) (photo montage)
Pencils
Matt Elson (credited as Elson) (photo montage)
Inks
Matt Elson (credited as Elson) (photo montage)
Letters
typeset

Keywords
bombs; child

Abducted (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Christof Kohlhöfer
Pencils
Christof Kohlhöfer
Inks
Christof Kohlhöfer
Letters
Christof Kohlhöfer

Indexer Notes

Ends on the inside back cover

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Seth Tobocman ? (signed as Seth); Peter Kuper ? (signed as Peter)
Pencils
Seth Tobocman ? (signed as Seth); Peter Kuper ? (signed as Peter)
Inks
Seth Tobocman ? (signed as Seth); Peter Kuper ? (signed as Peter)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We live and die rationally and productively

Indexer Notes

back cover

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Cola]
  2. 1. Funny Behavior. It's No Laughing Matter (Enforcorps)
    Enforcorps
  3. 2. World War Three Illustrated
  4. 3. WHBI FM 105.9- New York's New Wave of Rock, 20,000 Watts of Music Power!
  5. 4. Cleaning Up In Paradise
  6. 5. Shiver and Twitch
  7. 6. Launch On Warning
  8. 7. Last Rites
  9. 8. End-Of-the-World Theory to Get a Test
  10. 9. Old Pals
  11. 10. How I Spent My Summer Vacation
  12. 11. Studs Kirby's Summer Vacation
    Studs Kirby
  13. 12. What Do You Want Out of Life? The National Socialist Alternative
  14. 13. Hermies
  15. 14. Pope Confesses: The More You Put Into God the Less You Retain In Yourself
  16. 15. Are We Dead Yet?
  17. 16. Abducted
  18. 17. ["We live and die rationally and productively"]
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