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Issue: Funny Aminals #1
Publication Date: January 1972
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagApex Novelties
Brand: Apex NoveltiesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Apex Novelties
On Sale Date: 07/15/1972
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date given in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

This underground comic was an anti-animal-vivisection benefit book. It is most noteworthy for Art Spiegelman's three-page precursor story to his graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale.

Semi-glossy color cover, with newsprint guts.

Published in San Francisco, California. The print run is not indicated in the book. According to Jay Kennedy's The Official Underground and Newage Price-Guide (1982), the print run was in the 20,000-30,000.

Editor Terry Zwigoff later became known as a filmmaker. His films include Crumb (1994), Ghost World (2001), and Art School Confidential (2006), which are based on comics or are otherwise comics-related.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 6 7/8 in. x 10 in. (17.5 cm x 25.4 cm)
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Join the Kollege of Karnal Knowledge With the Cute Li'l...

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Two Cats and a Bird
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #9 [unnamed variant] published October 1992
as Join the Kollege of Karnal Knowledge With the Cute Li'l... [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Forward

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Terry Zwigoff
Synopsis: editor Terry Zwigoff transforms into a funny animal and introduces the book
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Initially this comic book was brought about because of the horror Zwigoff had experienced after visiting a slaughterhouse. He wanted to come out with a statement against cruelty to animals. Needless to say, the stories that were submitted did not reflect this statement of purpose. As Crumb stated in the Complete Crumb volume nine, Zwigoff relinquished his editorial position and did not want to have anything more to do with the final results.
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What A World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult
Feature(s): Two Cats and a Bird
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFuzzy le lapin et ses copains #[nn] published October 2002
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #9 [unnamed variant] published October 1992
as What A World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: same characters appear in sequence 10.
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Maus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Maus
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Apex Treasury of Underground Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1974
In Issue: FlagBreakdowns: From Maus to Now: An Anthology of Strips #[nn] published December 1977
In Issue: FlagBD : L'hebdo de la B.D. #44 published January 1978
In Issue: FlagThe Best of Comix Book: When Marvel Went Underground #[nn] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagComix Book #2 published January 1975
as Maus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Apex Treasury of Underground Comics / The Best of Bijou Funnies #[nn] published January 1981
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStreetwise #[nn] published July 2000
as Fathers & Sons: Maus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBreakdowns Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@?*! #[nn] published October 2008
as Maus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in Art Spiegelman- Comix, Essays, Graphics & Scraps: (From Maus to Now to MAUS to Now) #[nn]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Earliest version of award-winning story Maus, later reworked and expanded to become the definite version in Raw magazine and subsequent book publications.
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The Working Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Trots and Bonnie
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Apex Treasury of Underground Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagThe Apex Treasury of Underground Comics / The Best of Bijou Funnies #[nn] published January 1981
as The Working Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Double Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Pat the Cat and Fuzzy the Bunny
Character(s): Pat the Cat; Fuzzy the Bunny
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #9 [unnamed variant] published October 1992
as Double Trouble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: story drawn jointly by the two artists.
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Captain Flashlight Fights the Animal Cracker Zombies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Captain Flashlight
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArt in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940-1980 #[nn] published May 2010
as Captain Flashlight Fights the Animal Cracker Zombies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Toadette King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Toadettes
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 #[nn] published December 2011
as The Toadette King [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 #[nn] published December 2011
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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This Bitter Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sage Monkey
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Apex Treasury of Underground Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1974
In Content Item: FlagThe Apex Treasury of Underground Comics / The Best of Bijou Funnies #[nn] published January 1981
as This Bitter Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The Sage Monkey Debuts and Dies.
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Stinky the Pig

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Stinky the Pig
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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What A World!, part two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult
Feature(s): Two Cats and a Bird
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Crumb Comics #9 [unnamed variant] published October 1992
as What A World!, part two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Same characters appear in sequence 2.
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Apex Novelties

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comics, posters and cards for sale from the publisher. Spot drawings by Gustave Doré, Robert Crumb, Bill Griffith, Jim Osborne.
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Feelin' Glum?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pat the Cat and several funny animals
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: backcover drawing.

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