Weirdo #18

(Fall 1986)

Glitz To Go (Table of Contents)

Didi Glitz / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Diane Noomin

Pencils:

Diane Noomin

Inks:

Diane Noomin

Letters:

Diane Noomin

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Didi Glitz

Synopsis:

Rundown of assorted fashions

Reprints:

• in True Glitz (Rip Off Press, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990)
• in Glitz-2-Go (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #[nn] (January 2012)

A Warning from Peter Bagge (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

Characters:

Peter Bagge

Synopsis:

Bagge repents for his editorial stint

Weirdo number 18 (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1.65 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Pencils:

William Clark; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Eric Freeman

Inks:

William Clark; Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Eric Freeman

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Indexer Notes

A masthead drawing by Clark. Aline and Eric Freeman each contribute small spot illustrations. R. Crumb letters the reader letters- Kevin Dixon (Chapel Hill, NC); Joanne Hackett; Michael Bifulco; Karen Paperno (Austin, TX); Scott Semans (Seattle).

Ruptured? You Poor Schmuck! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.35 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Indexer Notes

Small ads for back issue of Weirdo and "The Shit Generation's" (Ed Nukes & Jocko Levant Brainiac 5) "Spooky Comics."

["They say opportunity knocks but once and you'd better grab it while you can!!"] (Table of Contents)

Mode O'Day / comic story / 10 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

Characters:

Mode O'Day; Mara; Doggy; Porpy; Alison; Scott; Jerry Wombat; Darlene

Synopsis:

Mode is offered a part in a film.

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #16 - The Mid-1980s: More Years of Valiant Struggle (July 2002)

Keywords:

adult

The Second Time Around (Table of Contents)

Binky Brown / text story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Justin Green

Pencils:

Justin Green

Inks:

Justin Green

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Binky Brown; Sharon; Jack Wolf; Ray

Synopsis:

Binky meets a fellow signpainter in a bar, and offers to help him out

Keywords:

autobiography

Indexer Notes

Story accompanied by four small illustrations. Binky Brown is Green's autobiographical pseudonym

I Remember the Sixties (Table of Contents)

East Texas / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael Dougan

Pencils:

Michael Dougan

Inks:

Michael Dougan

Letters:

Michael Dougan

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Synopsis:

Childhood recollections of Texas

Keywords:

autobiography

Deep Thoughts from My Kitchen (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Synopsis:

Aline's daily routine

Reprints:

• in Love That Bunch (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #[nn] (July 1990)

Keywords:

autobiography

What Big Girls Are Made Of (Table of Contents)

Didi Glitz / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Diane Noomin

Pencils:

Diane Noomin

Inks:

Diane Noomin

Letters:

Diane Noomin

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Didi Glitz

Synopsis:

Commentary on female accoutrements

Reprints:

• in The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
• in Glitz-2-Go (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #[nn] (January 2012)

Cleanliness is Next to Dogliness!! (Table of Contents)

Tona-Toons / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dori Seda

Pencils:

Dori Seda

Inks:

Dori Seda

Letters:

Dori Seda

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dori Seda; Tona the Dog; Dracula

Synopsis:

Life with Tona

Reprints:

• in Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
• in Dori Stories (Last Gasp, 1999 series) #[nn] (1999)

["This is about as much fun as french kissing the "Alien"] (Table of Contents)

Big Bitch / comic story / 5 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:

Big Bitch; Asquith; Mal-Ocula; Nasty Elaine

Synopsis:

Big Bitch steals the formula for Coke

Reprints:

• in She Comics: An Anthology of Big Bitch (Last Gasp, 1993 series) #[nn] (August 1993)

Big City (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Linda Crothers

Pencils:

Linda Crothers

Inks:

Linda Crothers

Letters:

Linda Crothers

Content Information

Synopsis:

The dangers of the city

Keywords:

observation

4 Red Brides (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carol Tyler (signed)

Pencils:

Carol Tyler (signed)

Inks:

Carol Tyler (signed)

Letters:

Carol Tyler (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Carol Ann [Carol Tyler]

Synopsis:

How art became an escape

Keywords:

autobiography

The Schlep Set (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; The Fru-Fru; Dominique

Synopsis:

A trip to France

Reprints:

• in Love That Bunch (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #[nn] (July 1990)

Keywords:

autobiography

The Valmor Story (Table of Contents)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Terry Zwigoff

Pencils:

? (anonymous)

Inks:

? (anonymous)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Keywords:

autobiography

Indexer Notes

Text article about a hunt for 1930s Valmor advertising and sales material. Illustrated with approximately twenty-three images of labels and ads. In b&w except for the back cover.