(1974)
Apex Novelties,
1974 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 4.95 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Apex Novelties
- Brand
-
Apex Novelties
- ISBN
-
0-8256-3042-8
- Editing
- Susan Goodrick; Don Donahue
- Color
- color cover, Black and White interior
- Binding
- Softcover
Issue Notes
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Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Donahue; Robert Crumb; Art Spiegelman; Gilbert Shelton; Justin Green; Willy Murphy; Bill Griffith; Kim Deitch; Spain Rodriguez; Bobby London; Shary Flenniken; Jay Lynch
- Inks
- Don Donahue; Robert Crumb; Art Spiegelman; Gilbert Shelton; Justin Green; Willy Murphy; Bill Griffith; Kim Deitch; Spain Rodriguez; Bobby London; Shary Flenniken; Jay Lynch
- Letters
- typeset
Mr. Natural Goes to a Meeting of the Minds
Mr. Natural / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Shuman the Human; Asper Oggus; Kathy Kutestuff; Artsy Fartsy; Dora Zockman
- Reprints
- from Uneeda Comix (The Print Mint Inc, 1970 series) ([August] 1970)
-
- Keywords
- adult
It's Really Too Bad
comic story / 5 pages
- Synopsis
- An especially slight Crumb story where he ponders what the modern world is coming to.
- Reprints
- from Despair (The Print Mint Inc, 1969 series) (1969)
-
Whiteman Meets Bigfoot
Whiteman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
- Characters
- Whiteman; Yetti [Bigfoot]; Louise
- Reprints
- from Home Grown Funnies (Kitchen Sink Press, 1971 series) #1 (January 1971)
-
- Keywords
- adult
The R. Crumb $uck$e$$ Story
Robert Crumb / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Robert Crumb
- Reprints
- from The People's Comics (Golden Gate Publishing Company, 1972 series) (September 1972)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Lenore Goldberg and her Girl Commandos
Lenore Goldberg / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Lenore Goldberg; Janet Jones; Muncie; Bob
- Synopsis
- Lenore and the commandos barge into a gathering of intellectuals to make a statement on female liberation.
- Reprints
- from Motor City Comics (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #1 (April 1969)
-
- Keywords
- adult
[He's the No. 1 Human Zero - He's No Big Deal]
Bo Bo Bolinski / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bo Bo Bolinski
- Reprints
- from Uneeda Comix (The Print Mint Inc, 1970 series) ([August] 1970)
-
And Now, A Word to You Feminist Women
Robert Crumb / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Robert Crumb
- Reprints
- from Big Ass Comics (Rip Off Press, 1969 series) #2 (August 1971)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Art Spiegelman, New York, 1948
Art Spiegelman / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Nancy; Art Spiegelman; Ace Hole, Midget Detective
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Text article with self-portrait and list of comics he has appeared in.
Maus
Maus / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Funny Aminals (Apex Novelties, 1972 series) #1 (1972)
- in Art Spiegelman- Comix, Essays, Graphics & Scraps: (From Maus to Now to MAUS to Now) #[nn]
-
Indexer Notes
Earliest version of award-winning story Maus, later reworked and expanded to become the definite version in Raw magazine and subsequent book publications.
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Reprints
- from Short Order Comix (Family Fun, 1974 series) #2 (1974)
-
- Keywords
- slice of life
Ace Hole Midget Detective
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ace Hole
- Synopsis
- Ace trips into a warped world
- Reprints
- from Short Order Comix (Family Fun, 1974 series) #2 (1974)
-
The Freaks Pull a Heist!
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers [Fat Freddy; Freewheelin' Franklin; Phineas T. Freakears]; Grocery Store Clerk
- Synopsis
- Unable to buy any junk food because he's short on cash, Fat Freddy gets into a violent withdrawal state. The Bros. decide to pull a heist on a grocery store in order to get Freddy some food.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The first page of this was used in the “Little Annie Fanny” story from the July 1970 issue of Playboy.
