Inside Woody Allen is 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. The strip's first year was credited to a pseudonym, Joe Marthen. Hample's name appeared on the strip starting September 19, 1977. Characters and story The strip was based on Allen's comedic persona and focused on his neuroses, angst, sexual frustration and frequent psychiatric treatment. Writers for the strip included David Weinberger. Collected editions A collection of some strips was published in 1978 as Non-Being and Somethingness: Selections from the Comic Strip Inside Woody Allen () and features an introduction by Buckminster Fuller. Another volume, Dread and Superficiality: Woody Allen as Comic Strip was published in 2009 (). In Annie Hall Allen's 1977 film Annie Hall contains animated scenes based on Hample's artwork, though the actual animation was done by Chris Ishii. See also List of newspaper comic strips References American comic strips Cultural depictions of Woody Allen Gag-a-day comics Satirical comics Slice of life comics 1976 comics debuts 1984 comics endings Comics based on films Comic strips based on real people Comics set in New York City Psychotherapy in fiction