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Issue: Arcade the Comics Revue #2
Publication Date: January 1975
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Issues: #2 of 7 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagThe Print Mint Inc
Brand: Print MintView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: The Print Mint Inc.
On Sale Date: 1975
Volume: 1
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 30 (22 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The publisher put a red $1.50 price sticker on the covers of some copies.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers; black and white interiors
Dimensions: Magazine size (8.12" x 10.5" (20.62 cm x 26.67 cm))
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, anthropomorphic
First Line: Yum
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #10 [unnamed variant] published March 1994
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sawney Beane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Sawney Beane
Synopsis: Biographical details
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Number two of a series.
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Arcade the Comics Revue

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Aldo; Bobbo; David Cohen; Robert Crumb; Kim Deitch; Justin Green; Bill Griffith; Rory Hayes; W. E. Hill; Jay Kinney; Aline Kominsky; Paul Krassner; George Kuchar; Jay Lynch; Michael McMillian; Willy Murphy; Diane Noomin; Jim Osborne; Gilbert Shelton; Spain Rodriguez; Art Spiegelman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Table of contents and listing of staff and writers and artists (with "self-portraits"). The Robert Crumb self-portrait from the contents page was reprinted in the Complete Crumb Volume 10.
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Hate's All the Rage

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Outline
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Notes about features in the issue. Includes a small sample panel from each artist.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Letters from Harvey Kurtzman; Dale Lee Coovert; Jon Buller; K. Tannenbaum; Patrick Rosenkranz; John Benson; and Al Greenier. No editorial responses.
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Let's Talk Sense About This Here Modern America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous, opinion, political
Character(s): John Q. Public; Fat Capitalist; Slogan-Chanting Radical; Glad-Hander; Teenagers; Fashionable Woman; Show Biz Personality; Urban Sophisticates; Big Dupont Executive
Synopsis: Crumb rants about America and what he'd do to fix it.
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In Issue: FlagL'Écho des savanes #31 published May 1977
In Issue: FlagAmerika #[nn] published January 2004
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #10 [unnamed variant] published March 1994
as Let's Talk Sense About This Here Modern America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagR. Crumb's America #[nn] published October 1995
as Let's Talk Sense About This Here Modern America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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#682 Places Of Particular Automotive Interest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Motoring oddities
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In Content Item: FlagU-Comix #8 published April 1981
as # 682 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Where Are They Now?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Richard Schlipivitz; Editor; Larry Farrel; Al Jolson; Calvin Coolidge; George Bernard Shaw; Marion Davies
Synopsis: A reporter goes to a restaurant to interview a silent film actress. But he winds up interviewing her husband, who is a practical joker.
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In Content Item: FlagHollywoodland #[nn] published November 1987
as Where Are They Now? [Story on Interior Page(s)]four pages of original reproduced smaller on two pages in reprint
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: End credit reads 'Story by Fowlton Means, In Collaboration With Opal Dendrite'.
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A Couch In the Sun- The Henri Rosseau Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Henri Rousseau; Alfred Jarry; Guillaume Apollinaire; Paul Gaugin; Edgar Degas; Pablo Picasso; Paul Cezanne; Puzzled Critic; Madame Epinal
Synopsis: Biography of Henri Rousseau.
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In Issue: FlagBD : L'hebdo de la B.D. #39 published ?
In Content Item: FlagBill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 #[nn] published December 2011
as A Couch in the Sun: The Henri Rosseau Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Jay Lynch (intro); Nurse; Veterinarian
First Line: Howdy! I'm Jay Lynch, creator of Nard n' Pat
Synopsis: There is a disagreement about smoking.
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Pages: 1
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Who Killed Lenny Bruce?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lenny Bruce; Paul Krassner; Dustin Hoffman (as Lenny Bruce)
Synopsis: Krassner rambles about his experiences with Lenny Bruce and criticizes the movie "Lenny."
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In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #10 [unnamed variant] published March 1994
as Who Killed Lenny Bruce? [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]Robert Crumb illustrations only. The Krassner text is not included
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: An average day on Mission Street where beautiful women ....
Synopsis: A view down Mission Street, San Francisco, emphasizing pretty women on the sidewalks and crude young men in customized cars on the street.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Centerspread. "Dedicated to Lee Deveau".

"An average day on Mission Street where beautiful women (who give the area its reputation as San Francisco's "sexiest district") are annoyed by the crude advances of young men (known to sociologists as "machismo")
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Rita Markee Pilgrim to Paradise on La Cock A Roach Cho Cho

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Rita Markee; Willard; Native; Conductor
Synopsis: Rita and her companions are lost in the jungle when their plane crashes in South America.
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Pages: 1
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Back to Basics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Edgar
Synopsis: Arnold goes to the countryside to visit his rural friends.
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Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hostess
First Line: moan!
Synopsis: Art Spiegelman dreams of being at a party and his mustache washing off.
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In Issue: FlagBreakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips #[nn] published December 1977
In Content Item: FlagBreakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! #[nn] published October 2008
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Labor Theory of Value

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fiction
Synopsis: An unusual assignment for a sculptor.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Text story with four illustrations.
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A Bitter Pill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Leona; Nurses
Synopsis: DiDi in the hospital.
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In Issue: FlagGlitz-2-Go #[nn] published January 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Goethe's Faust

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Director; The Comedian; Doc
Synopsis: Does one have to compromise art?
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Pages: 4
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Neighborhood Movie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Life Sketches
Synopsis: A trip to the movies
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Reprint Notes: from Life Sketches Sunday from 1936.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Television 'Round the Corner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Life Sketches
Synopsis: How television will change entertainment
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Reprint Notes: from Life Sketches Sunday from 1939
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Pages: 1
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The Jazz Babies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Life Sketches
Synopsis: Jazz club afficianados
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Reprint Notes: from Life Sketches (Chicago Tribune) Sunday from 1925
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Rick Shaw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Rick Shaw
Synopsis: American gung-ho imperialism.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pastiche of Milton Caniff signed as William Murphy.
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Sir Plus of Hollywood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sir Plus
Synopsis: Modern day sex clothing.
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Pages: 0.5
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On the Street With the Bunch of Gibralter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Little Guy; Young Man; Thin Woman; Bum
Synopsis: People comment on the Bunch's figure.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: "Gibraltar" is spelled incorrectly in title.
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Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The perils of excess.
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: Bleeorp!
Synopsis: Odd monsters.
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In Content Item: FlagWhere Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes #[nn] published January 2008
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bill Griffith; Louie; Mr. Toad
First Line: Observation saves us from experience.
Synopsis: Bill's snooping is cut short.
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Pages: 0.5
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Print Mint Inc.

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): (various)
Inker(s): (various)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Print Mint
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Promo for items available from The Print Mint. Covers to Arcade #1, Zap Comix #2, Sleazy Scandals, Young Lust, and Despair are shown.
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Classifieds

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): (various)
Penciller(s): (various)
Inker(s): (various)
Letterer(s): (various)
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Small boxed ads for "The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics"; T-Shirts from Vaarkart; Paul Krassner and "The Realist"; "The Young Lust Reader"; and "Whole Grains."
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Day at the Circuits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Circular strip about drinking and depression.
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In Issue: FlagBreakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips #[nn] published December 1977
In Content Item: FlagBreakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! #[nn] published October 2008
as Day At the Circuits [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover of comic.

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