(March 1993)
Fantagraphics,
1993 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 4.95 USD; 5.95 CAD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Color cover; Black and White interior
- Dimensions
- Magazine size
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
Issue Notes
Comic reprints the 1979 Rip-Off Press publication of the same title, adding 16 previously uncollected strips. Strips originally created for weekly undeground newspapers
[no title indexed]
Griffith Observatory / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No, I didn't live in Los Angeles during the late seventies, working behind the souvenir counter at the real Griffith Observatory...
Indexer Notes
Includes a background illustration and the standard "Griffith Observatory" logo. Indicia at bottom.
Religious Nuts
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A glance at new religions fashionable in the 1970s
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #2 ([July] 1977)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Street Crazies
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Urban lunatics
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1 ([April] 1977)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Anal Retentives
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Assorted hoarders
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1 ([April] 1977)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Doomsters
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Pessimists
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #2 ([July] 1977)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Kids of Today
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The older generation bemoans the young
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #2 ([July] 1977)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Art Critics
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- We're all art critics
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #1 ([April] 1977)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Normals
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The progress of hippies
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #3 ([March] 1978)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Clothes That Wear People
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- 1970s fashions
- Keywords
- social commentary
Objective Study
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Classic design versus modern design
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #3 ([March] 1978)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Ostentatious Humility
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The reaction to consumption
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #3 ([March] 1978)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Indexer Notes
Credit given to Justin Green
The 'Zine Scene
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Behinds the scenes at magazines
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #3 ([March] 1978)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Worriers
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Worriers and their concerns
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #3 ([March] 1978)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Cuteness Syndrome
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The cute object and its inspiration
- Keywords
- social commentary
Punk Rock
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The appeal and concerns of punks
- Keywords
- social commentary
Cat Tales
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The downside of cats
- Keywords
- social commentary
Memory Lane
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Reminiscenes of 1950s TV shows
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Parental Units
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Awkward parents
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Laundromat
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Laundromats as social microcosm
- Keywords
- social commentary
Working Stiffs
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The regularly waged
- Keywords
- social commentary
Media Addicts
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Living vicariously
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #3 ([March] 1978)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Nostalgiamania
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The stylising of the past
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Enemy
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Corporations and their aims
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Rednecks
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Life in Rural USA
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #4 ([November] 1978)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Noo Yawkahs
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The obsessions and fears of New Yorkers
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #4 ([November] 1978)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Oddballs
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Assorted eccentrics
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Keane Kontroversy
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Who Painted Walter Keane's big eye pictures?
- Keywords
- social commentary
Million Dollar Ideas
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Wretched concepts that could make a fortune
- Keywords
- social commentary
Time-Warped
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The static wardrobe
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #7 ([Late] 1980)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
People Watching
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bill Griffith; Mr The Toad
- Synopsis
- The arbitrary association of personality, traits and obsessions to a face
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #7 ([Late] 1980)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Useless Objects
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Useless objects
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #7 ([Late] 1980)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Are You A Boozhie?
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The test of being bourgeois
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #7 ([Late] 1980)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Five Philosophers
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Assorted unrecognised philosophers
- Keywords
- social commentary
Welcome to the House of Snap Judgements
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bill Griffith
- Synopsis
- Instant impressions
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #7 ([Late] 1980)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Think Eighties
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Predictions about the 1980s
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #5 ([September] 1979)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Apartment Living
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The curses of apartments
- Keywords
- social commentary
New York Again
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- More about New York and its inhabitants
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #7 ([Late] 1980)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Where's the Party?
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Assorted parties
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #7 ([Late] 1980)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
The Mansard-roof Syndrome
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The spread of the Mansard roof
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #7 ([Late] 1980)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Stupidity Patrol
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The critics at large
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #7 ([Late] 1980)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
5 Great Moments in the Life of Jimmy Durante
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jimmy Durante
- Synopsis
- Five great moments in the life of Jimmy Durante
- Reprints
- from Rip Off Comix (Rip Off Press, 1977 series) #7 ([Late] 1980)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
[Art School]
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Letters
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bill Griffith; Louie; Mr. Wooster; Professor; Model
- Synopsis
- Observations of an art school
- Reprints
- from Arcade the Comics Revue (The Print Mint Inc, 1975 series) #1 (Spring 1975)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
Indexer Notes
Untitled- the first line of dialogue is "Heh, heh ...sniff... .. People are a wonder to behold, Louie!!"
On The Street
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bill Griffith; Louie
- Synopsis
- Life
- Reprints
- from Arcade the Comics Revue (The Print Mint Inc, 1975 series) #3 (Fall 1975)
-
- Keywords
- social commentary
[no title indexed]
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- Letters
- Bill Griffith (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, Louie, we've had quite a full viewing schedule today... we saw many interesting things...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bill Griffith; Louie; Mr. Toad
- Synopsis
- Bedroom snooping
- Reprints
- from ? (1975)
- Keywords
- social commentary
Under Observation
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bill Griffith; Louie
- Synopsis
- The origin of the observatory and how it became an obsession.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- social commentary
Main Street
Griffith Observatory / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Assorted Main Streets
- Keywords
- social commentary
Indexer Notes
Appears on the back cover
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
["No, I didn't live in Los Angeles during the late seventies, working behind the souvenir counter at the real Griffith Observatory..."]
Griffith Observatory -
2.
Religious Nuts
Griffith Observatory -
3.
Street Crazies
Griffith Observatory -
4.
The Anal Retentives
Griffith Observatory -
5.
The Doomsters
Griffith Observatory -
6.
Kids of Today
Griffith Observatory -
7.
The Art Critics
Griffith Observatory -
8.
The Normals
Griffith Observatory -
9.
Clothes That Wear People
Griffith Observatory -
10.
Objective Study
Griffith Observatory -
11.
Ostentatious Humility
Griffith Observatory -
12.
The 'Zine Scene
Griffith Observatory -
13.
The Worriers
Griffith Observatory -
14.
The Cuteness Syndrome
Griffith Observatory -
15.
Punk Rock
Griffith Observatory -
16.
Cat Tales
Griffith Observatory -
17.
Memory Lane
Griffith Observatory -
18.
The Parental Units
Griffith Observatory -
19.
The Laundromat
Griffith Observatory -
20.
Working Stiffs
Griffith Observatory -
21.
Media Addicts
Griffith Observatory -
22.
Nostalgiamania
Griffith Observatory -
23.
The Enemy
Griffith Observatory -
24.
The Rednecks
Griffith Observatory -
25.
Noo Yawkahs
Griffith Observatory -
26.
Oddballs
Griffith Observatory -
27.
The Keane Kontroversy
Griffith Observatory -
28.
Million Dollar Ideas
Griffith Observatory -
29.
Time-Warped
Griffith Observatory -
30.
People Watching
Griffith Observatory -
31.
Useless Objects
Griffith Observatory -
32.
Are You A Boozhie?
Griffith Observatory -
33.
Five Philosophers
Griffith Observatory -
34.
Welcome to the House of Snap Judgements
Griffith Observatory -
35.
Think Eighties
Griffith Observatory -
36.
Apartment Living
Griffith Observatory -
37.
New York Again
Griffith Observatory -
38.
Where's the Party?
Griffith Observatory -
39.
The Mansard-roof Syndrome
Griffith Observatory -
40.
Stupidity Patrol
Griffith Observatory -
41.
5 Great Moments in the Life of Jimmy Durante
Griffith Observatory -
42.
[Art School]
Griffith Observatory -
43.
On The Street
Griffith Observatory -
44.
["Well, Louie, we've had quite a full viewing schedule today... we saw many interesting things..."]
Griffith Observatory -
45.
Under Observation
-
46.
Main Street
Griffith Observatory
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- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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