Weirdo #9 [First Printing]
(Winter 83-84)

Last Gasp, 1981 Series
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Price
2.50 USD
Pages
44
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Last Gasp
Brand
Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
ISBN
0-86719-152-X Search at WorldCat
Editing
Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb) (editor)

Issue Notes

R. Crumb's last issue as editor.

2nd printing: ? (3.95 USD)
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Pencils
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Inks
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Colors
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Letters
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pssst.... Hey! C'mere! Got something important I wanna tell ya...
Genre
humor
Reprints
Keywords
adult

Indexer Notes

Cover design resembles early issues of Mad as a Magazine. Letters page includes comments from Jay Lynch, Larry Marder and Drew Friedman. Robert Crumb's final issue as editor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Pencils
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Inks
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Letters
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
....I don't expect it to be readily apparent to you, but I just want you to be aware...
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Plea to buy Weirdo
Reprints

A Hollywood Love Supreme (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Josh Friedman (credited as Friedman Bros.)
Pencils
Drew Friedman (credited as Friedman Bros.)
Inks
Drew Friedman (credited as Friedman Bros.)
Letters
Drew Friedman (credited as Friedman Bros.)

Genre
humor
Characters
Rock Hudson; Gina Lollobrigida; Jim Nabors (unnamed)
Synopsis
Comment on the alleged relationship between Rock Hudson and Jim Nabors.
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They'll Never Own a Yacht (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Drew Friedman (credited)
Pencils
Drew Friedman (credited)
Inks
Drew Friedman (credited)
Letters
Drew Friedman (credited)

Genre
humor
Characters
Door Man; Barber; Fisherman; Bus Boy; Janitor; Bar Keep; No Trade; Plumber; Bank Dick; Milk Man; Postman; Butcher; Cabbie; Druggist; Locksmith; Retired; Waiter; Geek
Synopsis
A collection of ugly men and their trades.
Reprints

Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn (Table of Contents: 4)

Weirdo's Advice to the Lovelorn / letters page / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Terry Zwigoff (credited as Prof. T. E. Zwigoff)
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
Robert Crumb

Characters
Prof. T. E. Zwigoff (photo of Terry Zwigoff); Patient Leslie; Patient Jill

Indexer Notes

Brief text accompanied by three photographs.

Weirdo Number 9 (Table of Contents: 5)

letters page / 1.31 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Crumb
Pencils
Robert Crumb
Inks
Robert Crumb
Letters
Robert Crumb

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Tom Christopher (Vashon, WA); Jay Lynch; Dave Kempker (Folsom, CA); Maxon Crumb; Roger Carrington (Fairfax, CA); Don Kochi (Los Angeles); Larry Marder; Joe Paulino (Berkeley, CA); Geoff Burkman (Dayton, OH); Rudy Rucker (Lynchburg, VA); Jean-Francois Duval; John Jayman (Montague, Mass); C.S. Duncan (Orland, CA); Drew Friedman; Dan Slavin (Cerritos, CA); George Parsons (Nevada City, CA); John Terrorist (NY, NY).

The masthead drawing and a spot illustration only are reprinted in The Complete Crumb vol. 15.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.36 page (report information)

Elf-Squelch (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jane King (credited); J. D. King (credited)
Pencils
J. D. King (credited)
Inks
J. D. King (credited)
Letters
J. D. King (credited)

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Eetah Mameetah; Sun Roof; Limburger; Fluffer Nutter
Synopsis
Behind the scenes in the elf household.

Indexer Notes

A parody of ElfQuest.

Arline 'n' Bob and That Thing in the Bedroom (Table of Contents: 8)

Arline 'n' Bob / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as His Wife)
Pencils
Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as His Wife)
Inks
Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as His Wife)
Letters
Robert Crumb (credited as R. Crumb); Aline Kominsky-Crumb (credited as His Wife)

Genre
biography
Characters
Robert Crumb (as Bob); Sophie Crumb; Aline Kominsky-Crumb (as Arline); Nick; Liz
Synopsis
The trials of having an infant child.
Reprints
Keywords
adult; autobiography

Mission Nites (Table of Contents: 9)

Trashman / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Spain Rodriguez (credited as Algernon Backwash)
Pencils
Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)
Inks
Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)
Letters
Spain Rodriguez (credited as Spain)

