Crazy Magazine, Issue #16

Publisher: Marvel

Series Title: Crazy Magazine

Issue: #16

Publish Date:	March 1976
type:	cover
Title:	Special Xmas Rated Issue
Genre:	humor
Pencils:	Marie Severin (layout - uncredited); Nick Cardy (signed)
Inks:	Nick Cardy (signed)

Letters:	typeset
Colors:	Nick Cardy (signed)
Cover Characters:	The Nebbish; Santa Claus
Synopsis:	The Nebbish keeps a long line of kids waiting while he reads a huge list of demands to Santa.
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Assigned Artwork

Page: -9
published

Issue Breakdown

Type	Title	Creators	Characters	Synopsis
cover	Special Xmas Rated Issue	Pencils: Marie Severin (layout - uncredited); Nick Cardy (signed) Inks: Nick Cardy (signed) Letters: typeset Colors: Nick Cardy (signed)	The Nebbish; Santa Claus	The Nebbish keeps a long line of kids waiting while he reads a huge list of demands to Santa.
illustration	It's a Crewel World			Needlepoint sampler of the Crazy philosophy.
comic story	Gook Times	Pencils: Marie Severin Inks: Marie Severin Letters: typeset	John Amos [as James]; Esther Rolle [as Kentucky]; Jimmie Walker [as J.J.]; BernNadette Stanis [as Thelma]; Ralph Carter [as Michael]; Ja'net DuBois [as Willona]	Parody of the television series "Good Times"; J.J. comes up with a radical solution to the family continually being burgled.
text story		Pencils: Marie Severin Inks: Marie Severin Letters: typeset	The Nebbish	Parody news articles, illustrated by a picture of The Nebbish.
comic story	Crazy Guide to Making Your Own Hollywood Film	Pencils: Murad Gumen Inks: Murad Gumen Letters: typeset	Marlon Brando; Paul Newman; Richard Dreyfuss; Robert Shaw; Federico Fellini; Peter Bogdanovich; Woody Allen; Stanley Kubrick; Irwin Allen	Satirical guide to making professional-grade motion pictures without professional-grade equipment or experience.
comic story	Specialized Marriage Vows	Pencils: Bob Smith Inks: Bob Smith Letters: typeset		Marriage vows specifically altered to cater to specialized participants.
comic story	How to Handle a Carsick Child	Pencils: Diane Levin Inks: Diane Levin Letters: typeset		Satirical advice on handling carsick children.
illustration	What's in a Name?	Pencils: Marie Severin Inks: Marie Severin Letters: typeset	The Nebbish	A list of names based on puns.
comic story	Hollywood Spinoffs on Jaws	Pencils: Diane Levin Inks: Diane Levin Letters: typeset	Nelson Rockefeller; John Wayne [as Rooster Cogburn]; Spiro Agnew; Howard Cosell; Bella Abzug	Suggestions for possible spinoffs for the movie "Jaws".
comic story	The History of Moosekind, Part 16: Moose In Space	Pencils: Bob Foster Inks: Bob Foster Letters: typeset		Having concluded the look at the evolution of moose society, the possibilities of moose-kind venturing into space are discussed.
comic story	Crazy Goes to the Circus	Pencils: John Stevens Inks: John Stevens		Satirical looks at circus-related events.
comic story	Crazy Guide to Body Language	Pencils: Mike Ricigliano [as Ricig] Inks: Mike Ricigliano [as Ricig] Letters: typeset		Examination of what can be discerned from different body types and gestures.
comic story	Crazy Visits a Typical Golf Course	Pencils: Bill Burke Inks: Bill Burke Letters: typeset		Satirical look at what goes on at a public links.
text story	Movie Monsters' Christmas Lists	Script: Mike Pellowski Letters: typeset	Dracula; King Kong; The Creature from the Black Lagoon; Godzilla; The Mummy; Frankenstein's Monster; a werewolf	What monsters want for Christmas.
text story	Crazy Letters of our Time	Script: David Kelly Letters: typeset		Fake business letters from fake businesses.
comic story	How to Recognize a Sagittarius	Pencils: Will Eisner Inks: Will Eisner Letters: typeset; Will Eisner		Observable characteristics common to people born under the astrology sign of Sagittarius.
comic story	We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This...	Pencils: Bill DuBay Inks: Bill DuBay Letters: typeset		Series of humorous scenes with the title theme.
illustration	Crazy Movie Casting	Script: Frank Wail Letters: typeset		Series of theater marquees displaying films with satirical headliners.
illustration	Crazy Stickers	Letters: typeset		Satirical stickers you can cut out and paste.
photo story	New York is a Summer Funeral	Letters: typeset		Dystopian picture of a New York city street.
promo (ad from the publisher)		Letters: typeset	Stan Lee	A rural family from the thirties Dust Bowl laments that a flat on their truck will prevent them from buying the latest issue of Crazy. Below the photo, Stan Lee exhorts readers to subscribe.
illustration	Americana '76	Letters: typeset	Wilbur Mills; Annabella Batistella [as Fannie Foxx]	Print of the classic painting "American Gothic", with the faces of Congressman Wilbur Mills and Fannie Foxx superimposed.
illustration	Crazy Matchbook Covers	Pencils: Marie Severin Inks: Marie Severin Letters: typeset Colors: Marie Severin		Parody matchbook covers.

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