Weirdo #9 [1st printing]

(Winter 83-84)

["....I don't expect it to be readily apparent to you, but I just want you to be aware..."] (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

Synopsis:

Plea to buy Weirdo

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #15 - Mode O'Day and Her Pals (August 2001)

A Hollywood Love Supreme (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Josh Alan Friedman

Pencils:

Drew Friedman

Inks:

Drew Friedman

Letters:

Drew Friedman

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Rock Hudson; Gina Lollobrigida; Jim Nabors (unnamed)

Synopsis:

Comment on the alleged relationship between Rock Hudson and Jim Nabors

Reprints:

• in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #[nn] (July 1986)
• in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[nn] [3rd printing & up] (September 1986)

They'll Never Own A Yacht (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Drew Friedman

Pencils:

Drew Friedman

Inks:

Drew Friedman

Letters:

Drew Friedman

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A collection of ugly men and their trades

Reprints:

• in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #[nn] (July 1986)
• in Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[nn] [3rd printing & up] (September 1986)

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

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

Credits

Script:

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

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Prof. T.E. Zwigoff [photo of Terry Zwigoff]

Weirdo Number 9 (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1.31 pages (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) #15 - Mode O'Day and Her Pals (August 2001)

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.

["Please help R. Crumb to get rich & powerful by ordering lots 'n lots of..."] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.36 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) #15 - Mode O'Day and Her Pals (August 2001)

Indexer Notes

Ad for back issues of this magazine.

Elf Squelch (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jane King; J.D. King

Pencils:

J.D. King

Inks:

J.D. King

Letters:

J.D. King

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Behind the scenes in the elf household

Indexer Notes

A parody of the then popular Elf-Quest

Arline 'n' Bob and That Thing In the Bedroom (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as His Wife]

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as His Wife]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as His Wife]

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; Aline Kominsky-Crumb [as His Wife]

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Arline; Bob; Nick; Liz; Sophie

Synopsis:

The trials of having an infant child.

Reprints:

• in My Troubles with Women (Last Gasp, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
• in The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (June 1993)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #15 - Mode O'Day and Her Pals (August 2001)
• in Drawn Together (W. W. Norton, 2012 series) #[nn] (2012)

Keywords:

adult; autobiography

Mission Nites (Table of Contents)

Trashman / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Spain Rodriguez [as Algernon Backwash]

Pencils:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Inks:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Letters:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Trashman; Big Bitch; Enmascarado Loco

Synopsis:

Big Bitch is on Trashman's trail

Reprints:

• in Trashman Lives!: The Collected Stories from 1968 to 1985 (Fantagraphics, 1989 series) #[nn] (June 1989)

Cockroach Crisis (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

B.N. Duncan [as Bruce N. Duncan]

Pencils:

B.N. Duncan [as Bruce N. Duncan]

Inks:

B.N. Duncan [as Bruce N. Duncan]

Letters:

B.N. Duncan [as Bruce N. Duncan]

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Hank; Hannah

Synopsis:

Hannah ponders the sanctity of life

Max Crumb Art (Table of Contents)

illustration / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Max Crumb

Inks:

Max Crumb

Letters:

Max Crumb

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)

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:

Peter's owner is trapped by a group of rogue penises

["She's just a small town girl but what she'd really like to be is a fashion model in New York"] (Table of Contents)

Mode O'Day and Her Pals / comic story / 3 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

Characters:

Mode O'Day; Doggo; Geoffrey; Sam Greenberg

Synopsis:

Doggo delivers some industrial salvage that Mode passes off as art.

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #15 - Mode O'Day and Her Pals (August 2001)
• in The R. Crumb Handbook (MQ Publications, 2005 series) #[nn] (2005)

Joe Venuti (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Bertino

Pencils:

Tom Bertino

Inks:

Tom Bertino

Letters:

Tom Bertino

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Joe Venuti

Synopsis:

Vignettes from the life of a fictitious 1920s jazz musician

I Married A Jerk (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Bagge

Pencils:

Peter Bagge

Inks:

Peter Bagge

Letters:

Peter Bagge

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

The faults of a geek husband

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

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dori Seda

Pencils:

Dori Seda

Inks:

Dori Seda

Letters:

Dori Seda

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dori Seda; Tona; Leonard; Sally; Young Wastrel

Synopsis:

Dori's experience with swingers.

Reprints:

• in Dori Stories (Last Gasp, 1999 series) #[nn] (1999)

Cave Nudes (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Kricfalusi [as Billy Bunting]

Pencils:

John Kricfalusi [as Billy Bunting]

Inks:

Bill Wray [as Billy Bunting]

Letters:

John Kricfalusi [as Billy Bunting]

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Fred Flinstone; Wilma Flinstone; Arnold; Barney Rubble; Betty Rubble

Synopsis:

Fred finds the paper boy a nuisance

Indexer Notes

Sent anonymously to the magazine by an employee at Hanna-Barbera Productions. A note that was included with it stated: "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."

Modern Boy (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Geary

Pencils:

Dave Geary

Inks:

Dave Geary

Colors:

Dave Geary

Letters:

Dave Geary

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

The modern boy

Synopsis:

The modern boy rails against society

Indexer Notes

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