Wee-Wee’s Gayhouse

Eight pages; drawn 1987 with Michael Goldberg; published in Gay Comix #11, 1987
© 1984 Robert Triptow and Michael Goldberg

Michael Goldberg did “Swishy Fishy” for Gay Comix and was famous for whimsical background work and elfin detail. I was best at snide facial expressions and sarcastic dialog. We were the perfect team for Wee-Wee. I did the writing and layouts and rough pencils and inked Wee-Wee and the other “human” characters.

This was a fun project and rates among my favorites. I’m only sorry that Pee-Wee Herman himself is no longer around. Now my comic strip parody is dated. Wah!

I sent a copy of “Wee-Wee’s Gayhouse” to a friend who wrote a couple of Playhouse scripts. Did Pee-Wee see it? We’ll never know — but I certainly noticed when our “Swish? Did somebody say swish?” joke popped up on the TV show a few months later.