Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	March 1993
Cover Price	4.95 USD; 5.95 CAD
Pages	56
Editing	?
Notes	Comic reprints the 1979 Rip-Off Press publication of the same title, adding 16 previously uncollected strips. Strips originally created for weekly undeground newspapers

Cover Details

Characters	Zippy The Pinhead
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Religious Nuts"

Synopsis	A glance at new religions fashionable in the 1970s
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Street Crazies"

Synopsis	Urban lunatics
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The Anal Retentives"

Synopsis	Assorted hoarders
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The Doomsters"

Synopsis	Pessimists
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Kids Of Today"

Synopsis	The older generation bemoans the young
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The Art Critics"

Synopsis	We're all art critics
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The Normals"

Synopsis	The progress of hippies
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Clothes That Wear People"

Synopsis	1970s fashions
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Objective Study"

Synopsis	Classic design versus modern design
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Ostenatious Humility"

Synopsis	The reaction to consumption
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith
Notes	Credit given to Justin Green

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The 'Zine Scene"

Synopsis	Behinds the scenes at magazines
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The Worriers"

Synopsis	Worriers and their concerns
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The Cuteness Syndrome"

Synopsis	The cute object and its inspiration
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Punk Rock"

Synopsis	The appeal and concerns of punks
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Cat Tales"

Synopsis	The downside of cats
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Memory Lane"

Synopsis	Reminiscenes of 1950s TV shows
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The Parental Units"

Synopsis	Awkward parents
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The Laundromat"

Synopsis	Laundromats as social microcosm
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Working Stiffs"

Synopsis	The regularly waged
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Media Addicts"

Synopsis	Living vicariously
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Nostalgiamania"

Synopsis	The stylising of the past
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The Enemy"

Synopsis	Corporations and their aims
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Rednecks"

Synopsis	Life in Rural USA
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Noo Yawkhas"

Synopsis	The obsessions and fears of New Yorkers
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Oddballs"

Synopsis	Assorted eccentrics
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The Keane Kontroversy"

Synopsis	Who Painted Walter Keane's big eye pictures?
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Million Dollar Ideas"

Synopsis	Wretched concepts that could make a fortune
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Time-Warped"

Synopsis	The static wardrobe
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "People Watching"

Characters	Bill Griffith, Mr The Toad
Synopsis	The arbitrary association of personality, traits and obsessions to a face
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Useless Objects"

Synopsis	Useless objects
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Are You A Boozhie?"

Synopsis	The test of being bourgeois
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Five Philosophers"

Synopsis	Assorted unrecognised philosophers
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Welcome To The House Of Snap Judgements"

Characters	Bill Griffith
Synopsis	Instant impressions
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Think Eighties"

Synopsis	Predictions about the 1980s
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Apartment Living"

Synopsis	The curses of apartments
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "New York Again"

Synopsis	More about New York and its inhabitants
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Where's The Party?"

Synopsis	Assorted parties
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "The Mansard Roof Syndrome"

Synopsis	The spread of the Mansard roof
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Stupidity Patrol"

Synopsis	The critics at large
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "5 Great Moments In The Life of Jimmy Durante"

Characters	Jimmy Durante
Synopsis	Five great moments in the life of Jimmy Durante
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story

Characters	Bill Griffith, Louie
Synopsis	Observations of an art school
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

Half page Griffith Observatory story "On The Street"

Characters	Bill Griffith, Louie
Synopsis	Life
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith
Reprinted	from Arcade (The Print Mint Inc, 1975 series) #3

Half page Griffith Observatory story

Characters	Bill Griffith, Louie, Mr The Toad
Synopsis	Bedroom snooping
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

7 page story "Under Observation"

Characters	Bill Griffith, Louie
Synopsis	The origin of the observatoryand how it became an obsession
Genre	Humour/Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith

1 page Griffith Observatory story "Main Street"

Synopsis	Assorted Main Streets
Genre	Humour; Social Commentary
Script	Bill Griffith
Pencils	Bill Griffith
Inks	Bill Griffith
Letters	Bill Griffith
Notes	Appears on the back cover