[no title indexed]
Tricky Prickears / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Gilbert Shelton [as Ghoulbert Chesterton]
- Pencils
- Gilbert Shelton [as Ghoulbert Chesterton]
- Inks
- Gilbert Shelton [as Ghoulbert Chesterton]
- Letters
- Gilbert Shelton [as Ghoulbert Chesterton]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Receiving orders by braille.
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Tricky Prickears
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Presenting the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers' Favorite Law Enforcement Officer.
[no title indexed]
Fat Freddy's Cat / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How dull life is... without cockroaches!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fat Freddy's Cat
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Freak Brothers / comic story / 0.875 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gather ye 'round, my brothers...
- Characters
- Freak Brothers
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
[no title indexed]
Fat Freddy's Cat / comic story / 0.125 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fat Freddy went off and forgot to feed me again!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fat Freddy's Cat
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Freak Brothers / comic story / 0.875 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Notorious Norbert the Nark, recently promoted to the Federal Department...
- Characters
- Freak Brothers
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
[no title indexed]
Fat Freddy's Cat / comic story / 0.125 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The cat is clawing my favorite chair to shreds!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fat Freddy's Cat
- Reprints
This Bitter Earth
Sage Monkey / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Funny Aminals (Apex Novelties, 1972 series) #1 (1972)
-
Indexer Notes
The Sage Monkey Debuts and Dies.
Visualization & Concentration
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from Occult Laff-Parade (The Print Mint Inc, 1973 series) #1 (August 1973)
-
Justin Green's
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Show + Tell (The Print Mint Inc, 1973 series) ([October] 1973)
-
- Keywords
- adult
A Sad Tale
comic story / 4 pages
- Reprints
- from Show + Tell (The Print Mint Inc, 1973 series) ([October] 1973)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Big Blowout in the Donut Shop
comic story / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Flamed-out Funnies (Rip Off Press, 1975 series) #1 ([August] 1975)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Eat Fit to Stay Right
Vegetable Heads / comic story / 0.75 page
- Reprints
- from Flamed-out Funnies (Rip Off Press, 1975 series) #1 ([August] 1975)
-
- Keywords
- adult
[no title indexed]
Melody House / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good evening. The six o'clock report with Howard Frog and Roger....
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from ?
- Keywords
- adult
Automatic Transmission
comic story / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Flamed-out Funnies (Rip Off Press, 1975 series) #1 ([August] 1975)
-
- Keywords
- adult
A Good Shit Is Best
The Boys on the Corner / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Four men standing on the sidewalk state what their favorite sexual activities are.
- Reprints
- from Flamed-out Funnies (Rip Off Press, 1975 series) #1 ([August] 1975)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Any Place I Can Crash?
Arnold Peck / comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Arnold Peck
- Reprints
- from Flamed-out Funnies (Rip Off Press, 1975 series) #1 ([August] 1975)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Henry's Punctured Romance
Henry Henpeck / comic story / 3 pages
- Characters
- Henry Henpeck
- Reprints
- from Manhunt (Cartoonists Co-Op Press, 1974 series) #2 ([December] 1974)
-
- Keywords
- adult
[no title indexed]
The Snatch N' Hammer Kids / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Business is terrible!!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Air Pirates Funnies Tabloid ?
