Weirdo #20

(Spring 1987)

How My Family Encouraged Me to Become an Artist! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dori Seda

Pencils:

Dori Seda

Inks:

Dori Seda

Letters:

Dori Seda

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Dori Seda; Anton Seda; Mrs. Seda [Olga Seda]

Synopsis:

Dori's trials as an artist

Reprints:

• in The Best Comics of the Decade (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #2 (July 1990)
• in The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
• in Dori Stories (Last Gasp, 1999 series) #[nn] (1999)

Keywords:

autobiography

Coping With the "I'm Not Good Enough" Syndrome (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Fleener

Pencils:

Mary Fleener

Inks:

Mary Fleener

Letters:

Mary Fleener

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Mary rags on her mirror

Harvey Sez (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Indexer Notes

Harvey bemoans the lack of artistically ambitious comic books. Includes a Kominsky-Crumb spot illustration.

Weirdo number twenty (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1.72 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb ?

Content Information

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Indexer Notes

An editorial and spot illustration by Kominsky-Crumb. Also includes a small Sophie Crumb illustration. Includes blurbs for these zines: "Point Drawn" (B.N. Duncan); "Roadkill" (Ken Weiner); "Melody- The Comic Strip Autobiography of a Nude Dancer" (Sylvie Rancourt); "Bongo Dick" (Dennis Worden); "New Wavy Gravy" (Raymond Pettibon); "Dyspepsia"; "Twisted Image" (Ace Backwords); "Deadbeat;" "Tales of the Sinister Harvey;" "Comics in a Capsule" (Luna Ticks).

Letters from: Kevin Dixon; Edgar "Bolt" Upright; Lou Bear; Alfred Bergdoll; B.J.; Jean Francois Glarion (Puteaux, France); Kenny Be; Mark Zingarelli; B.N. Duncan

Moo Goo Gai Pan (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; Bernie; Lew; Irene; Grandma Fanny; Mrs. Schilowitz; Arnie Kominsky

Synopsis:

Aline's family love to eat, but hate to cook

Reprints:

• in Love That Bunch (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #[nn] (July 1990)
• in Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
• in Need More Love A Graphic Memoir (MQ Publications, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) [first three pgs. only]

Keywords:

autobiography

Footsy (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 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:

biography

Characters:

Robert Crumb; Jeanette Bates; Dolly Hensley; Wayne; Sally Burton; Mary; Terri

Synopsis:

How Crumb played footsie with girls in his class

Reprints:

• in My Troubles with Women (Last Gasp, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #16 - The Mid-1980s: More Years of Valiant Struggle (July 2002)
• in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #19 (2006)

Keywords:

autobiography

The "Cockeyed" Cook Story (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mark Zingarelli

Pencils:

Mark Zingarelli

Inks:

Mark Zingarelli

Letters:

Mark Zingarelli

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

William Cook

Synopsis:

William Cook's life of crime

Reprints:

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

The Young and the Frustrated (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Luna Ticks

Pencils:

Luna Ticks

Inks:

Luna Ticks

Letters:

Luna Ticks

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Vera

Synopsis:

Vera goes to score

Un-covered Property: A Short Study in Family Dynamics (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carol Tyler

Pencils:

Carol Tyler

Inks:

Carol Tyler

Letters:

Carol Tyler

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Carol Tyler; Mom; Dad [Mr. Tyler]; Ginia; Joe; Jimmy; Gu

Synopsis:

The pre-pubescent Carol doesn't understand why she can't go topless

Reprints:

• in Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (Penguin, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
• in Late Bloomer (Fantagraphics, 2005 series) #[nn] (August 2005)

Keywords:

autobiography

The Captain Becomes Critic (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]

Pencils:

Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]

Inks:

Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]

Letters:

Lindsay Arnold [as Ellé]

Content Information

Characters:

The Captain

Synopsis:

The Captain rants about stories concerning artists searching for a muse

TV Evangelist (Table of Contents)

Tales from East Texas / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael Dougan (signed)

Pencils:

Michael Dougan (signed)

Inks:

Michael Dougan (signed)

Letters:

Michael Dougan (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Michael Dougan; Brother Bob [Bob Beaudreaux]; Bob Newton; Frank Burch; Cathleen Dougan; Artie Bell

Synopsis:

Dougan's grandmother is fleeced of her possessions by an unscrupulous preacher

Keywords:

autobiography

I Had a Dream Last Nite (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Pencils:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Inks:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Letters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Headmaster

Synopsis:

Aline relates an odd dream

Reprints:

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

Angst and Deep Emotions and Last Gasp T-shirts (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

?

The Weirdo Difference! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Justin Green

Pencils:

Justin Green

Inks:

Justin Green

Colors:

Justin Green

Letters:

Justin Green

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A strip to sell back issues of Weirdo

Reprints:

• in Justin Green's Binky Brown Sampler (Last Gasp, 1995 series) #[nn] (1995)

Indexer Notes

back cover