Chronological List of
Work in Cracked
Magazine
This list includes work (first appearances and reprints) that DC did in Cracked
and Cracked-related publications.
For the Uggly Family stories that have the same title (The Uggly
Family) but are different, I have provided a very
brief
description of the story in {}. This list may not be complete; I am
likely missing a number of reprints.
[A] means DC is the artist; [W/A] means DC is writer and
artist.
All of the information below appears in the bibliography's
Stories and Strips section.
Entry format:
Cracked Title issue number (date of pub.):
Story Title
(Cracked title and number in
parentheses at entry's end refers to the story's first
appearance)
1985 Cracked 216 (11/85): Aren't You Nervous When? [A] 1986 Extra-Special Cracked 9 (Winter 1986): Melbin Goes to School The Uggly Family [A] - 1st Uggly Family story Cracked 218 (3/86): . . . Am I Normal? [A] Cracked 218 (3/86): Laughing Matter [A] DC under the name Herk Abner Cracked Giant 43 (3/86): The Uggly Family {Melbin's weird science project} [A] - 2nd Uggly Family story Cracked 219 (5/86): small Uggly Family illustration, p.5 Cracked 220 (7/86): Let the Punishment Fit the Crime [A] [W: Peter Bagge] Cracked 221 (8/86): The Uggly Family Starring Melbin [A] Cracked 224 (11/86): The Uggly Family [A] {Melbin's meteor repeller} Cracked Collectors' Edition 68 (11/86): Aren't You Nervous When? (Cracked 216) Cracked Collectors' Edition 68 (11/86): Melbin Goes to School The Uggly Family (Extra-Special Cracked 9) 1987 Cracked 225 (1/87): A Day in the Life of The Uggly Family Game [A] Cracked Digest 2 (1/87): The Uggly Family {Melbin's weird science project} (Cracked Giant 43) Cracked 226 (3/87): Uggly Family Portrait (inside back cover-color) [A] [first appears as back cover of Ninja 2 (12/86)] Super Cracked 1 (Summer 87): The Uggly Family Starring Melbin (Cracked 221) Cracked 228 (7/87): Gross is Great [A] Cracked Digest 4 (7/87): Shut Ups! Cracked 229 (8/87): Transylvanian TV [A] - DC does one page of the art for this story Cracked 229 (8/87): The Uggly Family in Meet the Trashformers [A] Cracked Collectors' Edition 72 (9/87): The Uggly Family {Melbin's meteor repeller} (Cracked 224) Cracked 232 (11/87): Melbin and The Uggly Family in Dragnut [A] 1988 Cracked 233 (1/88): Melbin illustration that also appears in Blab! 2 Cracked Collectors' Edition 73 (1/88): Uggly Family Portrait (back cover) (Cracked 226) Cracked 234 (3/88): The Uggly Family {UF eat raw food} [A] - inside front cover-color Cracked 234 (3/88): The Uggly Family {Dick Tracy parody } [A] Cracked Collectors' Edition 74 (4/88): Melbin Goes to School The Uggly Family (Extra-Special Cracked 9) Cracked Collectors' Edition 74 (4/88): reprints Laughing Matter [A] - DC credited as Herk Abner Cracked 235 (5/88): Uggly Family Recipe #1 Dump Cake [A] Cracked Collectors' Edition 75 (7/88): The Uggly Family in Meet the Trashformers (Cracked 229) Cracked Monster Party 1 (7/88): A Day in the Life of The Uggly Family Game (Cracked 225) Cracked 237 (8/88): The Uggly Family Go to the Olympics [A] Cracked 240 (11/88): Weird Fun with The Uggly Family [A] Cracked 240 (11/88): Tales My Unca Gran'pa Told Me [A] [Cracked 241 (12/88): DC appears in two photos taken at a Cracked party, with captions by Mort Todd] 1989 Cracked 243 (3/89): The Zillionaire Starring The Uggly Family [W/A] Cracked Monster Party 4 (4/89): Transylvanian TV (Cracked 229) Cracked 244 (5/89): The Uggly Family in Elvis, You're a Janitor [W/A] Cracked 245 (7/89): the letters page has a partial preview of DC's cover for Cracked Monster Party 5 Cracked Monster Party 5 (7/89): The Uggly Family Album [W/A] - has a DC cover Cracked Collectors' Edition 80 (9/89): The Uggly Family {UF eat raw food} (Cracked 234) Cracked Collectors' Edition 80 (9/89): The Uggly Family Go to the Olympics (Cracked 237) Cracked Monster Party 7 (11/89): The Uggly Family {Melbin's weird science project} (Cracked Giant 43) Super Cracked 3 (Winter 89): The Uggly Family {Dick Tracy parody} (Cracked 234) Cracked Classics [The 3-D Zone 19 (1989)]: 3-D version of The Uggly Family {Dick Tracy parody} (Cracked 234) 1990 Cracked Monster Party 8 (1/90): A Day in the Life of The Uggly Family Game (Cracked 225) Cracked Monster Party 8 (1/90): The Uggly Family Album (Cracked Monster Party 5) Cracked Monster Party 9 (6/90): The Uggly Family in Elvis, You're a Janitor (Cracked 244) Cracked Collectors' Edition 83 (7/90): Aren't You Nervous When? (Cracked 216) Cracked Collectors' Edition 84 (9/90): The Zillionaire Starring The Uggly Family (see Cracked 243) Cracked Monster Party 10 (10/90): The Zillionaire Starring The Uggly Family (Cracked 243) 1991 Cracked Monster Party 13 (8/91): Gross is Great (Cracked 228)