Weirdo #19

(Winter 1986-1987)

The Sufferin' Bastard (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Bagge

Pencils:

Peter Bagge

Inks:

Peter Bagge

Letters:

Peter Bagge

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

The unlucky life of a punch cup

Reprints:

• in Junior (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #2 (July 2000)

Getting Into "Weirdo" by Indulging the Self-Centered Psyche of.... Aline Kominsky-Crumb! (Table of Contents)

Aline Kominsky-Crumb / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ace Backwords

Pencils:

Ace Backwords

Inks:

Ace Backwords

Letters:

Ace Backwords

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

How to have a strip printed in Weirdo

Harvey Sez (Table of Contents)

Harvey Sez / text article / 0.28 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Indexer Notes

In this debut column Harvey praises the work of Frank Stack. Accompanied by a small masthead illustration.

Weirdo number 19 (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1.44 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Blaster ?

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Blaster ?

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Indexer Notes

A Kominsky-Crumb editorial and small self-portrait accompanied by letters from B.N. Duncan, William Reeves (Lawndale, CA); Michael Snider (Los Angeles); Lance Hack (San Francisco); Buster Calhoun the Living Cartoon (Mike Parlette); Ace Backwords; Edgar "Bolt" Upright (Chapel Hill, NC).

Invest Now in the Future!! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.28 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb

Pencils:

Sophie Crumb

Inks:

Sophie Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Indexer Notes

Ad for back issues of Weirdo accompanied by an offer for Sophie Crumb original art (for her college fund).

Thinking About the Lone Ranger (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Stack [as Foolbert Sturgeon] (signed)

Pencils:

Frank Stack [as Foolbert Sturgeon] (signed)

Inks:

Frank Stack [as Foolbert Sturgeon] (signed)

Letters:

Frank Stack [as Foolbert Sturgeon] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor; biography

Characters:

Frank Stack; The Lone Ranger; Silver; Tonto

Synopsis:

Musings on the Lone Ranger's possible fallibility

Keywords:

autobiography

Ten Dollars for Two Minutes (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Penny Moran Van Horn [as Penny Moran]

Pencils:

Penny Moran Van Horn [as Penny Moran]

Inks:

Penny Moran Van Horn [as Penny Moran]

Letters:

Penny Moran Van Horn [as Penny Moran]

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Penny Moran Van Horn; The Landlord

Synopsis:

A seedy landlord comes a cropper

Reprints:

• in Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
• in Recipe for Disaster and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #[nn] (October 1998)

Keywords:

autobiography

Mother Hulda (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 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:

Widow; Pretty Daughter; Ugly Daughter; Mother Hulda

Synopsis:

A young girl receives her just reward and so does her stepsister

Reprints:

• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #16 - The Mid-1980s: More Years of Valiant Struggle (July 2002)
• in El Víbora (Ediciones La Cúpula, 1979 series) #98

Indexer Notes

This is an adaptation of a Brothers Grimm story

Squirmin' Sherman (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Scott Nickel

Pencils:

Scott Nickel

Inks:

Scott Nickel

Letters:

Scott Nickel

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Sherman

Synopsis:

A rundown of the quintessential 1980s guy

The Talker (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mark Zingarelli [as Mark A. Zingarelli]

Pencils:

Mark Zingarelli [as Mark A. Zingarelli]

Inks:

Mark Zingarelli [as Mark A. Zingarelli]

Letters:

Mark Zingarelli [as Mark A. Zingarelli]

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mark Zingarelli; Elmore; Manny; Thug; Irma

Synopsis:

The thug in the restaurant is unnerved by the man who talks to himself

["In the distant past.. far away at sea, we find Captain Pissgums wakin' up one morning with a tart and a hangover."] (Table of Contents)

Captain Pissgums / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. Clay Wilson

Pencils:

S. Clay Wilson

Inks:

S. Clay Wilson

Letters:

S. Clay Wilson

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Captain Pissgums; Meadows; Francis

Synopsis:

Captain Pissgums need his hangover cure

Keywords:

adult

Dennis the Sullen Menace (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dennis Eichhorn [as Dennis P. Eichhorn]

Pencils:

Michael Dougan

Inks:

Michael Dougan

Letters:

Michael Dougan

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Dennis Eichhorn; Cellmate; Murderer from Pocatello; Kermit; The Guard; Dickie; Fred

Synopsis:

Dennis recalls his time in jail

Reprints:

• in Real Stuff (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #1 (December 1990)
• in The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)

Keywords:

autobiography

Young Ledicker (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kim Deitch

Pencils:

Kim Deitch

Inks:

Kim Deitch

Letters:

Kim Deitch

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Al Ledicker; Kewpie; Doc Ledicker; Mayor Grafton

Synopsis:

Kewpie views an incident from Al's youth

Reprints:

• in Shadowland (Fantagraphics, 2006 series) #[nn] (September 2006)

Indexer Notes

This ties in to a vast continuity of carnival stories created by Deitch

The Tunnel of Love (Table of Contents)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stephen Calt

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]; typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Arthur Driscoll; Emily Schwartz

Synopsis:

A brief encounter on a subway train

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by three illustrations.

Sex Crazed Housewife (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 Kominksy-Crumb; Sophie; Dorothy; Mr. Johnson; Pet Store Owner; Antonio; Young Cartoonist; Robert Crumb (silent cameo); Leann; Keith

Synopsis:

Aline experiences an increase in erotic mental imagery

Reprints:

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

Keywords:

autobiography

Doc Ledicker's Last Picture Show! Read All About it on the Inside! (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Kim Deitch (signed)

Inks:

Kim Deitch (signed)

Colors:

Kim Deitch (signed)

Letters:

Kim Deitch (signed)

Content Information

Characters:

Doc Ledicker; Prostitute

Indexer Notes

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