- Keywords
- adult
A Fool's Paradise
Zippy the Pinhead / comic story / 8 pages
- Reprints
- from Tales of Toad (Cartoonists Co-Op Press, 1973 series) #3 ([December] 1973)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Randy and Cherisse in the 2nd Dimension
Randy & Cherisse / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Bill Griffith [as Griffy Jr.] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith [as Griffy Jr.] (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Griffith [as Griffy Jr.] (signed)
- Letters
- Bill Griffith [as Griffy Jr.] (signed)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Randy [Randall H. O'Reilly]; Cherisse Fisk
- Reprints
Timothy Leary Encounters Alfred Jarry In Heaven
Timothy Leary; Alfred Jarry / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Timothy Leary; Alfred Jarry; The Lord God
- Reprints
Bayooh Blooze
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Occult Laff-Parade (The Print Mint Inc, 1973 series) #1 (August 1973)
-
Born Again
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Insect Fear (The Print Mint Inc, 1970 series) #3 (Winter 1972)
-
The Hand of Kaa
comic story / 9 pages
- Reprints
- from Skull (Last Gasp, 1970 series) #5 ([August] 1972)
-
- Keywords
- adult
[no title indexed]
Trashman, Agent of the 6th International / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wanted By the State – DEAD! Trashman
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Trashman [Harry Barnes]
- Reprints
- from Subvert (Rip Off Press, 1970 series) #2 (1972)
-
- Keywords
- underground
[no title indexed]
Trashman / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As the surly day becomes night and its denizens go forth into her arms
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Trashman [Harry Barnes]; Fleeing Man; I. Lecant
- Reprints
- from Subvert (Rip Off Press, 1970 series) #2 (1972) [page eleven only]
-
- Keywords
- underground
[no title indexed]
Dirty Duck / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'F' is for the father of our country...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dirty Duck
- Reprints
- from The Dirty Duck Book (Company & Sons, 1971 series) #1 (December 1971-March 1972)
-
All American Hymie
Merton of the Movement / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from ?
- Keywords
- adult
[no title indexed]
Dirty Duck / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bobby London
- Pencils
- Bobby London [as London] (signed)
- Inks
- Bobby London [as London] (signed)
- Letters
- Bobby London
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Air Pirates Funnies (Hell Comics, 1971 series) #2 (August 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Eight one-page strips, drawn in the style of George Herriman's Krazy Kat.
[no title indexed]
Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aaah! such olfactory pleasures the Summer breezes bring!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Trots; Bonnie; Pepsi
- Synopsis
- Pepsi sets her sights on Hugh Hefner.
- Reprints
- from Merton of the Movement (Last Gasp, 1971 series) #1 (November 1971 - February 1972)
-
- Keywords
- adult
[no title indexed]
Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh maybe someday...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Trots; Bonnie
- Synopsis
- Bonnie bemoans the insensitivity of the city.
- Reprints
- from Merton of the Movement (Last Gasp, 1971 series) #1 (November 1971 - February 1972)
-
- Keywords
- adult
The Working Girl
Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Funny Aminals (Apex Novelties, 1972 series) #1 (1972)
-
On the Defensive
Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Trots; Bonnie; unnamed thug
- Synopsis
- Trots and Bonnie are propositioned by an unsavoury type.
- Reprints
- from Left-Field Funnies (Apex Novelties, 1972 series) (1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Customers!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from ? (1973)
- Keywords
- adult
[no title indexed]
Nard n' Pat / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch]
- Pencils
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch]
- Inks
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch]
- Letters
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't you ever get horny, boss?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
- Characters
- Nard; Pat; Vera
- Synopsis
- Pat convinces Vera to come back to her ex-lover Nard.
- Reprints
Dizzy as a Bee!
Nard n' Pat / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
- Pencils
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
- Inks
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
- Letters
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Nard; Pat; Paul Harvey; Moivin; Boss; Mailman
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Nard n' Pat / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aah! This new mentholated shavin' cream really perks up the ol' facial flesh!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
- Characters
- Nard; Pat
- Synopsis
- Nard talks to himself in the mirror while using mentholated shaving cream.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Nard n' Pat / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
- Pencils
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
- Inks
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
- Letters
- Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Happy birthday, dear Baw-oss. Happy Birthday to yooooooo!
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Nard; Pat; Genie
- Reprints
Apex Treasury
recap / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
List of some of the underground comix creators not included in this book.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Contents
-
3.
How I Went Underground
-
4.
Introduction
-
5.
Apex Interview: Robert Crumb
-
6.