Genre
adventure; humor; superhero; science fiction
Characters
Big Bitch; Trashman; Enmascarado Loco
Synopsis
Big Bitch is on Trashman's trail to retrieve a serum.
Reprints

Cockroach Crisis (Table of Contents: 10)

Hank and Hannah / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
B. N. Duncan (credited as Bruce N. Duncan)
Pencils
B. N. Duncan (credited as Bruce N. Duncan)
Inks
B. N. Duncan (credited as Bruce N. Duncan)
Letters
B. N. Duncan (credited as Bruce N. Duncan)

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Hannah; Wendy; Hank
Synopsis
Hannah ponders the sanctity of life

Max Crumb Art (Table of Contents: 11)

illustration / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Max Crumb (signed)
Pencils
Max Crumb (signed)
Inks
Max Crumb (signed)
Letters
Max Crumb (signed)

Indexer Notes

Six illustrations. The titles are "Psychotic Fit on One Leg;" "Execution of Woman Communist Reactionary Police- Wuhan, China, 1927;" "Sex Act of the Aborigines;" "Dead Animal Smell and the Beloved;" "Dance of the Chinese Exhibitionist;" "St. Lazarus Contemplating the Image of a Goose."

Peter to the Rescue!! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Terry Boyce (signed as T. Boyce)
Pencils
Terry Boyce (signed as T. Boyce)
Inks
Terry Boyce (signed as T. Boyce)
Letters
Terry Boyce (signed as T. Boyce)

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Peter the Penis
Synopsis
Peter's owner is trapped by a group of rogue penises.

Mode O'Day and Her Pals (Table of Contents: 13)

Mode O'Day / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Pencils
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Inks
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)
Letters
Robert Crumb (signed as R. Crumb)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
She's just a small town girl but what she'd really like to be is a fashion model in New York
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
Characters
Doggo; Mode O'Day; Geoffrey; Sam Greenberg
Synopsis
Doggo delivers some industrial salvage that Mode passes off as art.
Reprints

Joe Venuti (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tom Bertino (signed)
Pencils
Tom Bertino (signed)
Inks
Tom Bertino (signed)
Letters
Tom Bertino (signed)

Genre
humor; non-fiction
Characters
Joe Venuti; Hoagy Carmichael; Clara Bow; Wingy Manone; Paul Whiteman
Synopsis
Vignettes from the life of a 1920s jazz musician.

I Married a Jerk (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Peter Bagge (signed)
Pencils
Peter Bagge (signed)
Inks
Peter Bagge (signed)
Letters
Peter Bagge (signed)

Genre
humor
Characters
Wife; Husband
Synopsis
The faults of a geek husband.

The Artist Meets a Swinger or... Crabs Eating Raoul (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dori Seda (signed)
Pencils
Dori Seda (signed)
Inks
Dori Seda (signed)
Letters
Dori Seda (signed)

Genre
humor; non-fiction
Characters
Dori Seda; Tona; Leonard; Sally; Young Wastrel
Synopsis
Dori's experience with swingers.
Reprints

Cave Nudes (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Kricfalusi (credited as Billy Bunting)
Pencils
John Kricfalusi (credited as Billy Bunting)
Inks
Bill Wray (credited as Billy Bunting)
Letters
John Kricfalusi (credited as Billy Bunting)

Genre
humor
Characters
Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Arnold; Barney Rubble; Betty Rubble
Synopsis
Fred finds the paper boy a nuisance

Indexer Notes

A short paragraph on top of the page states this was sent anonymously by an employee at Hanna-Barbera Productions with this note: "A fine funny fellow pinned copies of this up all over the producer's wing at H&B in order to create havoc and chaos. Nothing was ever said about them, but all were gone within an hour."

Art credits are from a comment the artist left on a fellow animator's blog.

Modern Boy (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Geary (credited)
Pencils
Dave Geary (credited)
Inks
Dave Geary (credited)
Colors
Dave Geary (credited)
Letters
Dave Geary (credited)

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
The Modern Boy; Aeriel
Synopsis
The modern boy rails against society.

Indexer Notes

Strip concludes on the back cover. In b&w except for the final page.