CONTENTS

Letter from the Editor: “The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 5”—A Review

Contents

Contents

FEATURES

Jacuzzi of Schmaltz
by Rick Moranis

Gilbert Gottfried, New York Punk
by Jay Ruttenberg

Cartoon Hour
by Gilbert Gottfried

My Name Is Julio: I’m So Bad, I Should Be in Detention
by Taylor Negron

Funnyman: The Tragic Adventures of a Crime-Fighting Comedian
by Paul Hirsch

Musicians You Should Know
by Jay Ruttenberg, illustrations by Mike Reddy

BITS
Bill Murray (by Matthew Kurland), Calvin Coolidge (by Brian Abrams)
Editorial: The Legendary Nathan Fielder

ILLUSTRATIONS
by John Mathias (cover), Drew Friedman, Nathan Gelgud, Doreen Kirchner and Alex Eben Meyer

EACH WORK COPYRIGHT 2014 THE AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR

The Lowbrow Reader Reader is the first book from The Lowbrow Reader, the New York comedy zine. Edited by Jay Ruttenberg and published by Drag City, it gathers together the best writings and drawings from the journal’s first eight issues, along with a smattering of new material. Included inside:

– Up-close encounters with Muhammad Ali, the White Stripes, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and Judaic comedian Jackie Mason.
– Poetry by the comedian and actor Shelley Berman detailing his work portraying Larry David’s father on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
– Margeaux Rawson’s rip-roaring interview about S-E-X with Mo’Nique and the Queens of Comedy.
– Articles and illustrations by David Berman, Carson Ellis, Neil Michael Hagerty, Lee Hazlewood, Doreen Kirchner, Mike Reddy, and Gilbert Rogin.
– Articles on Billy Madison, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Chevy Chase, Don Knotts, Gene Wilder, and all three of the Three Stooges.

It was published by Drag City in 2012.

Do yourself a mitzvah and order it today!

FEATURES

Clowns at Work
by Neil Michael Hagerty

Me and Ali
by Gilbert Rogin

Five Cartoons
by David Berman

Billy Madison: A Love Letter
by Jay Ruttenberg

Musicians You Should Know
by Jay Ruttenberg, illustrations by Mike Reddy

Laughter Strikes the Duplex Planet
by David Greenberger

ILLUSTRATIONS

by John Mathias (cover), Jackie Gendel, Doreen Kirchner,
Alex Eben Meyer, Phillip Niemeyer and Tom Sanford

EACH WORK COPYRIGHT 2010 THE AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR

FEATURES

The Forgotten Fiction of Gilbert Rogin
by Jay Jennings

My Masterpieces
by Gilbert Rogin

Curb
by Shelley Berman

Overlooked Comedies: 1968-1983
by Sam Henderson

EDITORIALS

Letter from the Editor
by Jay Ruttenberg

When Rickles Sings
with a text cloud by M. Sweeney Lawless

John Mulaney: View From the Top

ILLUSTRATIONS

by John Mathias (cover), David Berman, Doreen Kirchner,
Alex Eben Meyer, Mike Reddy, and Tom Sanford

EACH WORK COPYRIGHT 2009 THE AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR

FEATURES

The Making of Project Achhh
by Jay Ruttenberg

What Should We Do With America’s CEOs?
Illustrated by Mike Reddy
with Justin Bond, Rob Huebel,
Randy Newman, Patton Oswalt,
Michael J. Rosen, George Saunders
and John Waters

Fat Chance, New Mexico
by Neil Hagerty

Overlooked Comedies
by Sam Henderson

EDITORIAL

Gene Wilder: The Magnetic Blur
with a poem by M. Sweeney Lawless

ILLUSTRATIONS

by John Mathias (cover), Carl Cassel, Doreen Kirchner,
Alex Eben Meyer and Tom Sanford

EACH WORK COPYRIGHT 2008 THE AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR

EDITORIAL

Joan Rivers: A Bitch in New York

FEATURES

Silent But Dead
by Jeff Ward
Illustrated by Mike Reddy

A Salute to Don Knotts
by Neil Hagerty

A Visit from the White Stripes
by Jay Ruttenberg
Illustrated by Mike Reddy

The Case Against Chase…
by Ben Goldberg

…The Case for Chase
by Joe O’Brien

BITS

by Andrew Barlow and Russell Barlow,
M. Sweeney Lawless, and Matthew Kurland

ILLUSTRATIONS

by John Mathias (cover), Alex Eben Meyer,
Doreen Kirchner, and Tom Sanford

EACH WORK COPYRIGHT 2006 THE AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR