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Issue: Humbug #8
Publication Date: April 1958
 
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Publisher: FlagHumbug Publications
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Humbug Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Kurtzman; Jack Davis (Assistant Editor); Will Elder (Assistant Editor); Al Jaffee (Assistant Editor); Arnold Roth (Assistant Editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagHumbug #2 published March 2009
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Image of George Washington (very similar to the one on the $1 bill) with a tiny cartoon insect perched on his nose (and George's eyes are altered to look at the bug)
Scared You, Hey?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
typeset (partial)
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Story starts on the inside front cover; part typeset text and part signatures from readers
Report on Shaving Aids

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photographs); Al Jaffee (illustrations)
? (photographs); Al Jaffee (illustrations)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Medicine
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Humbug

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Arnold Roth [as AR] (letterhead and one panel)
Arnold Roth [as AR] (letterhead and one panel)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Letters of comment from readers Judith Milhon, Howard Brown, B. Drews, Ben Calderone, Richard Christman, Lane Brown, J. S. Dushoff, Dennis Flannigan, C. H. Larson, Jr.
Jailbreak Rock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Will Elder (signed)
Will Elder (signed)
? (one-tone)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Movies
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Humbug Album of American History George Washington

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Arnold Roth (signed)
Arnold Roth (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
History
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Everybody is Reading Car Magazines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Jack Davis (signed); Arnold Roth [as AR] (signed); Harvey Kurtzman; Russ Heath (signed)
Jack Davis (signed); Arnold Roth [as AR] (signed); Harvey Kurtzman; Russ Heath (signed)
? (one-tone)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Press
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Favorite Formulas for Finishing Films

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Purvis
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
? (one-tone)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Miami

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Travel
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Real, Old-Time Cowboys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Davis (signed)
Jack Davis (signed)
? (one-tone)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
The Humbug Award
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Herman Wook's Marjorie Morningsun

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Larry Siegel
Jack Davis (illustration)
Jack Davis (illustration)
? (one-tone)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
A Humbug Book Condensation
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Snow Sculpture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
? (one-tone)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Art
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Old Sputnik Prints

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Science
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
4 old (19th century) prints of people in torment with little cartoon sputniks added, probably by Roth or Jaffee
TV Choreography

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Arnold Roth
Arnold Roth
? (one-tone)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Television
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
For the Man Who Has Everything

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Will Elder (signed)
Wilder (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover; subscription coupon for Humbug
A Humbug Valentine Bonus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover; image of heart probably taken from old medical textbook and colored

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