Inside Woody Allen
Inside Woody Allen was an American gag-a-day celebrity comics comic strip about the comedian and filmmaker Woody Allen. Drawn by Stuart Hample, the strip ran from October 4, 1976 to April 8, 1984.[1]
| Inside Woody Allen | |
|---|---|
 Panel from Inside Woody Allen | |
| Author(s) | Stuart Hample |
| Current status/schedule | Finished |
| Launch date | October 4, 1976 |
| End date | April 8, 1984 |
| Publisher(s) | King Features |
| Genre(s) | Gag-a-day, Celebrity comics |
The strip's first year was credited to a pseudonym, Joe Marthen. Hample's name appeared on the strip starting September 19, 1977.[1]
Characters and story
The strip was based on Allen's comedic persona and focused on his neuroses, angst, sexual frustration and frequent psychiatric treatment.[2]
Writers for the strip included David Weinberger.[2]
Collected editions
A collection of some strips was published in 1978 as Non-Being and Somethingness: Selections from the Comic Strip Inside Woody Allen (ISBN 0-394-73590-0) and featured an introduction by Buckminster Fuller. Another volume, Dread and Superficiality: Woody Allen as Comic Strip was published in 2009 and featured a foreword written by Allen. (ISBN 0810957426).
In Annie Hall
Allen's film Annie Hall contains animated scenes based on Hample's artwork.
See also
References
- Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 204. ISBN 9780472117567.
- Hample, Stuart (October 19, 2009). "How I turned Woody Allen into a comic strip". The Guardian.