Comics Review #3

([January] 1984)

Contents! (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Dear readers, (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Don Chin

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Announcement that United Feature Syndicate will no longer allow the magazine to carry Garfield, Peanuts, Frank & Ernest and The Born Loser.

Letters (Table of Contents: 3)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes two panels of a Beetle Bailey strip.

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

Bloom County / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Berke Breathed

Pencils

Berke Breathed

Inks

Berke Breathed

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Excuse me.

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from daily Bloom County (Washington Post Co.) June 29 to July 24, 1983

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Beetle Bailey / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mort Walker

Pencils

Mort Walker

Inks

Mort Walker

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

How would you rate Sgt. Snorkel

Genre

humor; military

Reprints

• from daily Beetle Bailey (King Features Syndicate) January 2 to January 27, 1984

The Jim Davis interview (Table of Contents: 6)

Garfield / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Walter Shapiro

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Interview is copyright 1983 The Washington Post. Illustrated with seven panels from Garfield, plus three small drawings and a photo.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Wizard of Id / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Johnny Hart

Pencils

Brant Parker

Inks

Brant Parker

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sire, you must do something

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from daily The Wizard of Id (Field Enterprises) July 2 to July 30, 1983, omitting July 6 and 8

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Blondie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dean Young

Pencils

Mike Gersher

Inks

Mike Gersher

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tootsie and Herb had a fight

Genre

humor; domestic

Reprints

• from daily Blondie (King Features Syndicate) January 2 to January 27, 1984

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

Marvin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Armstrong

Pencils

Tom Armstrong

Inks

Tom Armstrong

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Anybody can make a mud pie

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from daily Marvin (Field Enterprises) July 4 to July 30, 1983

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

B.C. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Johnny Hart

Pencils

Johnny Hart

Inks

Johnny Hart

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, there,... I am the early bird!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from daily B.C. (Field Enterprises) July 5 to July 30, 1983

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

Kitz 'n' Katz / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Laughlin

Pencils

Bob Laughlin

Inks

Bob Laughlin

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

We're Kitz 'n' Katz, not nutz 'n' boltz..

Genre

humor

Reprints

• This strip ran in The Comic Buyer's Guide from 1981 to 1985. The 34 daily strips printed here are undated. Listed in contents as "new talent showcase."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Hägar the Horrible / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dik Browne

Pencils

Dik Browne

Inks

Dik Browne

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What a problem!!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from daily Hagar the Horrible (King Features Syndicate) January 2 to January 27, 1984