CATALOG RECORD

Arcade the Comics Revue #7

The Print Mint Inc · Series began 1975 · Fall 1976

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Dates

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

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: M. K. Brown, Art Spiegelman, Harvey Kurtzman, Robert Crumb, Michele Robinson, Mark Beyer, Oliver Christianson, S. Clay Wilson, Robert Williams, Lulu Stanley, Diane Noomin, Kim Deitch, Justin Green, Rory Hayes, B. Kliban, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Bill Griffith, Michael McMillian, Spain Rodriguez, Robert Armstrong, Michael McMillaninks: M. K. Brown, Art Spiegelman, Harvey Kurtzman, Robert Crumb, Bill Griffith, S. Clay Wilson, Robert Williams, Lulu Stanley, Michael McMillian, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, B. Kliban, Rory Hayes, Justin Green, Kim Deitch, Oliver Christianson, Michele Robinson, Robert Armstrong, Spain Rodriguez, Diane Noomin, Mark Beyer, Michael McMillancolors: M. K. Brown, B. Klibanscript: Glenn Bray, Steve Anker, Kim Deitch, Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Justin Green, J. Hoberman, Robert Armstrong, Michael McMillan, Art Spiegelman, Bill Griffith, Michele Robinson, Diane Noomin, Spain Rodriguez, Rory Hayes, Oliver Christianson, Mark Beyer, Lulu Stanley, S. Clay Wilson, B. Klibanletters: Kim Deitch, Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Justin Green, Robert Williams, Robert Armstrong, Michael McMillan, Bill Griffith, Michele Robinson, Diane Noomin, Spain Rodriguez, Rory Hayes, Oliver Christianson, Mark Beyer, Lulu Stanley, S. Clay Wilson, B. Kliban

Stories

Possessed · 12 pages
Miles Microft is released from the sanitarium, but told not to experience stress. After he leaves the place with Blanche, Don Corchese holds him up at knifepoint while they're driving away. Don reverts to senility in due time but not before leaving a clue to the whereabouts of a large fortune.
Arnie's Air Conditioner · 1 pages
The house needs air conditioning during a hot Long Island 1950s summer.
The Mass Psychology Of Disneyworld · Space Age Confidential · 1 pages
Ponderings about Walt Disney, Disney World and what it says about American culture.
Back Home In Pasadena · 3 pages
Young Robert watches television, takes accordion lessons, gets a bee stuck in the ear, goes to In-N-Out Burger and deals with the Jehovah's Witnesses relatives from Albuquerque who come round.
Queezy Rider · T. Cat and Pooch D. Pup · 2 pages
A bizarre drive in T. Cat's car in this story heavily influenced by early Fleischer brothers animation.
Sex Comics Of The Thirties · 1 pages
Laurel and Hardy share a woman
Sex Comics Of The Thirties · 1 pages
A Jewish guy is screwed
Sex Comics Of The Thirties · 1 pages
The husband returns home.
Boots · Sex Comics Of The Thirties · 1 pages
Boots learns about sex.
Mussolini In Ethiopia · Sex Comics Of The Thirties · 1 pages
Mussolini is captured by Amazons
The Toad and the Madman · 4 pages
Mr. Toad is drawing and starts feeling that he's going nuts. He decides to go for a walk but first wakes up Alfred Jarry, who shows him a comic strip he drew with him in it called The Unspeakable Truth.
Captive Bride of the Shark Men · 0.25 pages
The Shark Men are up to no good.
Tales from the Aquarium · 0.25 pages
Aquarium Life.
Victoria Woodhull, The Continuing Saga · 0.25 pages
Victoria has visions.
Alligator Dream · 0.25 pages
A dream.
Some of My Best Friends Are · 2 pages
Diane's memories of friends with whom she's lost touch.
The Inheritance Of Rufus Griswold · 3 pages
The death of Edgar Allan Poe and Griswold's behavior as the appointed editor of his work.
Dark Delight · 0.5 pages
There's something lurking outside the window.
Punch Lines · Blondo Airstep · 0.5 pages
Zeno screws Barbara
Tony Target · Tony Target · 0.5 pages
Life as a target is getting Tony down.
Jimmy Hoot Owl Says · 0.5 pages
Useful tips for dispelling fears.
Vampire Lust · 1 pages
How vampirism is transferred.
Untitled · 1 pages
Eight assorted unconnected vignettes

Characters

Zippy the PinheadThe BunchGriffyOliver HardyStan LaurelMr. ToadThe BogeymanAlfred Jarry

Reprinted in

Beyond the Pale! Krazed Komics and Stories (1989), Love That Bunch (1990), Graphic Classics (2001), Graphic Classics (2004), An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (2006), Need More Love A Graphic Memoir (2007), Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes (2008), Bill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 (2011), Glitz-2-Go (2012), The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson (2014), Love That Bunch (2018)