Mr. Natural Goes to a Meeting of the Minds
Mr. Natural -
7.
It's Really Too Bad
-
8.
Whiteman Meets Bigfoot
Whiteman -
9.
The R. Crumb $uck$e$$ Story
Robert Crumb -
10.
Lenore Goldberg and her Girl Commandos
Lenore Goldberg -
11.
[He's the No. 1 Human Zero - He's No Big Deal]
Bo Bo Bolinski -
12.
And Now, A Word to You Feminist Women
Robert Crumb -
13.
Art Spiegelman, New York, 1948
Art Spiegelman -
14.
Maus
Maus -
15.
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
-
16.
Ace Hole Midget Detective
-
17.
Gilbert Shelton, Dallas, 1940
-
18.
The Freaks Pull a Heist!
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers -
19.
["Receiving orders by braille."]
Tricky Prickears -
20.
["How dull life is... without cockroaches!"]
Fat Freddy's Cat -
21.
["Gather ye 'round, my brothers..."]
Freak Brothers -
22.
["Fat Freddy went off and forgot to feed me again!"]
Fat Freddy's Cat -
23.
["Notorious Norbert the Nark, recently promoted to the Federal Department..."]
Freak Brothers -
24.
["The cat is clawing my favorite chair to shreds!"]
Fat Freddy's Cat -
25.
Justin Green, Chicago, 1945
-
26.
This Bitter Earth
Sage Monkey -
27.
Visualization & Concentration
-
28.
Justin Green's
-
29.
A Sad Tale
-
30.
Will Murphy, New York, 1936
-
31.
Big Blowout in the Donut Shop
-
32.
Eat Fit to Stay Right
Vegetable Heads -
33.
["Good evening. The six o'clock report with Howard Frog and Roger...."]
Melody House -
34.
Automatic Transmission
-
35.
A Good Shit Is Best
The Boys on the Corner -
36.
Any Place I Can Crash?
Arnold Peck -
37.
Henry's Punctured Romance
Henry Henpeck -
38.
["Business is terrible!!"]
The Snatch N' Hammer Kids -
39.
Bill Griffith, New York, 1944
-
40.
A Fool's Paradise
Zippy the Pinhead -
41.
Randy and Cherisse in the 2nd Dimension
Randy & Cherisse -
42.
Timothy Leary Encounters Alfred Jarry In Heaven
Timothy Leary; Alfred Jarry -
43.
Kim Deitch, Los Angeles, 1944
-
44.
Bayooh Blooze
-
45.
Born Again
-
46.
The Final Fumble
-
47.
Spain, Buffalo, 1940
-
48.
The Hand of Kaa
-
49.
["Wanted By the State – DEAD! Trashman"]
Trashman, Agent of the 6th International -
50.
["As the surly day becomes night and its denizens go forth into her arms"]
Trashman -
51.
What Is a Criminal
-
52.
Bobby London, New York, 1950
-
53.
["'F' is for the father of our country..."]
Dirty Duck -
54.
All American Hymie
Merton of the Movement -
55.
[no title indexed]
Dirty Duck -
56.
Shary Flenniken, Norfolk, 1950
-
57.
Wretched Chicken
-
58.
["Aaah! such olfactory pleasures the Summer breezes bring!"]
Trots and Bonnie -
59.
["Gosh maybe someday..."]
Trots and Bonnie -
60.
The Working Girl
Trots and Bonnie -
61.
On the Defensive
Trots and Bonnie -
62.
["Customers!"]
Trots and Bonnie -
63.
Jay Lynch, Belmar, 1944
-
64.
["Don't you ever get horny, boss?"]
Nard n' Pat -
65.
Dizzy as a Bee!
Nard n' Pat -
66.
["Aah! This new mentholated shavin' cream really perks up the ol' facial flesh!"]
Nard n' Pat -
67.
["Happy birthday, dear Baw-oss. Happy Birthday to yooooooo!"]
Nard n' Pat -
68.
Apex Treasury
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