Weirdo #3

(Fall 1981)

[Cheerleader] (Table of Contents)

photo story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb

Pencils:

"Stomp" Ganos (photographs); Robert Crumb

Inks:

"Stomp" Ganos (photographs); Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Janet Mercurio (photo)

Synopsis:

A perky cheerleader discovers her voice within.

Indexer Notes

The first line of dialogue is "We gotta fight! We gotta win!" The very last photo panel incorporates a small Crumb drawing.

Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn (Table of Contents)

letters page / 0.3 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Terry Zwigoff [as Prof. T.E. Zwigoff]

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Terry Zwigoff [as Prof. T.E. Zwigoff] (photo)

Weirdo number 3 (Table of Contents)

letters page / 0.7 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (November 2001)

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Wayne Gibson (Seattle, WA), Larry Windham (Tucson, AZ), Harvey Kurtzman, Jane Lynch (Chicago, IL), Catherine Yronwode, Brad Johnson (Boston, MA), Alfred Bergdoll (NY, NY), Karla Kast (Santa Cruz, CA), Skunk (Hayward, CA), John Holstrom, Annie Elf (Vancouver), Terry Beatty.

The masthead illustration is reprinted in The Complete Crumb vol. 14.

Troubles With Gassel (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Terry Zwigoff

Pencils:

Bob Armstrong

Inks:

Bob Armstrong

Letters:

Bob Armstrong

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Morrie Gassel

Synopsis:

Morrie is caught short needing a dump

["People make me nervous"] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (November 2001)

The Adventures Of Onion Head (Table of Contents)

Onion Head / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Characters:

Onion Head

Synopsis:

Onion Head leaves the farm for the wider world

Reprints:

• in R. Crumb's America (Last Gasp, 1995 series) #[nn] (October 1995)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #13 - The Season of the Snoid (April 1998)
• from CoEvolution Quarterly (Whole Earth Catalog, 1974 series) #26 (1980)

[Max Crumb Drawings] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Max Crumb

Inks:

Max Crumb

Indexer Notes

Twenty-one drawings produced by Max Crumb, who had never previously drawn.

Karen Meets Boz (Table of Contents)

Sharon & Karen / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Sharon; Karen; Boz Scaggs

Synopsis:

Karen approaches Boz Scaggs in a bar.

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (November 2001)

Indexer Notes

Crumb misspells Scaggs as Skaggs.

My Pet Penis (Table of Contents)

Peter the Penis / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Terry Boyce

Pencils:

Terry Boyce

Inks:

Terry Boyce

Letters:

Terry Boyce

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Peter the Penis

Synopsis:

A girl discovers a pet penis

The Bean Sisters Get In Shape (Table of Contents)

photo story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb

Pencils:

"Stomp" Ganos (photographs)

Inks:

"Stomp" Ganos (photographs)

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Baby Jenny; Edna Rae; Bob [photo of Robert Crumb]

Synopsis:

The Bean Sisters visit Bob's Dancercise Studio.

"Hy" Perboly and Al A. Gory (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumbola] (signed)

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumbola] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumbola] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumbola] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

"Hy" Perboly; Al A. Gory

Synopsis:

Mutants ponder life.

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (November 2001)

Excerpts from Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 (Table of Contents)

A Klassic Komic / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

James Boswell; Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Sir James Boswell; Sheridan; Louisa; Goldsmith; Samuel Johnson; Dempster

Synopsis:

Boswell carouses and discusses literature in London

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (November 2001)
• in Nausea (Reprodukt, 2012 series) #[nn] (2012)

The Adventures of Skank, Arms & Bud! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Holstrom; Peter Bagge; J.D. King

Pencils:

J.D. King

Inks:

J.D. King

Letters:

J.D. King

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Skank; Arms; Bud

Synopsis:

Skank, Arms & Bud have a night out.

Indexer Notes

The first credit for future editor Peter Bagge.

The Bitter Ironies of Life (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis:

A self-doubting vegetarian walks past an arrogant strutting meat eater.

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (November 2001)

Nukuler Holocaust Kicks (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis:

Six illustrations with a nuclear theme

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (November 2001)

[Jazz Cartoons] (Table of Contents)

cartoon / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gene Deitch

Pencils:

Gene Deitch

Inks:

Gene Deitch

Letters:

Gene Deitch

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

The Cat

Synopsis:

Twenty-four assorted cartoons with a jazz theme.

Reprints:

• from The Record Changer (?, ? series) #? (194?)

Indexer Notes

Gene is father of cartoonist Kim Deitch

Salvation $1 (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rev. Ivan Stang; Dr. Philo Drummond

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Lecture from Bob Dobbs

Frogs (Table of Contents)

Sunday Funnie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eugene Teal

Pencils:

Eugene Teal

Inks:

Eugene Teal

Letters:

Eugene Teal

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mr. Rock; Mr. Hammer

Synopsis:

Bizarre behaviour by frogs.

Indexer Notes

Strip was allegedly passed to Roger Brand on a bus by the elderly Mr. Teal.

[Sara Mucuss Canned Busts] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Characters:

Lee Anne Milkbaggs; Sara Mucuss

Synopsis:

A mock advertisement for Sara Mucuss Canned Busts.

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (November 2001)

The Weirdo "No Hope" Diagram (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis:

An elaborate diagram explaining how there's absolute no hope in the world.

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #14 - The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (November 2001)

Indexer Notes

Back cover