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parody of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
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Subscription ad for Humbug masquerading as a Christmas scene
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Artwork credit is for masthead
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Poem.
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Story is spread over 3 pages: full page, 1/3 page, 1/3 page
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Spread over 2 pages: 2/3 & 2/3 page each
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Story on 3 full pages plus 1/4 page with coupon for ordering wrapping paper
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Statement list lists Harvey Kurtzman as editor, Harry Chester as business manager. Owners are listed as Kurtzman, Chester, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis and Arnold Roth. No circulation numbers reported.
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Story has one spot illustration.
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last page of story contains Roth's caricatures of himself and contributors Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Harry Chester, R.O. Blechman and Larry Siegel (as well as Scrooge, Marley, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and Charles Dickens), all in period costume.
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Inside front cover. Fake ad.
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Letters of comment from readers Fred Santino, John Ball, Jack Gregory, Cal Simpson, William Kastanotis, unsigned, W. J. Turner, Doodles Weaver, (Miss) Rena Colburne and Gary Moss.
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Frankenstein is (apparently) deliberately mis-spelled as Frankenstien in the title and throughout the story.
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R. O. Blechman is credited as B. Blechman in the masthead (presumably the "B." is for Bob, being short for Robert)
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First page by Davis, second page by Heath
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First two pages reproduce (badly) the paintings Three Musicians by Picasso (but image is flipped left to right), Guernica by Picasso, an unidentified sculpture, and an unidentified painting
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Placed on pages 27, 28 and 32; illustration emulated child's primer illustration and not in Davis' style but the hands are a giveaway
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Inside back cover.
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Back cover. Subscription ad for Humbug. Asterisk is part of the title.
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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)
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Story starts on the inside front cover; part typeset text and part signatures from readers
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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.
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4 old (19th century) prints of people in torment with little cartoon sputniks added, probably by Roth or Jaffee
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Subscription coupon for Humbug
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Image of heart probably taken from old medical textbook and colored
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List of Ballantine humor titles but 8 of the 15 are The Humbug Digest
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Humbug subscription coupon
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Back cover.
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Kurtzman (center) and Roth (left, with glasses) appear on cover which is a colorized photograph.
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Advertisement for Frankenstein Key Chain, Charm Bracelet, Tie Bar, Cuff Links, Heart Key Chain & Bracelet from Humbug Jewelry; photo of fearful female model and crazed-looking Will Elder holding Heart Charm Bracelet up for her to see.
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Parody of Flash Gordon with all lettering in faux-Cyrillic
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Parody of The Anatomy Lesson by Rembrandt
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Broken into the following sections: untitled introduction (Elder), "Insects, Pests" (Siegel), "Seeds" (Elder), "Planting" (Roth),"Equipment" (Davis)
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Photos of models posing in front of totally inappropriate scenes (car crashes, tornadoes, wild west shoot-outs, etc.). Jack Davis and Will Elder appear in photos.
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Photo ad for Humbug subscription showing Stan Freberg eating a copy of Humbug #7
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Fake ad on back cover for Western Onion Telegrams
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House ad for Humbug subscription (bad investment - this was the final issue); photo of Roger Price holding a copy of his Mad Libs
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Letters from J. McConnell, Tony Ames, Wayne D. Komer, Norman Triglia, Jr., Joanne Surasky, Larry Weiss, Jack Malstrom, Robert J. Mathery, Bill Cheely, Stanley Friedenburg, Richard Chylla, Dell Mortimer, Lokraska Myilkadoit, Renicke Splud, Tom Eccleson, John Emelin, Ron Scheibner, Matin Kohn, Richard Corliss, Richard Merchant, Robert Wilkins, Robert Zimmer, Easy Sloman, John Welsh, Robert B. Immordino, Harvey Frajlich, George Thompson, Bob Taylor, John P. Lemley, Bob Grand, Johnny Chizzini, Vincent Bacon, Bo Tucker, Richard Wiley, Bernell D. Shoff, David Kosow, David Clark, David Snyder, H. Buglin, Mike Feiler, Rebel Hoker, David Paul Sexton, J. G. Vos, Hugh Redmon, Robert S. Griswold, Dennis Baron, Mike Britt, and Jack Clarke (whew!) plus photo of Kurtzman, perceived anti-Catholic panels by Roth, blank page, photos of readers Lokraska & Renicke, Fifher article (in part), Mednick Membership Card, Western Card, house ad with Stan Freberg, and Will Elder Titanic panel (whew! again!)
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Parody of Rodan
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2.5 pages of Swift's text with frontispiece illustration by Morton (1836-66) from 1865 edition of the novel (engraving of Gulliver is flipped right to left from original version).
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House ads for Humbug Jewelry, Humbug #1-9 hardback edition and Humbug Digest paperback
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Parody of Columbia Record club featuring all-Dick Tracy parody album covers
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