Here we go with another issue of
Crazy, this time from July 1974
I believe this cover is by
Kelly Freas
Parody of the
Bayer aspirin campaign by
Roy and Jean Thomas.
All aspects of daytime television of the time in this article by
Marv Wolfman and
Dick Wright
Next up is a photo-caption article about
streaking by
Stan Lee. He was a “big name” in the second issue, but seems to have been demoted.
Another installment was here of their old radio spoof
I guess because they had a parody of
Westworld, Roy & Jean Thomas and
Vance Rodewalt decided to also do an article about what would happen if Richard Nixon had an amusement park.
The editorial introduces Rodewalt thusly:
Vance, a voodoo priest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti freelances art in between cutting off chicken heads for use in secret ceremonies and reciting dark prayers to the Great God of Chickens—Perduemballa. In his off hours, Vance drives a cab and shows tourists the hot spots of Newark, New Jersey. Born in Lake Michigan, Vance is also an accomplished singer, and performs under his stage name of Barbara Streisand.
And another chapter of Bob Foster's
Mooses Through History.
The first few issues had
Poli-Tickles from
Tony Isabella and Dick Wright.
This was from something they did called
The Realistic Toy Catalog, Corruptive Playthings by
Steve Gerber, Bruce Garlin and Alan Goffstein and illustrated by
Marie Severin and
Ralph Reese
Then there was Steve Gerber and
Robert Graysmith's
Just Plain Folks
Gerber and Graysmith continue with one-page movie parodies, starting with their version of
The Way We Were.
Then
Ozzie's Girls.
Billy Jack
The Starlost
Don't feel bad. I've never heard of some of these shows either.
I have seen
Westworld, which is basically an earlier version of
Jurassic Park in a different setting.
In the editorial they had this to say about
Bob McLeod:
Another new arist this issue is BOB McLEOD, who drew our Worstworld parody. Bob is also a fashion designer for Roto Rooter Sewer Services and Cesspool Cleaners of Yonkers, New York, where he creates a dainty look for the men who slodge around greasy underground pipelines. When Bob first saw CRAZY Magazine he begged to work for us. In fact, he said he didn't have to be paid for any work he did. Since there was no money in the CRAZY budget to pay Bob, things worked out just fine.
The back cover parodies the
Crest Toothpaste commercials.
Parody of the Johnson's Baby Shampoo commercials from Marv Wolfman and Vic Martin.
They did another parody of the Kung Fu show before, this one is by Marv Wolfman, Marie Severin, and Herb Trimpe.
The articles were all introduced by Wolfman, Roy Thomas, and Stan Lee.
More of Kelly Freas's running feature Kelly's Kockeyed Kanvas showing the other side of the painting, this time Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel.
More of Crazies cartoons by John Stevens.
And another recurring feature, Crazy's Craziest Radio Show
Kelly Freas shows the other side of Johannes Vermeer's A Maid Asleep.
And Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin's Blowing Bubbles.
Their parody of Poe's The Telltale Heart by Stu Schwartzberg, Mike Ploog, and Frank Chiarmonte.
Self-parody of Bob Foster's History of Moosekind.
Subscription ad by Marie Severin on inside back cover parodying Camel's ad campaign.
The ”Don't Squeeze the Charmin” campaign.
