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Issue Details

Issue	#271
Published	November 1979
Cover Price	0 FREE
Pages	16
Editing	?
Notes	Free to customers; price to non-customers shown as 0.25 USD.

Cover Details - "Big Boy, Dolly & Nugget Visit NBC's Little House On The Prairie"

Characters	Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget; Laura Ingalls; Albert
Synopsis	Big Boy and friends visit the Little House On The Prairie.
Pencils	Manny Stallman (signed)
Inks	Manny Stallman (signed)

1 page Dear Big Boy letters page "All These Letters To Dear Big Boy..."

Synopsis	Letters from: Susan Woodriff, Julie Phillips, Patti Stein, Veronique Stanton, Tracy Lynn Burton, Lisa Starratt, Lisa Lapham, and Amy Manore.
Script	? [as Big Boy]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Illustration of mailman is in a style that does not match anything I've seen in a Big Boy comic. May be clip art?

4 page Big Boy story "Thanksgiving Party"

Characters	Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget; Chief Crowdog
Synopsis	Big Boy hosts a party for some kids and daydreams while Chief Crowdog tells some stories.
Genre	humor
Script	Manfred Bernhard ?
Pencils	Manny Stallman
Inks	Manny Stallman
Notes	Big Boy's hair color alternates between brown and red. Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street.

1 page Big Boy story "Big Boy's Visit To An Angry Man"

Characters	Big Boy; Dolly; Dr. Scrooge
Synopsis	Big Boy visits Dr. Scrooge on the advice of his druggist.
Genre	humor
Script	Manfred Bernhard ?
Pencils	Manny Stallman
Inks	Marvin Mann
Notes	Likely writer credit from interview at http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/big-deal-on-big-boy-street.

1 page State of The Union text article "Texas"

Characters	Big Boy; Nugget
Synopsis	Information on Texas with a list of the Kip's Big Boy restaurants in the state.
Genre	fact
Letters	typeset

1 page Big Boy & Coke advertisement "Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief Everybody Goes For"

Synopsis	Ad for Big Boy & Coke.
Letters	typeset

2 page Big Boy Club Pages activity "Big Boy Club Pages"

Characters	Big Boy
Synopsis	Word puzzles, poems, riddles, reader art, and a picture for coloring.
Pencils	Manny Stallman; Lisa Polite
Inks	Manny Stallman; Lisa Polite
Letters	typeset

3 page text article Your 3 Pals Go Down Memory Lane With NBC's "Little House On The Prairie"

Characters	Big Boy; Dolly; Nugget; Lindsay Greenbush; Sidney Greenbush; Melissa Gilbert; Melissa Sue Anderson; William Claxton; Matthew Laborteaux; Michael Landon; Karen Grassle
Synopsis	Information about the TV series and the actors, along with some historical info.
Genre	fact
Script	Mari Foster
Pencils	Manny Stallman; ? (photos)
Inks	Manny Stallman; ? (photos)
Colors	?; ? (photo)

1 page Helpful Hints And Good Deeds activity "Helpful Hints And Good Deeds"

Characters	Big Boy; Dolly
Synopsis	Plans for a weather wheel, earmuffs, and ideas for doing good deeds.
Pencils	Manny Stallman
Inks	Manny Stallman

Half page activity "Match Figure Puzzle"

Synopsis	Instructions for a matchstick puzzle and the answer to last month's puzzle.
Pencils	Manny Stallman
Inks	Manny Stallman
Notes	back cover

Half page Frisch's Big Boy Family Restaurants advertisement "Order By Phone And Take 'Em Home!"

Letters	typeset
Notes	back cover