CATALOG RECORD

Arcade the Comics Revue #5

The Print Mint Inc · Series began 1975 · Spring 1976

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Dates

Cover date: Spring 1976
On sale: 1976
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Jay Lynch, M. K. Brown, Dirk Burhans, Robert Crumb, Kim Deitch, George DiCaprio, Justin Green, Bill Griffith, Rory Hayes, S. Clay Wilson, Robert Williams, Michael McMillan, Curt McDowell, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, J. Hoberman, Art Spiegelman, Diane Noomin, Willy Murphy, Spain Rodriguez, Robert Armstrong, Michele Robinson, Billy DeBeck, Vaughn Bodé, Eric Stantoninks: Jay Lynch, Bill Griffith, S. Clay Wilson, Robert Williams, Michael McMillan, Curt McDowell, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, J. Hoberman, Rory Hayes, Justin Green, George DiCaprio, Kim Deitch, Robert Crumb, Dirk Burhans, M. K. Brown, Michele Robinson, Robert Armstrong, Spain Rodriguez, Diane Noomin, Willy Murphy, Art Spiegelman, Billy DeBeck, Vaughn Bodé, Eric Stantoncolors: Jay Lynch, Robert Williamsletters: Jay Lynch, Art Spiegelman, Bill Griffith, Robert Crumb, Kim Deitch, S. Clay Wilson, Diane Noomin, Michael McMillan, Rory Hayes, Willy Murphy, M. K. Brown, Justin Green, Spain Rodriguez, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Billy DeBeck, Robert Armstrong, Dirk Burhans, Michele Robinson, Curt McDowell, Vaughn Bodé, Robert Williamsscript: Bill Griffith, Art Spiegelman, Robert Crumb, Kim Deitch, S. Clay Wilson, Diane Noomin, George DiCaprio, Michael McMillan, Rory Hayes, Willy Murphy, J. Hoberman, M. K. Brown, Justin Green, Spain Rodriguez, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Billy DeBeck, Robert Armstrong, Dirk Burhans, Michele Robinson, Curt McDowell, Vaughn Bodé, Robert Williams

Stories

The Outline · 0.33 pages
The stress of publishing
Crybaby's Blues · Crybaby Beanhead · 4 pages
The harshness of life
Comedia Dell' Zippy · 6 pages
In Northern Italy in the 16th Century, clowns put on a show, which is broken up by militant priests.
The Great Ajeeb, Chess Playing Automaton · 4 pages
The history of a fake chess-playing machine.
The Corpse Gobblin' Ogre of Columbite Mountain · 3 pages
The Ogre hasn't eaten a good corpse in a while.
DiDi Glitz & the 3 Bears · 1 pages
DiDi enters the bear's unlocked residence and promptly thinks of all the decorations she could add to it.
Anthony and the Temptations · 3 pages
St Anthony moves to the big city.
Terror from the Grave · 1 pages
Pooh murders Linda for her inheritance.
A Modern Mystery · 4 pages
Arnold is superhero Wreckman in his dreams.
Some Boxes for the Salvation Army · 3 pages
Scattershot panels
The Calvin Coolidge Story · Space Age Confidential · 2 pages
Snapshots from Coolidge's life.
Self-Portrait · 2 pages
A woman's improbable biography.
Zen Time · 1 pages
A zen fable pastiche
Götterdämmerung · 5 pages
The last days of Nazi rule in Berlin.
Mondo Condo · 1 pages
Aline Kominsky's family
Bughouse Fables (Arcade Archives) · 1 pages
Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses · 0.5 pages
The drunk meets the Swedes
Trexler the Trilobite · 0.5 pages
A trilobite lands in the street
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes · 0.5 pages
Dream recollection.
Highlights in the Life of Kathi Smith · 0.5 pages
The eccentric Kathi Smith

Characters

Zippy the PinheadThe BunchThe Checkered DemonArt SpiegelmanDiDi GlitzArnold PeckBill Griffith

Reprinted in

Flamed-out Funnies (1975), Comix Book (1976), The Best of Wimmen's Comix (1979), Knockabout Comics (1980), Zippy Stories (1984), The Complete Crumb Comics (1987), Beyond the Pale! Krazed Komics and Stories (1989), Love That Bunch (1990), The New Comics Anthology (1991), My True Story (1994), The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (1997), The Collected Checkered Demon (1998), Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes (2008), Breakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! (2008), Bill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 (2011), Glitz-2-Go (2012), The Best of Comix Book: When Marvel Went Underground (2013), The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson (2014), Love That Bunch (2018)