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Inside Woody Allen

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Inside Woody Allen
Panel from Inside Woody Allen
Author(s)Stuart Hample
Current status/scheduleFinished
Launch date1976
End date1984
Publisher(s)King Features
Genre(s)Gag-a-day, Celebrity comics

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 1976 to 1984.

Characters and story

The strip was based on Allen's comedic persona and focused on his neuroses, angst and frequent psychiatric treatment.[1]

Writers for the strip included David Weinberger.[1]

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 (ISBN 0810957426).

Stuart Hample's Inside Woody Allen (January 27, 1980.

In Annie Hall

Allen's film Annie Hall contains animated scenes based on Hample's artwork.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Hample, Stuart (October 19, 2009). "How I turned Woody Allen into a comic strip". The Guardian. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)